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Fished all morning at Otay but couldn't wash off the skunk stink. Still I had an awesome time... Why?

Spent the morning with @Early release ,@Pourboy , and @CorsoEnthusiast . The great company made the whole trip worthwhile to be sure!

Really enjoyed the pic!
What we have here is basically a Bass All-Star Team photo of some really great bass fishermen!
All I know is that the tough bass fishing you experienced today was not because of a lack of talent.
Geez......I keep looking at the photo and the bass must of been lined up ...

I'll be there this morning brother...trying to work on my technique to become like you master baiters.

Haha you and me both brotha!

When we were all fishing Sunday I was chatting with Doug AKA Early release , and told him that I couldn't honestly remember the last trip where I got skunked....well.... Not only did I jinx myself I got the whole group too. DOH!

So I returned to Murray yesterday determined to smell better, and the ...

I got on the lake at 8 am with trepid hope in my heart, tied a little 2" crankbait on my BFS combo and kicked out with a silent humble prayer to the fishing gods. About 20 minutes in I felt a bump and low and behold...A FISH! I have to tell you I got far too excited over a panfish, but after the ...

Early release wrote: Tue Feb 04, 2025 3:07 pm Well, Dan, I would also like to confess. Now where's my fish? Ahahha. Congratulations and thanks for lifting the skunk for all of us, I hope. Nice work.

Haha well you still do need to fish first.

It's funny the biggest 2 fish I've seen/heard of coming out of Murray so far in 2025 (dfish at 8.6 and mine at 7.4) have both come on little baits and BFS gear.

BFS bass fishing is a little different than traditional bait finesse in that they throw stuff as little as 1 gram. While my gear is ...

Yeah one of the reasons I have kinda avoided fishing deep is the whole fizzing thing. I have read about how to do it, but the idea kinda freaks me out a bit. I didn't have as good of a day as Vinny yesterday, but I did find a few chunkers hanging out between 15 and 20 feet.

Amazing job as always ...

I can't shake the image of Vinny sitting on his Ranger in the middle of Lindo lake staring at his FFS vertical jigging for bullheads and sunfish.

Freaking nice! And what a great report brother!

Rad! A little better than our trip to Otay eh?

Hey that old adage still holds true; the worst day of fishing is better than the best day working.

You guys did better than me, I was only able to manage a couple of clones. It was great to see you both out there.

I got to Murray this morning forgetting it was the second Tuesday of the month and it was closed, so I pivoted and went to Mission Bay instead.

I launched from Dana Landing at around 8:30 and the tide was high. I landed a couple of small spotties among the anchored boats, when Fish and Game pulled ...

Sorry if I posted it in the wrong section. Force of habit I guess.

Early release wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2025 8:36 am

Dannicus wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2025 7:01 pm Hey that old adage still holds true; the worst day of fishing is better than the best day working.

Unless you are a pro fisherman, then there's a cross over.

Which is the very reason I never pursued that path....I like my fishing to be the opposite of work lol.

Here are the new fins I ordered. I have always used the kind where you put your toes in and stretch a bubber strap around the back of your heel. The problem has arisen lately that the thrust from the Bixpy motor wants to push the rubber strap off of my heel. Hopefully these will be more secure.
I ...

I wouldn't give up on the tube yet. Once you get it right it's hard to go back lol

Awesome! Wish I could've joined you all yesterday. Next time! When you're ready to add a Bixpy under that tube hit me up and I'll help you install it. You'll absolutely love it.