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Look on her face is like, no big deal...
Sure she was stoked!
Would imagine there has been plenty of hook & hand overs.
Time for a baitcaster, heavier drop shot weight makes things easy.


We're Nute's. She's seen her fair share of lunkers come over the rails.

Momma and I were stoked to see her ...

I remember the first time I taught my son how to flyfish. I took him down to the San Joaquin and he ended up catching 25 rainbows his first day..I don't know if I was more excited or if he was! I had to convince him it wouldn't always be that way! The following year, I took him to the inlet at Rock ...

SUPER SWEET X 10!!!

Here is a gentleman with good info- straight shank vs wide gap hooks:

Sutherland is making me crazy! I fish it most fridays..starting back in March, and it's not getting any easier to figure out! A couple weeks ago, I had a decent day and thought I had figured out the puzzle..but no, pretty much back to scratch! Every week, we keep saying next week, next week comes ...

It was good to see you out there yesterday morning and I was hoping you would find them and catch a bunch. Very frustrating having our home lake doing so poorly this year. I won't bother going to Sutherland, at least not this week. I'm gonna head down to San V on Monday. Maybe I'll see you out there ...

Skin hook is when the barb just goes in as far as the point. Flesh hook is past the barb. Skin hook is definitely better than flesh hook.

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The rangers used to chase you off way before the dusk bite gets hot but has anybody been launching in the afternoons and doing good? Seems like most of us here are morning creatures.

Exactly VinnyBass. Years ago when I lived nearby, Hodges was a go to. There wasn’t a great amount of primetime before being chased off, but you could boat a few anyway. Looking forward to any input.

I’ve definitely had some luck in the afternoons recently at my favorite lake. Wolfpacks cruising the shoreline on the tiny bait that’s plentiful. Also the fry guarders making their rounds. Have had success in spots other than my normal fave too, exploring more of the south end of the lake on foot ...

Also: if you’re on a boat you can get to all the best spots on the lake that shore bangers can’t. I feel like it’d for sure be worth your time.

How fast they chase you off seems to depend on who the ranger is closing up. There’s a lady who will definitely chase everyone off a little early, the dude ...

Have been fishing a ton the last couple of weeks since my last update. My brother is in town from Toronto and we hadn’t fished together in 20+ years, so we are getting after it every chance we get.

Most of our time has been spent on shore at my favorite local body of water. We made a visit to the ...

Bass and friends..what more can you ask for? I started the day by running into Ramona Angler at the docks, and sharing the latest tips and San V info. I got on the water around 6:00 and proceeded to lose a nice fish right off the bat! The bite seemed a little tougher than the last couple weeks, but ...

I was talking to Mcfish at the docks when he mentioned Mr. Vinnybass was out on his boat up at the North End. I headed up North and there was Vinnybass spooning in deeper water. Chatted for a few and then I told him I'm heading to the bushes. My 3rd cast I hooked a 4+lb bass on my frog, but he ...

Nice! Were your other dock mates jealous? It was nice of the fish to school within casting distance!

It reminds me of some of the old Castaic baits

they're called little creepers. Available at ECBT and tacklewarehouse

Great seeing you out there Brett. Pretty surprising to see me eh?
I have a new nickname for you....... Ramona"the Frogman"Angler.
You really know how to get those bass to hit those frogs. I need lessons.......:-)
Tight lines always


Yes I was very surprised and happy to see you out there at San ...

That is a Yunique gill.

https://tackle.net/item/yunique-475-weedless-gill

Little creeper trash gill or a rip off because the pec fins look different unless they changed the mold. They get bit. Get a bottle of mend it.