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Happy new year bass anglers!

Spent the last weekend of 2023 out at El Cap. On Saturday it just felt like even though the shore bite has been really tough recently, the rain and being 3 days post full moon made me feel like there was a chance to pick up some quality bites.

That hunch paid off. We ...

Took my son Nathanael ultralight fishing today at Murray. Caught 7 dinks and one nice fish between us. He had a blast!

We were fishing tiny Brush Hogs t-rigged with 1/32 oz bullet weights. Casting to the rocky banks and the edges of the tullies and dragging them back. It was a relaxing awesome way ...

With it being 2024 now, I thought back to how tough the bite was a year ago and how between the rain and the colder temps it felt like winter was never going to end. In 2023 I had one small fish (and one big one that broke off) in January and then not a sniff till mid March.

This year, with my ...

Got on the water a little later than usual this morning, launching at about 8:30 with the air temp a crisp 32. Made for a very cold first run! Ended the day with 7 with the biggest only 1.68lbs. Don’t take any pictures because I was pulling them up from 55-60ft so it was unhook and get them back in ...

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Hey all one of my goals for the new year is to step out and try lots of new fishing spots. I headed to Lake Mohave over the Christmas holidays and ended up getting blown out for the most part, literally. The day I got there the wind was blowing 30 ...

Another day, another curve ball by the bass.

On the water at opening. Thankfully it was not nearly as cold as Monday! Day started off on a not so good note. When launching my boat I accidentally went a bit too far and the boat floated off without me in it! 1st time I’ve ever had that happen ...

Went for a morning hike to celebrate my bday. Took home a couple presents. Got em on 3" drop shots and spinnerbaits. Invite yourself fishing.

Late report. Fished San V on Friday from 8-1pm. Water temp started at 55 and crept up to 56-57 by the time I left. Started looking around shallow for the first hour but didn't get any bites on jerk baits or wacky rigged senko's. Went back to the old faithful drop shot Roboworm and started getting ...

Those damn bushes have a tackle box full of my dropshot hooks and weights!

Headed out onto a very rainy lake this morning with two other boaters who were crazy enough to head out into the rain. I should probably be living in the Pacific Northwest because I LOVE the rain and especially fishing in it! My bilge pump kicked on about every 15min or so pumping out a few gallons ...

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Here is Part 2 of the trip if anyone is interested. Part 3 will be out a week from today. Cheers!

I've been absolutely killing it at Murray. Fishing my BFS setup with a 1/16 oz Keitech Mono Spin jig paired with a Z-Man 2.5 inch TRD Crawz. Both in green pumpkin. I must have caught 20 keeper sized bass in my last 2 trips.
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Had an awesome day at Murray today. I got 5 and my best mate Randy got 2 (his first fish from a float tube) All of them were quality bass! We had a great day.
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Made a trip on Sunday morning to my favorite local body of water. Was pleased to see the water level a couple feet higher on account of recent rain. Hopefully some more will bring that water level back up.

It was 3 days after the full moon and we had some favorable eastbound wind and a few warmer ...

Had an excellent day on the water at Murray today. Caught 13 bass in 4 hours with nary a dink in the bunch! These are the days that make up for the ones you gotta grind to get a bite haha!
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On a camping trip this week so I didn’t make it out. Will return with your regularly scheduled reports next week!!

Too many people! HAHAHA Water's up. Algae bloom on! 58 degree water. Bass in the tulles. Good luck gettin em out.
7 solid bites, boated 1!!!

After waking up and relocating my new fish finder from the bow to the console I decided to give it a spin at El Cap which has been my nemesis the last few trips there. Fished from 1-5pm. Wind had already picked up so it was fun trying to work a spot on my crappy trolling motor(can’t wait til I can ...

I usually fish Murray on weekdays because it is conveniently located by my kid's school. Murray, however, is closed the second Tuesday of every month so I ventured up to El Capitan.

It was an absolutely beautiful day. I ended up catching 4 smaller bass and this bruiser. The small bass were hitting ...

Observation:
#1. Skunked from shore.
#2. Water level is lowest I've seen in at least 15-years (subject to change any day or week).
#3. At least for now, there is some level of increased shore access.
#4. Viewing the lake bottom to about 10' from a pier, seems a bit early for my fellow bass folks ...