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I only had about 3 hours to fish, but I'm camped so close to Otay I didn't want to miss the opportunity. Hey, it's better than couch surfing for my mental health haha.

I got on the water at 7am and decided it felt like a treble hook kind of day. I ended up with 5 jerkbait fish and 1 worm fish. All ...

Our lakes are in such sad shape, its honestly depressing. With the dry winter we had, its only going to get worse. As boaters we have already lost Hodges, Sutherland, and Morena. Add El Cap to that list and Otay and San V are going to get killed with the tournaments and rec fishermen all getting ...

So sad to see this at El Cap. & Hodges...
I'm an SD native in my 50's & have fished all the SD county lakes since childhood.
There has been a long, steady decline in the management & operations of the lakes since the late 90's.
There are now more lakes that private boater/fisherman cannot use than ...

Had a blast at Murray today. Caught 11 topwater bass early, then went to the bottom when the wind picked up, and added a few more. All in all it was a really fun day!

As always I'll share the bait in the BFS section.

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Went Miramar early w buddy Victor who I finally convinced to get waders I gave him my Cumberland and fins to get him on the water not just limited to shore so stopped by moes hole found two biters right away on neko black senco got broke off re rigged Houdini senco neko got same fish got my black ...

According to the city website El Cap is only at 21.5% percent full. The only other lake that levels are lower is Hodges at 16.9%. Lowest level for operable ramp at El Cap is 110.00' and the current depth is 113.10'.

Great report, good job.

Nice job!
You beat me catching a bass on a black worm. I don’t think I’ve caught a bass on a black worm at Miramar ever. I guess growing up I used to always hear that black worms work best in stained water so I guess since the water was so clear I always used other colors. Anyway, thanks for ...

KillinTime wrote: Tue Apr 22, 2025 8:40 pm Good job on a not so easy lake to fish (IMO).

Yeah during day that place scares me if I get there late but before light I go strait to moes hole throw against the concrete wall caught my biggest fish there the better fish will only bite Texas or I use neko now before 7-8am smart fish there

You didn't see them spawning a long the tullie line or is the water too dirty now from their stupid recycled water horse shit?


The water is way up so the reg toulies where u were normally fish is back a bit or under water I saw nothing going on in tullies went whole back half water wasn’t to ...

Hi all,

Got out to El Capitan this morning for a quick run. Got on the water at 0630 and air was cool, but not too bad. Water was at 64F on the surface. Saw Jeremy ( Corso Enthusiast ) and Dan ( Dannicus ) and we all headed out in our various directions. With the toasty water temp, I tried poking ...

Was a fun little morning sesh! Ended up with 4 fish for the morning with the best in the 3+ pound class.

Nice to see CorsoEnthusiast and Early release today at El Capitan. Later in the afternoon KillinTime (John) came by and introduced he and his son. We had a great chat. I have met so many awesome folks here on the forum.

I ended up catching 11 total. Most were between 2-3 lbs with the largest ...

Nice to see CorsoEnthusiast and Early release today at El Capitan. Later in the afternoon KillinTime (John) came by and introduced he and his son. We had a great chat. I have met so many awesome folks here on the forum.

I ended up catching 11 total. Most were between 2-3 lbs with the largest ...

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Sounds tough! Means Danicus probably only got 20 or so! :-)


Nope. I caught 11 but I was out there 3 hours longer than those guys Michael. Now go back to your 6 pounder topwater fiesta and laugh at all us poor dink pirates lol.


Missed you on Wednesday! Not a dink fest, but no ...

Well, I did go over some hills and the lake is far away as compared to how close Murray is to me. Anyway, headed up to Donald and
Kiefer's lake where McFish and Fisheromen were already out on the water. I quickly headed over to work an area where McFish was
and it seemed within no time he had a ...

Fun day today, glad you could make it up! Today was one of those days where everything lined up for me! It's been awhile since I had a 30 fish day..they sure are fun! The pattern was the opposite of what it was 2 weeks ago, you never know! Next time you come up, I'm giving you a sedative...you work ...

Nice fish and nice report. Glad you got on ‘em again.

Great meeting you out there too Dan! That was a great conversation we had going. Thanks for showing me you BFS setups and gear. I definitely need to put one in the arsenal. Not a big fan of spinning reels, just use them out of necessity. Your float tube is a total Cadillac, and that Bixby-board ...