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CorsoEnthusiast wrote: Tue Feb 04, 2025 7:29 am The dinky dinks are the only thing I’ve been catching so far this year too. I feel your pain. Bring on spring!

We are not that far away from when the real fun begins and there will be no need for me or you(and others)
hopefully to not share are dink pics...ha ha
Tight lines

Very nice!
A great way to bounce back!

"Blades, Ice Jigs & Spoons..oh my!" was the theme today at Murray. Decided to give it a go after some inspiration by yesterdays post by Dannicus. Fumbling around at home I did not get on the water till around 8:45.I tossed a few swim baits near the ramp and shoreline but it already started to warm ...

The dreaded ice jig..good job! Seems like they're either the killer bait, or a skunk finder! They're either on or they're totally off....I knew you would find the deep bite soon!


Yep, the old ice jig. A winter tradition.
The blade baits actually had a little more action.
I picked up that Z-Man ...

Yeah one of the reasons I have kinda avoided fishing deep is the whole fizzing thing. I have read about how to do it, but the idea kinda freaks me out a bit. I didn't have as good of a day as Vinny yesterday, but I did find a few chunkers hanging out between 15 and 20 feet.

Amazing job as always ...

Weren’t ice jigs prohibited at Murray for all except a priveledged set of young anglers that Dannicus ratted out? Or was it the front facing sonar we aren’t supposed to use there? I’m so confused 🙄


Not sure about the ice jigs being prohibited at Lake Murray, but did see this sign recently.
mc ...

Mcfish wrote: Thu Feb 06, 2025 7:16 pm If you banned ice jigs and FFS at Murray, Vinnybass would be stuck fishing Chollas and Lindo Lake.....

…… and the San Diego River

I can't shake the image of Vinny sitting on his Ranger in the middle of Lindo lake staring at his FFS vertical jigging for bullheads and sunfish.


Don't need my boat to catch fish.......my small, no electronics, no thrills kayak would be fine...ha ha
McFish usually uses niblets corn, but he ...

That’s not Barrett! Just kidding!!
Nice job and thanks for sharing your
fishing adventure with us. Glad you
got to pull some bass up out that cold
water out there at El Cap. Spring is right
around the corner and even better
fishing days ahead. Tight lines alway buddy

With rain in the forecast and things I need to do around the house, I figured I better get some fishing in today otherwise I will have to wait till next week. Chatted with Dannicus in the parking lot before launching and told him I want to try some different baits in deep water today. Then it was ...

That is quite an adventure you went through starting from Lake Murray being closed and then going to the bay and all the stuff that happened in between. I would be exhausted after all of that. I could feel your pain through every sentence you wrote. Strange to see a saltwater bass in the freshwater ...

Dannicus wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2025 9:52 pm Sorry if I posted it in the wrong section. Force of habit I guess.

No worries.
Still amazed of everything that you
went through. Dang! If I didn’t have a bunch of work to do yesterday morning, I probably would’ve drove up to Murray also.

Seriously…glad the DFW guys gave you a break. They usually don’t. Even tho I prefer the 365 day license, it does lead to forgetting the expiration easier.

Secondly, man thats a bit harrowing story fighting a tide, let alone without both fins. Glad you got back in one piece. I have had one good ...

JWall wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2025 10:26 am

Dannicus wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2025 9:52 pm Sorry if I posted it in the wrong section. Force of habit I guess.

Hey…it started at Murray

I can start my day at the grocery store and then later rob a bank and the news will only focus on the bank robbed....ha ha.

Thanks for sharing with us and great pics also.
We look forward to seeing more fish reports from you as the bass fishing should start even getting better in the coming months. Tight lines @Osidecoffee

Nice job out there buddy and some nice bass.
Looks like you had a fun weekend and had some
great company fishing on Sunday with Pourboy and Early release . Love the pics and your comment….”it feels like cork is about to pop.” That is some good news after the way this year started for many of us ...

Kept busy all last week working on a rental property and did not fish once. So, I headed down to the SD river this morning to give it a go for a few hours. Never seem to get an early start(blame old age, or don't like to be cold?).
The water temp is still pretty cold and pretty murky from the rains ...

Early release wrote: Tue Feb 18, 2025 4:23 pm Nice work. Even better they are on hardbaits. Just sayin.

Yep...with having way too much tackle to choose from..ha ha....sometimes I have to try using different things.

With the recent warm weather, I just figured the bass should be moving in tighter to shore. Hit the water a little after 8, and flipped
the tulles and outside of tulles in shallow water with plastic worms, craw and creature baits. So much for the bass being in tighter
as I worked those areas hard ...

Those are some chunks VB! 👏


What is strange is last year most of my healthier and bigger fish were also down in deeper water at Murray and Miramar. Quite a change for me, as the years before I mostly used Tokyo rigs to flip the tulles and fished closed to shore for some of my nicer fish. No ...