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If you don't get seasick on a smaller boat, the bluefin tuna will be showing up in our local waters within the next 3-5 weeks hopefully and I wouldn't mind having someone else tag along and split gas. All my other friends have boats so we communicate back and forth on biting fish positions if it's ...

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

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There are a lot of big ones out at Miramar lake too

Whenever I make bait on my boat I'll start at MB jetty but if that doesn't produce my go to is always Crystal pier right next to it. 98% of the time it produces but lately with the thick red tide it may be tough

Whomever is running the San Diego is killin it

I still don't understand why they would drain Loveland regardless of fishing or not. Was it an upkeep problem or something because that really makes no sense. We live in a desert and instead of keeping our reserves we just get rid of it.. Are the directors in charge of this brain dead ass clowns?

This is open for anybody that wants to go. I'll be making a little more frequent trips inshore and offshore now that the water is warming up and the fish finish spawning.

Currently heading out targeting Yellowtail and Tuna in MX waters 20-30 miles. As they get closer the runs will hopefully be what ...

When o when will that lake turn back on. Glad to know the shad were spawning, sounds like a spinnerbait will start to work again early in the morning. At least you caught something, no fun getting skunked. I went twice last month and only got two bites, one of which was in the parking lot.

Dima wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 4:44 pm Is the water in San V always that green during warmer months?

Algae in the water is pretty noticeable year round but when the water heats up it blooms and creates a 1-3 foot deep blanket on the surface

[mod], that is a [mod] monster. Unfortunately it probably died but damn! You weren't fishing for bass with a 2lb setup on hand.

They have some big striper in there that you can target on heavier gear although they're usually more keyed in on eating those trout. You can try trolling big trout looking rapalas or even bring frozen bait to try for catfish and or striper (forgot what the striper like; anchovies?) if you only have ...

That's weird though.. the dam has been in terrible shape for over a decade and they even thought it was going to break before the last El Nino when the water was dumping over the spillway. It's starting to sound like there isn't any really good investigative work being done.. then again, the people ...

Nelson 1 wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 2:56 pm I heard they also advise not to eat any fish in that lake high bacteria levels

I prefer to eat the oceanic species I catch full of mercury. It adds a special life span of 3-14 years divided by 0

40 fish days are still very possible. 20 fish days are easy tehre right now. Gonna be goooood


It might not be that way seeing how much they have raised and lowered the water levels so drastically this past year. That fluctuation of water really puts a strain on those fish. If you have been to ...

I started at about 6:30am and left at 8:30am and ended up with 6 from the bank. 4 were the smaller 1-2lb like you caught then I got a spawned out lethargic 7-8lber and then a 5lber that was healthy but I had to bail for work.

Sweet! I fished for only 1:30 from the shore at Del dios from about 12-1:30, only got one that could have been 6lbs or so but was disgustingly skinny. What did you get yours on?


I caught both bigger fish on a 7" roboworm texas rig and all the small fish on the senko in the sticks.

That bigger ...

Day or night, I will use a fish trap with a 1/2oz or 3/4 oz jig head. Now you can also use the jig heads with the underspin on them with a green/glow in the dark fish trap that tends to work pretty good. Even running a crankbait works too as long as you don't bury it in the eel grass

A lot of people are counting on the El Nino again to bring all those fish up deep south in Mexican waters but to me it sure seemed like last year was an El Nino instead seeing how close and in large numbers those Dorado were. BUT for anybody that works outside for their occupation must be pretty ...