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Nice job out there buddy!
Heck, while I was kicking back in a sweatshirt and sweat pants, you were having a heck of a lot more fun
down at Otay. Looks like you had a blast experimenting with the stalling thing and and it sure looks like
it paid off. I will be trying more hover baits this winter as ...

Hope you’re feeling better and back to 100% soon.
I remember the days being sick and still fishing and paying the price afterwards. Anyway, thanks for sharing and tight lines when you feel better.

Hit the SD river this morning around 8 am and it took just over 2 hours before I got my first bite on a brushhog that I tossed in between
sunken branches and the shoreline. Set the hook and enjoyed about 5 or 6 seconds of a nice fight and suddenly the bass came off. I mean I had tension on him and ...

Gotfish? wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2024 7:50 pm If only you had been using that Junebug color.

Ha ha....I know you are kidding me.
Anyway that was a Googan Krackin' craw in the Junebug color in the mouth of the bass and that is the only color I threw basically this morning. I did flip a purple ribbon tail worm for a little bit.

I wish I had a video of how fast I reeled that fish in to make sure to avoid the skunk…..ha ha
That bass probably thought geez buddy….slow
down or you’re gonna pull my head off!

OK...just drove over to Lake Murray and the ramp is open. The water level lately has been fluctuating.
The water level is really down just from a few weeks ago, but there was a couple bass boats out so you should be good to go for now.
Just go slow putting boat back up on the trailer. Tight lines ...

Let’s see….nothing too exciting.
In the last 4 days or so, I have bought 5 packs
of 7” Roboworms on sale at Tackle Warehouse. Also 2 packs of Googan krackin craws(yes Junebug), a spool of 15lb test Isorline and 2 packs of Nako tungsten worm weights. Oh yeah, I also ordered 2 “V” tails for a couple ...

Round 2 this morning was even better than round one. The fatties came out to play this morning. Couple on a bladebait to start the morning, a clone sized one and a chunky ~ 4pounder. Surface activity picked up and I immediately went to the fish roller. First cast, my bait got hammered and my drag ...

Yeah....even though I normally stop fishing the SD river in early November each year, but it’s
December....I decided ah, what the heck!
The water no doubt has cooled down so this morning I worked crank baits and blade baits as slow as I could which is not easy as I tend to work baits like it is mid ...

To think when I saw the June bug color years ago, I thought to myself I would never buy anything like that. Of course those were the
days when almost every plastic was mostly pumpkin, purple, brown or black. I guess it pays to try something new sometimes.

Geez....where are the bass posts?.....I guess nobody is bass fishing anymore...ha ha.
I decided to venture over to Murray this morning despite hearing how tough and bad the bite been by more than a few guys I know and various guys coming off the lake recently. I figured what a perfect time to toss ...

Nice, as you say a bass is a bass, those don’t look so micro to me I’ve caught way smaller than that, I’m not bragging.

It is pretty amazing how small bass will hit baits sometimes bigger than you expect.
I will never forget one time I was casting a jerk bait and I thought it by accident hooked ...

Hey where are some of you Barrett fishermen? Asking for a friend.....well actually I am asking.
I know you have to be fishing somewhere for bass till Barrett opens again next year.
Hopefully you can share a few posts with all of us before then.
Best wishes and Tight lines Always!

Nice job out there Dave. Always a little bit tougher as the weather and water temp gets colder.
Heck...catching 2 is my new limit this time of year till it warms up again next year ha ha
Thank you so much for sharing with us and tight lines always!

Hopefully the next vote isn’t for El Cap, otherwise you’ll be in a real questionable situation where to fish.

The people have spoken.
Wishing you tight lines at Otay this weekend.

While sipping my 2nd cup of coffee around 8:25 trying to stay warm, I suddenly decided I wanted to go to the SD river. As I was gathering gear pretty quickly , I knocked over the box of terminal tackle loaded with tons of different size hooks, all types of weights, Tokyo rigs, Ned rig jig heads ...

Congratulations on your new PB!!!
Dang that must of been exciting as heck catching that as that trout was huge!
Even without the video it is plain to see just how big that trout was. Again a great post with great
pics as always and so happy that you share your adventures with us here. This one ...

Wow! You are pretty much putting on a bass fishing clinic with those baits!
I see a sponsorship soon! Thanks for sharing your trip to Otay.....man you look like
you are having a blast down there and here I am sitting in sweatpants and
shirt sorting those tons of tackle not put back in its proper ...

You know when it's going that badly, nothing beats a good fishing session. Nice work Vinny.


Have you had any bad starts before going to Barrett?
Just asking for a friend :-)
I bet all the bass you caught later probably made you easily forget them eh?..ha ha
Just messing with ya....
Hope you ...