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otaymichael wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 5:55 pm Great job, as usual.

The top water bite at Miramar was still pretty tough but hopefully it’ll pick up. Looks like you had a heck of a lot of topwater fun down there at Otay. I always think of you when there’s topwater fish to be caught. Tight lines always buddy

No float tubes allowed Dan

kirkboat wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2024 6:42 am No float tubes allowed Dan

You beat me to the punch.

kirkboat wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2024 6:42 am No float tubes allowed Dan

Well that sucks!

VERY cool footage of Steve Kennedy fishing day 2 of the Bassmaster Elite series at Smith Lake a couple of days ago. At 24.5 minutes he'll explain, and show, how he catches two bass in short order w/ FFS. Too cool, and glad he took the time to show us, makes worth watching, as only hear them talk ...

It's like a video game with the old graphics. Imagine what this will be like in 10 years. I have the panoptix on my kayak but I kind of only use it to teach me how the fish are moving. I definitely have learned somethings on how bass herd the bait while watching them at Barrett.

Congrats on another great day, when I see you have a new post I always know you’ll have a great report.
What’s the water level now?
Thanks for posting


In fishing…Nothing is guaranteed......because if I left when my buddy Larry left I would have only caught one small bass.
Water level is up and ...

Way to make the adjustment. Solid angling again.

Thanks Big C.....I know I am not Irish, but was sure lucky. :-)

Ha...lucky smucky! So was it location location location..or timing timing timing??? Definitely not lucky! I've got the Irish, and that's not luck! Good job!


It actually was ...

Came to say the same thing, bluegill will aggressively grab the tail of a worm and it’s usually after you miss it you think back and realize it was probably a bg. When I was a kid I was taught “get bit, drop the rod tip. Let the fish take the little bit of slack to taught and let her rip”


SP,
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Not much to report from this mornings trip to Hodges. Landed a 2lber on a crankbait right off the bat around 5:30. A couple missed bites over the next hours but that was all. Called it a day at 9:00 when the sun came out.

Months ago,I got a Jackall Gantarel Jr as part of a deal selling a rod and it has never touched the water. While waiting for my buddy Larry to launch his boat I made a few casts near the boat ramp and was surprised when a small bass slammed it. I was amazed a small bass would hit it and yet so ...

I got on the water before sunrise with the excitement of the previous Wednesday still fresh in my veins. It was a foggy morning with nary a buster in sight. Never the less I was able to get 1 nice one to rise on my topwater Gunfish early. I stayed committed to topwater for an hour and a half but ...

dano626 wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 8:27 am what blade bait is that?

It is a Damiki Vault Blade Bait.

what blade bait is that?


It is a Damiki Vault Blade Bait.
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My Damiki’s have a blade in place of that back treble. I should probably switch that out for another treble as there’s already plenty of flash and vibration.


Don't.....well you can do what you want, but I actually ...

Colorado River..tons of them up in Parker Az.

camobass wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:49 pm The best lure to throw there is this one…
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The old M.L. Special...

Was slow for me too. I took over as you left. Only got three compared to 18 last week. Had an additional six hits that didn’t stick, frogs, bootleg frogs, and whoppers.

Pyramid, Castaic....in fact, Castaic's smallie population has really exploded in the past few years. DVL has a few, but it's hard to target them. Big Bear also has a population as well as Arrowhead, if you have access to it.

Funny I was tackle organizing and found a few Lil’Gorges and it brought back memories of Hodges back in the 70’s by the dam casting them out deep and bringing in lots of bass, there was a time it was my favorite lure, I’m going to take them with me next time I go.

Otay has been a lot of fun this summer. Bait is all over and those fish are hungry.

Spent the first 6.5 hours of the day down there this morning and it was a little of everything. Got a topwater fish before I even put my tube in the water. Pulled up to the bank and there were busters in the cove 6 ...