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First one looks to be a sarcastic fringehead and yes a cabazon

Did the water clarity ever change or is it the same as it has been?

You have to be able to find the bait usually in order to find better fish. I had an epic bite on the inside cove of bali hai by the docks on corvina in the evening destroying jerk baits.

It helps to use Google satellite maps and see where the patches of sand are when exploring new spots.

I can't ...

If you buy squid bring a sabiki and tip the hooks with it, you may be able to catch smelt or the preferred mackerel to use as bait

They used to allow float tubes. Of course this was way back when the lake used to have threadfin shad and yes Mike Long was the premiere lake record champion

I don’t think it’s that easy, there would be a long line if it were.
If snagging 18lbers were easy wouldn’t there be a crowd.
Come on, why turn on your partner. Then close your forum and hide.
It’s gives people something to talk about, because there not catching big fish.
I haven’t seen a 15lber ...

Sounds like you need to replace the head unit

The DMV should have one sent out, sometimes it takes a month or two

This is what I bought for my Raymarine, although I didn't know Garmin owns Navionics now;

https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/843663/pn/010-C1371-30

There is also this if you're interested in a more in depth layout of lakes

https://www.c-map.com/

I downloaded it so I can have a copy and then transferred it to an SD card. I wanted a larger sd so I could save more info on it

Are the crappie out in the middle of the lake still or have they moved in to the sticks close to the bank?

The water level is way high, the ends of the staircase that go down to Mo's hole on either side are submerged

Thanks for the report, I have been wondering if that lake is any good lately and what the water levels were like. Must have been pretty toasty up there this weekend but at least the fish didn't care and you were able to keep catching. If they still stock that lake with trout there has to be some big ...

I think I caught that one before too, there are a few spawning still and a lot of them are really hungry post spawn. I caught two others last time that had crooked tails which was weird to see, birth defects from the same spawn or something

Only time I've caught bass out of there was during spawning season which doesn't require much skill. I'm betting if you can get your hands on a topography map of the lake and find where the rock piles are you would have better luck, maybe even hook one of those 50lb sturgeon I've seen airborne there