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Hmmm who knew? Awesome day man.

It seems like every week is a different pattern up there now! They're pulling water out now..it's down a couple feet.


I agree, seems like for about a month now the pattern has changed from week to week.
I was busy cutting off lures from the week prior early ...

Wow...it's amazing how many different baits you put in that one bass's mouth...lol lol lol lol lol !

Good job buddy! I've always said there's more than one way to catch a bass on any given day...you prove that all the time!

What grit sandpaper did you use on your thumb...almost looks like you were lipping bass..

I hope you brought your magnifying glass with you so you could actually see what you caught! You're right though...a fish is a fish....except in this case..lol lol lol..! You didn't catch a skunk, so you are way ahead of the game! I'd take that size any day, except when I'm catching rreal fish ...

Man I’d take a single 4lber over big numbers any day! I think I was referring to Mcfish when talking about double digit days lol he puts up numbers! I bought a few spybaits last year and have been forcing myself to use them cause they were pricey, lots of casting but it’s fun when I get bored of ...

Dannicus wrote: Tue Aug 12, 2025 11:57 pm Yeah @Mcfish I've been working on him too. I even loaned him a BFS rig to try out, but it reels left handed so he couldn't get the hang of it. So who's the real sissy here lol.

Can't teach an old dog new tricks..or baits!

I started doing that back in the 70's because I thought pork frogs were too bulky...

Dfishin wrote: Thu Aug 21, 2025 7:07 pm What's with the bobber stoppers?

He has a bobber stopper addiction !

The goal: catch a bigger fish than Vinny this week! D.K. my choice of lakes to complete the challenge. Baits I selected to achieve my goal...everything I can cram into my tube! I thought I pulled it off but fell a little short....! He has not heard the last of me!

Real fisheromen don't use A.C.......


Real fishermen or actually smart fishermen know how to correctly spell fishermen….. not fisheromen! :-)

PS- the air conditioning in my old truck is almost equal to just rolling down a window.. ha ha 🤣

Icing on your cake??? Didn't your wife tell you that ...

It's my pointer! It just grew from sitting in the water....yeah, that's it!

Have not seen @Mcfish for a long time and rumors are he has set up camp down at the
SD river after seeing my fishing posts of me fishing from shore down there. Luckily a friend who used to work with me
who was a photographer at the Union-Tribune forwarded me this pic of @Mcfish . He looks ...

As well as Vinny knows the River... I'm thinkin he "lives down by the River". Hey, isn't that the crankbait they sell at 7/11, next to the Slurpees...

Very nice, your Mr. consistent that’s what you are.
Thanks for the post


If consistent means old, tired, lazy, and liking to float around in my inflatable yacht chair throwing around fishing lures several days per week then yeah GUILTY haha. Catching is just a bonus. I always said that someday ...

That looks like the {BASS} they were fairly plentiful at Otay back in the 80s. That’s what a {BASS} should look like.

I think the 80s were the prime years to get a double digit! San V, Hodges, and Otay all had 10+ fish that were there for the taking! If you didn't get a 10 back then, you ...

I apologize for posting this again, but it is for those who did not see this the first time....here is a pic of @Mcfish at the river near his summer home before he shaved his beard. He told me he had a pet mouse as a friend that lived in his beard, but he left so he shaved it off.
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fish looks bigger! 8-)


The first pic of that dink is a 3lb'er in McFish's eyes....ha ha.
Just kidding McFish!!!!

7lber for sure! A-rig...also known as cheater rig, let me count those hooks...I'll be calling DF+G, OR DF+W, or whatever they're called now???? I'll teach you how to catch ...

Just got back from 10 days in the Mammoth area. I've been fishing the area for 65 years, so I feel right at home up there! This time of year I mostly fish Crowley, Mary, George, and Mamie. Crowley was fishing great, midging was the ticket..pulling streamers wasn't as reliable. I picked up 12-14 fish ...

Nice day...fun! The little lakes are going to get hammered with El Cap's ramp shut down..thank you Mr. Toad Gloria for your fantastic water use plan! A year ago he bragged about all of our excess water! Rumor has it he sold it to Mexico..brilliant!