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tried to switch it up this week and do some swimbait fishing for bass. tide was high today and there wasn't much current. surprising amount of bait fish activity before the sun peaked out. bite was slow but managed a few. Triple species day. What do you all like throwing at bait boils in the bay ...

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Spotties on Texas rigged worm.
No love on the lucky craft.

Just got to love those Bay Groupers. If you absolutely, positively, have to get bent, they are the go-to fish. Most of the methods are similar to Largemouth, in fact last week I got 7 Spotties on a Jig after lunch at Newport Harbor and then stopped at my local Park Pond, threw the same Jig for three ...

Nice outing, way to go. Thanks for the report.

https://youtu.be/vwg_r4ODmK8
Hey all!
I finally made it back out onto Mission Bay Friday for a couple hours. The tide had very little water movement, but I still wanted to get out there. I tried some new baits for me from Hook Savvy Baits and ended up really liking their small swimbaits on the 1/8oz ...

Hey John! They were mostly on the channel edge in 8-13ft of water. Thank for taking the time to watch. Cheers!

Well. I’ve had my moments of luck so far, but nothing quite like this one yet. Fishing one of my go to spotty spots, and was working my last few casts before heading back to the car. It was after sunset, and I had seen a few small ripples on the water. I had a free rig tied in with a 3” fluke, so I ...

Only took 5 years but i finally landed a bonefish- kinda
Day1- Fished with Chris, the current was flowing and the spotties were biting for me , everything biting for him
Me: Loads of spotties, 1 missed bonefish at the board
Chris: Spotties, corvina, halbut, bones
Decided i needed to get back out ...

Decided on a rare trip to the salt. Not my usual because I have so much tied up in my fresh water gear and the salt doesn't exactly play well with them. Still i figured a sh!t ton of thorough rinsing should take care of it for one trip.

I put in at J street marina and fished the grass and dropoff ...

I use to take my bass boat out in the bays and float tube about 20 years ago. I do want to get back out there. I'm working on picking up a different trolling motor for salt water. The trailer will die a faster death, but that's the way it goes.

I have fished Mission bay. I'm going have to try San Diego bay. I will bring 1 bigger rod to try for a bat ray or something that will tow me around.


Personally Dfishin I think you will be a quick convert to the Big Bay. I always do better there.


I really like Mission bay. Smaller area but ...

Super fun! 10ft on avg.


Good view of your new tube Chris, looks fantastic!! On the big eye underspins, what weight? I bought a box of miscellaneous colors a while back at 1/8oz I believe. Do you need more weight like 3/16th with all that tide moving? Thx

And I always marvel at McQuade’s ...

Way to sneak it in. Those bonefish are fast.

Congrats on the 1st bone fish….
Butch

Headed out to Shelter Island around 630 for what turned into a gorgeous morning on the water. The tide was super high and not even at it's projected highest at 9ish, you can see from the point by the Bali Hai. I wasn't having much luck at my usual spots, some hits but no pins. I decided to try ...

Or buck a king tide in a float tube.

Got a tow back across the bay from a buddy with a drill/prop setup on his tube. This, after the third member of our group reminded me that it was probably a bad idea to "go all the way over there unless you want to get an Uber back to your truck."

Oh well ...

Was a great day on the water even if it was a bit “slower” than usual this time of year. Was still able to land at least 30 bass. They were a big fan of the small size chatter baits paired with a 3 inch fluke as a trailer.

Ended with 5 bones with the biggest being 20 inches which was a great fight ...

So i generally keep my Florida fishing reports off SDFish or only post a few in the paddleboard section but since im now on a boat out here and landed a darn bonefish i decided to post it.

Got up at 1am friday morning to leave for the keys, but broke the key off in the lock on the trailer. 1st in ...

Excited by the recent fishing reports, I booked a spot on the Twilight trip on New Seaforth. Captain mentioned occasional yellowtail catch on fly lined sardines as stick baits. On the way to the fishing grounds, captain already spotted yellowtail action, fish boiling on the surface. I was super ...

Great day on the bluegill. We seemed to be getting pecks and pulls right about the depths you were catching at. I almost set up my girl on a smaller bait to get into that action and may get better prepared for that on Saturday if the bassin is tough again. Thanks for the detailed report!


Yeah ...