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Some Otay morning action in the tubes today. Brother and I have effectively starting calling it “FLOATay” because it’s such a float tube friendly lake. Lots of good spots to launch and fish there. Every trip I’ve taken down there I’ve encountered quite a few tubers as well.

How was the fishing? We ...

Then what about the Bass I catch on large Bluegill while Flathead fishing at the river? Bass eat big Gills all the time. Sometimes they choke on them, I’ve seen Bass dead Bass with Coots stuck in their mouths. They will try and eat anything that they can fit in their Big Mouths, yet we rarely see ...

Nice release….NOT

Loveland used to have a 3 strikes rule back in the day. You broke 3 in one trip: wading, throwing a bass 20 feet through the air into the water and bringing a go pro down there.

It’s all good. Honestly the wading and go pro was a joke. I’d be lying if I didn’t swim more than once for something in that lake. The release was rough.

Take it easy killing time, all I had to “know” you by was your response to this post. “Agreeing” with that “toss” wasn’t funny in the context of ...

Just listening to some recorded podcasts that Bruce Smith has started. Specializing just in San Diego bass fishing. He’s got some great bass fisherman on, which I appreciate. Also, he’s covering information on the city and the county’s plans on closing some of our lakes certain days and months per ...

Haven’t been on SDfish too much lately but I decided to post this catch. I was planning on taking out the kayak but didn’t want to go through the hassle of loading it up so instead, I went on the bank. I saw some fish busting so I decided to throw a small 2.8 Keitech on an underspin. I got caught on ...

Had a 16 fish day today at Otay. Walking baits, poppers, jerk and crankbaits all produced. Even picked up a few worm fish after it got hot. All in all a beautiful Saturday morning.

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Ah man I knew we made a mistake not going to Otay this morning. Lol. Nice job Brutha!

Vail was a fun lake, kind of like fishing Lake Morena in the old days...another lake screwed up now!

The best lure to throw there is this one…

When the spawn is on, there is plenty of opportunities to snag big fish in clear waters like Jennings for example. I believe most people just don’t do it for ethical reasons… plus people don’t have much to gain ($$$) by doing it and if they are endorsed, they have so much to loose by getting caught ...

Lake cuyamaca supposedly was stocked with sone but I’ve never caught or seen one caught. Best bet is down in the desert. Lots of water every where you turn and most bass you catch down there are small mouth. A lot of smaller ones but there are some pigs down there.

I don’t think it’s that easy, there would be a long line if it were.
If snagging 18lbers were easy wouldn’t there be a crowd.
Come on, why turn on your partner. Then close your forum and hide.
It’s gives people something to talk about, because there not catching big fish.
I haven’t seen a 15lber ...

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Well, you probably already guessed.... as it is no surprise that I fished Lake Murray this morning. It is just so close to my house and
heck...why not! Started pretty slow as I searched all over for balls of shad in deeper water in between tossing topwater baits towards
some breakers but no hook ...

Here to say the fish was neither weighed nor measured at the time of the catch. How the weight estimate came about was the photo of Theo holding the fish compared to his torso, roughly his shoulders to his knees, which his dad measured at 27”. At least one Northern chart out there says 11.95lbs ...

Just hard to tell with distance away from the body and angle of pic, those two factors alone can make a small fish look big and a big fish look giant. If you notice, a lot of bill Murphy’s and other’s giants were photographed from ground or low level looking up. Gives a huge perspective of a fish ...

First of all...Great catch Theo!
I agree with camobass about how a camera plays a big role on making a small fish look big and a big fish look huge. The angles and distance away from the body a fish is and closer the camera is makes a lot of fish look a lot bigger than they are. Not trying to take ...

I definitely believe harvest is a factor. Take tweakers for instance. Modern day tweakers aren’t into fishing like the old school guys. Back in the day, there were a lot of guys smoking the pipa and taking out over limits all over Sd at night…Back in the day for some odd reason, there were a lot ...