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Didn't want to make a separate post, but wanted to share a particularly pretty fish I caught today at Murray.

I threw practically the entire arsenal at them today. The final count was 8. Nothing huge, but all were solid 2+ pounders so I am not complaining. Every fish came courtesy of a tiny Megabass Griffon crank bait. They just wouldn't touch anything else.

Now watch, tomorrow I'll go back to the same ...

Speaking of new fangled baits.....

Going to try this rig for suspended bass tomorrow at Murray. Has anyone else tried it yet? I've watched some videos, and it seems like it might be a lighter, better suspending alternative to an A-rig. For a float tuber like myself with no FFS it might just work ...

Yeah I just can't see myself out in my float tube with arthritic hands and shoulders pitching swimbaits about the same size as my foot over and over, but I do admire the dedication of the guys that do.

Had a great time at El Capitan today. 9 fish in total. I threw my new Berkeley Triple Minnow rig for a while, and got no bites, but to be fair, I really need to put in some time learning to fish it. It does look good in the water.

All 9 fish came on a NED bait on a 1/8 oz jig. They liked it when I ...

This came just in time! Planning on fishing El Cap tomorrow. I’ll be tossing the ned rig, but I just picked up a new setup for my moving baits that I have yet to break in, so hopefully I’ll be able to get on one or two crankbait fish as well. Thanks for the intel, and tight lines!

Of course ...

Awesome, congrats on your PB!

Fishing El Cap with my buddy the Beef Shaman AKA @Pourboy . Always fun even when fishing is tough.

JWall wrote: Sun Jan 25, 2026 10:18 am Just got a good look at your tube in Chris’s recent video. Solid fishing vessel Dan

Thanks brother yeah I love it!

I love those little cranks. They work at every lake I've used them in. Congrats!

Great job Jeremy!

Did way better than me Vinny. I got 4 but they were all little carbon copies of this. Always great seeing you out there and chatting.

Fun day at Otay yesterday. The weather was beautiful and the water temp was 58. My final count was 11, nothing huge, but fun anyway.

Most came on a jig, or Ned bait with a couple of underspin fish thrown in for fun. Basically I worked the banks and points all along between the boat launch down to ...

Str8braid wrote: Tue Feb 10, 2026 2:31 pm Sounds like a great day! What depth was best for you?

10 to 15 feet. They seemed to like areas adjacent to steeper drop offs.

Awesome as always Chris!

Murray has been ok numbers wise for me for the last few weeks, but everything has been clones and dinks so I haven't bothered posting.

Still I didn't want you guys to think I left altogether so I figured I'd better put up something. I've thrown everything from big swimbaits to worms and tiny jigs ...

Awesome post man! Put a nice smile on my face this morning.

Had a pretty good day at El Cap, final count was 7, all jig and worm fish, but nothing big.

That will be my last trip to The Captain until they raise the water some. I got completely stuck in the mud trying to launch and wrenched both my old arthritic knees trying to get out. Our wonderful lakes ...

Had a really good BFS day at the Murr. Final count was 24. The largest was just under 4 lbs. Most were in the 2-3 pound range, with a few dinks scattered in there. Even the short fish were pretty weighty with bellies bulging from shad.

The best part was that the first 11 bass were all on top water ...

One of these days I will see @VinnyBass actually get his lazy behind back out on the water again instead of 20 minutes of pitching swimbaits by the dock.