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Total of 7 in a half day of fishing. I saw a few busters, but was unable to get them to rise on my walking baits. Got a couple of jig fish, all the rest came via a small crank bait. Biggest was 2.5.

Granted it was a bit of work finding a bite, but I did mark a lot of fish deep in 30-50 feet of ...

Fisheromen wrote: Wed Nov 26, 2025 4:08 pm Saw it from the 8 today. Still pretty low! Recent rains probably mostly went into the soil.

I was out in my tube yesterday. The water was maybe a foot lower even after the rains. Still definitely not a boat friendly launch.

Just sayin'

Finally got into some nicer fish at Murray. Final count was 5. All fish were over two pounds with one going 3.5 and another was 4.5. It really was a beautiful early December day.

Nice to have a day that wasn't a total dinkfest :D


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Fisheromen wrote: Tue Dec 02, 2025 5:55 pm deep or shallow?

All at around 15 feet. Had to practically dead stick the jig with occasional little twitches.

For those of you interested the DFG stocked Murray yesterday with trout. I have no idea how many pounds, but it wasn't a tremendous amount, and they were small. Most appeared around 10 inches. I suspect most of them will become bass snacks by the weekend, so swimbaits should be a great option for a ...

Solid job Dan!
I know they are deeper too in the winter there. I have had some success in the past on spoons under bait balls that I located on 2d sonar.


Yeah I've seen them schooled under bait balls there on my down facing, but I really need a course on spoon fishing because I don't honestly ...

Mixing it up is a good thing Vinny. Great job as usual!

Looks awesome Chris.

Picked up 9 total at the Murr yesterday. It was great seeing Dfishin out there too!

I got on the water at around 8'30 and was off by noon. The day started with busters on the top. I picked up 4 on a small Gunfish. After surface action slowed I switched to a Griffon MR-X, and picked up 3 more. I ...

Decided on a rare trip to the salt. Not my usual because I have so much tied up in my fresh water gear and the salt doesn't exactly play well with them. Still i figured a sh!t ton of thorough rinsing should take care of it for one trip.

I put in at J street marina and fished the grass and dropoff ...

Nice!!!

Hey Dann nice meeting up with you at the ramp. We also had a good day even after getting very lost in the fog and ending up at the cays. We nailed over 40 spotties and one confused halibut between both of us on my boat. It was the first time my neighbor ever experienced such a bite and had a great ...

Freaking awesome Jeremy! Congrats on your new PB. A big fish on BFS gear is truly an epic experience huh?

Way to go Vinny! Happy new year!

Happy New Year!

For those of you interested in adding a motor to your float tube I highly recommend Bixpy. It will mount under virtually any tube with their glue on fin mount.

I've been running a Bixpy motor under my float tubes for over 6 years now, fishing an average of 4 days per week, and it has been a ...

El Cap seems to provide a lot of people's PBs. Mine was a 9.8 over 20 years ago. Much to the chagrin of the guys in bass boats fishing in a big tournament that day. What with me fishing in my old float tube haha.

It was a beautiful day at the Murr today. I got on the water at 8:00 and was off by 1:00. It was mostly cloudy, but not really cold, and no wind to speak of all day. The water was a bit cloudy after the rains, but not as bad as I expected it to be.

My final count was six, with most going over two ...