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Hey Vinny! Great catch. I've seen your other posts and wanted to ask what kind of set up do you have for your rig? I haven't gone cat fishing in awhile and it's only been at Poway where I always get skunked.

Any tips you can share for going to Lake Murray? Especially for a first timer? Would love ...

Been a long time(June 21) since I actually fished on the water at Murray. Besides being out sick and a few other ailments added to the fact they lowered the water where I could not launch my boat, it was nice to actually get back on the water this morning. Threw topwater baits and reaction baits on ...

Congrats on another great day, when I see you have a new post I always know you’ll have a great report.
What’s the water level now?
Thanks for posting


In fishing…Nothing is guaranteed......because if I left when my buddy Larry left I would have only caught one small bass.
Water level is up and ...

Way to make the adjustment. Solid angling again.

Thanks Big C.....I know I am not Irish, but was sure lucky. :-)

Ha...lucky smucky! So was it location location location..or timing timing timing??? Definitely not lucky! I've got the Irish, and that's not luck! Good job!


It actually was ...

Months ago,I got a Jackall Gantarel Jr as part of a deal selling a rod and it has never touched the water. While waiting for my buddy Larry to launch his boat I made a few casts near the boat ramp and was surprised when a small bass slammed it. I was amazed a small bass would hit it and yet so ...

Nice job down buddy ….those are some
healthy bass! Tight lines always

Yeah, that’s kind of what I was thinking because back then there wasn’t a lot of choices and if you run it through the water, there’s really not a lot of action on it, but it is been sitting in the garage for decades. Maybe I should put it in a frame ha ha ha anyway thanks for your imput. Tight lines

dano626 wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 8:27 am what blade bait is that?

It is a Damiki Vault Blade Bait.

NICE!!!

I have fished up there out of my kayak on Fridays, but haven’t returned for a while because the fishing has not been that good this year. McFish and Fisheromen have been up there on Fridays and they both fish out of a tube.

Great job out there again buddy!
Roughing it in this heat...... but getting well rewarded.
Love the pics as I can imagine all the fun you were having out there.
Thanks for sharing and tight lines always.

My intel is telling me the bass are eating lots of shad so my suggestion is you throw some topwater baits or jerk baits or any other type of reaction baits. When bass are going through a frenzy eating shad that would be your best bet.

Nice job out there!

Well, you probably already guessed.... as it is no surprise that I fished Lake Murray this morning. It is just so close to my house and
heck...why not! Started pretty slow as I searched all over for balls of shad in deeper water in between tossing topwater baits towards
some breakers but no hook ...

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BY MIKE STEVENS

SAN DIEGO— It’s no secret that bass fishing at Barrett Lake tends to rate at various levels of “epic” for most of the season, and because of that, it takes a significant occurrence earn a headline. A double-digit largemouth historically does the trick ...

Where was that story posted?


Mike Stevens writes for Western Outdoor News.


I really never really look at WON anymore, but I kinda was guessing it might be from there. There was a few things in the past that were published in there when they rely on people to send reports in trusting that ...

Mcfish wrote: Thu Aug 08, 2024 11:04 am A "McFish special" is smaller than that...proved it at D.K. last week...

That’s because of the “special saliva coating” you put on those roboworms when you bite the heads off. It sure seems to be a great fish attractant for catching small fish and the big fish that you catch.

First of all...Great catch Theo!
I agree with camobass about how a camera plays a big role on making a small fish look big and a big fish look huge. The angles and distance away from the body a fish is and closer the camera is makes a lot of fish look a lot bigger than they are. Not trying to take ...

You know how to make a bass bigger? You lose it. Adds weight instantly!


Every bass I lose weighs at least 5lbs 😂


You are sure doing better than I am this year...ha ha. Very nice!
The pic of the 4.75lb bass I caught at Miramar recently looks much bigger than the 2lb'ers
but it still weighed ...

I posted a map(above)of where I caught two of those catfish and I also caught one and the same area last year. I thought I mentioned what I cut them on, but they were all caught on bass baits. If I was fishing for catfish, I would be using mackerel or liver or some type of catfish stink bait. Anyway ...