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Letting everyone know that the Wayback Machine (internet archive) has some priceless SDFish items saved, like the DJThrills piece: https://web.archive.org/web/20210422000049/https://sdfish.com/forums/t/fishing-san-diego-bay.163428/ It LOOKS LIKE the SDFish site but is actually only a "snapshot&...

It's a very strange year on the City lakes..everywhere feels like it's about a month behind normal...if there is a normal!

The cloudy water is going to protect alot of the spawners at many of the lakes this year..a good thing!

I called in and asked that same question and they were gracious enough to call me back stating that the Wednesday in May would always be open for the opener, but the rest of the months the first Wed. of the month would be close.

Got to the lake at midnight and already 8 cars in front of me. The launch at pigs was smooth do to the high water. Parking was limited, don’t go pass the bathroom cause there’s no room to back up. To the fishing, the lake is unrecognizable, water level looks full, the island towards Hauser isn’t the...

Opening Day Report: Got to the lake nice and early and there was still like the 20+ vehicles there. Parking is still fine even with almost a full pool. Pigs is a little crowded though. Pops was kinda lagging, so we were one of the last boats off the dock. Anyway, Jumped in a boat and headed back int...

Hi all, Had a great day at Barrett. Water is only 65, I don't know why it expected it to be warmer. Speaking of temperature, at 0430 it was 36 degrees F in the air. That makes you wide awake even if you weren't while in your warm vehicle. Almost 30 total fish today. Mostly on an underspin jig with d...

Shut out for opener on Wed but got a tube spot Sat Lake 90% full almost to the top of the spillway. Parking at pigs limited to porta potty and back. Lost of new shoreline to explore. Lots of kayakers and tubers, Nascar launch at pigs point in the dark, running wide open in the moonlight. Got a handf...

First time here since last year. Water level was stupid high! Been fishing Barrett for 12 years, and never has it been so high! Also, 36 degrees at 4:45AM! Had 8 or 10 fish before 6:00 a.m. on senkos. Hauser, then moved slowly toward the back picking here and there. Hadn't used a drop shot in about ...

Knowing that 15 north morning traffic on a weekday gets crazy and going south in the late afternoon a lot worse, I decided to head up to Lake Miramar and put in a little fishing time in my kayak. Knowing that I need to make the most of my time on the water I quickly headed across the lake. I was tos...

Great to be back at the Big B in 2023. Good thing we had our rain gear on as it came down loading the boat and the ride down Hauser. Between it being dark, raining and the super full lake we couldn’t find our old spots. When it got light I started with the spinner bait for nada. Switched to the whop...

My friend and I took our kayaks to barrett on may 10th. Got there a little after 5 and parked at pigs with no problem. The weather was wet and cold and we stopped fishing at 1:30 before the wind got to bad. We went down hauser arm stopping at different spots fishing shallow areas. W used swimbaits a...

Found this on Tube.... Its a long one. Pretty Sweet!

Made a quick trip down to El Cap yesterday after work - arrived about 3:30pm to howling wind and whitecaps that made casting a challenge. Water level is down several feet from my last visit and the dried out slime from all the moss is covering the first few feet of bank. I went the whole session wit...

Love the old school splitshottin! The lake turned to pea soup really fast..but the fish don't seem to mind! Good job and nice report..thanks!

Postponed a cool windy Friday for a warm sunny Tuesday at El Cap…WRONG! This winter that won’t let go had the lake chilly and white capping by 10am today. It probably slowed whats been a decent bite but seeing the shad along the shoreline pushed us to throw spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, and flukes over ...

Postponed a cool windy Friday for a warm sunny Tuesday at El Cap…WRONG! This winter that won’t let go had the lake chilly and white capping by 10am today. It probably slowed whats been a decent bite but seeing the shad along the shoreline pushed us to throw spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, and flukes over ...

I have had some tough trips this year to Murray where I worked hard just to catch a couple bass(thank you for lowering, then raising the water, then lowering and then raising it a little etc, etc., etc.) Anyway...My last trip in the beginning of May showed a little sign of improvement. This morning ...

Just a couple more.....
So sad....up and down water levels... My biggest.....4.25lbs

Hi all. Barrett is in full swing. I had good success in Hauser and pedaled my kayak pretty far back. There's a whole new world back there. I find it funny to cast into water and get foxtails on my lure, normally that's something that happens when I overshoot the shoreline. The water is between 70 an...