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My second trip to San V this year, and found the bluegill and redear biting pretty good in the late afternoon. Even some lowly bass.

Dropshotting half a crawler gets it done. All fish were released.


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Well done! Not much activity at the launch ramp.

Great job again! I'm heading out there tomorrow for those. I could not find them last week. Hopefully better luck tomorrow. Thanks for the update!

Wow those are some very healthy panfish . they almost look like they are not real . . Thanks for the report

Pourboy wrote: Sat May 20, 2023 9:07 am Great job again! I'm heading out there tomorrow for those. I could not find them last week. Hopefully better luck tomorrow. Thanks for the update!

Consider time of day. I can get the bass to bite all day long but 5 pm can be a light-switch factor for these bluegill/redear.

Fishbreath wrote: Sat May 20, 2023 5:39 am Well done! Not much activity at the launch ramp.

Agree, Friday late afternoon was a ghost town at the ramp. Weekends of course are a whole different story.

Here is a shot of the busy launch ramp last Sunday at 1 pm, A WHILE BEFORE I LAUNCHED:

Those 10" bluegill and redears are the perfect size to harvest. They are large enough to filet, but not so large as to be taking a trophy out of the lake.

It's officially a pattern at this point! :D

Really fun panfishing again today and upped gear to 6 lb. braid with 6 lb. leader, found the fish in the same areas. Targeting around 15 to 18 feet deep on nightcrawlers at the outer edge of the brushlines, similar to Friday's catch but added a fat 2.2 ...

Love it! Keep 'em coming.

Great job out there...again! Fun talking with you at the ramp and I'm glad you found them. Cheers!

Nice work getting those tacklebuster gills!! Great photos thanks for sharing Stringbean

That first fish, we have always called a Pumpkinseed. They have a longer gill-flap and look like they were painted by Timothy Leary. I was once told they were a hybrid of a Bluegill and Green Sunfish. Could be.

You are dialed in on those panfish!

Well done!

After getting stuff done at home, I ditched the beach gloom for beautiful San Vicente and fished on both Sunday and Monday afternoons in the kayak. Overcast weather with slight breeze. This is trip 4 and 5 to SanV following the same panfish pattern. Its a slam dunk to take the kayak with the ...

Back to that pumpkinseed or green sunfish hybrid panfish, that mouth is super cool!


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This other redear that weighed in at 1.8 lbs


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Below are shots from my Monday- Memorial Day trip. I wear a different hat on each day mainly for the fish photos :D ...

Beautiful fish.

So,

As everyone knows Hodges opened last week. I've been starving for a crappie bite all year. I had to go. Plus the kids have been asking to get out as well. Thought it was the perfect opportunity for both.

Got there in line before it opened to ensure we got a rental.

The ramp is now the parking ...

Hard to believe that today was my first time out this year. After going my whole life with excellent health, things have gone from bad to since I turned eighty. I really wanted to get out, actually I needed to get out. I got my boat out of mothballs and found that my trolling motor wasn't working. I ...

Great job out there! Sounds like a great day.