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I got on the lake just after the gates opened and had basically circumnavigated it by 10 am. I caught a few of the usual clones and bluegill and decided to head back to the launch ramp to warm up a bit and relieve myself (because I suspect peeing one's waders is ill advised).

As I approached the ...

That is pretty amazing!!!!
Yes, ice jigs do work.
I have a bunch of ice jigs and used to use them often through the years. There were 2 basic colors that worked almost equally and they were blue and chrome or black and chrome. Again, it’s funny that they just sit in a tackle box and I haven’t used ...

Had a great time at Otay today. Final count was 11 fish total, all of them were over 3lbs, with a couple just shy of 5. I put in at the ramp and caught a few along the tulies as I headed to Otay arm. I caught the majority of them working among the trees at the tip of the arm. Every fish was on a ...

11 bass... with every bass being over 3lbs each.....good day??? Sounds like it was more of a best day ever!
Even catching 5 bass over 3lbs is fantastic and title should have beens more like "GREAT DAY AT OTAY!"
Wow!

11 bass... with every bass being over 3lbs each.....good day??? Sounds like it was more of a best day ever!
Even catching 5 bass over 3lbs is fantastic and title should have beens more like "GREAT DAY AT OTAY!"
Wow!


To be fair, it still doesn't approach the 50+ fish topwater day I had there ...

Those who know me are probably aware that I have never caught a double digit bass. Oh I've flirted with it, with my PB being a 9.8, but nope, after 41 years of SCAL bass fishing, I've never managed to pull that one off. In 2024 my best was an 8 pounder at Hodges. I caught a bunch over five with a ...

I believe I have landed every DD I have ever hooked!

5 clones around 1.5 pounds each. One decent bass (pictured). All the little ones came courtesy of a 2" bluegill colored crankbait. The larger one hit a white and pearl chatterbait.

Pretty slow day but still fun.

I think Ive lost a giant on my last 4 bass trips.

It sucks real bad...

The monotony of Monday morning was broken when the phone started buzzing, as my tourney partner made his usual call.

"Hey, I can't fish on Saturday. Can you fish on Friday instead?"

"Look who you're asking here," I responded.

"Don't you ever work? Don't you have a job?"

"Yeah, sure. Where ...

Nice job out there! It was tough for me there yesterday. I got 1 about 1.5lbs on a jig and that was it. I definitely need more time on the water there. I did get lots of tips from a lot of really nice people on the water yesterday which was awesome, and it was a gorgeous day.

Well...I am still at it, although not as often. If memory serves me correctly, this is the first bass of the year for me. That I got to shore anyway after having my line snapped (methinks I was a bit too excited) on what should have been the first about a week ago. Oh well this little one actually ...

Nice one!
I have caught nothing but dinks and micro bass on 3 straight trips to Murray..but this was my first bass I caught on January 2nd of the New Year. I believe your bass could have eaten my fish and still be hungry....ha ha
Thanks for sharing and tight lines in 2025!

I woke to a text yesterday from VinnyBass reminding me that it was the second Tuesday of the month and Murray was closed. Lucky thing too or that's inevitably where I would have headed. I pivoted and decided to head to El Capitan instead.

I dropped the boys off at school in La Mesa and headed for ...

Great job getting out on the water, even if there was a lot of wind. I’ve been in that situation plenty of times and fishing from a tube in whitecaps is like fishing in a washing machine. At least you got a few fish! Thanks for the update.

Just checking in once again.... I have been going down the big swimbait rabbit hole as of recently..... alot more boring nothing happens kind of days. However, with dedication and the willingness to learn. I found some success, some 5lbers, a 7lber, and a New Years Day 13lber. She was weighed on the ...

I know a guy who fishes the pond who is one of those "I Only Throw Swimbaits" guys. He eats, sleeps and $hits swimbaits. A few days ago, he had made his way down from the parking area, with what seemed to be yet another gargantuan sized plastic swinging from the end of his 9 foot setup. He began ...

I got on the lake at 8 am with trepid hope in my heart, tied a little 2" crankbait on my BFS combo and kicked out with a silent humble prayer to the fishing gods. About 20 minutes in I felt a bump and low and behold...A FISH! I have to tell you I got far too excited over a panfish, but after the ...

Excellent angling gentlemen!