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Vinny easily holds the World's record for the most different lures used in a day of fishing...doesn't matter if he's on fish or not....he figures out how to get them to bite! Can't argue with that! I've watched him do it enough times!

Great job out there this morning. You really
know every nook and cranny on your home lake
where bass will be….and get them to bite. Every time I heard “oh yeah!”… I knew you were hooking up another bass. It was fun out there and glad I got to witness you in action doing what you do best.
Tight lines ...

After back to back skunk sandwiches at Murray this week, I decided to go to Otay. Met up with CorsoEnthusiast and his brother bright and early.

My final count for the day was 14, with nearly half being over 3 and the biggest weighing 4.2. you know it's a pretty good day when a 2.5 pounder feels ...

Went on a rental at otay sat 12th with buddy we both caught between us 50 from 630-6 I used a neko roboworm 7” on my bfs 10 braid 8 flouro leader morning dawn red crawler midnight Arron’s magic they ate them all on my other pole I Dropshot the 6” robo same colors my buddy throws black senco 6” and ...

Good job Dan I’m the guy from morning saw u at dock on the rental I registered here so I will share stories and reply finally lol cheers looking forward to fishing w u in future I will have to take kayak out Murray too sometimes I guess

KillinTime wrote: Sun Apr 13, 2025 12:50 pm Nice to see that lake producing early and consistently.
Any estimates on the size of the one that got away?

I weighed his five pounder and I was pretty close to McFish when he lost that other one and from my view could’ve pulled around 7 pounds.

Good job Dan I’m the guy from morning saw u at dock on the rental I registered here so I will share stories and reply finally lol cheers looking forward to fishing w u in future I will have to take kayak out Murray too sometimes I guess 😂


Rad, thanks for introducing yourself and I'll see you ...

I went back to Otay for a few hours this morning. I caught 8 quality fish on various baits including chatter bait, crankbait, jerkbait and my ever present jig. I made a few passes with topwater plugs and a frog, but sadly no takers today.

My final count was 8, but would have been 9 had Vinny ...

Myself, a friend and a few family members hit El cap for about 4 hours this morning. Crazy how down the lake is. Managed a few quality fish on various robo worm combo's. My nephew and his girl gave up on the bass and had no trouble finding the bluegill. Not a slammer by any means but a nice day out ...

Here's a few fish from the Santee Lakes in March. They were chewing the trick worm all spring. I'm taking a little break while all the bed fisherman take over the lakes.

Went for a walk sweetwater around 11am was nice when I got there got a dink right away on neko robo Arron’s magic then wind picked up pretty good was a lot people in 3rd cove mostly catching crappie some big ones if anyone’s interested lol I picked up another dink at around 1 and took off got my ...

I loaded my kayak up early this morning for otay saw Dan again great to see ya “cowboy” I got on water shot strait across got a dozen fish first couple hours flipping my neko 7” roboworm Arron’s magic right up to toulies dragging it back I missed as many as I caught or more then bite just seemed to ...

Got on the water early and got to say hi to robert_smith as he was heading out too. After a few minutes Dfishin showed up and we hung out and fished together all morning.

It was a really productive day. I stopped counting at 20 fish but I'm guessing my total was over 30. I'm pretty sure Dave did ...

Thanks for sharing your adventure at Otay.
Looks like you had some fun from looking
at the pics. Those cats really fight like heck
and find ways to get unbuttoned.
Tight lines :-)


Yeah that’s my second battle with that big catfish thought having a friend would help was opposite very heavy ...

DarkShadow wrote: Fri Apr 18, 2025 9:08 am

Dannicus wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 5:55 pmMost were on a jig early...

Are you tossing light wire jigs? It seems it'd be hard to get penetration on a jig with BFS gear.

I/8 oz. Bitsy Bug with a TRD Bugz trailer. I get great hookups with it.

There is always a period after the spawn that slows things down as a few recent trips to Murray have been tougher.
I also stop the lake pretty often and talk to other fishermen and it seems that most agree it has slowed down. That doesn't mean you can't catch bass, but for me it has been a lot of ...

I spoke to you briefly out there. Slow for me as well, but I also got a “better” one. I was wondering how you did.

Met the homie Early release at Hodges this morning for a little bassin. Was the first one at the gate around 4:50am. I have taken three trips prior to today to Hodges in 2025 and had nary a fish between them. The day started with a spinnerbait snagged and lost and no bites to be found on my ...

Thought I might see you as I got on the water for the third time. Mentioned it to my Backseater that I’ve run across you the last two times I launched as you left. Anyway, couldn’t get the jerk bait working, but the top water was just fine. It seems every other week it switches Frogs and Buzz baits ...

Hello all,

Decent day at Hodges today. Got in line at 515, didn't need to. They opened around 600. Met Corso Enthusiast and we headed out. Air was chilly at about 45-50 F, but the water was a balmy 64 F. Went along the usual chase to the right and banged around the shore. First fish was around 645 ...