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I haven’t fished for a very long time. Hit up Otay today. Got there around 6:30 to very low water levels and quite a bit of algae.
Did ok. Got 11. Biggest went 4.4# and another 3.6#. Rest were clones. All caught on jerkbait and dropshot.

Mine was on a Spro popper frog, about 8 years back, and she slurped it in, no explosion. Big ones don't need to explode on it, they just swim under it, open up the gills, flush a gallon of water in and anything in it, and swim off with a swagger. AKA a toilet flush. You know she's big at that point ...

Back to the new favorite but with a new plan...respooled one baitcaster with 10lb mono and fished just a weightless senco in the edges of the tulles...trying to get more bites. Seemed to work, got 6 bites in a couple hours but lost four of them because I was afraid to set the hook too hard with the ...

I think a while back I promised to also post the not so great ones too... well today was one. 6+ hours, 2+ miles walked, shivering start, profuse sweating end, and these... At least I got outside and got some fresh air and exercise.

https://youtu.be/qJ63KMMhH_Y

Hey all!
It has been a little bit since I posted here. I headed out to Hodges for my second trip of the year. The lake looks beautiful (although still low) and there are now nice patches of tules coming in. I think if the lake level stays this way in a few years we will ...

Thanks for sharing another fun bass
fishing videos with all of us. It’s always entertaining, especially for me who has
not been on the water much lately and
needs to get back out there.
Tight line always Chris

Sitting here questioning everything I thought I knew. Today was my second trip in a row without even a bite. Glad you got some. And thanks for sharing.

Thanks for sharing and it was fun talking to you the other week while you were loading your tube to head home. I have not been on the water at Murray for I think a month. Throwing swim baits from shore a few times but I need to get back out on the water. Hope to see you out there soon And tight ...

Well not really how the expression goes but here is another story.

Back to what has become a favorite of mine (O'Neill) for an after work session and I have to confess the lucky first. Here is the result.
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How I caught it Lucky: my cast landed about 8 ft. to the right of my ...

Glad to see your post, I was beginning to wonder if you moved or you quit fishing ( HaHa ) I was getting use to your almost daily catches, and then nothing.
I been trying to get my friend to take his boat down to Otay which I haven’t fished in at least ten years.
I know you fish there often, have ...

Fished Hodges yesterday. Was a beautiful morning with heavy fog on the water. My third Wednesday fishing Hodges and my second trip in a row without even a bite. In 3 trips, i’ve only landed 1. Has to be operator error, right? Here’s a pic of EVERYTHING I threw yesterday. You be the judge.
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Took a trip to Murray with the grandkids. They love to fish and look at the fish in the live well. In 1 of the pics you can see they built a fort at the drivers seat and dash. So I used the trolling to get us around. To much fun.

I thought about driving all the way up to the Lake of D & K, but instead made a closer run up to Lake Miramar. Decided to just take my small 10' '5" kayak that has no electronics on it and also meant I could not take a lot of gear with me so I just loaded some worms and some creature type baits, a ...

If you’re reading this, and your a regular poster in the “Bass” section of SD Fish, please raise one hand, reach it over your shoulder, and pat yourself on the back. You’ve successfully lived the grind…

This morning I made it out for my much anticipated first Cap trip with my fully rigged float ...

Well.....fished it twice since it opened, learned one thing: it fishes alot tougher than the last few years! The water level is extremely depressing! The lake has hundreds of rockpiles, unfortunately 95% of them are on dry land now. The bad news is there will be no boats on the lake this year...the ...

Been since the fall since I’ve fished freshwater the launch ramp is Mudd but a guy launched a boat by himself left of the docks seems like hard ground was a good size aluminum I fished 3” craw osp on rockpile I had always done well in past got bit after 10 mins knew they were there so I spent couple ...

Thanks for the report Dan.
They should come up with a makeshift type of launch platform for the tube guys.

I have to agree with you. Growing up fish the lakes in the 80s and 90s, it turns me off with what we have now. Management and Levels both.
I still believe a bad day fishing is better that a ...

I launched at the bathrooms closer to the dam for my first trip there last week, and man, bringing my stuff back up the hill in the heat after my session was pretty brutal! Between my trolling motor, lithium battery and my rods and tackle, it felt like 5-6 trips back and forth with breaks in between ...

Nice bag.
When i was there last, I too had issues with the mud and lauching/landing. The rangers were down trying to pull the dock out further using the lake boat. After the rangers guy wired the docks off to the Deadman anchors which completely blocked trying to launch between the docks with all ...

Yet over at Miramar, too much water as my buddy took this pic yesterday.
Last week the water started halfway down where the railing are on that dock.
Pretty crazy eh?
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I fished Miramar on Saturday, 3/14, and I can confirm that it's super full. Tied up my ...