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LOWER OWENS RIVER Wild Trout Section: Pleasant Valley Dam Road is now open to Pleasant Valley Reservoir. Chalk Bluff Road is open to the cattle grate at the bottom end of Pleasant Valley Campground. City of Los Angeles is pumping water down the Owens River. The spawning channel is flowing like a ri...

Vantuna Research Group published their 2022 survey a few months back. You can read the 82-page report here. They conduct this trawl and seine survey twice a year, every few years, so it's interesting to see the seasonal differences within a year, as well as trends over time. Additionally, they surve...

Last week after a year of forced hiatus, I finally got out fishing and had a good day. But it only gets better, because this week I got to share it with and old friend. Like last week, it was a short day of about 3 1/2 hours. I always feel pressure to catch some fish when someone goes with me, but t...

This is how you start the morning with a beautiful 6lb fish on cranks. To be continued hopefully this morning. Toss in a 2.2lb crappie now.

Launched in the dark Saturday at the other saltwater fishing hole. Taking a break from jiggin to throw hard baits all morning. Hooked about 8 fish, took the biggest one home. 27"- 6.5lbs- Yo Zuri 110 on 8lb mono.

Update as of 26 June 2023 - The pond has lots of large bluegills! After a couple of weeks of fishing the pond, there is an abundance of bluegills 8 to 10 inches. Also, with the water level slightly down (2 feet), there are fathead minnows, and the bass are still that 8 to 12 inches. I've started to ...

My dad and I fished HI on Sunday. Ended with:
6 halibut (largest two were 19.5 & 18.5)
1 BGF
1 sandbass (13")
A dozen or so spotties, some close to legal.

Live bait + lures

Well after my last great session at Lake Hodges I went back yesterday and was on the water to early my old body was saying to me. I wanted to make it back to the structure I fished with great success my last time. It was a hell of a swim backwards even though i was using my new drill paddle i made. ...

I am re-posting this as a few out there still are having problems with their photos....hope this helps In the A nnouncements Support and Feedback area of SDFish there is a post about how to fix a sideways photo by rotating it. I thought I would also give a basic step by step example(with illustratio...

I bet everyone is having a good year in the garden. Nice weather so far, not to hot.
Few pictures of The groceries.

Sounded like you had a good time up there. Surprised there's still so much snow pack, but we were at about 200% this year from the rains. :twisted: you and me both. I was expecting to see some snow. But definitely did not expect to spend half the hike in it. At around 8000 ft elevation it was snow ...

I fished the big bay on Saturday with two coworkers, it was painfully slow down there as well.

Next time I would launch from fiesta Island or South shores. Less boat traffic. That's where I launched my canoe from over there. Better chance of catching fish too.

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...

Oooh damn I'm not one to question a mans fishing areas or style but why of all the days did you choose today to test out a new rig? I know the urge to fish but F the bay fishing, go to a lake first especially these next few days There are very few options for using an SUP on lakes in San Diego. SUP...

Very steady beach fishing in late June. Tallied 30+ calicos, 8 short white seabass to about 22", and 2 legal halibut - all gently released except the halibut. Saw some relative beginners get a legal halibut yesterday from the rocks throwing a swimbait. :D . . 20230609_195638.jpg 20230616_200953...

Some of you guys have known me and my family for a while. We ALL fish. Well, we’ve been teaching my youngest (Isabella) how to use a proper spinning setup for the last year. She’s 6yrs mind you. She’s now become sufficient enough to cast, reel on her own. Just the basic worm set up. Mostly just dire...

You got out, got bit and hung a couple.........life is grand

Might as well get a paddleboard report in here even if its not from San Diego! Ive spent the last few weeks targeting backwater tarpon and its been a blast and a pain in the butt. I started fishing small baits and flukes and the bites were slow to come, i switched to the No Live Bait Needed mini mul...

Zach wrote: ↑Fri Jul 07, 2023 11:19 am I remember years back someone pulled out a spotty from Santee Lakes wonder if karma ever caught up to the planter.

Haha, that was my post! I found it dead, floating near the mats along the shoreline. Here's an image for anyone who didn't see it on the original SDFish.