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After some swimbait tossing from shore a few times recently, I decided to take the boat out and give it a whirl.The weather got hot quickly and geez...85 degrees in early February! Anyway....swimbait tossing for a while and then switched over to a crank bait and landed a small bass. Then around 30 ...

Straight braid for this guy no leaders ever.
It’s like using 30 pound braid with a 10 pound liter and then the bass breaks the leader. What’s the point of even having 30 -40 pound braid if the leader breaks especially if you’re fishing in heavier cover. I imagine a lot of guys use braid so they ...

Did you have them dropshotting?

I thought about driving all the way up to the Lake of D & K, but instead made a closer run up to Lake Miramar. Decided to just take my small 10' '5" kayak that has no electronics on it and also meant I could not take a lot of gear with me so I just loaded some worms and some creature type baits, a ...

Nice fish Buddy! Your experience on Miramar pays off!

Well.....fished it twice since it opened, learned one thing: it fishes alot tougher than the last few years! The water level is extremely depressing! The lake has hundreds of rockpiles, unfortunately 95% of them are on dry land now. The bad news is there will be no boats on the lake this year...the ...

I was just thinking about Miramar thanks for the report.
Was the lake crowded and how was the water level?


OK.....I have noticed that every comment you make has questions in it. I am just curious and guessing you are retired CIA or had
a career with the FBI or are maybe just taking all ...

I was there last weekend for a few hours. I was going to bring my kayak but decided to just bring a rod and shore fish to scope it all out.
I knew the lake was low but dang, I was surprised at how low. The wind was crazy as well. Surprised to see so many tubes out there in the white caps.

While ...

I didn’t start spotty fishing regularly until my 30’s. I have limited fishing time available so I can’t justify the likelihood of fishing all morning for a few bites. It’s been years since I’ve caught a decent green bass. I get “green” with envy seeing some guys on here but I know that it’s my ...

A reminder from your Mayor Toad Gloria and the City council: the lakes are for storing water, not for fishing...And because of your leaders, the lakes now suck at both!

I believe that was tried back in the 70s or 80s. They planted catchable size stripers in the flood control channel at Mission Bay. I remember seeing people lining the channel throwing giant treble hooks (M.L. type)and snagging all the stripers! That was the end of that experiment! I imagine some of ...

I fished Murray on Monday and found a pattern I wasn't expecting. After hearing rumors of topwater and shallow action the last couple weeks, I was expecting a fish bonanza yesterday! Well...not quite what I was expecting! I did end up with 12 fish, but it felt very much like a weird postspawn day ...

Dfishin wrote: Wed Mar 25, 2026 8:23 am Mcfish took that water with him to put in his lake!

Shhhhhh...quiet....he doesn't need to know that!

I've seen the Fire copter practicing at San V. in the past!

SjW wrote: Fri Apr 10, 2026 12:51 pm To add insult to injury the city announced it has a surplus of water and is selling excess to Riverside County

Haven't you seen all the excess water in Sutherland, El Cap, Hodges, and San V...me neither! It's all about the money...not what's good for the residents or the fisherman!

It was 7:30am and I just started to head out to the SD River. As I was driving down the freeway, I suddenly thought why not just keep going and head up to the lake...I mean pond of D & K. I know it was crazy as I would get a
real late start, but what the heck! On the water around 8:30am,missed ...

So I take it that Vinny didn't tell you about that foot fungus he has??? I'm sure it's something he picked up "down by the River"....! I'm sure a couple shots of penicillin will cure it right up....oh wait, that's for that other little problem he picked up down on Broadway....never mind!

The raising of the dam messed this lake up.
All the variable cover, breaks, rocks, flats, creek channels, etc are 20'+ under water now.
It's a totally different lake now.
One thing that would help increase the size LMB at San V would be if trout were stocked again.
Bass fishing in SD is at a sad ...

Thanks for the report

What the heck is going on over there, mass die off?


It could be the carp, and waaaay too many I think are destroying hodges.. I've seen whirlpools of hundreds near the launch ramp.
With that said, I keep fishing it because they bite through the carp at times ;)

Hodges ...

VinnyBass wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2026 12:37 pm Would be nice if the city and lay down some wood planks or something to help people launch, but I guess that’ll never ever happen. I should not daydream so much.

Hahahaha....the City help the fishermen.....hahahaha....stop, you're killing me!!!!