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Talked to a buddy last night and he said the fishing at the river sucks lately, but stubborn me wanted to give it a try. Arrived kind of late morning and did not see one other fishermen. After 2 3/4 hours of not one bite, I can see why. Tried everything from jerk to crank baits, then even to ...

28 LMB and not at Barrett, dang what a day.

Very nice Crappie!!!! Congratulations!
I think I fished Murray for close to 30 years before I caught a Crappie on a small spoon while fishing for bass in deep water vertical jigging. And it wasn’t till probably about five years ago that I caught a handful more. Always a big surprise when I did and I ...

at lake Murray this morning fishing off the shore I caught with everything I tied on…no big ones but it made my day

Thanks Vinny. Today Otay, tomorrow one last day at Murray, then it's off to Arizona for a month on vacation. I'll let you guys know how the fishing is. First up will be the Verde Valley river, which runs right through our RV resort.


If you have a month and are so inclined, Alamo is another ...

Hello SDFish,

I've seen many helpful comments on this forum but I figured I'd also ask myself: which local lake(s) would you recommend for bank fishing? Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Lake, Jennings and Lake Poway are two SD County lakes that come to mind and have lots of shoreline you could access for bass fishing.
The obvious lake that I would suggest would be Lake Murray as it has also lots of shoreline for bass fishing. It probably is the easiest to fish from shore. Also all ...

That's catching not fishing =D Keep it up!

Been about a week and a half since my last trip to Murray which was fun and topped off with a 5.50 lb bass. Always pretty excited to be back on the water at Murray, but something seemed strange. Scouting around there was literally no busters anywhere. I think I only saw one but the lake surface was ...

An oil painting...I'm thinking more like water colors! Good thing you didn't come out to the D.K. yesterday, with temps in the high 90s and 30mph Santa Ana's blowing...you would of been screaming like a little girl! Plus, you wouldn't want to be catching bigger fish....lol lol lol lol ! Maybe next ...

So much for weather forecasts! Winds of 10-12 mph predicted..wrong! It started out calm and beautiful, fishing was a little slower than last week, partly because 4 guys were sitting on my not so secret spot! By 9:00, a slight breeze out of the east started up, and living in Ramona, I know that can ...

No Bull! Well, a couple! But the wind was serious! Only the second fired up school I have encountered! Very fun!

Screenshot_20250530_172031_Photos.jpgVinny..your buddy misses you....


Geez and a few buddies of yours are missing you down at Murray
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Not worried...I've got connections in the SDPD! More worried about the ...

Started the morning in the rental boat at 520 went strait to beginning of Harvey was able to do the norm catch couple everytime I moved down 100 yds started with 8 my buddy 10 after couple hours of drizzle and glassy waters the bite shut down for couple hours for us from id say 9-12 so we went to ...

Heck yeah! Nice job out there! :-)


Ty Vinny yeah Murray bass can get finicky I do think it’s so weird how Murray can turn off flip of a switch otay is always a good time nice place wasn’t to crowded lady office said lightning forced everyone off lake on sat was a tournament also they all had to ...

Wondered how you faired in that wind, best in a tube,nice job! Again love the banter between you and VinnyBass

, I must admit that I'm guilty of picking a fish off your spot early

They don't call it "community point" for nothing! Only the fish know the real secret spots!

4 June 2025
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Thank you

Ventured more than a few miles from my house to the lake of Donald and Kiefer this morning. Greeted of course by Mcfish
and then later met up with Fisheromen . Headed over to an area which I quickly labeled "McFish Point" since he does seem to fish there often. Brought my lighter kayak(roughing it ...

I have endured Mr. Vinnybass harassing me for years, questioning my quanity over quality attitude..so today I put away my finesse baits and brought out the bigger stuff! The good news..I averaged bigger fish (I think). The bad news...my quanity was way down! The worse news...Vinny caught more than ...