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Let’s be real—when people talk about the "Big Three" lakes around here, Piru Lake is definitely the red-headed stepchild. Castaic? That place is a legend. Back in the '90s, when I was still learning the difference between a spinnerbait and a spoon, my dad and I would roll up with all the colors of ...

On most days, the city pond is just water and grass blending into East LA. But every so often, it hosts an event. You can tell because people start showing up early and standing around doing nothing in particular until the show starts.

The cormorants know first. They always do. They appear in ...

It was a random Saturday in April where my tournament partner and I actually had the day off. Normally Saturdays start with alarms going off at ungodly hours and us finishing our sleep in the launch ramp line somewhere two hours away.

Not today.

Instead of a road trip, we made the grueling five ...

I went on an exploratory trip to check on conditions, and found some really fishable holes in North Newport to South Huntington Beach. It was late afternoon with the nearly Full Moon rising well before the Sun set and the Tide getting very low. The holes were defined by the surf disappearing into ...

Hit the Bay on an idyllic post Santa Ana Wind Day. Flat calm and glassy all day, water temperature was 60.1 in the lower Harbor and 64 in the back, by the Arches Bridge. Ian and I dropped into the lower Harbor, around 12:30pm, right next to the Balboa Pavilion and rode the outgoing Tide down the Bay ...

What with the near collapse of the fishery at Canyon Lake, my Buddy “Hoppy” and I went down to the Harbor on my Skiff. We launched and headed down to the lower Harbor. A nice incoming Tide had us in a perfect first drift and the action started quickly. We doubled up twice on our first drift and ...

Hit the Surfline below 50th street and down to the first Groin during the Slack Tide around 7:15 am. I found 3 deeper Holes within casting distance and pulled 3 Halibut out of one of them. 3 in Five casts by the way. That can really turn on the numbers if it keeps up, but that was it. I found a wide ...

Location: Navajo Lake, New Mexico
Lure: Crocodile

New Mexico has some nice fresh water fishing! Slow and wobbly did the trick. The kastmaster strikes again!

Hit Canyon on the Tube this morning, for the first time in a while. it was nice and cool and the water temperature had dropped from a month ago. I Launched next to the Ramp by the Fire Station at 6:15 am. Starting up the rocky cliffs of the Ski Lake, I was bouncing a 1/8oz. Jighead with a ZMan Trout ...

We hit up DVL last Saturday. After dragging a trolling motor and heavy lead battery down the launch ramp, we got on our rental and proceeded to have a ball.

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Hit Canyon for what seems to be my Monthly Float Tube Session with my buddy Hoppy. It was the most beautiful idyllic windless sunny warm day! I finally had to wear Waders as the water temperature had dropped into the cold territory. While this usually affects most Lakes by diminishing catches, I was ...

So there I was, sitting in my Truck, with nobody anywhere. I had arrived at 5:30 am to meet several Kayakers on a quest for the elusive Lake Elsinore Wipers. I asked Siri to navigate me to Launch Pointe. My Nav System led me to a large launch ramp in the pitch black night. A sign said they open at ...

I don’t know why I keep coming back to Canyon Lake. I have fished it for 50 years. Maybe it’s just fun Float Tubing with your Buddy, enjoying some easy time on the water. The Fishing has been tough, down to 1 or 2 fish a trip. Then Saturday, I had a Bass Fest in the Ski Lagoon. While I have been ...