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CorsoEnthusiast wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2024 4:21 pm I am chomping at the bit to chuck the frog around on Saturday morning. Nice work brother!

It's so much fun when they blow up on it!

I got one small topwater bite early on but it was a clone, and I lost a nice topwater fish in the middle of the narrows. Came unpinned right in front of my tube. Otherwise it was just like Mcfish's day. Small worm fish and had to work for those. Had 3 deer come right down to the water and graze ...

I caught several frog fish.

Kenroe wrote: Thu Jul 18, 2024 11:21 pm Great bigun!

Can boats be launched at Murry currently?

No, I fished it from a tube yesterday and the water is way too low. They were renting boats however I believe.

Had a 16 fish day today at Otay. Walking baits, poppers, jerk and crankbaits all produced. Even picked up a few worm fish after it got hot. All in all a beautiful Saturday morning.

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Early release wrote: Sat Jul 20, 2024 6:33 pm Great work. Did you ever replace the little Evergreen BFS crankbait?

No, I've had it on order for a month from TW, but it has been backordered lol.

The last time I fished was 14 days ago, which to me is a lifetime! Been pretty sick and took a while to recover(some weird stomach virus) and even lost 8 pounds. Finally able to start eating better and just when I was thinking of getting back out on the water, I suddenly found myself limping ...

If I haven't told you guys, I am sure happy I found this forum. It's been great meeting and fishing with you gents!

Tough day at El Capitan yesterday. I threw a bit of everything at them and they were positively sluggish. It was nice to see Jeremy AKA CorsoEnthusiast out there.

I landed a couple of clones and a handful of dinks mostly on poppers right next to the banks . BTW I named the little one Vinny.
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Well El Cap may have been a grind yesterday, but Otay was amazing today! I kinda lost count a little bit but my final total was somewhere between 50-60 bass and 1 Bluegill. Most of the bass were topwater with 15 or so coming as a combination of cranks, jerks and even a few worms.

It was awesome to ...

Vinny you are my hero! I couldn't find a decent bite when I was there last. By the way, I met a guy fishing at Otay yesterday named Derek who said he set up your boat. He was throwing spoons and killing it. Made me think of you. Glad you are back out on the water where you belong!

camobass wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2024 5:12 pm That’s the 55lb bass that used to be mounted on the wall at Barrett junction cafe …RIP

I've seen that! I read the entire plaque underneath it only to find it was posted on April Fools day lol

Yeah at some point I looked up and was the only float tube surrounded by a dozen bass boats. You're very welcome for the lure. I'm glad it worked for you! I love those little Lucky Craft poppers.

I used to rent a boat and go to Jennings with my kids. Enjoy! If you really want your kids to catch them, think about getting a dozen live shiners. I haven't thrown live bait in years but with kids and a goal to get them hooked up they are hard to beat.

Got on the water a little after 5:00 am and landed 6 really nice topwater fish within the first 45 minutes. At that point I was thinking WhooHoo! Otay all over again. Then the sun came up and the bite turned off like someone flipped a proverbial switch.

I proceeded to basically circumnavigate the ...

kirkboat wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2024 6:42 am No float tubes allowed Dan

Well that sucks!

Awesome as always brother!

I got on the water before sunrise with the excitement of the previous Wednesday still fresh in my veins. It was a foggy morning with nary a buster in sight. Never the less I was able to get 1 nice one to rise on my topwater Gunfish early. I stayed committed to topwater for an hour and a half but ...

After having been under the weather for almost 2 weeks (and still not feeling 100%) I finally got back on the water yesterday for a morning session.

I tried topwater for the first 45 minutes with no joy, then the middle column stuff, but all the biters seemed stuck on the bottom.

I ended the ...