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Really fun morning out there. I ended with 8 (lost 3) and my brother, who was testing out his injured shoulder, caught 13. Lots of fun had all around!

Went on a rental at otay sat 12th with buddy we both caught between us 50 from 630-6 I used a neko roboworm 7” on my bfs 10 braid 8 flouro leader morning dawn red crawler midnight Arron’s magic they ate them all on my other pole I Dropshot the 6” robo same colors my buddy throws black senco 6” and ...

I went back to Otay for a few hours this morning. I caught 8 quality fish on various baits including chatter bait, crankbait, jerkbait and my ever present jig. I made a few passes with topwater plugs and a frog, but sadly no takers today.

My final count was 8, but would have been 9 had Vinny ...

Myself, a friend and a few family members hit El cap for about 4 hours this morning. Crazy how down the lake is. Managed a few quality fish on various robo worm combo's. My nephew and his girl gave up on the bass and had no trouble finding the bluegill. Not a slammer by any means but a nice day out ...

Here's a few fish from the Santee Lakes in March. They were chewing the trick worm all spring. I'm taking a little break while all the bed fisherman take over the lakes.

Here's a couple more plus a kitty

Went for a walk sweetwater around 11am was nice when I got there got a dink right away on neko robo Arron’s magic then wind picked up pretty good was a lot people in 3rd cove mostly catching crappie some big ones if anyone’s interested lol I picked up another dink at around 1 and took off got my ...

I loaded my kayak up early this morning for otay saw Dan again great to see ya “cowboy” I got on water shot strait across got a dozen fish first couple hours flipping my neko 7” roboworm Arron’s magic right up to toulies dragging it back I missed as many as I caught or more then bite just seemed to ...

Awesome to see you out there this morning Robert. I had a really great day out there today as well!! Good to see you getting some kayak action. You'll get that pesky cat one of these days :)

Hey there's a new section on the forum specifically dedicated to BFS. Post some pics of your rigs, baits and ...

Got on the water early and got to say hi to robert_smith as he was heading out too. After a few minutes Dfishin showed up and we hung out and fished together all morning.

It was a really productive day. I stopped counting at 20 fish but I'm guessing my total was over 30. I'm pretty sure Dave did ...

Thanks for sharing your adventure at Otay.
Looks like you had some fun from looking
at the pics. Those cats really fight like heck
and find ways to get unbuttoned.
Tight lines :-)


Yeah that’s my second battle with that big catfish thought having a friend would help was opposite very heavy ...

Sorry for the late report but I was having some problems getting on SDFISH
Last Sunday my fish bud and I decided to go and check the repairs he had done on his boat, we didn’t think we would catch any bass because we’ve found the structure in the past to just eat up ours lures, but the main thing ...

There are jumbos in Jennings, you can cruise around and see them like a bass pro aquarium. When the bite is on, most won’t post. I know alot of people are against bait fishing but Jennings is a great crawdad lake. You can definitely hit Barrett plus numbers on a good day with a lot of quality fish ...

I spoke to you briefly out there. Slow for me as well, but I also got a “better” one. I was wondering how you did.

I actually spent most of my time fishing tules, but didn’t catch any of my fish (and hardly any bites) there. I felt like I should have spent more time fishing 10-20’.

Met the homie Early release at Hodges this morning for a little bassin. Was the first one at the gate around 4:50am. I have taken three trips prior to today to Hodges in 2025 and had nary a fish between them. The day started with a spinnerbait snagged and lost and no bites to be found on my ...

Hello all,

Decent day at Hodges today. Got in line at 515, didn't need to. They opened around 600. Met Corso Enthusiast and we headed out. Air was chilly at about 45-50 F, but the water was a balmy 64 F. Went along the usual chase to the right and banged around the shore. First fish was around 645 ...

Managed to pull 8 fatties out of The Captain today on BFS gear. Nothing under 2 and nothing over 3, but they were feisty.

I'll post a breakdown of baits I used in the BFS section for you other finesse guys if you are interested.

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Well, we decided to get the boat wet again. Wanted to go to Cap at least one more time before the water is too low to launch. Per SD Lakes website, we are 4.5 feet from no launch. They report levels once a week, so I am sure it's closer to no launch that that. The lake is about 4-5 feet lower that ...

That’s crazy the water is getting so low. Good job getting out there and catching before no-go!