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Headed back to the river for a little dirty water fishing as one day I expect to catch a 3-eyed bass similar to the one that aired on a Simpsons episode...ha ha
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Anyway I landed a dink on a crank bait and later I was reeling in another bass and during the process, one of my rods ...

Thanks for sharing!

Pourboy wrote: Fri Sep 12, 2025 11:20 am Great job! I feel like I could have written almost the same words. Love. My. Jigs. Cheers!

Haha I just think it's weird that they've gone from "they don't work" to my default go to.

Best lure: western 8" straight. Tan with green vien. I have bass thumb today

Had another pretty good day at Murray jigging the edge of the tules. I got there a little late for most of the busters. Total count was 8. On the water by 8:30 and off by 12. I'll share the bait in the BFS section.

Decided to get in a short evening el cap session after watching football for the day and managed to land 3. A little rain, but got two on the drop shot and one hit the top water. He hit it under a boat wake so didn’t see a blow up haha. Shoutout MrEastside619 from YouTube too. Saw him fishing the ...

Was there in my kayak from about noon- 5:30pm yesterday. El Cap is always a blast. Definitely was slower for me than it was last weekend, but I missed the morning bite which is usually my jam.

This is a good news/bad news story without pictures...

Finally ventured out to see what the deal with this lake was...you need base access to get to it. Anyway went there did what I needed to, to be legal and started throwing worms...little luck, but it was the middle of the day. I was about to ...

Thanks for the report and always enjoy your videos.
Bet it was weird not seeing any boats. Nice day to fish as it was cooler.
Tight lines always Chris.

Great morning to have a little cooler weather
to fish in. Able to land 3 bass and not able to
land 2 others. Still had fun! :-)


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yamamoto craw ...

Cats eat jigs a cap. At least that’s what I would hope it to be vs a swamp donkey.

Got to cap early saw Dan at ramp Chris shamen was also there with there super tubes I raced to back of lake started w sakamata shad 5” got couple tossing around rocks decent fish but skinny missed couple others swam at me nothing on beaver or shad after I got most way to the back so I decided to try ...

Had a really fun day at El Cap with Chris ( Pourboy ) and his friend Brad. Final count was 17. One jig fish, and everything else was topwater. A few dinks but most were 1-2 pound clones with 3 of them over 3 lbs.

They weren't busting aggressively, but I was just casting around in the coves and they ...

El Cap is going to get fired up with all the pressure off that lake.
I need to get out there.
Just remember be SAFE out there, less pressure means less help if needed.

Hey Dan that was a super fun time on the lake. You definitely outfished us on that day but it was still a blast. I'll put a link to the video when it comes out. Cheers!


I don't know about that. I caught most of them in that first little cove and most were smallish. I think you guys picked up ...

So awesome, bucket list trip for sure! I wasn't prepared for that kind of quality.

I do a Wyoming/Montana/and or Idaho trip every year, and the hardest part is coming back.

I usually put away my fly rods for months after trips like these, because it definitely leaves a lot to be desired, living in a desert like we do in SoCal.

Nice video!
I always enjoy my trips up there. I'm not that good at fly fishing but try, then go to my spinning outfit.

I do love my bass fishing but I really want to do a trip like that. Those fish are like finding jewels in the water. Great video Chris.