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Got out early at Lower Otay on Wednesday. Crowds were light and I picked up a few bass early AM on finesse swimbaits over the top of the grass. Once the sun came up things slowed down shallow so I went looking for Shad schools out deep. Picked up a couple more 1-2lb bass down in the 40ft range ...

Slow day for me today. There was absolutely NO breeze today which made it really tough to get bit once the sun got high. Managed 3 early fish on Flukes with the biggest going 4.36. Best fish I’ve gotten out of there in a while. Caught it in about 6” of water busting shad. Definitely less fish in the ...

JWall wrote: Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:48 am Splitshot reaper, smoke salt and pepper.

Gotta love old school!

JWall wrote: Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:48 am Splitshot reaper, smoke salt and pepper.

What's funny to me, is when we last fished at San V together, you and I mostly used our favorite baits.

Just wanted to take the temperature/get a pulse on this community's take on this.

Why do I feel the need to throw a big swimbait?!

Little background of where my mentality comes from: I come from a (pretty serious) surfing background, but injury has led me to get back into fishing and I am ...

One note about fishing the big swimbaits...when the big baits came out, there was a much larger supply of big bass in our local lakes. The number of 6lb-12lb bass in our lakes now is definitely down from the 70s-90s, which will make your odds of getting a big fish lower than in the past! You can ...

Things were a grind today at the Murr. I fished for 6 hours, and located some large schools in 40+ feet of water. They were suspended 7-10 feet from the bottom. I dropped everything in my box on their heads with nary a nibble.

Finally I switched over to ultralight gear and managed to bring in 3 ...

El Capitan Tube Mobb Big Bass Tournament 2023
https://youtu.be/dSXOmC-fRBo
Hey all I headed out on Sunday for my first float tube tournament with Tube Mobb. I saw these guys on Instagram and had run into them at a few lakes. This was the first event of theirs I had participated in. Anyone in a float ...

I put in 7 hours of hard work yesterday...with only 4 bass landed, and 2 others lost in the trees. The water temp was 59 at sunrise, 61 by 1:00...and it definitely felt like winter at launch. I started out looking for the fish that have been running the brush lines the last couple weeks, but only ...

Not so secret! Lots of trees.

Ha...the entire lake is pretty much trees from 0'-50' deep...mostly manzanita, sumac, some oaks, and a few sycamores.


Went out yesterday and cold winds in the a.m.. As stated, water 59 and 62 by 2pm. we got our five fish out of the trees, thank you Lord. Saw a ...

Biggest bass I've hooked at Murray in a while. He bit on a black Senko with blue flakes. I flipped ot to the edge of the tullies and let it sink. Never even felt the bite, but my line took off so I set I set the hook. I just barely got him turned. He almost buried himself in the reeds.
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My new reel arrived yesterday. I pre-ordered it over a month ago. It's an Ark Gravity BFS reel. I paired it with a Ray Fishing 7 ft Tarantula finesse rod, and spooled it with 6lb. nanobraid and a 6lb. flourocarbon leader.

If you'd have told me yesterday that I could cast a tiny 1/16 oz. (or smaller ...

Brushhog on a Carolina rig is is a favorite bait of guys who fish El Cap regularly. The smaller baby Brushhogs also slay

Yeah I fished it today and got a little overrun on that light PE line, but was able to pick it out. It happened casting directly into a stiff wind. Still, after I picked it out, I set the magnets up a few notches and it was fine. I think it's just a matter of getting used to it. But 1 nest in two ...

1/2 ounce football jig with a craw style trailer, twin tail, rage craw, or flappin hog. Also an lv500...... top lv500 is my lucky one, bottom one is a new one.....

Headed out to San V yesterday all geared up and ready for a rainy, windy, overcast day only to find blue skies and no wind ☹️ Ran to Barona and immediately had fish breaking in the bushes and just outside of them. Missed 4 fish on a small fluke, including one that sharked it from about 40’ away all ...

As I said about split shot reapers earlier…another go-to that I should throw more but for some reason don’t, is a basic Rattletrap, chrome with either a blue or black top. I have caught/found fish on tough days for decades throwing this. If I would just dedicate one of the 4,5,6 sticks I bring to ...

Vinny, funny you mention "retiring" a bait. I was thinking I was alone in doing that, but after a lure has caught a lot of fish, I also retire them. The sad thing here, is that my retirees were in a box that has now been misplaced. I had planned to make a little shadow box of them for my office.

The chocolate/ blue vein worm. Still one of my main colors. Works in any lake and any water clarity. Absolutely love throwing a crawdad color lipless crankbait from now through the spawn!

T-Rig Green Pumpkin Baby Brush Hog will get bit at any lake in SD! Grass, Rocks, Tules, Sticks it can do it all

I've never fished a Brush Hog. Do you throw it weightless or with a bullet weight? Pegged?
Inquiring minds want to know lol.


Not hijacking his answer but I’ll give my 2c.

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