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The wise old Doc on Hee Haw used to say "Don't DO that!" I fell a couple weeks ago, myself! Don't recommend it!

Had a couple nice days lately at El Cap. Air in the early morning is cool/cold, but the water temp is still upper 60s F. Poked around along the shore and picked up a few nice fish with the usual suspects for me, a popper, a floating Rapala and a little swim jig I have been playing with. Wind hasn't ...

Great job Dan way to go I haven’t gone fresh bout a month been absolutely slaughtering bass at bay got maybe 100 last night in 4-5hrs at jetti had to leave cause arms got tired

Back for another quick river session as I decided to try something different after catching nothing but dinks over at Murray. I mean I have worked hard and only been ending up with small bass. Anyway....after tons of casts into the green strained water of the SD River and time flying by, I finally ...

Hey all. Been awhile since I posted a report and today provided the perfect occasion.
Woke up a bit later than I planned. Was concerned about the wind advisory but the forecast said 5-10MPH so I said F it and decided to go join Pourboy at El Cap.

It was cold as a witches teat when I launched ...

Nothing spectacular, but the annual projection has shot up to 730!

I have mostly been fishing the bay but may try Miramar soon. I will certainly have my usual drop shot for bass but will also have subtle action minnow like lures with light jig heads i.e. I-motion, "do nothing", Ned rig, hover rig, etcetera. The Z-man StreakZ or Assassin could be fished that way too ...

I have been taking care of other things that I kept putting off and have not been fishing much at all. I think people have seen me at Home Depot and Lowes so much lately. that they must think I work there..ha ha. So this morning I needed a break and arrived at the river around 8:30a.m. Have not ...

Caught this 7.25lb bass from shore this morning on a trout swimbait.
McFish says to never tell where..... but he already guessed where. Smart guy!

one youtuber recently shared a video of catching them, sharing the link below in case it is helpful

Fished shore this morning for wipers from shore, didn't land one. Did get a few large mouths. Plus my bait and wait pole got some huge carp

I thought about driving all the way up to the Lake of D & K, but instead made a closer run up to Lake Miramar. Decided to just take my small 10' '5" kayak that has no electronics on it and also meant I could not take a lot of gear with me so I just loaded some worms and some creature type baits, a ...

Didn't lose time this time. So the aliens were busy else where. My first stop no topwater, but started getting them on a short leader dropshot and senko. The spots i hit on Tuesday did not pay off as there mouths were sore. Had to find new areas, where they would bite and that is not a problem right ...

Our annual trip we take every March. Unusually warm this year. So much that we abandoned the idea of camping.Spring break partying in full go. As far as the fishing....man it was rough. I only managed 3...wife had 3... nephew had 1 and one monster caught released at the dock and that was it. All ...

Hi all,

Here’s a quick report of 3/29 and 3/31 at Cap:

3/29: I dragged the jig around some rocks first thing in the morning and found a great bite. I managed to start the day off with 5 fish in the first hour with one weighing 4 lbs. even, another weighing 3.75 lbs. and the others weighing around ...

Quick trip after a 10 hour work day, got to O'Neill about 5 o'clock. Tried a swim jig and then a football head with a big crawdad tail...nothing. Then went to the black 5 inch senko and everywhere I put it was a bass! Total was 18 in under 2 hours with 2 at 4 lbs and 2 just over 5! Did break off a ...

Made a late morning trip to the SD River. Did the usual things as I tossed reaction baits first. Tried about 5 different types of baits and then while tossing a mini-A rig, a nice bass slammed into it which was fun. I later missed a bass bite deep in the cover with a creature bait. Then the real ...

Just a quick trip this morning to river and picked up 4 small bass on only 4 bites. The bass were
caught on 4 different baits: a mini "A rig", a senko,a roboworm and a brushhog. Talked to another guy who said all he caught some small bass also. Somedays that is what is happening and the smallest ...

Seems like ages since I been out in my boat so I decided to make the short trip to Murray this morning. Weather was a little cooler and it was refreshing. Mcfish says I need to keep things short so I will try but no promises. Fished in deep water only and had 3 bass come unbuttoned on the jump ...

Or just go with it, it’s only fishing. On most of my local trips, I travel with 1 rod and a Ziplock with a few jigs and a Topwater. So simple and easy. After over 40 years of carrying 300 pounds of every tool ever made, plus all the custom ones I created for every contingency, I value ease and ...