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Is this a normal Sunday thing?

Hey Dave, I think we are scattered this weekend. I want to fish Sunday, but my bride seems to have some opinion on that, so I can't say what I am doing. I think Chris is bay fishing and everyone else is still to decide. I'll say that El Cap has been a very mixed bag, with some folks getting skunked ...

Awesome! Can we get hot baits in BFS section?

Haha
I can't tell if you are being sarcastic, but I will if you want. I didn't know if people were even reading posts in that section.


Dan, you’ve been awesome on sharing your personal BFS information which is fantastic and shows what a true ...

It was a fun learning experience. The new ride is definitely taking some getting used to. I need to tweak some things and adjust others. I definitely did not fish as hard this time out.

I will have a full setup video coming soon.

How’s the Spottie Thumb Robert?

robert_smith wrote: Tue Dec 02, 2025 9:00 am I launch at j st ramp and motor across or grand caribe is where u park in cays launch off beach it’s close to car not to far but i use ramp j st

Thanks man.

Thanks for the report! That might be the longest sentence I've ever read

Good to see you out there. It was a nice day on the water. I saw a lot of fish making beds, I hope they don't lower the water too much more,it might affect this years spawn, maybe. I'm hoping this year is a good one. Seems like it's starting ok.

Thanks for the report

Thanks for the report! They said 1 more week of water draw then they are going to take from San V. Then back to Cap.

Nice to see you out there Robert!

Sundays was fun for me, I had a banner morning on the jig. I didn’t pick up the neko all day Sunday believe it or not.

This is from the day before, Saturday morning:

I’ve been seeing lots of fry. Caught several fish over 18”and a 211/2 that should have gone over 7lbs but looked spawned out. Not much on top but plenty on the bottom.
Don’t let the cat out of the bag about launching a boat.

I think bfs should b fishing on advanced mode with light line tiny hooks boy is it fun to actually have to tire the fish out and not just ski the fish in 🎣💯😎


Absolutely. One of the earliest joys I learned about fishing was how to play a fish. Then as equipment changed, and tourney fishing ...

Awesome!

Ike! Looks fun!

Haven’t been to Otay in ages was one of my favorite lakes back in the 80’s along with Hodges, we used to kill it in Harvey’s arm, I’m going to try and get my friend ( Ramona ) to take his now repaired boat down there. Curious if the trees way down Harveys are covered in water, what the level the ...

My BFS combos:
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From top to bottom. All rods are 7 foot single piece.

1) Rod: Dobyns sierra ultra finesse 701c Reel: Ark Gravity BFS
2) Rod: Trika 6x light/fast Reel: Bates Hundo 100 LTS
3) Rod: Cashion Icon light/fast Reel: Ark Gravity BFS
4) Rod: Cashion Element ...

Nice work on the BFS section. Thinking about the 80s, when I was a kid and longingly looked at the Shimano Bantam as if it was a work of art. Maybe it was. I had to make do with a couple Shakespeare 2499 spinning reels. I still have them and they still look brand new. I even store them in their ...

Caught 8 fatties at El Cap today. 2 on my trusty standby jig:
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It's a 1/8 oz. green crawfish Bitsy Bug with a green pumpkin Z-Man TRD Bugz trailer.

All the rest were caught on this, which has become a favorite and I have caught a lot of fish on it in all San Diego lakes ...

Caught 11 topwater bass at Murray early this morning on this:
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It's a cheap Tsurinoya 60f topwater walking bait I got via AliExpress. They were really cheap, like $2, but who knows how bad tariffs are going to effect them.

Now I'm not gonna lie, most of the bass I ...