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I fished for a few hours early at Otay. Ended up with 11. A mix of small topwater walking baits, and this little bait that I shared in the BFS forum.

JWall wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:39 pm Bet you dollars to dimes dad could have cared less how many he caught.Good job making his day

Your right yeah he had a blast my buddy on shore says he had a big smile on his face went today I did better he got the biggest went 3.66

Got to el cap a little later then expected with dead battery couldn’t find battery charger jump from other car wouldn’t work took battery outta other car got my car going took a little over hour left my house at 545 for cap w dad on yak 2nd time around got better idea headed for rockpile middle lake ...

Hey Dannicus,
I thought that was you in the tackle shop early morning. I was in line with my son behind you. Glad to hear you had a productive day. We got one each on wackies. I was throwing a tiny popper on my dark wolf setup. Only had one strike it but missed. Would have been nice.

Got on the lake just before sunrise. Almost immediately I saw bass start busting across from the dock under the power lines area.

I kicked over and started throwing walking baits. Picked up maybe a dozen between the small Sammy, and Gunfish. Nothing over 2 lbs though, and nothing picture worthy ...

Had a great day at Miramar yesterday. My buddy and I ended up with 30 fish total with a 4 and a 3.15# which we were pretty happy about. We lost 3 more that jumped at least once and were in that weight class. Also had a double hook-up which is always awesome! I can't remember a time when these fish ...

Meant to include that all were caught on soft plastics. Tried maybe 10 other lures (jerk bait, Sammy, jack hammer, whopper plopper, mini-jig to name a few) with no bites other than on a small paddle tail SB tossed into a group of busting fish but it came unbuttoned.

Another after work, quick stop at my favorite Orange County bass hole. Got there and it was super smokey, but the ranger who took my $3 didn't seem concerned so off i went. Picked up a little guy who fell in the dirt...
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I apologized and let him go. Then tossed a weightless T ...

Haven't been up to Miramar since the middle of June and had a fun time that day so decided to take my kayak back up there and see what's happening. Kind of bummed as was no surface action except for an occasional splash out in the distance. So after a number or useless casts with topwater baits, I ...

You’ve said before you use straight braid most times was this straight braid or short leader?
Great job either way.
You’re the man no matter what McFish says about you, just kidding HaHa 🤣


Actually because the water at Miramar is so clear, I only brought a few rods with mono.
(6 & 8lb test) If ...

Thank you Vito....I actually pulled up to the spot and got a 2.15, 2.25 then a 3.15 and I thought to myself that staying paid off and planned to leave again. Glad I didn't as the big one came a few casts later.

JWall wrote: Tue Jul 08, 2025 5:40 pm Time for a longer selfie stick VB, nice ones!!

When the fish are heavier, for some reason, I hold things tighter….. ha ha
Besides, I give you the honest weight. I’m not the guy who lies about the weight no matter how
big they look in a picture. No respect for guys who do that.

Must be something in the water. The panfish I catch there are the hardest fighting panfish I catch from any lake. Almost to much fish for my 1wt rods.


I honestly think that because the lake is not fished much, the fish are not used to getting hooked. Sounds crazy, but Miramar seems to be more ...

Vinny once again showing us how it's done!!!

Topwater season has arrived full force at the Murr with fish busting all over the lake. I saw a few good sized ones come up, but mostly they were small, and chasing tiny bait. I got a handful on my usual topwater walkers, but I swear they have been practicing how to throw a lure when they jump ...

I was on the water by 5:30 and had a choice to make, go after the smaller schooling busters or sit on the rock piles hoping for bigger fish on the bottom! Easy choice, I just can't pass up a topwater frenzy! I ended up with 22 fish on top, mostly 2 to 3 1/2lbers, caught on various flukes and a ...

Throw the banjo minnow! The”genetic response “
will drive them crazy!


When I was much younger I bought a big banjo minnow kit. As I recall, it was one of the few "as seen on tv" lures that I actually caught fish on. It had to be due to that genetic response. I mean bass must be genetically ...

Haven't fished the SD river since June 23 and figured I would do a quick morning session and take off before it gets too hot.
So much for early start as I finally got there around 7:15. In my past reports you will see that I do not get a lot of bites
down there. So when I miss a bite or a bass ...

Took the tube out at Miramar from about 9-11:30. Landed a couple Dinks on the drop shot roboworm and lost a nice one on the buzz bait. Fun little morning. Sorry for the lack of photos.

My last few visits at Murray have been dominated by dinks and clones. Still catching decent numbers, but most have been small. Today I finally got on a little better bite. Not giants but got 3 in the upper two and lower 3 lb. range. Flipping the edge of tules with a jig. It certainly ain't power ...