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Haven been to Murray in 2 weeks and decided to give it a go since the weather finally eased up a little. Bass were up and
down quickly and mainly concentrating on eating shad. Picked up a couple clones on spoons and then started tossing a small
jerk bait, then a super fluke.
After a bit, I thought I ...

There are a couple of local creeks that are a lot of fun...and you can hear traffic whizzing by on the street, and hikers and mountain bike riders passing by. Most of the fish are small, but every so often....

Had an awesome topwater at Murray today! I didn't really keep count but landed somewhere near a couple of dozen. Most were 1-2 pounders with several dinks and the wannabe Godzilla bass in the 3rd pic! But hey, it's topwater and always exciting so I'm not complaining!

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Hello angling amigos, it’s been a minute since I posted here.

Work and band stuff is keeping me busy… oh, and so is fishing ;)

I have a couple spots I’m admittedly not gonna talk about here where I’ve had success in the last month.

As for the ones I will gladly talk about, have been out to Cap ...

When I reordered a Tsurinoya Flicker 70 from Aliexpress (see my previous post about a new lure) it was so cheap I decided to pick up a couple of other lures as well including its little brother which came in at 50mm, (under 2 inches) and 3 grams.

After catching probably 2 dozen dinks (1 pound or ...

Been a minute since I had anything worth sharing. I’ve been hitting El Cap for the last few weeks and been killing the 6-10” bass! Shallow, 10-15ft, breaking fish, didn’t matter, almost everything I caught was still in diapers.

Two weeks ago I noticed that in the front of the lake the fish were ...

Decided to skip a trip to Murray and headed out to the SD river. Got there around 7:30 and there was even more surface area covered with a green film than last week. I imagine that with some good winter rains it will be able to flush out a lot of this yucky green water. On the positive side, after a ...

I found another versatile BFS bait that has been working well for me. Today I Caught several bass and bluegill on a Shimano World Crank 73F. The best bass was just over 4lbs.

It's an interesting bait, sort of a cross between a crank and jerk bait. It suspends so it can be worked like a jerk bait ...

I was able to get out on the water twice this weekend. Friday and again this morning. I got 5 on Friday and 9 this morning. It feels like I have caught many more. I have been fishing small flukes and a BFS walking bait (thanks for the tip Dannicus) for the most part. While I have been catching fish ...

Legit carp on jig. Thumped it just like a bass.

If someone in a boat drops you off on a
shoreline that is not steep, you may be ok. Otherwise, it’s pretty steep with lots rocks
and probably not the greatest place to fish from shore. Unless you fish close to the boat dock or ramp If that is allowable. I know others could pipe in on this question.

I agree with Vinny, not the best place to shore fish! Most of the places you can fish from shore have no real structure and are not real inviting to the bass. You can catch some but I think El Cap is a far better bank fishing lake! San V was a better shore fishing lake when you use to be able to ...

Yeah back in the daywhen they stocked trout I used to walk back to the aqua duct and it was nice! I'd walk the shore line on the way out for a chance at a few bass. Now those banks are covered with huge gravel rocks.
I still see shore guys fish though from time to time.
I haven't been there for a ...

I arrived at the lake at 8:00 a.m. after dropping the kids off at school. Started fishing, and by 10:00 a.m. I started feeling like crap. Sore throat, fever, stuffy nose. Still I did manage one pretty decent fish on a jig. Been in bed ever since.

Here's to Hope and I feel better and get back on ...

Otay has overtaken El Cap as my favorite local body of water this year. Hadn't been in a few weeks and decided to make an early morning run in the tube.

Got in the water well before sunrise and was greeted by some busters and an early catch on a small subsurface walking bait. Threw a 110 Jr for ...

So many trees and stickups on that lake. You will burn through a lot of tackle.

Hit the SD river this morning around 8 am and it took just over 2 hours before I got my first bite on a brushhog that I tossed in between
sunken branches and the shoreline. Set the hook and enjoyed about 5 or 6 seconds of a nice fight and suddenly the bass came off. I mean I had tension on him and ...

In years gone by, we fished live shiners under bobbers and caught nice bass. San V is not the same now. Since they drew done the lake for the dam raising, the trees grew up along the shore that are now submerged. If you fish above them you may be okay. Like I said, try live medium shiners under ...

It was a T rig and jig morning, got a nice surprise pulling the chatter over a snag.