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Sometimes it’s fun just to hit a lake like that for a few hours. I used to do that years ago. I’ll drive out to El Cap after work and just fish from the shore to the right of the boat dock. Catch a few bass, then afterwards stop by the Taco shop to grab a bite to eat, and head home. It was a long ...

Rented a boat at San V today and a fellow SDFisher joined me for the morning. Some froggy looking water but no bites on either the frog or the buzzbait. Water is pea green soup from the grass scum - not just the surface, it’s throughout the water column in places.

Plastics were the goods again ...

Saw that someone caught a 4.2LB redear sunfish at San V on Sunday! Buddy of mine likes to chase the big slab gills with UL gear. Looks like a ton of fun.

Hey @stringbean …Sounds like you had a fun time which is great. Yeah…action wise, catching lots of bass can’t be too bad. Of course some of those slabs in San V probably put up a nice fight. Anyway, I have no doubt that you will be pulling in lots of fat slabs soon. Thanks for sharing and tight ...

Postponed a cool windy Friday for a warm sunny Tuesday at El Cap…WRONG! This winter that won’t let go had the lake chilly and white capping by 10am today. It probably slowed whats been a decent bite but seeing the shad along the shoreline pushed us to throw spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, and flukes over ...

I have had some tough trips this year to Murray where I worked hard just to catch a couple bass(thank you for lowering, then raising the water, then lowering and then raising it a little etc, etc., etc.) Anyway...My last trip in the beginning of May showed a little sign of improvement. This morning ...

It surprised me….as Murray can be very temperamental. There’s countless numbers of times where one day the bite is on and then a couple days later everything shuts off. I struggled more than a few times this year just to get couple bass. My last trip in early May was fun but you really never know ...

Excellent! Glad to hear you guys had a good day.

Still green!!
One and done!!

Yup, rough

Rough for us few weeks back too!

That's weird though.. the dam has been in terrible shape for over a decade and they even thought it was going to break before the last El Nino when the water was dumping over the spillway. It's starting to sound like there isn't any really good investigative work being done.. then again, the people ...

Yes, after a fun fishing outing on Tuesday with my buddy Joe, I just had to go back to Murray and check it out.
A pretty good start as I caught a bass on my third cast with a fluke. Pretty quickly after that I landed another bass on a fluke. Just a little less than 15 minutes later I was fan ...

Stringbean wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 5:46 pm I thought with your title, it was off to Sutherland you went.
Nice day catching. It was perfect weather.

Tight lines

It would have not been a good morning and a very
long drive home, as Sutherland is closed the third Friday of the month.

Clear lake and Naciemiento never disappoint

Gimme back my baby bass! May seems early for topwater at Murray, but it will just make the season longer. I think maybe you forced them to feed! Yep, dropshot would of extended your day...you're so stubborn!

Always easy to spot Mr. Vinnybass at Murray...

Those are awesome! Actually made for someone missing an arm. You set the hook with your leg. I bought one for a friend who always wanted to fish but lost an arm when he was younger. They even make a one handed knot jig. Pretty cool. Definitely googan status of you have both your arms

The Bud lite ...

I remember when Hodges reopened back in 1976, it was closed for many years prior to the reopening. We use to be able to walk around the lake and the narrows had no water. I think it was closed for about 20 years prior to that opening. I sure hope it's not another 20 years before they reopen again.

RamonaAngler wrote: Sun May 21, 2023 3:32 pm Great! Thanks Vinny!! Now you can teach me how to do that...hahaha.

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