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If you're going to chase the breakers, you're going to need some patience(sorry Vinny)! I got on the water at 6:00, with a decent Santa Ana blowing. Since I was only going after topwater fish, that wasn't really helpful! About 8:00, the wind turned around to an onshore breeze and the fish started to ...

otaymichael wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 8:55 pm Nice. Yesterday?

Yep...thursdays alot more fun without the wakeboard nuts!

There's all sorts of crazy things in Murray! I've seen Pacus, Piranhna, Oscars, Tinfoil barbs, and almost every aquarium fish you could imagine! At least you can eat the tilapia! Hodges has a bunch!

I've seen one floating in San V last year!

Thanks for factoid to stir brains into remembering...
Can you believe the audacity of said ML to film two guys, clandestine, that were snagging bedding bass during a tournament and gluing scales back on to hide that fact??? Amazing.

Would you happen to know what brand glue they were using to put ...

There definitely aren't as many 8lb+ bass as there was back in the 70s-90s! San V use to have them..then they stopped stocking trout! Rare to run into one these days

JWall wrote: Mon Nov 13, 2023 7:29 pmAnother view

That's a fatty...wonder if it's actually a Red Ear? The busters are very finicky right now, I'm not throwing anything over 2 1/2", and you mostly have to land the bait on their heads!

I haven't been to El Cap in a couple weeks, so I thought I would give it a shot. My last time there I got into some fun topwater, so this time I set up 5 rods for topwater and dartheads! So you can guess what happened...no topwater! I spent a couple hours searching for anything on top and found ...

Thanks for the report. Heading there this weekend but could not find much as far as what was going on there. Great job making it happen!

I didn't see alot of fish being caught...the weather changes and the City draining the lake again makes for some unstable conditions! I went back to basics but ...

Enjoyed your report. It's sometimes trial and error this time of year as the surface bite can be there, or nothing at all is hitting the surface.
Good thing your fishing insight made you switch to plastic worms and find some bass. That air temp you mentioned made me cold so
I had to make a cup ...

Thanks for the report and the fish porn! I need to get back to El Cap again. It can be an up and down experience there in a float tube but I still love that lake.

The south side of the dam arm works for float tubing, some good little points and boulders!


I was there a couple of months ago ...

Ridiculous...I'm getting blown off the map in Ramona, and you're fishing glass in La Mesa! I believe I deserve credit for talking you into fishing this morning!!! I'll also take credit for you catching those two fish....and not being blamed for you losing that fish! Good job Mr. Vinny, nice fish! I ...

Cheeseburgers..3 meals a day...365 days a year! Mix in a Prime Rib once a week...

Hmmmm...I spent a couple summers guiding on the Klamath River, never saw a Chinook with that coloration! Maybe that's what the S.D. river does to you! I think at one time, all the California River's had some sort of Salmon and Steelhead runs. I know Camp Pendleton had steelhead.

I think the City screwing with the water levels had a big influence on the fishing. San V probably was the most consistent fishing and had the most stable water levels. Sutherland and El Cap were really dependent on whether the City was messing with the water levels!

There's always some animal where it doesn't belong...flamingos and turtles in San Diego bay...

Mr. Vinnybass sent me this photo, claiming he caught it in the S.D. River..but his net was too small to land it! I'm not saying it didn't happen...but I think he just played it poorly...! Probably caught it on a Tokyo rig and didn't get a good hookset..

You can't tell winter's coming by the daytime temps, but at 6:30 out on San V...I was feeling it! Air temp started out at 42, water temps 60-62. A nice little breeze out of the east didn't help. I was expecting some breaking fish, but found none after an extensive search! I brought out the dropshot ...

Good job! Those River fish are plump! At least you're on the water..better than sitting at Dennys, eating strawberry crepes! Dropshotting 4" Robos and you would of caught a couple dozen....all 6lbs....hahahaha!

Good job! The lakes are crazy this year! The patterns change so fast...can't wait to see what next week brings! Don't those fish know that they're not suppose to be shallow now??