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Got this guy as bycatch during a recent trip with a crank bait. 7lbs on the boga probably the biggest I'll ever catch. Thought it would be cool to share.

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I'm looking at Blackclouds' post here, and it's in the springtime.
What's the likely bluegill pattern now, Please? Where to start looking. Points?


I generally do not fish these in the summer, only because I'm busy with other fish elsewhere near home. Last week
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Took a stroll along a local creek....
Got that pretty bluegill, as well as five small bass.

And bumped four of these out of the brush...

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The bluegill and a couple bass bit a gold Panther Martin. The other bass ate the ever-popular 3 inch bass ...

Hit sweetwater at 8am started out throwing a senko and got hit by a slab crappie started throwing a trout pattern kastmaster and landed 2 more I had to leave cause it got to hot for me

Got a hall pass to go fishing and decided I needed to hit the big bay. Launched from shelter at 930 am and went straight across to north island. Fished several depths and found a few fish in about 15-20 feet. I threw mostly swim baits with the occasional drop shot. I made a move to tidelands and ...

My dad and I fished around SD Bay on Saturday and Sunday. The bite was good early on Saturday, but kind of died once the big tide swing started in the evening. I hooked into 2 batrays, one was about 20lbs, the other was somewhere near 100. I only hooked them on 12lb leader, so the ~100lber broke off ...

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Nice photos and moonshot. Good to see DFW out there.

I took my dog to fiesta Island for a couple of hours. Caught 5 croaker throwing small grubs.

Your videos are beneficial for getting over second-guessing bay fishing. A trip with FIshtricks also greatly demystified things. I have done about half a dozen visits from Zuniga jetty to Pepper Park, all in the Kayak, so it's time for the being fishy part to kick in, at least on some trips!
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Haven't posted on here in a long time. Finally, I have the chance to start fishing again more than a few times a year. Was out on Mission Bay from 6am to about noon. Bite died at about 10am. Got a total of 28 unless you count the 9 lizardfish. A mixed bag 2 yellowfin croaker, 1 sculpin, 15 (2 legal ...

Hi SDFish,

First post and so Hi to everyone. Good info here.

My wife and I picked up surf fishing this year and she in particular has had a nice year. Corbina (23.5in current PB), Croaker (20in), some surf perch... and too many stingrays and seaweed hookups... Have also caught a couple spotties ...

I catch 'em accidentally while fishing for other stuff. Whenever I try to target them specifically, I catch nothing.

Dfishin post - I take my pressurized Bug Spray Squirter with me. Add a couple drops of detergent to break up the water tension and spray my Trailer after I park it. Takes two minutes. I have 100,000 miles on it, and thousands of trips. A little rust. Once a year I knock down any rust I see, and hit ...

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Everydog wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 9:38 pm So happy for you to have these kinds of adventures and thanks for posting about them!

Appreciate it man! Was an adventure for sure lol..

Any of the good spots can go from "dead" to "wide open" very quickly (or vice versa) as the current changes. I use circle hooks 5/0 and above to help avoid killing the babies. Descending device or similar setup to help rescue little ones.

One more tip - good map (zoom out):
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Late report from yesterday...

Me and the broski picked up 1/2 scoop of quality bait that was well worth the line, had two double hookups just south of 302. Then farmed a couple of open water dorado, and landed a yellowtail that made multiple runs into the paddy. They bit 15-25# flytline and the ...

Nice pictures!

So the last couple weeks have been rather eventful for me. Flew up to San Francisco for the Grateful Dead's 60th anniversary celebration August 1-3 anr the day after I got back I flew down to Costa Rica with my grandpa and our buddy Pete. Stayed down there for 6 days and fished 3. Was definitely a ...