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It didn't work...I recognize that river.....the Mississippi, Amazon, the Nile???? Tijuana River?? That's a fattie....it scares me what that fish might have been eating in that river....

DarkShadow wrote: Thu Sep 25, 2025 8:19 pm

Jussdone805 wrote: Thu Sep 25, 2025 7:25 amIt's amazing what The Sierras do for your mental health. No cell service, no agenda, fish when you want, relax when you want. Heaven on Earth.

What he said!^

Just spread my ashes up there!

I just got back from a whole week at Big Pine Creek. You are spot on about fall being the best time! There were maybe 6 people in the campground the whole time. No shortage of browns willing to bite. No fly fishing for me, but my coworker just gave me a rod and reel so I need to start practicing ...

Thanks to the incredible wisdom of our City Lakes leaders, D.K. will be closing this week for the season....and like every other year, it's right when the lake is really heating up!!!
Started out at sunrise with perfect overcast skies and was instantly on fish! My first 2 casts were blowups on the ...

I was out there as well, tough morning for me.
1st fish not on til around 10am. Started picking up clones on the minnow and free rig over the next few hours. Seen a feeding frenzy over at the bouy line nxt to the dam around 1, got a few missed bites and finally landed a 2 1/2# clone.
Decided to ...

So I see you were using a crappie jig tipped with corn.......?? Red worms next week??

Not the first Fathead to come out of Murray! I'm pretty sure that's my fish from a couple years back! See, catch and release does work..lol..! Photo courtesy of Mr. Vinnybass!

Fisheromen wrote: Sat Oct 11, 2025 7:40 pm Only 1 fish on a Gunfish on Friday. Slow TW! It was a good one! 4.3 lbs. First time there in a really long time. Talking El Cap.

Tiny flukes....they get picky this time of year!

robert_smith wrote: Sun Oct 12, 2025 3:15 pm Talked to couple guys one said Fri he got 32 and only 1 dink today another guy only got 1 but his buddy got 17 I bet he had tiny flukes mcfish

Throw em!

Dannicus wrote: Fri Dec 05, 2025 7:14 am Ok now I wanna see Vinny out there with his Paw Patrol rod staring at his sonar, and throwing metal . The sad part is that he'll probably still out fish me....bastard.

I'm sure you've seen him out at Murray with his matching Disney Princess rods!

I'm sure one day you'll find a job and won't have to "live down by the river"..! good luck with that! .........P.S....don't eat those things!

Impressive! Nice Christmas present!

Nice belly on that baby...on the fish also.....

It's hard to compete with the famed Mr.Vinnybass...but here are a few of my favorites from 2025! My big fish for the year was an 8.2, I'll see if I can improve on that this year! Vinny says that's impossible with all the finesse stuff I throw!

Solid angling Vinny!


Sometimes it is just the luck of the Irish.........oh wait I am not Irish...ha ha
Best Wishes always to you and the Mrs. :-)

Hey, quit trying to steal my luck of the Leprechauns...Yours is the luck of the pepperoni! Excellent job on the River for this time of year..oh ...

Awesome fish. What was your setup for drop shot . Had to be lite. Impressive. Thanks for update.


Thanks for reading! It’s pretty light, but not as light as I know a lot of guys will go with their finesse stuff. I run 15lb high-vis yellow braid to a roughly 12 foot 8lb flouro leader with a 1 ...

We can thank the worthless water district and the city of san diego mayor. Oh and go to san v, as most of Sutherlands water is in it now. Lets see thats Hodge, El Cap and Sutherland not fishable now. Hell of a place to live.

San V's water level won't go up because we're using that water for ...

Beautiful Chollas lake specimen!

you’re amazingly lucky.


One of the "luckiest" I have ever known!


Mcfish promised to teach me some skills but he wanted $75 an hour to do it and I just think that’s a little high…. Especially when he says I have to pay for lunch also. For now, I’ll just stick with Lucky.

$75...no way ...

Vinny headed to El Cap next...with his cartopper....