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Bet there was a lot of good natured smack talk out there.


It was so dang hot which can often trigger more aggression and irritation in people, but all in all we kept it pretty nice
as we were concentrating on trying to catch bass during a tough bite. What was really special was that each of us ...

I actually did not plan to fish today and got on the water with my kayak close to 7am. Had the pleasure to meet and chat with 1FishDude, who had a very cool pontoon set-up. It was a tough start as I was only able to land 2 bass until around 10.
Then things got a little better as I mixed it up with ...

This sounds strange, but I just did not feel like going to Lake Murray this morning(despite the fact they are biting)and decided to go down to the SD River.
I have not fished there since late June and lately it has just been too dang hot. I figured that I could fish a few hours this morning and get ...

What...no 6lber???? Thanks, you send me to Murray for a dink fest and then you go catch toads at the river!!! Yeah..that's what friends are for...to the moon Alice!!

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 ...

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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I thought of going to Murray, but honest, I'm there so often that sometimes it gets old, even
when the fish are biting. It's been a few weeks since I fished the SD River so I thought what
the heck...and there are no permit fees so I
can use the money saved for more fishing tackle.
I was excited ...

Quick morning trip to the SD River and a quick lesson learned.......just leave the rod with mono at home. I usually just take 2 rods rigged with braid line and this morning took an extra rod with 12 lb mono. Heck,I figured that would be fine. Well, later I started flippin a Rage craw with it into ...

Hey all I wanted to share a new lure (for me at least) that I doubt most of you have ever heard of. At least those who do not BFS or ultralight fish. It accounted for over 30 topwater bass yesterday at Murray. Probably 15 were dinks with the rest being 2 lb clones... except...I did manage to pull in ...

Snap!! I still have nightmares about that sound as a kid in Mammoth losing a big brown. Pretty sure that you will redeem yourself.


It is great to have a memory, but sometimes it is sad that we can remember losing a big fish?
When I am fishing at any lake or body of water especially at Murray ...

A lot tougher this morning than my other trips to Miramar this year where in past trips things were going off.
The water was glassy and looked like an oil painting with the lack of any type of action on the surface. I tried to drum up some action on the surface using a Gunfish, then a Sammy and ...

Greeted with cool conditions in the morning at Murray.
Brrrrrrr!
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Around 9:00, the bass were starting to chase shad across the surface. Mixed it up with lots of reaction type baits and bottomline the clones were on the chew. Fished for a while next to my buddy Larry as bass were ...

Ok...I need to cool it for a week or two with my Murray fish reports.
I have done a bunch of Lake Murray reports recently and they are all starting to sound the same and repetitious even to me. And if they seem that way to me, they surely have become boring to others.
The report: the bite has been ...

Would my new banjo minnow work there?


Absolutely!
That bait is guaranteed to catch fish. I have not seem them at East Co. Bait & Tackle
recently, so you are lucky you have some. The bass should be gobbling them up
as soon as they hit the water so hold on to that rod of yours tightly.....ha ha ...

I gave you guys a nice 14 day vacation from me posting reports from Lake Murray, but sorry, it's time to post again. I will try to keep it brief(ha ha... Mcfish knows that is not going to happen).
Hit Murray late morning and pulled in a small bass on a reaction bait waiting for any surface action ...

If they dont like your post, why did they click on it?


Thank you. That is a good point.
Just to share a comment from a guy on the old SDFish:

You seem like a nice guy, Vinny, but I don't think most folks reading your reports give a damn about all you write and the other nonsense you put in ...

Big C wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2024 4:29 pm I think I was one of those guys. We had a few winners on the old sdfish.

No, you were one cool guy, but that Mr. Chatterbaits just seemed a little uptight.
Tight lines always to you buddy.

Never get tired of ANY reports, especially ones with pictures!! Keep them coming!

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 ...

Today was a pretty good day at Murray! It was great catching up with VinnyBass ! I caught 8 bass and 5 bluegill on the morning. The bass were all on jigs and Senkos, and the bluegill all on a little 2.5" crankbait. I almost didn't go because of wind warnings but glad 8 decided to... In reality, the ...