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Got to cap early saw Dan at ramp Chris shamen was also there with there super tubes I raced to back of lake started w sakamata shad 5” got couple tossing around rocks decent fish but skinny missed couple others swam at me nothing on beaver or shad after I got most way to the back so I decided to try ...

Had a really fun day at El Cap with Chris ( Pourboy ) and his friend Brad. Final count was 17. One jig fish, and everything else was topwater. A few dinks but most were 1-2 pound clones with 3 of them over 3 lbs.

They weren't busting aggressively, but I was just casting around in the coves and they ...

20 guys googling shimmy swimmer 125 in 3..2..1..

Anytime you have a 15 fish day it's a good day right? Especially when over half of them look like this behemoth!

Wait....could this be construed as a clickbait title?

Actually numbers wise Murray has been pretty good the last couple of days, but it's all been dinks and clones for me. Saw some big ...

WOLF, WOLF!!!!

Hit Murray with my buddy Joe this morning. The surface was basically dead as did not see any busters so it was soon worm time. Using a variety of worms, creature baits, flukes. etc., we picked up some clones here as there as it was a little later morning bite. Missed a few bites comes along with the ...

Hey man that was my fish. Stop hogging up all the biguns'! You did better than me. All I could muster was 5 all in the 2 pound range. Had a pretty nice jig fish on early, but it broke me off. Bummer. Good to see you as always Vinny.


Hey Dan....it is always great to see you out there on the ...

Took a 2,500 mile road trip pulling the trailer to the Castcade Mountains and everywhere in-between. Had a chance to Bass fish Trinity Lake and Clear Lake. We pumped up the Sea Eagle and got out for a few hours.
My Son and I had 3.5 hours of clone fishing on Smallies and Spots.

Here are a few ...

Finally got the ok to go back out in the sun as long as I had sun coverage and sunscreen. Followed Drs orders and headed out to San V today with sunscreen, a sun gaiter and hat.

Lake is super low and 20+ foot visibility. Decided to fish areas that were out of my usual rotation. Started the day ...

Had a pretty good day at Murray finally. I got tired of 4-5 fish days, so I decided to go back to the BFS basics that I know work day in and day out. Final count was 18 all in the 1-2 pound range (as Vinny would call them, clones), so definitely a quantity over quality day. Still they were all ...

Dfishin wrote: Thu Oct 09, 2025 4:50 pm Looks like a nice place. Nice and calm.

It was glass.

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.

Went strait to back first thing was foggy and cold 48 degrees in parking lot saw shamen there and his tube 👍 towed buddy with me so he had one side I had other started most way down north arm was couple tubing very back came on odyssey 4x4 from who knows where anyways I threw mostly sashimmy swimmer ...

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

I wanted to go out there, seeing all the high numbers of fish catches made me think it would be slow cause the fish had already been caught and probably stressed. I hit up Miramar instead....got 3 missed bites on a minnow out there and that was it. Normal spots fish were gone. It's sucked, wish I ...

For those of you interested the DFG stocked Murray yesterday with trout. I have no idea how many pounds, but it wasn't a tremendous amount, and they were small. Most appeared around 10 inches. I suspect most of them will become bass snacks by the weekend, so swimbaits should be a great option for a ...

The water is turning at the SD River...it is murky and green stained and also cold now. Put those things together and it was tough fishing. Did get 2 small bass on a Flashy swimmer with a Keitech trailer and got one bass flippin' a creature bait.
It was the biggest of the small bass so I included a ...

Over the last week or so, I’ve been mentally prepping for some more freshwater fishing. I spent most of the summer in the salt, and after a few months away from my local ponds my confidence was really lacking. I also had a tough time justifying the extra drive time to hit freshwater when I had the ...

Yeah I just can't see myself out in my float tube with arthritic hands and shoulders pitching swimbaits about the same size as my foot over and over, but I do admire the dedication of the guys that do.

Had a great time at El Capitan today. 9 fish in total. I threw my new Berkeley Triple Minnow rig for a while, and got no bites, but to be fair, I really need to put in some time learning to fish it. It does look good in the water.

All 9 fish came on a NED bait on a 1/8 oz jig. They liked it when I ...