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Launched the float tube at 6:30am out of tidelands with the plan to fish the moored boats. This spot has always held some biters until today. Two hours went by and nothing, not a bite.

Moved out to deeper water closer to the channel which is a bit uneasy in a float tube. Right off the bat in 35ft ...

I fished 6:30 am to 10:00 am. Caught 8 Bass on spinner Baits. Got a new swivel seat for my canoe. Very comfortable. Sits up higher.

Launched out of Pepper Park by 7 am on a nice day. No sooner did I make it out of the marina and i hit fog. The chop was nasty and I couldnt see 20 yards in front of my boat. I got across the bay with no incident but I was nervous since the Navy seemed to be sending everything they had out to sea ...

Showed up to tidelands at 5:30 am to find a flock of pelicans diving on bait fish just off the shore. Quickly launched the tube and was quickly rewarded. Bonito! Threw crankbaits and jerk baits for a total of 12 bass and 6 bonito. Great fight on a 6lb trout set up. All fish were caught in less than ...

Nice. We fished that area today. No bones but steady action all morning on the bass.

The Mrs. and I took out the new raft for the first time on Saturday. Steady action all morning on crankbaits and blade baits. We ended up with 30 fish which is pretty darn good for us. I’m going to be adding nav lights soon. I have a couple buddies at work that love to shore pound the bay at night ...

Otra vez! Got another one. Same clothes, different fish.

1/4oz jig, 6lb mono, smelly jelly.

Pourboy wrote: Wed Oct 16, 2024 9:51 am Great job out there! How deep were the cranks running?

I try to use baits that get to the 8-10ft range. I know there are times when I could get better numbers on smaller plastics but the bite on the crank is my favorite.

JWall wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2024 9:18 am Nice looking raft there! Am toying with the idea of a Sea Eagle 2 person for Barrett and Sierra lakes. I have an aluminum bass boat but there’s times when it’s not possible or practical.

Thanks! This is my third Saturn. If you keep them out of the sun when not in use they will last for many years.

3 in a row, but who's counting.

Bass assassin drop shot. 8lb mono. Smelly jelly

Ok, 4 in a row. Lol. Sorry...Yo zuri. 8lb mono

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Hey all!
Headed out of Tidelands Park a little over a week ago and had a fun day experimenting with baits that I don't normally use in the Bay. Mainly I was using a chatterbait (white/char.) and a chrome blade baits. I was trying to think of baits ...

***edit: An article in the UT "Sand replenishment projects lined up for Carlsbad beaches," Oct. 7, said permitting delays pushed back the start of the dredging, and "Workers could begin setting up equipment as soon as Jan. 1. " ****


Hi peeps.
A news article in June said the dredging would start in ...

Guessing this is a bit of a longshot...but, I hope this message finds whoever lost it.

I was down at Crown Point for my sons rowing event on Sunday morning pretty early. Being a fisherman, I noticed a rod and reel laying face down in the sand near the finish line. After spending most of the day at ...

Hadn’t gotten the kids out in a while. First time for my youngest casting and hooking her own fish, pretty awesome. Mommy got a surprise slimer, that was cool. Also brought the trout rod to target smelt for something different, got a handful on the Roostertail. Fun times.

First time launching the float tube out of the Coronado Cays was an absolute blast. By 5:30am, another float tube and I were out on the water and right away the bite was on. I've heard people say they’ve had incredible days out in the South Bay with almost 100 bass caught but I didn’t really believe ...

Nice float... Gotta watch those bass... I've poked a few holes in myself handling them... Very good #s...
Butch

Quick sesh @ harbor island for about 30 minutes after work and it didn’t disappoint! Jigpara spinner working the middle column got a few flash bites until I got a solid hookset on one.

First post on here and thought I’d share, still barracuda’s in the Big bay!!

Open to chat, what have ya’ll been ...

Caught most of them on some ball jig heads Carpkiller gave me (he will probably ask for them back now) and cheapo 4" curly tail grubs that I buy by the 100 pack from Lockett lures. Lost about 2 heads and 6 tails so my cost was about $1 in lures.

Ned rig did not work as well as the ballhead and ...

Great job. I’ve only been out on the bay a couple times this year. It’s usually my winter jam. The South Bay is one of the best fisheries anywhere. Z-man plastics are the way to go. I used to roll with Keitech but the spotties just tear the tail off.