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Why are you throwing a rat at Barrett then? You are definitely matching the hatch. I have seen plenty of rats swimming at places like Barrett, Loveland, river bottoms. Had a fish cough a rat up at Loveland too. A heavily salted flylined “poop” bait may not resemble anything under a microscope but a ...

If you truly want to test your theory about not matching the hatch, why don’t you put something like a shirt button on a hook and go fish that all day. Most of not all lures mimic something in nature. Even your best friends creations. Most likely bugs. That fall into the water.

Matching the hatch or not I don’t care as long as it getting bite, cast great and look good to me. I’ll buy that LOL. I love when it matching my gears though.

You ought to give yourself a Pat on the back spoonminnow! You are CLEARLY the expert of the fishing world “FACT”. Your legacy will outlive us all just like JIMBO. I’m sure you’ll sleep better at night knowing you’ve helped us all with information no one has asked for!

Thanks for the entertainment ...

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I don't fit the definition of an expert, but more a researcher always looking for answers to an infinite list of questions. But man do I love the feeling of being able to say H*** YES! when my guess was the right one.

I don’t think so, you are not looking for answer but instead answer ...

Unbelievable

It's been a while since I've posted an actual fish report of my own so I thought I would finally share one.

Went to Otay last Sat. Got there at 6:15am.

Cold in the morning (46 degrees) but Had a very nice sunrise.

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It turned out to be a was nice day over all. Got up ...

Went back again. Water is clearing some. Bluegills slowed down a bit but the crappie bite picked up some.

Here's Dave with some nice ones. 8 total

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Nice chunky Gill I caught. Got 9 total.

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Surprise of the day was the bass bite. Couldn't ...

Found another nice recent video.

Some guys killing these 3 pound + redears. Some Crazy good action.



I got to get out there!

During a tourney out there, I hook into what I thought was a nice smallmouth, since I was throwing a 1/4 ounce jig. Turns out it was a 2 pound redear, the size of a dinner plate.

Havasu is a fun fishery, for whatever you're into. I wish I lived closer, although a 5 hour drive isn't that bad.

senkosam wrote: Sun May 11, 2025 3:05 am Another suggestion is casting light jigs + plastics on the flats and on the drops. Sometimes trolling crankbaits gets some nice crappie in water 6' deep.

Spoon minnows work the best

Fished an Elsinore Derby on Sat. It is a 5 species tournament, lmb, wipers, catfish, carp and crappie. Conditions were horrible strong winds and freezing. My cousin brought his little boat out from San Diego. It was extremely difficult to fish, the wind was blowing us around like crazy. I couldn't ...

Senkosam,
On the canals in Yuma, there is current.
Trolling is impossible, if you’ve fished the canals. “No boats”
Those ultra lite jigs are not fishable in heavy current you’ll never get them to decent deep enough.
Drop shotting or heavy split shot is about the only way I’ve had any success ...

Spoonminnow hasn’t fished the canals in Yuma. Yet he will tell you how to fish them with his New York farm pond techniques.

Here we go again

May ... hammering the panfish as usual. Monthly best went 2.28 lb. from San Vicente on a nightcrawler. Also that day, caught lots of bass up to 3 lb and a dozen other nice bluegill fishing live bait in a cove area near brush. I often find the bite picks up late in the day.

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Saturday was full of raging rainstorms. Finally got a chance to go fishing Sunday. I wanted to try bluegill fishing after some trout fishing because I often run out of trout to catch. Right after Saturday's storm, catfish would be biting better. The panfish and bass were pretty lockjaw even on live ...

Found these with either white or yellow crappie jigs in the main channel suspended 5 to 12 feet deep out in 20 feet of water. Always fun. The fish stayed suspended and feeding all day long with an approaching storm, and the associated barometer / pressure dropping. The catfish was up just under the ...

Been a minute since Ive done a report. I'm still fishing almost every week.

Been out to El Cap for the most part of the last 2 months. I've made the commitment to pound the shoreline more this year and it's been fun.

The once Great crappie lake has flipped over to being a Great Bluegill lake.

I ...

Testing.... Got this one on a mop fly with silly legs a few weeks back after a slow surf sesh.