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I threw practically the entire arsenal at them today. The final count was 8. Nothing huge, but all were solid 2+ pounders so I am not complaining. Every fish came courtesy of a tiny Megabass Griffon crank bait. They just wouldn't touch anything else.

Now watch, tomorrow I'll go back to the same ...

I decided to take my kayak up to Miramar this morning and throw a wide variety of swimbaits.
There was only one boat that was launched and
no kayaks and not even a float tube. Add the fact that there are no trout stockings planned there, I knew it was probably going to be tough. I mixed it up with ...

I went to Lake Hemet yesterday with my son. We threw night crawlers and power bait deep. At the same time fished around with gold and chrome Kastmasters for about four hours. Not a sniff.

Beauty,
Awesome catch. That is a fantastic bait to troll.
Bass love them on leadcore.

Nice going! That's a beautiful brown trout

Beauty, eh.

Why didn't you just lip him?

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Nice brownie.. I fished that lake with my Brother, Sister, Cousin and Stepdad when I was a kid… Best trout fishing I ever did… We all limited out 2 days running with Kamloops rainbows that averaged 2#s after being gutted.. All bright pink meat… My Mom and Aunt caned most of the fish… Just excellent ...

Beautiful Brown. Growing up in Colorado I miss fishing for big browns and lake trout. Great catch!

Carpkiller wrote: Thu Oct 09, 2025 9:37 pm Beauty, eh.

Why didn't you just lip him?

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Teeth, that's why lol

Fantastic

Tough to feel the Wind in a picture. It blows right thru your clothes and chills you to the bone. I really learned the value of a windbreaker on my Northern Trout Trips.

From September of 2021. We were soaking bait for carp. I was using shrimp...

Why yes, I am sorting my old photo files.

One local creek has plenty of bullheads, but never encountered a bigger cat after some 15 years of scratching around.

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Same spot a year later. At first I thought it was the same fish, but it was a nearly two inches shorter ...

Here are a few shots of the 75 1/2 pound Blue Catfish caught on a Buzzbait last Monday

Last week after a year of forced hiatus, I finally got out fishing and had a good day. But it only gets better, because this week I got to share it with and old friend. Like last week, it was a short day of about 3 1/2 hours. I always feel pressure to catch some fish when someone goes with me, but ...

My report over the last couple of Sundays at Lake Hodges fishing for crappie - it's been nothing short of spectacular from the kayak with the ultralight gear. I see a lot of guys bringing home limits(25) but, I end up releasing most of my fish and keeping a handful of the nicer models for various ...

My last day of fishing for 2023 was awesome. Landed 10 huge Bluegills in a couple of hours. I was pulling a 2" sinking twitch bait and for a while-getting bit on every cast!
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Got this guy as bycatch during a recent trip with a crank bait. 7lbs on the boga probably the biggest I'll ever catch. Thought it would be cool to share.

The Crappie Mecca!

Wish it was me...

Since I have nothing to report on the subject thought I'd share this really cool video of "Fishing Addict" out killing the 2 pound slabs. I watch a lot of his videos and he has that lake and live scope dialed in. He didn't have his scale. A few might had ...

Hey man I was out there on Wednesday and there were lots of people getting the crappie. Get out there for sure!