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Hi all,

Had a couple interesting days on the water this weekend. Got out to El Cap yesterday, and had a quick session on Miramar this morning where I got into a good one. Reports below:

El Cap (1/17): Showed up to a line at the gate again this morning. My first thought: not again! Last time this ...

I have been taking care of other things that I kept putting off and have not been fishing much at all. I think people have seen me at Home Depot and Lowes so much lately. that they must think I work there..ha ha. So this morning I needed a break and arrived at the river around 8:30a.m. Have not ...

I was heading out to Home Depot and decided to take a rod and make a few casts at the river. I got to a spot where I fish and tulles and debris filled the area so I just had to flip in little openings. I was surprised when my Senko twitched. I quickly set the hook and landed this bass. A good way to ...

I fish it quite a bit from spring-summer. They rent little bass boats with foot pedal trolling motors which is cool. Jerkbaits and deep diving crankbaits on the rock piles. Frogs and flipping in the tules. Last few seasons were slower then years past

Dixon is loaded w great bass but bankfishing has gotten harder and harder for access. So its rental boats and good luck staying in the zone without anchoring. And lighter line a must with the gin clear water. Years ago did well fishing the more translucent plastics in San V colors.

Haven’t fished there in decades, but caught a number of bass on plastic worms, but nothing
huge. Water was so clear you tend to find yourself looking in the water for bass instead of just fishing.

Relaying for Hodges' ruler Laina Ruiz: The opening date will be February 4, but the store will not be open yet. Iron ranger only. Spread the word.

Caught this 7.25lb bass from shore this morning on a trout swimbait.
McFish says to never tell where..... but he already guessed where. Smart guy!

Nice fish my friend.

I got cold just seeing what you were wearing and writing (37F) and that is one of the reasons
I have not been fishing lately....(cold weather and healing from a sore leg etc) other than
tossing a few swimbaits from shore a few times for an hour or so.
Anyway it is always fun to see your posts and ...

Smart move ditching the entire spool. A good chance it was all damaged from something (heat/time) and you would have continued failures.

OK, just throwing that out there. I have used the Albright knot for over 20 years from Crappie to Bluefin. Easy, quick and secure. As far as leader, Fluorocarbon for the rough work and Maxima mono for Topwater. Mostly 20 Braid to 15 leader, you can really put the wood to them.

I was inspired today to spend a few hours this morning down at the SD River thanks to fellow SDFish member tomnilll .I have not been fishing much at all and needed a nice kick in the rear which tomnilll has provided with some recent posts and nice bass he has landed. Not much to say, but landed 2 ...

I haven’t fished for a very long time. Hit up Otay today. Got there around 6:30 to very low water levels and quite a bit of algae.
Did ok. Got 11. Biggest went 4.4# and another 3.6#. Rest were clones. All caught on jerkbait and dropshot.

Very nice!
Now I have to buy more senkos.....oh wait.... I have several hundred, (I mean several hundreds) already, but
maybe I need some more in the color you were using....ha ha.

I think a while back I promised to also post the not so great ones too... well today was one. 6+ hours, 2+ miles walked, shivering start, profuse sweating end, and these...
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At least I got outside and got some fresh air and exercise.


One of us! One of us ...

Fished Hodges yesterday. Was a beautiful morning with heavy fog on the water. My third Wednesday fishing Hodges and my second trip in a row without even a bite. In 3 trips, i’ve only landed 1. Has to be operator error, right? Here’s a pic of EVERYTHING I threw yesterday. You be the judge.
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Wow, that is a complete selection. I tend to be more stubborn and stick to about 4-5 different baits...changing colors doesn't count...where were you throwing this collection of baits?


I work the far bank down to the dam. By then the wind is usually up and I'll ride it down the same bank back ...

I thought about driving all the way up to the Lake of D & K, but instead made a closer run up to Lake Miramar. Decided to just take my small 10' '5" kayak that has no electronics on it and also meant I could not take a lot of gear with me so I just loaded some worms and some creature type baits, a ...

Had a pretty good day at El Cap, final count was 7, all jig and worm fish, but nothing big.

That will be my last trip to The Captain until they raise the water some. I got completely stuck in the mud trying to launch and wrenched both my old arthritic knees trying to get out. Our wonderful lakes ...