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Nice Dan great job otay can b tough that grass I did not catch last wed on it there w frog or pop r

Nice u had me till u landed the 4 on blade bait nice job patience always prevails if u can withstand the wait and bring snacks

Real nice fish great job Vinny being persistent

Water level remains good for boats to launch was a packed house today both parking lots about full when I left at 11 I threw spinner blade neko worm but only for a short time I was having to much fun on topwater toad landed 8 missed a lot I experimented with diff toads early I have a mold I made ...

Thank you Vinny yeah frog kinda slow retrieve I like the toad subtle buzz bait fight or flight bite I love it my new favorite thing u gotta give a throw I’m gonna try at otay today

Yes sir I will b taking my dad first time otay today see what we can do

Very nice catches I gotta get up there I keep saying it dammit great job last time I went to sd river I casted 3 times and my white flouro turned brown

I went to otay early got to say hello to Dan then headed down otay arm I threw my toad all around any grass which now there is a lot of but only got couple blowups ups did not land any my dad did 1 on toad rest day we threw robo 7” neko and Dropshot he ended up with 4 I got 2 he got the better fish ...

U know what they say about a guy that fishes pink worm I bought a 75 gunfish bout month ago for Murray I will get there and see u im sure soon great catches today not just dinks busting

More toad fishing at cap this morning w my dad on yak got there early started north side dam finger was getting blowups but not near as many only landed 1 in couple hours we missed quite a few but they weren’t really that aggressive did have one knock my bait 2 feet in the air and he jumped 3 ft was ...

That’s interesting ty for the feedback I may try soaking some in juice see if that helps yeah I learned u need to have a good hookset w toads my dad kept trying to do a short quick hookset missed em

Ive been on that horny toad bite at otay lately, so much fun. Took a hike at loveland and stuck 5 out there on the horny toad as well. Glad someone else is getting in on the fun! Hope you got em at otay, saturday afternoon was a little slower than it has been but the big ones were out, lost a 5ish ...

Couldn’t help myself went to my fav spot and pulled a 6.22 lber on black beaver this is my 4th trip in a row where I caught a 5.95 6.13 and dropped another fell back in was bummed or I’d have the 4th pic nothing beats a drag ripper in the dark

Great job Dan yeah was def slower for me on Mon with toad back to bottom I guess I hope this after the heat wave topwater will improve I’m saying their regrouping

admin wrote: Wed Aug 06, 2025 8:07 am Have to take it down since people complain about illegal fishing at night.

I never posted a location who’s to say it wasn’t the sd river but ok I understand I just like fishing at night better

Dfishin wrote: Wed Aug 06, 2025 7:03 am Thanks for the report. I'm thinking I'll try Friday. Ned rig so they want it slow.

Nice to meet you on Monday went night fishing again got my post deleted who’s to say I’m not part of sd river and I don’t want anyone to know

Great job Vinny river fish fight better

Great job d yeah no top bite bummer thank you for report ill prob go Mon less people

Very nice job sir

Great job Vinny at least u got a nicer one bigger fish there gotta weed thru little guys sometimes I like it for the confidence