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One of my best days ever for El Cap!

Launched about 6:30 and headed over to the island that used to be in the front part of the lake. Started off with the frog on got a chunky little guy on my third cast. Two casts later I got a 3 pounder that choked it. Two blow ups, two fish. Thought it was on at ...

Did a quick session down at the SD River from shore. Took 2 rods and just some light tackle. Arrived around 7am, despite saying to myself that I was going to be there early. I got only 4 bites and landed the 4 bass using a fluke and plastic worms. Nothing real big but still had fun time as the bass ...

What depth were you finding the fish hitting your plastics?


I used to just fish shallow water mostly flippin the tulles and working the edges until they lowered the water too much a
few years ago at Murray. I have been fishing deeper water since then usually trying to find shad schools when ...

JWall wrote: Mon Aug 25, 2025 3:47 pmBig worms!

Not that big.....
7" Roboworm
7" BPS Curly tail worm
5" Senko

Mcfish wrote: Mon Aug 25, 2025 4:02 pm Real fisheromen don't use A.C.......

Real fishermen or actually smart fishermen know how to correctly spell fishermen….. not fisheromen!

PS- the air conditioning in my old truck is almost equal to just rolling down a window.. ha ha

Yeah, holding steady

I fished Saturday at El Capitan in my new float tube. It's pretty amazing on the water. Fastest I've ever seen because of it's design. I was worried that it might get really hot being black, but honestly, I really didn't notice any difference over my other tube on the water. I was so anxious to get ...

Just a quick thought. I wear a pair of SPF 50 Flyfishing Pants. They are coated with Teflon so they don’t stain, dry quickly, and best of all are cooling and I guess they look enough like Waders that I’ve never been checked.

Good deal Dan tube looks slick good glide on water yeah I went cap Mon on boat got 7 my buddy did same almost till 3pm seemed like all they wanted once got light was worm I got few on osp beaver cheers

Went to Murray as it got hot very quick(the weather I mean). I messed around with breaking bass that almost all of them were pretty small. Same story as they are feeding on shad and that is what they want. I tried baits that in the past were a sure thing which gets me pretty frustrated when they don ...

You went out in the High Heat Index and scored some Bass! Exactly what I intend to do tomorrow. One Caveat: My Buddy dropped his rod in the water when he flipped his Tube last trip and I marked the spot. So I’m going to “Stitch” a 10x10 foot area with an Egg sinker and Treble hook on straight 30 ...

I dropped a setup in the lake last Friday and got it back! Definitely worth the try!

Vinny, 8 bass better than no bass! You're just spoiled!

It was a nice morning. Then the sun decided come on on high heat. Busters were everywhere you looked. Which way to go, I went that way. The fishing was interesting. I could get them on the swirl but the bait I was using, I couldn't cast it very far. I got a couple dragging the bottom. I was moving ...

I dropped a setup in the lake last Friday and got it back! Definitely worth the try!

Vinny, 8 bass better than no bass! You're just spoiled!


You are right that 8 bass is better than no bass.
I was so hot and miserable when I got home as
my house was like an oven and after putting ...

When I went to Murray on Tuesday the lake was alive with busters everywhere. Yesterday it had calmed down considerably. I still managed a few topwater early, but it got hot.

I started focusing on shady pockets in the tules, and found some jig success that way. Surprisingly, I saw a couple of very ...

Flipped a coin and just decided to just take a couple rods down to the SD River for a a short shore section before the heat arrives. A tiny bit cooler with a little early cloud cover, but knew that was not going to last.
I missed a bass on a fluke as it surprised the heck out of me when it hit the ...

Nice job Dan....smart to work the tulles.
Those bigger bass you saw were probably moving in looking for small bluegill. I have seen bass almost beach themselves over
near the far fence line chasing bluegill a few times and especially along the shore to the right of the boat dock.
Tight lines and ...

Nice Vinny how come u don’t take the yak over to river and fish from shore any reason or just the haul?


Actually with this extreme heat we been having it is just too exhausting hauling everything back to my truckwith my kayak as I am no spring chicken...ha ha. Normally when it gets real hot in ...

Got 5 missed double that at least lost some tackle and fish in sunken trees buddy got prob 10 on his boat started at 6am till prob 1pm was nice day finally made it up there wasn’t packed due to first day nfl id say was sweet

With the Murr closed I decided to go to the captain yesterday after dropping off the kids at school. I didn't get on the water till a little after 9, and caught the very tail end of the morning busters.

I got 1 on a Gunfish early, and then had to move down in the water column. Picked up a few more ...