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Sometimes you just need a little break and decided it was time again to hit Murray in the morning before it gets too hot. Did not get an early start as I finally was on the water around 7:45a.m. Not much surface action so I decided to flip a little with a Tokyo rig. I probably mentioned it a number ...

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Finally ventured out to see what the deal with this lake was...you need base access to get to it. Anyway went there did what I needed to, to be legal and started throwing worms...little luck, but it was the middle of the day. I was about to ...

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Hey all,
I managed to get out to El Cap in the tube and man it was eerie! No boats on there was awesome and horrible at the same time. I know that we all understand the lakes situation but I am going to make lemonade while lemons are in season.

I started off throwing ...

Great morning to have a little cooler weather
to fish in. Able to land 3 bass and not able to
land 2 others. Still had fun! :-)


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Cats eat jigs a cap. At least that’s what I would hope it to be vs a swamp donkey.

At the lake at 6. Had to wait to launch. WHAT!!!. I asked some guys chatting what brings you here to Vinny's Lake. They said El Cap is closed so we came here. I think it was 9 boats.
Anyway I played with the busters and was fun nothing over 2 1/2 with 13 of them. I tried hard for those fish ...

Nice day...fun! The little lakes are going to get hammered with El Cap's ramp shut down..thank you Mr. Toad Gloria for your fantastic water use plan! A year ago he bragged about all of our excess water! Rumor has it he sold it to Mexico..brilliant!

Cats eat jigs a cap. At least that’s what I would hope it to be vs a swamp donkey.


Yes, I've gotten my fair share of kitties there on jigs. I have no idea which it was. That being said what didn't show was the giant swirl on top of the water after it broke. The fact that it was already near the ...

Thanks to the incredible wisdom of our City Lakes leaders, D.K. will be closing this week for the season....and like every other year, it's right when the lake is really heating up!!!
Started out at sunrise with perfect overcast skies and was instantly on fish! My first 2 casts were blowups on the ...

Ahh...redemption! Not the hog I was remembering, but learned a bit more about this body of water this morning. Here is the best of the 4 landed.

Got to cap early saw Dan at ramp Chris shamen was also there with there super tubes I raced to back of lake started w sakamata shad 5” got couple tossing around rocks decent fish but skinny missed couple others swam at me nothing on beaver or shad after I got most way to the back so I decided to try ...

Had a really fun day at El Cap with Chris ( Pourboy ) and his friend Brad. Final count was 17. One jig fish, and everything else was topwater. A few dinks but most were 1-2 pound clones with 3 of them over 3 lbs.

They weren't busting aggressively, but I was just casting around in the coves and they ...

El Cap is going to get fired up with all the pressure off that lake.
I need to get out there.
Just remember be SAFE out there, less pressure means less help if needed.

Hey Dan that was a super fun time on the lake. You definitely outfished us on that day but it was still a blast. I'll put a link to the video when it comes out. Cheers!

JWall wrote: Mon Sep 29, 2025 2:11 pm 20 guys googling shimmy swimmer 125 in 3..2..1..

Was a lot of fun to throw 18.99$ anglers arsenal

JWall wrote: Mon Sep 29, 2025 2:11 pm 20 guys googling shimmy swimmer 125 in 3..2..1..

Hell yes, I think I was the first to Google it haha! One of the fun things about being retired and fishing 3-4 days per week is trying new stuff! Thanks Robert.

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First I'm replacing my 30# with a 45# thrust motor, a little deck work and oar placement. I purchased just the motor, a lot cheaper then a whole TM even used. I want to make sure I can buck the wind. The deck has a little space that seems to suck items off the ...

Anytime you have a 15 fish day it's a good day right? Especially when over half of them look like this behemoth!

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Actually numbers wise Murray has been pretty good the last couple of days, but it's all been dinks and clones for me. Saw some big ...

I had already taken the trolling motor off. it mounts on the motor mount in the rear.

Got there at sunrise and not many boats. Got some info to go back to any of the big coves. Went into harvey arm about 3/4 of the way back, I found them. They were not busting, they would not hit anything and not really follow the baits. Funny thing boats started coming in and at 8:30 bam. Busting ...