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Not sure what it weighs, but I think now more and more than it is an Optimum bait.

Sweet!
Jig fish many times are healthier bass.
Good job

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 ...

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 ...

Pourboy wrote: Fri Nov 01, 2024 3:17 pm Love it!!!! Congratulations! Love the big bass smile too. Like a little kid on Christmas. Cheers!

” Like a little kid on Christmas”
Yeah, it’s hard not to have a big smile when I was lifting that bass up for pics.

Nice job.
Always fun seeing and chatting with you yesterday morning and even go to watch you land a bass right before I launched. Wasn't going fishing, changed my mind and that is why I arrived around 8:45. After many prior trips of catching bass in deep water around shad balls, this time the shad ...

For years and years, Miramar has been a mystery as far as what the water level will be each week or two. It fluctuates so much that I used to go up there on a weekend just to check the water level so that I would not get a big surprise and not be able to launch my boat a few days later. Even just a ...

Very nice job!
Gettin' jiggy with it and wormin' it for nice bass!

Nice one buddy!
Shhhhhhh! You’re supposed to keep all trout plant news under wraps or otherwise @Mcfish may even come down here from Ramona and throw something bigger than 3 inches.

I also used to be shocked at guys fishing for bass that were using light line and tackle also until I started catching more fish on lighter line, especially on lakes that have very clear water. I have not got into the BFS yet, but using 6 pound fluoro every once in a while is at least a compromise ...

It was a relatively slow day at the Murr, but I did manage 4 bucketmouths with the one pictured being the largest at 3.7.

But the news is that the lake is supposed to get its first trout stock of the year at the end of next week (per the guy in the tackle shop). So all you big swim bait guys ...

Sadly, in recent years, it’s almost like you have to drive up there the day before or two days before you go fishing just to make sure the launch ramp is open. It is a waste of gas but at least you know. I just found it easier to take my kayak when I have gone up there so I don’t have to worry.

Have not fished the SD river since Halloween which is scary, but been pretty busy and was out of town for a bit. Went down for a morning session and morning it was as I arrived at around 8:30 a.m. The water was even greener than last time and started off working a number of reaction baits(crank ...

Awesome Job! Again! ...and by the way does anyone know why it's called June Bug? I've wondered that for decades but never bothered to look into it.


We would take vacations back to Pennsylvania when I was a young and there would be Japanese Beetles back there. Then I remember
seeing June bugs ...

Anyway.....going back to use an old favorite after years of them sitting in the garage,I am glad I brought them out again as the brushhog
has been done a good job for me catching bass…..especially in the June Bug color.

If someone in a boat drops you off on a
shoreline that is not steep, you may be ok. Otherwise, it’s pretty steep with lots rocks
and probably not the greatest place to fish from shore. Unless you fish close to the boat dock or ramp If that is allowable. I know others could pipe in on this question.

OK, now that the Junebug thing has been discussed I have some other colors in the pumpkin variety of colors that I should test out. I remember the root beer color was really good years ago.

So anyway, great job on the fish! Sorry to highjack your thread. Maybe it's time to bring back the Otay Special worm next!


I have some original Delong Otay specials. Not many, but I remembered decades ago, boiling water, dropping them in there, pulling them out with a pair of pliers, stretching ...

Hey maybe one of you can start another thread about colors because my post was about fishing there SD River and colors seem to
be the talk of the site suddenly. Maybe in general fishing......?

For the last several years, I would put down the Tokyo rig, but this year just Texas rigged baits with a sinker stop.
I never used a sinker stop with a Texas rig before, but now rig it that way with creature, crawbait or plastic worms.