San Diego & SoCal Fishing Forums

Absolutely no guarantees! Thanks for even providing a map and pointing out a spot! I'm just trying to soak up any and all advice I can and I definitely know what works one day doesn't always work the next with fishing.

It sounds like you had quite an interesting fishing experience at Lake Murray! It’s always fun when you catch something unexpected, and it sounds like you’ve got a good spot figured out. Catching a catfish while targeting bass can definitely be a surprise, especially when you’re expecting a ...

I got to the lake about 6:30am, caught five bass real quick, all males cruising the bank, so i thought I would try for a few bluegill.
Caught six nice ones .
I’ll try to post the pictures of bluegill.

Got up early for a half day ocean boat but got a flat tire which I had to get fixed. I don't live close to ocean but they rescheduled it for Friday.

After tire was fixed went to my local tiny pond with a bobber and half night crawler. Forgot how hard it is to set a hook with a bobber. Caught a few ...

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The report is rising water Big time.
The old places are no more , I wish I had pictures , it was a very tough day .
I had to leave at 10:30 was hot.
I caught one nice bluegill , let it go. To hot to clean fish.
I want to report the good with the bad , wasn’t a bad morning tho, it was very nice.
Did ...

At least you went...

I wonder where the water is coming from? Sutherland or El Cap? Sutherland needs to be drawn down just to be able to launch properly.

I haven't been to El Cap all year. Lets us know how you do!

Color won’t matter for the most part. It’s the profile that counts.

The kids have been ready for another trip since we did so well @ Hodges a couple of months ago. I've been hearing the bluegill bite was on @ Otay so I thought we would give it another try. I say another try as I've taken the kids here a few times and we never seem to have a good day. My son labeled ...

I went to Murray for a couple of hours this morning to chase bluegill.

The session started off with a weird event.

A few minutes after starting casting I hooked a bluegill about 6 inches long on a popper. As I was bringing it in and grabbing the leader with my right hand there was a crash behind ...

LOL, that is crazy! Maybe VinnyBass has trained a cadre of attack herons to chase away fly anglers?

Birds are smart.

I have had heron and egrets stand roughly 10 feet away from me at ponds and some lakes when I catch little fish that will swoop in and try to steal them.. but I can count on two separate occasions where night herons stand 1-3 feet away from me ready for an easy meal and with that big of cajones I ...

So funny and stealthy. A similar thing happened to me. I was Float Tubing Canyon Lake and deep hooked a small Bass. It was bleeding badly and there was a juvenile Blue Heron watching me closely. I said “ Hey Bird you want this Fish?” He hopped right over and gabbed at it right out of my hand. I ...

Personal best at Flaming Gorge reservoir last weekend. 21.75 pound carp on a 1/4 oz spoon on ultralight rig.

I have some nice 30 pounders from Lake Perris but I can't find the pics, but here is the biggest one from Elsinore only 11lbs

Really solid Halibut fishing in the bay the last couple of weeks from skiffs, kayak, and shore. Using sardines, smelt, and double rig with underspin and white gulp swimbaits.

I grabbed my boat and made it to HB for my grandsons birthday. Ryan just turned 5 and I promised to take him fishing with his much older brother Caleb who's now 8. We traveled over to Newport Bay to try our luck so we launched in the back bay by Newport Dunes . As we left the ramp and it hadnt been ...

I went fishing 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.. caught 9 Bass. Biggest ones were 15 inches. The other ones were like 10 inches. Tried the free rig, sometimes I didn't know I had a fish on till I reeled up, lost a few not having a good hook set.

Fished the incoming tide out in La Jolla last Thursday. Ton of boats out - but the mackerel outnumbered the boats 10,000:1. Caught a few but waiting for the water to get warmer. Anyone else got out there lately? Used a sardine colored HookUp and some JigPara jigs - wished I had a mack colored ...