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It's been a while since I last posted. Lol. I kind of forgot that this forum existed. Here are a few fish from the Santee Lakes recently The bass are beginning to move up shallow. There's lots of small males feeding up near the shoreline. I think I've caught 17 or 18 in the past couple of trips ...

The wife got a couple extra days off this week so we headed up to Menifee, my little aluminum boat trailing us. Tuesday afternoon shift at Perris where I did pretty good in the spring a year ago. Found out it was too early still, the water only got up to 55°. 10° cooler than where I was fishing Otay ...

Fun jig bite at Otay today. I finished the morning with 11 fish total. Most were in the mid 2 lb range, with the best being a 3.2. I saw a bunch of males up on beds, but only one big female, and she wanted nothing to do with me.

All in all though it was a ton of fun!

Spring is finally here tight ...

Well...not a great story today, but a few fish. Started late (some clock thing...), but the lake sure was pretty.
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Walked almost to the damn dam casting cranks and spinners until my arm almost fell off...and then this monster:
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so the skunk rinsed off and ...

Boy what a difference a month makes! After getting blanked my last time out (not even a bite!), was hoping for better things this time out. Arrived about 6:30 to find out there was an ABA tournament there but it didn’t seem to have too many boats.

Water was 58 degrees when I launched and the ...

Those look chunky Vinnie! Nice ones.

After having fished both days last weekend, I thought I might take Monday off, but with rain in the forecast this week I thought what the heck right? Well, I just narrowly avoided the skunk at Murray. I only landed one, but she was a little football.

It's been a feast or famine start of the year ...

Nick,
Speaking of a while....Have not fished there much...but do you like lake 2 or 5 best?
I just remember catching more bass years ago in those lakes.

Generally, I prefer lake 5 over lake 2. For whatever reason, I have never really done too well on lake 2. It really depends on the season ...

Smallmouth, not here in San Diego, maybe the river or Havasu

Pretty nice day today at Otay. Ended up with an even dozen. Nothing huge, but healthy, fat, little footballs, and a lot of fun none the less.

All fish were caught on a 1/8th oz. Bitsy Bug jig with a green pumpkin Z-Man TRD bugz trailer. I was casting the edge of the tules and dragging it back to 10 ...

Clayton,

Did you use that bait I sent?

Clayton,

Did you use that bait I sent?


And ask him where he caught it as he has not answered my question....ha ha


I think Clayton moved to Laughlin, but used to live in the Logan District in SD. He got tired of the asada fries and the Padres and left for browner pastures apparently.

He's ...

Hit El Cap with my buddy Andre on his boat Monday.

It was a tough day, we spent the majority of it watching fish not eat our baits, but the ones that did eat for us were quality.

I lost a fish around 8:30AM that sawed my line in the rocks, and then around 9AM I lifted up on my worm and something ...

VinnyBass wrote: Mon Mar 17, 2025 7:48 pm SWEET!
Nice job out there.

What he said.

Decided to give the cap a try haven't been in a while. The water is lower and about foot visibility 56 in the am.
Went to a couple of spots no love so I new I had to start from scratch. I had caught a couple little guys throwing the everything. Then around noon, yes noon I started getting them. I ...

Deja vu all over again!

Headed out after our set of storms not quite sure what to expect but found several willing little bucks fairly early. Had a steady pick of 2lb clones throughout the day.

The day was almost literally a repeat of last weeks trip. I ended with 18 again. Best five were just ...

Hey..that's the same fish..8 different photos....hahahaha, kidd'n ya! Great day, proud of you...you hit the pattern dead on! Didn't know Lindo Lake was going off...????? Chollas????

Well, done amigo. Well done.

BFS dropshot?

@VinnyBass…That was a strange, but amazing, day to say the least. I wouldn’t say I was putting on a clinic. I got a lot of micro-bass. It wasn’t until I started following your lead that I started getting any size.
I even caught a couple on a spoon, which is a first for me!