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Great news about the water levels.
Lots of new places for the bass to explore and so much more fun then when the lake was really low and the tulles are barely out of the water.
Tight lines everyone

I was out on Sunday and pretty much had the same fishing experience. I was happy to see the fish I did, since it's my third time at San V and the other two times I only caught trees. I'm looking forward to it warming up, it's a nice place to fish.

Happy to see SDfish lives on! I was there this past Thursday in the wind and rain and the bite was great. My buddy and I had 35 fish on drop shots and jerkbaits in the 10-20ft range. Best quality was on the 6” Pro Green Pumpkin Roboworm with lots of 2-3lbers and a 6lb kicker. Think the weather had ...

A tough spring so far, no consistent weather for more than a day or two! I can't wait for everything to stabilize for awhile and get into some reliable patterns! Right now it seems like what day you're on the lake can make a big difference with all the temperature changes and water level ...

Hit Murray in my kayak yesterday morning(4/19) and then again this morning(4/20) only this time in my boat. There has to be some casting advantage especially in a boat being higher above the water(not related to 4/20 high..ha ha) but there really wasn't any.
Anyway, basically the same results ...

Ha..no fish in the tulles...then why do I smell Tokyo Rigs?? I'm waiting to see the sixes, I know how to catch small fish this year! Think I'm gonna resort to biting some heads off soon! Everything will change with this heat wave...please please please!

yes. chasing bait shallow

jjbasser wrote: Fri Apr 21, 2023 3:37 pm yes. chasing bait shallowGOPR2678.JPG

Nice seeing you on the site JJ.
The water is high with lots of new areas for the bass to hide…. but pretty sure you and Otay Michael will be finding and catching plenty of them.
Tight lines

Otay Michael could catch a frog or popper fish out of my birdbath! I expect him to show up at my koi ponds!!!

Took the tin can out to DVL for the first time on Wednesday. Fish were just starting to move up shallow. Saw a lot of big fish cruising the bank but they were uninterested in what I was throwing. I was able to get into 9 quality fish in the 2-5lb range off beds. Key was light line and Ned Jigs/ Drop ...

Looks awesome, hope you all get your PB's now. Nice fish Otay Mike, looks like the early topwater is happening!!

Fun little trip to El Cap this morning. Night and day from last weekend were I managed 2 fish in 2 days.
Mostly worm fish, with an underspin bonus. Tight to or in cover was the key for me. Managed a mission to get one of my catches out of a bush that involved me keeping pressure on the fish for 5 ...

Been a good couple of weekends. Can’t wait for the next couple
Of months. Going to be good with all this water.

Water 70+- and so GREEN!!!!! The whole lake!!! Visibility 6" at best.
Boated 3 males in the junk. Be a month before it's, at least, somewhat clear.

Way to find them JJ. Not easy when the water is like that.
I’m surprise the bass can see a pumpkin colored senko… ha ha
Tight lines

Hit the road at 6:30am and made the 1hr 20 minute trek from Oceanside to the most remote lake in San Diego County. Got my boat all dried up the night before but arrived to find out my cooler had tilted over and spilled all the melted ice into the boat 😩 Spent 20 mins getting that all dried up and ...

Way to perserver , it paid off. You guys had a great time.
Thanks for sharing the beautiful photos.

Dixon Lake update on Bass. This fish had a few eager friends, but she was the most photogenic. I was just walking the shore pounding along with a #7 Rapala and they were very cooperative. I'd like to say that's a surfcasting rod and she was huge, but it's really about a 20" fish, which is still a ...

Awesome report!

That far lake thought the years can be very tough to fish especially when the water was so low unless you like to fish for carp. But just about every April and sometimes early May(depending on the weather) there is a period where some very nice fat healthy bass are caught. It is kept pretty quiet ...