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After Labor Day, Miramar closed to watercraft(bummer...I was having fun up there), so I made a return back to Murray. After a couple trips I found that bass are still feeding on shad and there are some busting fish here and there at random times. I spent 95% of my timejust cruising around looking ...

B61FE27C-14C5-429C-A4FA-ECC4C2CB1C38.jpeg This evening it was all about a couple of my fave JDM bluegill profile soft plastics on the free rig. Tons of little bluegill in the water up shallow and as soon as the sun got low they were smashing these baits. Nothing big tonight, bunch of clones ...

Used to fish there all the time years ago......but usually rented a boat(the best days was when you could bring your own trolling motor...ha ha). I Have gone up a handful of times just to mess around from shore but not recently. When I did fish from shore I caught fish over at Jump off point. Most ...

From the website it looks like the rental boats have trolling motors...Maybe I'll give Hodges a rest and try it over there. Thanks for the tips.


Yes...they do have trolling motors. I was just reminiscing about when you could bring your own motor and battery and save lots of cash in the old days ...

Thanks to both of you for the advice. I gave it a shot today ($3 why not), but it was not epic. Got a late start, there by 10 am which may have led to what followed. I walked about half way around the lake casting a variety of soft plastics and even tried the frog a bit with only one strike on the ...

20230922_062845.jpg 20230922_074842.jpg They're putting Sutherland out of it's misery this Sunday, shutting it down for the winter. It's been a long strange trip out there this year! Good days were almost nonexistent. Just when you thought it was changing for the better..it wasn't! We were hoping ...

Would you guys post a picture of bass especially good 7-10lb bass if caught with live bait worst yet cut bait??? Last night a big 7-8lb bass hit my catfish rod with fresh cut bait while hunting for crappies. Unfortunately the bass swallowed the hook but luckily I used 4/0 hook and mouth is big ...

With my favorite local body of water holding a two day tourney for the weekend I decided to change up the routine and forego my normal Sunday AM trip in favor of hitting the desert canals.

Day started off great with my first Smallie catch ever on a crankbait. Got two dink largies on the same crank ...

Just a short update that after some recent trips to Murray.....there are still plenty of small bass reacting to reaction baits.
While it is always nice to catch a healthy bass, it has still been fun trying different baits to catch these little buggers.
At least they are hungry.....ha ha. :-)
Just a ...

Here's a Poway lake special;

Here's a 12 incher I got from Hodges this time of year several years ago. I caught it on a "glide" cough cough hahaha It was never weighed or measured, just a pic and released. The hatch lid is 18" so you can assume the length.


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Here's my Hodges comparison hahah
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Night Bass, this one from Lake Martinez. All the Colorado River Lakes are fishable all night.

I know..everybody thinks Murray belongs to Vinny, but I'm here to reclaim it! Once I heard that Vinny was going to fish the River today, I saw my chance to take it back! I first fished the lake in 1962, so I've got some history! I got to the lake at first light, hoping to see some surface action ...

This 26lb bass I caught years ago at Lake Poway on a senko and never even jumped once.
Pretty strange for a bass.

Weird...I just caught one of those bass at guajome the other day...not quite 26 lbs...

Love to see those big bass! Even better to catch one!

I haven't been to El Cap in quite awhile, been waiting for my favorite time of year! I started out throwing a small jerkbait, picked up 5 or 6 fish not far from the launch. When it slowed, I moved up to the north arm in search of breaking fish, but it was all quiet when I arrived! I worked some ...

Hey guys, since you are on the subject of El Cap, just a friendly reminder that the lake is closed the first Friday of the month….which is tomorrow(Oct. 6).
Just in case anybody was planning to head out there tomorrow.


I have made that mistake…once. When I realized there was nobody ahead or ...

The wakeboard boats have been insane out there this year. I really hate that they have the whole lake but insist on running right by the boats fishing. Sometimes not even a long cast away! Really irks me.

20231009_104507.jpg The best part of retirement..I don't fish the weekends! I've had a place in Parker on the river for 40 years, the stupidity I've seen by the wakeboarders and recreational boaters is beyond belief! I've rescued dozens of boaters and witnessed people dying because of the ...