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Caught this 7.25lb bass from shore this morning on a trout swimbait.
McFish says to never tell where..... but he already guessed where. Smart guy!

I took advanced of the warm weather over the weekend and put in a few hours Saturday morning.

I caught a smallish bass on a drop shot in 20 feet of water on the first cast. I have been using 6th Sense’s new 4.3 drop shot minnow with great results. No first cast curse for me as I went on to catch 8 ...

Hey all, I got asked by Bruce to be on the San Diego Bass Fishing Podcast yesterday. We had a fun chat about the neko rig and other things bass fishing. Enjoy!

After some swimbait tossing from shore a few times recently, I decided to take the boat out and give it a whirl.The weather got hot quickly and geez...85 degrees in early February! Anyway....swimbait tossing for a while and then switched over to a crank bait and landed a small bass. Then around 30 ...

My compadre Kei got on the Crappie, trolling Flicker Shads and hitting the schools with jigs. All quality, not huge numbers. Got blown off the water early. Didn’t matter, the heat came in and got everybody else.

Fun morning! What was the hot color for you?

Nice job out there Brad, was great meeting you!

It’s pretty fun down there right now if you’re in a kayak or a float tube. Fish up shallow - everything I caught was in 8’ or less of water. Had most of my success on the Neko, seemed like there were quite a few on a moving bait bite early too. Saturday was better than Sunday. Water temp once the ...

Fun day at Otay yesterday. The weather was beautiful and the water temp was 58. My final count was 11, nothing huge, but fun anyway.

Most came on a jig, or Ned bait with a couple of underspin fish thrown in for fun. Basically I worked the banks and points all along between the boat launch down to ...

TommyGun6480 wrote: Wed Feb 04, 2026 9:23 pm Anybody have any reports from day 1?

Saw a video and bassing looked slow. Crappie was the call.

Was there Saturday for a re-con. Store was still not open. I talked to Cody( City employee) he said that Laina could not find anyone to work. If u know her TommyGun maybe suggest that she reach out to the Friends of Lake Hodges for some volunteers? Was a little slow for the bassers but the crappie ...

Been so long, I thought I might not remember how, but had a pretty good 45 min session...I really enjoy fishing, but catching is way better.

Sounds like an awesome day to me!

Were you in a tube or kayak?
I was out there yesterday and had a hell of a time launching my kayak. they were working on the docks and had guy wires all over, shore was mucky mud, not fun. I only stayed for 2 hours, got 2 fish and decided to call it as I was dreading how to get out.
Sounds like ...

1st time this back to my go to lake...I do love the pond, but the lake is so much more...

Got an on time start, long line at the iron ranger and to the water not long after first light. Threw a bunch of different stuff, spinnerbait, cranks, etc but the first one took almost an hour and I was ...

Nice work! Going to be interesting after all this rain.

Here is a story that explains, to me at least, what fishing is all about. So, let me set it up...same lake (O'Neill) two consecutive days. Could not have been more different.

Day 1

Start with a cold morning, and casted about 3000 times in the first hour and snagged the tulles about 6 times, lost a ...

Reading these 🧢 reports and being a boater is sheer torture. And its my favorite lake after Barrett. Damn the city (pun intended) for not managing our water resources and dam maintenance/replacement funds better. And you can throw the Hodges story into this too. Sorry bfullerton17 for going sideways ...

Thanks for the report. There is bait all over in 30 to 40 feet and a lot bass in them. They should move up soon, nights are staying a little warmer.

Love the panfish fly.