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Poway and other clear water lakes that you so called fisherman like to haunt this time of year should ban ripping the big fish off of beds. I don't recognize your catch. I don't question anyones Character Knowledge or Skill Level but, this is not fishing and it concerns me that other fisherman on ...

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This past weekend, I linked up with Phantom and El Japo for a kamikaze trip up to Lake Nacimiento — and as usual, what a trip it turned out to be.

We hit the road from Los Angeles at 10 PM, which already felt like a throwback to those reckless road ...

Is this LAFish?…… I thought it was SDFish?
Just messing with you, being a Padres fan.
I have to give you props for some well written and interesting stories, and nice pics. I have never fished up in the LA area but it looks like there’s a lot of of interesting places to catch bass. Anyway, tight ...

Those are some nice chunks! Good to see them thriving in the city.

...I'm taking a little break while all the bed fisherman take over the lakes.

:D

I'm trying to make a line of tshirts for us pond fishermen.

The first one was my FishBrain(less) shirt where it has "FishBrain(less)" in their ...

Dannicus wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 5:55 pmMost were on a jig early...

Are you tossing light wire jigs? It seems it'd be hard to get penetration on a jig with BFS gear.

VinnyBass, you did a good job honoring your dad's memory. It's interesting how 1 trip as a kid could mold someone's life style, like it seems it did with you.

Good job, especially on the rental!

Do you guys bring a trolling motor?

Solid fish, especially after a front.

Reminds me of King Harbor in the early 90s.

Back in the day, Edison had a plant that pumped out hot water into the middle of the harbor. It could be the middle of January and the water in the harbor was warm. Stories of people catching big yellowtail off the small pier where common.

But, the ...

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Our Tournament Director opened the fridge Friday night during our house dinner, and a few seconds later, shouted, “Who in the F*CK is marinating their plastics with teriyaki sauce?!” He had grabbed a Tupperware container from the fridge, expecting ...

Ahh, the ole hook in the face. I've had my share of urgent care visits, so much that I usually tell the doctors what to do, since they spend 30 minutes trying to yank and tug. One time, the ER doc says, "I know a trick."

I respond, "If it's the string trick, it's not gonna work, we tried. That's ...

The eye thing, however, that was close to being a gamechanger!!! 😳


As kids, my friend hooked my other friend, right on his eyebrow, nearly missing his eyeball. We walked to the local hardware store, and asked where the cutters were. We pushed the hook through, cut it, and walked out like ...

Hate when I get an early topwater fish, and then proceed to force feed them for the next hour not realizing it was a fluke, and not a pattern.

At least you managed an almost limit!

I love the dudes that are like, "I caught 124 and a half," as if they literally counted each one.

But who's posting fake reports?

So after reading the fake report, I am laughing, because I too wonder what the point of that was. There is a now defunct message board, where years ago, people would post fake reports to get people away from their bites and lakes. Back in the day, people would lurk message boards and if 2 or 3 ...

Others have mentioned that it is simply yet another tool to your arsenal. I remember the same controversy when Alabama rigs came out.

From experience, it definitely helps when the shallow bite isn't happening. Many have this false sense that you see the fish and you cast to the fish and then you ...

I use old school forward facing sonar.

I just don't want to hear anymore, " just because you can see them, doesn't mean they'll bite"...yes, but it gives you a 99% advantage over the guy throwing to dead water! I've fished next to people with FFS in deep water and it was definitely an advantage for them...and myself, just knowing there ...

Too bad the water isn't gin clear, or else you could go swimming!

Thanks for the report.

Dick Cheney must have been on that boat.