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If you're going to chase the breakers, you're going to need some patience(sorry Vinny)! I got on the water at 6:00, with a decent Santa Ana blowing. Since I was only going after topwater fish, that wasn't really helpful! About 8:00, the wind turned around to an onshore breeze and the fish started to ...

Thanks for factoid to stir brains into remembering...
Can you believe the audacity of said ML to film two guys, clandestine, that were snagging bedding bass during a tournament and gluing scales back on to hide that fact??? Amazing.

Would you happen to know what brand glue they were using to put ...

camobass wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2023 6:52 pm There is a rumor of a guy named JIMBO that consistently pulls 10+ pounders from shore at Murray on home poured black plastics. True story

The rest of that rumor is that he fishes at night.

Hi Everyone - Planning to go out tomorrow with Shawnster and try our luck at some bass and/or trout. Wondering if anyone has recommendations for somewhere within an hour of SD and offers boat rentals? We were originally planning lake jennings but fear it might be crowded with the trout restocking ...

Like, if you were desperate to catch a freshwater fish — any fish — but you despise the crowds and vibe of fishing for stunned freshly stocked fish, where would you go this time of year? Been on a bit of a dry spell recently! My boys did catch these guys at Lake Jennings last weekend though. We’re ...

Nice bait to get it on too. Very rewarding, congrats

That bait is older than I am! Maybe not!

There definitely aren't as many 8lb+ bass as there was back in the 70s-90s! San V use to have them..then they stopped stocking trout! Rare to run into one these days


Anglers also killed 30-35% of the harvestable bass population annually back then...something else much more influential on bass ...

Here's a few from near my area from two separate mornings...couple good ones and as I have promised (I (insert name) do solemnly swear to always post the dinks with the "good ones")

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And the dinks...Check out the bait:fish size ...

I came across this report. Wanted to share.

https://wonews.com/double-digit-largemouth-weighed-in-tournament-at-lower-otay/

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BY MIKE STEVENS

CHULA VISTA— Despite the obvious presence of active bass at Lower Otay Reservoir, fishing seems to be up on one day ...

Nice tank! Congrats to the angler.

Today was a totally different day from Monday. Not nearly the amount of fish busting shad in the bushes but there were still some sporadic boils. Fished from 6:30- 3pm. Not a lot of bites but the quality was good. Ended up with 9 in the boat. Best 5 went 14 1/2 lbs. Things were totally backwards ...

Good job! The lakes are crazy this year! The patterns change so fast...can't wait to see what next week brings! Don't those fish know that they're not suppose to be shallow now??

Nice! thanks for giving us something to look at!

Slow day for me today. There was absolutely NO breeze today which made it really tough to get bit once the sun got high. Managed 3 early fish on Flukes with the biggest going 4.36. Best fish I’ve gotten out of there in a while. Caught it in about 6” of water busting shad. Definitely less fish in the ...

I was out there on Saturday. No wind then either which was very odd. Anyway, good looking fish you got there! Sounds like a solid day to me.

Are the only busters still on the shore..nothing out deep?

Great job! I always see those busters up tight but shy away from throwing that deep in the sticks. Note to self…throw deeper in the sticks

When a fish looks big with you holding it, it is a nice fish!

Fisheromen wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:34 pm When a fish looks big with you holding it, it is a nice fish!

lol! That’s pretty true!