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Nice. You put me to shame.looks like you had some killer conditions. We had sheep on the ranch for most of the whole day. (White caps)

I got to the lake at sunrise, expecting to see the regulars out on the water already...but no, I was alone. That tells you how tough the fishing is and the high water has made launching and parking a real challenge. I keep expecting the lake to go off every week, but it's still not happening! I ...

Good to see you out there yesterday morning.Sorry to hear you didn't catch a dozen bass at Sutherland. Good you found those 3. It's been very tough this year. I have been skunked 4 weekends in a row at Sutherland. The water level being so high, I think the fish are confused. Hopefully it will get ...

Reminds me of the old days out there when there was alot more water! Miss those days! Hopefully they won't drain it all down stream!

Got to the lake early, almost empty, which was a big surprise to me. Paddled out and immediately got a treat over by the big water inlet. Of course that anchored me to that spot for another fruitless 45 minutes. But moved along the shoreline and out to the island and got many takers. All on dropshot ...

water temp 72 to 74 on sunday 04/30

Mcfish wrote: Sun Apr 30, 2023 3:11 pm Reminds me of the old days out there when there was alot more water! Miss those days! Hopefully they won't drain it all down stream!

I think they just rely on the severe leak in the dam to drain haha. There is a whole lot of new water out there. Almost double in acreage from where it’s been

Well for the first few hours it seemed like bad business as usual at the old lake. Just cold and rainy! The game plan was to throw a buzz bait through flooded brush. If that failed, a spinnerbait through flooded brush. I just knew they had to be in flooded brush! Well, if they were, they were not ...

I have very good (Luck) fishing this method at Sutherland during high water.
It is basically a heavy drop shot, I make my weights 3/4 oz from a piece of lead from a 1lb spool of hollow lead. (Main use is river drifting for salmon) cut to length and insert a swivel put in vise to crimp. Rebar hook 5 ...

if anyone wants to shore pound ramona or morena hit me up.

the other day at morena, i took a break from bassin and gave the carp a go. i got 7 big ones(24-27”) in an hour. it was like, “that was fun, back to getting laughed at by bass”

Knowing that 15 north morning traffic on a weekday gets crazy and going south in the late afternoon a lot worse, I decided to head up to Lake Miramar and put in a little fishing time in my kayak. Knowing that I need to make the most of my time on the water I quickly headed across the lake.
I was ...

Nice angling there Michael. I talked to you for a little while when we were leaving Barrett on Wednesday. We did fairly well and I posted a report. Hope you got into some topwater action at the Big B.

I said last week that it seemed the bite at Sutherland was stirring. That judgment was premature! The bite, it seems, is again cold as ice. At least it appears that way to me and a couple of friends who will remain nameless unless they choose to chime in. Between us we caught 4 fish. Overcast early ...

Rented a boat at San V today and a fellow SDFisher joined me for the morning. Some froggy looking water but no bites on either the frog or the buzzbait. Water is pea green soup from the grass scum - not just the surface, it’s throughout the water column in places.

Plastics were the goods again ...

Is the water in San V always that green during warmer months?

Fisheromen wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 11:07 am I am NOT peeing in the lake in that first pic!

Sure, whatever....! Michael will appreciate it if you stand closer to the edge!

Postponed a cool windy Friday for a warm sunny Tuesday at El Cap…WRONG! This winter that won’t let go had the lake chilly and white capping by 10am today. It probably slowed whats been a decent bite but seeing the shad along the shoreline pushed us to throw spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, and flukes over ...

Still green!!
One and done!!

jjbasser wrote: Wed May 17, 2023 4:11 pm Still green!!
One and done!!GOPR2804.JPG

If you only got one..I'm convinced it's no bueno! A lot of lakes are dealing with some nasty algae blooms now! It's the price we may for having a wet winter, lots of nutrients washed into the lakes.

This time of year, I’ve never been skunked at Otay throwing the hudd. NEVER. Went on a sea trial yesterday there, brought the rods and fished all day. Not even a bump.