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So, since someone killed all the fish in my old favorite spot, I had to find a new one...so I tried Irvine lake. Only had a couple hours, and only got 2 bites, but it was worth the trip! Got there right at 7 when they say it opens and there were lots of people there already...next time i may go a ...

Mcfish wrote: Sun Jul 27, 2025 11:47 amIs it public now?

Open Friday, Saturdays, and Sunday. 7 to 4

El cap ramp still open for boat launch got there w kayak at 530 peddled to Rock piles middle lake across from dam finger I been throwing this zoom horny toad lately topwater been nice to me I missed 3 in my first 4 casts then proceeded to catch around 7 on it only couple after sun came up so I ...

Headed over to Murray and joined by my buddy Joe for a little morning session. The bass are there, but up and down so fast off the surface that it has been very challenging. Actually it is frustrating especially when you land you bait right next to or on top where a bass just jumped and no takers ...

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Hey all,
I haven't gotten to post (or fish) in a while. I did have the opportunity to head out for just a few hours on Saturday to Lake Miramar. It was a nice mental therapy session just to decompress. The bonus was that I caught fish! I just wanted to take it back old ...

Went to cap again today Tues w my dad on yak focused primarily on topwater frog we got about a dozen each he got some on robo neko also 7”

A couple of pics from Murray today.

Topwater was going OFF early on and I managed 7 fish - split between a Gunfish 80, and a little Nage swimbait. Lots of fun. Then at around 7:00 it's like someone rang the school bell, and the topwater playground cleared out completely. So I went to the bottom ...

Everybody likes the new stuff...but the t-rig, splits hots, and Carolina rig, still get it done!

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Thanks for the great video, it brought me back to my first bass experience, two of my buddies from work and I decided to go fishing we ended up going to Hodges rented a boat, we all bought a container of night crawlers, we fished the morning with no bites, I had brought my small binoculars and ...

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Not sure where I wanted to go this morning so I loaded up my kayak and made a quick decision to head up to Lake Miramar. With a little fog over the water I searched for something on top, but still not really happening yet other than a few that rippled the surface in about an hour of looking. So I ...

Fun froggy morning at Otay. Only 5 bass, but all over 3 lbs with the best going 3.76. also managed a few beefy bluegill trolling crank baits when changing froggin spots.

I'm impressed with the quality of the new Paramount waders. They seem really well made. Time will tell how many trips I make ...

Top water frog cap is going off go went Tues and sun anywhere there’s grass early I got dozen both days biggest going 3.25 mostly 2lb clones but fun I used horny toad and bayou bullfrog on grass gunfish 75 caught as well

Closed Aug. 4th and 5th. And the 19th and 20th. They said that might finalize closers for algae treatments for the year. Got a few nice models on top water today. Follow up bait of choice was a Senko, which worked fine. Folks throwing smaller plastics recording high numbers.

I was just up there Sunday. Good fishing! The water looked very good for Henshaw. I didn't notice much carp activities as well.
I caught some of these.

Fished Miramar this morning from 0830-1100. It was pretty slow for me. Caught a couple on the Texas rigged 7” robo. Nothing up top.

Decided to skip a trip to the Lake of D & K due to hot weather. Oh course I was bored after my coffee and biscotti and kept bouncing the idea that maybe I could just head down to the SD River or Murray and fish from shore for couple hours before it gets too hot. Finally I grabbed 2 rods and a ...

Last week I wasted 3 hours waiting for the busters that never showed up...not this week! I started out fishing creatures on rock piles in 8'-20' of water and found fish right off. If you didn't feel rocks or trees, you weren't getting decent fish! I ended up with only 13 fish, but the quality was ...

“Ended up with only 13.” Lofty standards compared to most of us mediocre anglers.