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So..if I take my shirt off I'll catch bigger fish???

This morning 6:30 am..my new friend wanted a ride to the lake...! Yep, I'm a bear magnet!

Nice fish. Isn't it the best thing when you expected nothing or very little and you get surprised?


I had no bites and was just happy to be fishing, but after I lost my first two fish, I just figured at least I had a fish. When fishing is
tough, that is kind of a consolation prize...ha ha It ...

Crawbaits and rats are kind of normal and you know you bought that crazy Cockatoo bait just for Minnesota...ha ha.
Actually I tried to think of some strange baits or usual baits I have used to catch bass and when I first used a Tokyo rig, it looked strange and never thought it would work until my ...

20230922_062845.jpg 20230922_074842.jpg They're putting Sutherland out of it's misery this Sunday, shutting it down for the winter. It's been a long strange trip out there this year! Good days were almost nonexistent. Just when you thought it was changing for the better..it wasn't! We were hoping ...

professionull wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 12:29 pm Did the water level ever come down enough to use the parking lot or is it still covered?

The upper lot is now totally out of the water..lower lot completely covered by water. A big difference from 2 months ago when both lots were under water.

Post it! Some of the biggest bass in the 60s-80s were caught with live or cut bait. Some were caught with trout power bait!

I'll use those right before I consider hand grenades! I not sure the problem was what they wanted to eat, but rather where they went to eat it!

That's a big ol chunk of bass! Thanks for finding my plopper! Now give it back!

I know..everybody thinks Murray belongs to Vinny, but I'm here to reclaim it! Once I heard that Vinny was going to fish the River today, I saw my chance to take it back! I first fished the lake in 1962, so I've got some history! I got to the lake at first light, hoping to see some surface action ...

Caught this in my man-cave..late 70s originally...10.1

I agree, Sutherland, El Cap, Otay, and Murray have been in a weird funk this year. They are all lakes that had a big influx of water this winter. The consistent lake, San V, had very little change until the last couple months when they were putting Sutherland water in there. I still haven't figured ...

Yep, if Queue says it's a tilapia..it's a Tilapia!

I want the cabinet in the back of your garage.....

Love to see those big bass! Even better to catch one!


Is that the fish Snag Long posed with?


Pretty funny, but no. I caught that at Lake Miramar in 1998 on a live waterdog. 19lbs 4oz. One of my favorite fishing memories of all time. And it jumped 3 times!

I would of had to change my ...

Pourboy wrote: Sat Sep 30, 2023 11:00 pm

camobass wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2023 7:18 pm

Pourboy wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2023 12:09 pm Love to see those big bass! Even better to catch one!

Is that the fish Snag Long posed with?

Pretty funny, but no. I caught that at Lake Miramar in 1998 on a live waterdog. 19lbs 4oz. One of my favorite fishing memories of all time. And it jumped 3 times!

Waterdogs... the good ol days!

I haven't been to El Cap in quite awhile, been waiting for my favorite time of year! I started out throwing a small jerkbait, picked up 5 or 6 fish not far from the launch. When it slowed, I moved up to the north arm in search of breaking fish, but it was all quiet when I arrived! I worked some ...

I haven't been to El Cap in quite awhile, been waiting for my favorite time of year! I started out throwing a small jerkbait, picked up 5 or 6 fish not far from the launch. When it slowed, I moved up to the north arm in search of breaking fish, but it was all quiet when I arrived! I worked some ...

20231009_104507.jpg The best part of retirement..I don't fish the weekends! I've had a place in Parker on the river for 40 years, the stupidity I've seen by the wakeboarders and recreational boaters is beyond belief! I've rescued dozens of boaters and witnessed people dying because of the ...

What grub you throwing? Color?