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Needed to try something different and headed up to Lake Miramar with my kayak this morning. It was foggy for a bit and it may be a little soon for topwater as I talked to a local who seems to be there almost every time I go there.
I did get a bass on a small jerkbait, but after a while of trying ...

After reading Mr. Vinny's glowing report on Miramar yesterday, guess where I went today...yep, Murray! It started out good with a couple topwater fish, but within 10 minutes they were gone! I heard that the day before the busters were at the other end of the lake, so I kicked all the way across the ...

Got to the lake early water level normal today fished around the toulies in yak w a friend w both got 7 or 8 clones each was fun nothing great buddy’s r yaking Miramar again tomm I don’t have time to yak I have couple hours midday to kill so gonna try shore there maybe get lucky

I got on the water at 5:30. In the summer months I am not dropping the kids off at school everyday, so I do get on the water earlier albeit less frequently. They'll be seniors next year, which is hard to believe.

Anyway I saw VinnyBass out there on his electronics-free kayak doing his Vinny thang ...

I got on the water at 5:30. In the summer months I am not dropping the kids off at school everyday, so I do get on the water earlier albeit less frequently. They'll be seniors next year, which is hard to believe.

Anyway I saw @VinnyBass out there on his electronics-free kayak doing his Vinny ...

Great job Dan i have been going there too caught a 5.86 last night and a 6.13 last week on robo neko 6” and osp beaver 3.5” I been getting my share of dinks and clones only one I caught before dark also my only option right now my car broke down again axel broke

Ended the morning with 9 fish total. All on jigs along drop offs, and frogs across the top of floating vegetation mats (of which there are plenty). I put a new seat in my float tube and man is it nice! Ergonomic and no more sliding down in the seat. Should have done it years ago.

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Bummer about your car brother. Nice job on the fish though!


Ty Dan I’m looking into new vehicle to tow a boat so I can move up In the world 😂 I’m have another family car I will b using put yak on gotta get out there was catching 40 spotty a day out mid channel tidelands 3/4oz jig w any swimbait ...

Great job again Dan I was there sun was not easy got mostly dinks couple clones I used Aaron’s magic got all my fish I put peoples worm on brown color not any bites went back to Aaron’s magic got 3 more I just got orange crusher my new color robo to arsenal

Love the Frog Fish!

Great job again Dan I was there sun was not easy got mostly dinks couple clones I used Aaron’s magic got all my fish I put peoples worm on brown color not any bites went back to Aaron’s magic got 3 more I just got orange crusher my new color robo to arsenal


Aaron’s has that darker stripe than ...

Looks like you used a popping frog. Awesome catches.

Final count was 13 with three of them over 3 pounds, one over 4 pounds and the best was a 6.2 pounder.

All fish were courtesy of a jig. I tried throwing a walking bait numerous times and had only one bite which came unbuttoned. The topwater action never really got going that I saw.

It was great ...

Final count was 13 with three of them over 3 pounds, one over 4 pounds and the best was a 6.2 pounder.

All fish were courtesy of a jig. I tried throwing a walking baits numerous times and had one bite that came unbuttoned. The topwater action never really got going.

It was great seeing ...

What can I say but congratulations on a fantastic day out there!
Those were some fine bass you caught. Here most of us were just waiting out there for the topwater bite to happen and
we waited and we waited and it never happened, while you wasted no time catching bass with the jig. That 6lb bass ...

I was out there as well, can't believe I didn't see you. Would have loved to meet you all. Im pretty sure I seen mcfish and maybe Vinny, im not sure ive never meet either before.
I was the guy with the trailer and the nucanoe. I fished the dam side til around 1 then hit the right of the launch the ...

@Fisheromen 's daughter Kathryn, aka "Kat" showing the guys she knows how to catch bass too!

Dramad1 wrote: Fri Jul 25, 2025 6:33 pm I was out there as well, can't believe I didn't see you.

Are you the A-rig guy?

No. Im the popper guy:)

VinnyBass wrote: Fri Jul 25, 2025 6:39 pm @Fisheromen 's daughter Kathryn, aka "Kat" showing the guys she knows how to catch bass too!

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A bright spot among a bunch of crotchety old geezers.