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Decided to take the cheaper fishing route(a recent new roof set me back $$,$$$$) so I headed down to the SD River for a morning session.
The last time I was there it was really stained and flooded via the tons of water being released from El Capitan. This time the water had
gone down to almost back ...

I figured you were running down to look for more Salmon…..

I think the City screwing with the water levels had a big influence on the fishing. San V probably was the most consistent fishing and had the most stable water levels. Sutherland and El Cap were really dependent on whether the City was messing with the water levels!

I came across this report. Wanted to share.

https://wonews.com/double-digit-largemouth-weighed-in-tournament-at-lower-otay/

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BY MIKE STEVENS

CHULA VISTA— Despite the obvious presence of active bass at Lower Otay Reservoir, fishing seems to be up on one day ...

You can't tell winter's coming by the daytime temps, but at 6:30 out on San V...I was feeling it! Air temp started out at 42, water temps 60-62. A nice little breeze out of the east didn't help. I was expecting some breaking fish, but found none after an extensive search! I brought out the dropshot ...

Today was a totally different day from Monday. Not nearly the amount of fish busting shad in the bushes but there were still some sporadic boils. Fished from 6:30- 3pm. Not a lot of bites but the quality was good. Ended up with 9 in the boat. Best 5 went 14 1/2 lbs. Things were totally backwards ...

Got out early at Lower Otay on Wednesday. Crowds were light and I picked up a few bass early AM on finesse swimbaits over the top of the grass. Once the sun came up things slowed down shallow so I went looking for Shad schools out deep. Picked up a couple more 1-2lb bass down in the 40ft range ...

What is the one bait you turn to when you just need to get a bite? For me it’s either a 4” Senko T rigged weightless or it’s the old school Fluttercraft worm on a drop shot. I feel like I can always buy a few bites on one of those two baits. What’s yours?

Those are fun. We use to have Floatation Nation. Fisheromen started his tubin days then. Oldirtybasser started it.

Those are fun. We use to have Floatation Nation. Fisheromen started his tubin days then. Oldirtybasser started it.

Dfishin ! Flotation Nation was good times...

Pourboy , always enjoy the videos and I have thought about doing a Tube Mobb event. I just never got into the "measurement-style ...

Another great video! This one actually popped up on my YouTube Feed before you posed to SD Fish.
Keep up the good work and keep making memories!

Been focusing my efforts east of SD recently since the bite from shore locally has been pretty tough. A short Cap trip on Saturday that produced one clone bass reinforced that point for me.

With my brother back in town permanently we decided to hit the desert Friday and Sunday to see what we could ...

My new reel arrived yesterday. I pre-ordered it over a month ago. It's an Ark Gravity BFS reel. I paired it with a Ray Fishing 7 ft Tarantula finesse rod, and spooled it with 6lb. nanobraid and a 6lb. flourocarbon leader.

If you'd have told me yesterday that I could cast a tiny 1/16 oz. (or smaller ...

Just another 2 hours and you could be sitting on real Pigs in the Lakes along the Colorado River. I regiularly get 5-7 pound “Bonus” Bass and had one run of luck that netted 7 Bass over 10 in 7 trips. Giant Flatheads are in the mix as well as Stripers, Smallmouth and Channel Cats. Just a whole new ...

Well, there are times when I just feel bad posting too much...especially when it comes to Lake Murray. I have posted so many Murray reports that many of you guy are probably tired of seeing the same old blah, blah, blah. Heck, if I wasn’t me, I would probably even be saying..."Geez, another Murray ...

Pourboy wrote: Wed Jan 03, 2024 2:03 pm Thanks for the post! Hopefully getting to Murray soon for the first time! I always enjoy your posts. Cheers!

Amen.
Someone wake me up when the days get longer, the air warms up, and the little green fish start hitting jerkbaits, will ya?

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 ...

Better day today than Monday. Day started out rainy and windy so I pulled out the spinnerbait and about 10min in I got my biggest of the day, a 3.01. That was it for any reaction bites so I picked up the dropshot and headed out deep, 40-60ft. Ended the day with 11 in the boat with at least that many ...

Did some BFS fishing at Otay this morning.  Caught 3 bass on a Mini Brushhog, and 3 large bluegill on a 2" jerkbait.  Fun mornin!

OTAY... now there's a word I have not heard in a long, long time!!!

Good job, thanks for the report.