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Got rental w friend again today otay water down even more grass is thick around edges we fished basically around both sides Harvey some in middle the otay arm after 12 I got about 10 clones on craw my buddy did better on Dropshot robo seemed to b what they wanted

JWall wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 6:36 pm Thanks, great info as always!

I heard can drive in Barrett like last year for 30$ w yak so that will b next weekends destination I’m hoping if all goes well along with cap re opening on Fri I’ll b there w a report

Returned to the SD River this morning after landing 2 bass on 3 bites 3 days ago. It was almost "Deja vu" only this time I got 4 bites and landed 3 bass. Started by catching a tiny bass like last time, then landed one slightly bigger and then one slightly bigger than the last one. None were what ...

Xman99 wrote: Mon Jun 23, 2025 8:00 pm Michael…I think I read somewhere today that road is closed because of the recent fire.

Yeah, thanks. Went to the cities lake page and had just read it. Wanna fish it before it closes to boats.
CIao.

Yes closed till Fri fires about out my car at mechanic I’ll b there on Fri if I get it back

Spent the first 3 weeks of vacation camped at Cottonwood AZ. Took day trips to the Grand Canyon, Tuzigoot, Montezuma Castle and all the surrounding monuments and towns. I never did locate a good spot to launch my tube so I didn't fish for 3 weeks.

The DTs started to set in. Uncontrollable shaking ...

Spent a lot of time throwing onto bass swirling around the surface feeding almost exclusively on small shad. Still exciting but then you start seeing that 90% of them are very small 8-12" bass. Every once in a while maybe a 2lb bass would jump but even then that was rare, but that is what keeps you ...

Nice angling as usual. What is that craw bait? Looks enticing.


It is a Yamamoto Psycho Dad craw bait. It is pretty soft and I like the way they made the claws.
What also is cool is on the underside there is a little hole there where you can put the tip
of your hook so it is more weedless.
IMG ...

JWall wrote: Wed Jun 25, 2025 7:00 pm Great job VB! We are always learning, right?

Vinny stopped learning in the 90s...already knew everything! The only thing he doesn't know..online banking! He still makes 4 or 5 trips a week to do his banking....maybe a certain special teller????
Or...it's next to a Chick-fil-a.....

I fished yesterday for 7, all small. First time on that lake in about 5+ years. I watched a boat dropping brush weighted tree limbs on one of the points. Don’t know who is doing it but I don’t think it will improve the fishing

I fished yesterday for 7, all small. First time on that lake in about 5+ years. I watched a boat dropping brush weighted tree limbs on one of the points. Don’t know who is doing it but I don’t think it will improve the fishing


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Yeah...they were doing it for hours on Cowles Point ...

I found a pattern on Lake Mohave my last day here. I got on the water at 3 am, and immediately headed to rocky areas I identified yesterday. I was casting weedless craw baits on to the bank and bouncing them down steep rocky banks.

Ended the day at 11am with nine largemouth and one smallie. Most of ...

By sneak I mean that most people have to work on Wednesdays...Got to Hodges, bought a ticket and drove over to the other side (which is the only side for me I guess) but half way there I remembered leaving my sunglasses on top of the ticket machine (oops) so I drove back and by some miracle they ...

KillinTime wrote: Thu Jun 26, 2025 9:25 pm That second fish looks nice. What were you throwing?
Thanks!

Texas rigged MM Roboworm, gamakatsu 1/0 ewg hook with tungsten worm weight (not sure on weight...kinda small)

Well I took my car to mechanic for oil leak so I took a break all week got to cap early 530 this morning no yak on foot I decided to fish the rock pile next to ramp boats still launching water level hasn’t dropped much 👍 was the right move I got 6 in first hour then I decided to cover ground wasn’t ...

I found a pattern on Lake Mohave my last day here. I got on the water at 3 am, and immediately headed to rocky areas I identified yesterday. I was casting weedless craw baits on to the bank and bouncing them down steep rocky banks.

Ended the day at 11am with nine largemouth and one smallie. Most ...

Dfishin wrote: Fri Jun 27, 2025 6:25 am Nicely done! A lake you can fish anytime any day.

Yes...not run by the idiots in San Diego!

...and far, far away, I ventured up to the Lake of D & K. Fisheromen and Mcfish were already therehaving the advantage living in Ramona and a hop skip and jump from the lake. Picked up just a couple on top with a few others found freedom tossing the hook while those guys were having a lot of action ...

If it isn’t Hardwood, it will just wilt and decay on the bottom. However, Hardwood will last a decade. In Louisiana, they pound sharpened PVC pipe into the lake bottom in a grid pattern. All point up, within a few weeks, algae covers the pipes turning them green, and Bluegill and Shad feed on the ...

Classic D.K..! If you want the better fish, you have to be on the rock piles or the trees! Even better is where the trees meet the rocks! The down side, I lost at least 4 nice fish and re-tied alot of leaders. I probably shredded at least 30' of leader material! If you just want sheer numbers of ...