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The heartbreak is you get turned around on the quagga mussel inspection 90% of the time from a ridiculous reason. Example, a eucalyptus leaf that fell in your boat the morning you drove up and you missed it. Or condensation.

After much praying on the way there, we passed the inspection. What a ...

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Don't know how this happened

But it must be a part of getting old.

Hey...speaking of old....Today is McFish's Birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY McFISH!

He is old, but a heck of a great guy and fisherman.

oh yeah...my post is below ...ha ha

Hit Murray this morning(like you guys did not see that coming...ha ha) and it was cool and overcast. I heard of a few topwater stirrings from my buddy Larry who wrangled in some recent topwater bass, so I was ready. It is still a little early for topwater and should be going off a lot better as we ...

Thanks Stringbean for the heads up.
It's nice to have the new site up. San Vee was good to me also. 5 green monsters (at this point any fish is a monster). It's been a tough beginning this year for me. I can remember being blanked as much as I have this year. I was starting to question my abilities ...

Any pics of the big one?

Nice work Vinny!

Water 70+- and so GREEN!!!!! The whole lake!!! Visibility 6" at best.
Boated 3 males in the junk. Be a month before it's, at least, somewhat clear.

Way to find them JJ. Not easy when the water is like that.
I’m surprise the bass can see a pumpkin colored senko… ha ha
Tight lines

Fluke time is coming up real quick!

Mcfish wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:18 am Fluke time is coming up real quick!

Whenever I catch a fish it is a fluke! Seriously, every bite surprises me!
Glad you got a few JJ!

Hit the road at 6:30am and made the 1hr 20 minute trek from Oceanside to the most remote lake in San Diego County. Got my boat all dried up the night before but arrived to find out my cooler had tilted over and spilled all the melted ice into the boat 😩 Spent 20 mins getting that all dried up and ...

Dixon Lake update on Bass. This fish had a few eager friends, but she was the most photogenic. I was just walking the shore pounding along with a #7 Rapala and they were very cooperative. I'd like to say that's a surfcasting rod and she was huge, but it's really about a 20" fish, which is still a ...

Sweet!!!!!
I have not been at that lake for a long, long time. Thanks for sharing. Some big bass have come out of there.

Took the Kayak down to El Cap this morning. With the water way up, I knew I had to be one of the first couple kayakers there or that now smaller dirt lot would be full and I’d have to drag my ‘yak across the parking lot.

Apparently a big club tourney this morning, a bunch of people just drove in ...

https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FishingContests/default.aspx
heres the tournament listing for CA. you can toggle the dates are lakes to make it easier to figure out when and where.
FYI el cap all next month.

Tried my luck there on Friday- Sunrise to sunset. Reports from other anglers- it was slow going! Fisheromen joined me for first half of the day and a different friend the second half. Paul and I only got two the first half, one each, and I got four more the second half. All topwater but one bedfish ...

Couple of more pic

I got to the lake at sunrise, expecting to see the regulars out on the water already...but no, I was alone. That tells you how tough the fishing is and the high water has made launching and parking a real challenge. I keep expecting the lake to go off every week, but it's still not happening! I ...

Good to see you out there yesterday morning.Sorry to hear you didn't catch a dozen bass at Sutherland. Good you found those 3. It's been very tough this year. I have been skunked 4 weekends in a row at Sutherland. The water level being so high, I think the fish are confused. Hopefully it will get ...

That lake needs a few days with 85-90 degree weather to get those shad to spawn