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Dfishin wrote: Thu Apr 17, 2025 6:47 am Fisheroman was just starting to tube fish. I think it was kind of stormy.

Exactly! Hardly new how to maneuver my tube! Got blown into the tulles and almost couldn't get out! Ended up dragging my tube out and walked back to my car carrying all my gear! Good memory, Dave!

Fun day at Otay. Landed well over 20. Biggest went 2.6 but was spawned out. Should've been 3+. All caught on jerkbaits in less than 8ft of water.

Sorry for the late report but I was having some problems getting on SDFISH
Last Sunday my fish bud and I decided to go and check the repairs he had done on his boat, we didn’t think we would catch any bass because we’ve found the structure in the past to just eat up ours lures, but the main thing ...

Dannicus wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 5:55 pmMost were on a jig early...

Are you tossing light wire jigs? It seems it'd be hard to get penetration on a jig with BFS gear.

There is always a period after the spawn that slows things down as a few recent trips to Murray have been tougher.
I also stop the lake pretty often and talk to other fishermen and it seems that most agree it has slowed down. That doesn't mean you can't catch bass, but for me it has been a lot of ...

I actually spent most of my time fishing tules, but didn’t catch any of my fish (and hardly any bites) there. I felt like I should have spent more time fishing 10-20’.

Met the homie Early release at Hodges this morning for a little bassin. Was the first one at the gate around 4:50am. I have taken three trips prior to today to Hodges in 2025 and had nary a fish between them. The day started with a spinnerbait snagged and lost and no bites to be found on my ...

Nice job adjusting and bagging some quality fish. Hodges was my home lake back in the 80’s and 90’s and power fishing was the thing. But I was thinking just this week when I came across some smoke reapers tipped in a bit of chartreuse; I know they would have worked well back then and Im betting now ...

Thought I might see you as I got on the water for the third time. Mentioned it to my Backseater that I’ve run across you the last two times I launched as you left. Anyway, couldn’t get the jerk bait working, but the top water was just fine. It seems every other week it switches Frogs and Buzz baits ...

Hello all,

Decent day at Hodges today. Got in line at 515, didn't need to. They opened around 600. Met Corso Enthusiast and we headed out. Air was chilly at about 45-50 F, but the water was a balmy 64 F. Went along the usual chase to the right and banged around the shore. First fish was around 645 ...

Sweeeeeet.

You are so lucky to be able to fish 6 days....or
is it 7 days a week?
I only wish I could fish as often as you, but my arms would be so sore from fishing and then trying to type all the fish reports, my fingers would go into shock...ha ha.
Nice job out there Dan! Those are some healthy fish and ...

Nice work AGAIN! Good looking fishes.

There is a BFS section? Look at that, I learned something new. Thanks!
Nice work on the fish!

Well, we decided to get the boat wet again. Wanted to go to Cap at least one more time before the water is too low to launch. Per SD Lakes website, we are 4.5 feet from no launch. They report levels once a week, so I am sure it's closer to no launch that that. The lake is about 4-5 feet lower that ...

Again rented a boat w a buddy otay sat morning harvey arm we spent majority of day my buddy did well a dozen on 6” black senco I threw Dropshot roboworm and neko senco 5” watermelon w orange bottom I did great last couple weeks with and only got 5 all my buddy’s were nicer fish solid 2s and 3s wasn ...

Nice great job Dan I for some reason at otay on sat caught all my fish on my med nothing on my bfs was crazy disappointing but managed 5

I remember last year they were releasing tons of gallons of water out of El Cap right down into the San Diego river which was absolutely ridiculous.
So sad!

Dannicus wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 6:27 am Awesome mate and thanks for the report. What part of the lake were you fishing?

Harvey basically whole day

Nice great job Dan I threw underspin with no luck good job on the jerkbait