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As you know from my posts in the panfish section I've had a ton of fun recently targeting large Bluegill and Crappie on ultralight gear and micro lures. So today I decided to go after Bass on the same gear. I caught 6 Largemouths. Nothing huge but they sure felt like it on those whippy rods and ...

My son won a Caddis float tube earlier this year at the Cuyamaca kids fishing tournament. Since we already have tubes I gave it to my best friend Randy, and bought him waders as an early Christmas gift. We had a blast fishing Murray this morning.

I caught the catfish while flipping a Senkos at the ...

Had a great morning in Mission Bay today. Caught and released 11 nice spotties.

Three inch paddletails on keel-weighted hooks slowly pulled through the grass on the bottom was the ticket today. I was fishing an ultralight rig with 4 pound test, and had to make sure my drag was set well because all ...

Things were a grind today at the Murr. I fished for 6 hours, and located some large schools in 40+ feet of water. They were suspended 7-10 feet from the bottom. I dropped everything in my box on their heads with nary a nibble.

Finally I switched over to ultralight gear and managed to bring in 3 ...

Had an awesome morning ultralight fishing this morning at Otay. Caught over 30 chunky bluegills. I was jigging 3i nch Yamamoto shad shaped worms and a small 2inch sinking jerkbait. What a great time!
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Had an awesome morning ultralight fishing this morning at Otay. Caught over 30 chunky bluegills. I was jigging 3 inch Yamamoto shad shaped worms and a small 2 inch sinking jerkbait. What a great time!
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Let me know, maybe we can meet up!

Biggest bass I've hooked at Murray in a while. He bit on a black Senko with blue flakes. I flipped ot to the edge of the tullies and let it sink. Never even felt the bite, but my line took off so I set I set the hook. I just barely got him turned. He almost buried himself in the reeds.
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My new reel arrived yesterday. I pre-ordered it over a month ago. It's an Ark Gravity BFS reel. I paired it with a Ray Fishing 7 ft Tarantula finesse rod, and spooled it with 6lb. nanobraid and a 6lb. flourocarbon leader.

If you'd have told me yesterday that I could cast a tiny 1/16 oz. (or smaller ...

For me, it's either a dropshot bold bluegill colored Roboworm, or a standard 5" Senko Texas rigged weightless (Dark colored on overcast or stained water, or green pumpkin in almost any conditions).

Yeah I fished it today and got a little overrun on that light PE line, but was able to pick it out. It happened casting directly into a stiff wind. Still, after I picked it out, I set the magnets up a few notches and it was fine. I think it's just a matter of getting used to it. But 1 nest in two ...

Fisheromen wrote: Thu Dec 21, 2023 9:15 pm Gotta get me a lucky hat like that!

I think you already have one!

CorsoEnthusiast wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2023 7:20 am Brushhog on a Carolina rig is is a favorite bait of guys who fish El Cap regularly. The smaller baby Brushhogs also slay

Well I bought Brush Hogs. Would have fished them today, but wussed out because of the rain. I got all 3 sizes of them lol

Twas the day after Christmas and I headed out, with my trusty old float tube in search of a trout. Mist hung o're the lake in the crisp morning air, I pulled on my fins and kicked out with a flair.

Armed with my new bait finesse reel and rod, forty pounds of trout lures (some that looked rather odd ...

Had another awesome day at Murray with my new BFS rod and reel and some Z-Man micro chatterbaits. I just love my new setup when I want to go extreme finesse! I caught 6 of these bad boys on the day and 2 small bass. :arrow:

Happy New Year everyone and tight lines in 2024!
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I am fishing it slow and twitching and yoyoing it. They seem to hit it on a twitch after a pause/fall

My last day of fishing for 2023 was awesome. Landed 10 huge Bluegills in a couple of hours. I was pulling a 2" sinking twitch bait and for a while-getting bit on every cast!
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Yep. I am casting a small paddletail on a 1/16 jighead about 50 feet (without wind) I use 5lb. nanobraid to a 6lb. flourocarbon leader.
I'm gonna order another Ark BFS reel but they sold out and are on backorder. Gonna pair it with a Dobyns sierra and 10lb. braid for a bass rig. I am loving BFS for ...

Well, there are times when I just feel bad posting too much...especially when it comes to Lake Murray. I have posted so many Murray
reports that many of you guy are probably tired of seeing the same old blah, blah, blah. Heck, if I wan't me, I would probably even be
saying..."Geez, another ...

Took my son Nathanael ultralight fishing today at Murray. Caught 7 dinks and one nice fish between us. He had a blast!

We were fishing tiny Brush Hogs t-rigged with 1/32 oz bullet weights. Casting to the rocky banks and the edges of the tullies and dragging them back. It was a relaxing awesome way ...