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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 of ...

I agree with Queue, easiest place to catch them, I even use 4 pound test, watch out for the cables.

Nice Report!! Thanks=)

Like, if you were desperate to catch a freshwater fish — any fish — but you despise the crowds and vibe of fishing for stunned freshly stocked fish, where would you go this time of year? Been on a bit of a dry spell recently! My boys did catch these guys at Lake Jennings last weekend though. We’re ...

I hadn't thought about it, but you might be right, it could be a hybrid redear with a bluegill, because those grow pretty fast and are stocky.


That's a very nice bluegill. A pure 'coppernose'. The redear and hybrids have speckles on the lower half of the body and face. All types are shown ...

Nice bait to get it on too. Very rewarding, congrats

I hadn't thought about it, but you might be right, it could be a hybrid redear with a bluegill, because those grow pretty fast and are stocky.


That's a very nice bluegill. A pure 'coppernose'. The redear and hybrids have speckles on the lower half of the body and face. All types are shown ...

Jim died a few years back, but the legend lives on!
I'll upload his advertisement when I get settled in to Washington.

Jim used quite a bit more than just his home poured worms to pull teens out of Murray, but I'm sure if he wanted you to know what he did or how he did it, he would have told you ...

Use what you have, but fresh will out catch frozen

https://youtu.be/qfPzJ9Q6qTY
Hey guys it has been a couple of tough months for me for fishing. Got striped a couple of times at local lakes and even the bay! With fish seemingly hiding from me I just decided to head back to El Cap and try that out. It was a super beautiful day on the lake and only ...

Thanks Pourboy and will look for you on the big bay if you are there Sunday. Tides are really smoking and there should be a good bite.

PS yes I saw the ned fish. That was a beefer! On my boat those automatically become the 5 pounders that got away

Took a little trip out East to the land of the Canals today for an afternoon session.

Had a blast! When it’s good out there, it’s just so much fun.

Managed 10 or so largemouth and a couple smallmouth, including my first 2+ (don’t laugh, I’d never caught a Smallie until a few months ago lol) and ...

Eating turkey on Thanksgiving is nice but taking a nice long drive out east and catching bass on that day seems to be a heck
of lot more fun! Looks like you are really enjoying that light gear and it is really paying off. Thanks for sharing your adventure
with us. I immediately thought after ...

I have spent tons of time Bass fishing the river over the years and it always calls me back every year. A few years back, I put together this highlight reel.....Nothin But Bass! Enjoy and crank it up ya'll. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.

Here's a few from near my area from two separate mornings...couple good ones and as I have promised (I (insert name) do solemnly swear to always post the dinks with the "good ones")

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And the dinks...Check out the bait:fish size ...

El Cap...
Only got one there two weeks prior back seating, and front seater only got one also.

Got there at noon yesterday, tons of trailers in the lot. Overcast and rain threatening.Two guys leaving reported one between them, on d/s, not good.

Fished till dusk, nada. Top 1/2 the time, jerkbait ...

Is it just me, or was this one of the quietest years of fishing in So Cal ?

I bumped into a gentleman recently while fishing my go-to, (hike-to) San Diego Reservoir. He told me to go check out fishing around Blythe as he loved it there once the weather cools off. He grumbled off names that sounded like Aha quin, Waterwheel, and Rancho Not-so-Grande.

If anyone has any ...

I’ve got no Blythe knowledge (I’m sure there are many here who do), but you can find smallmouth in the imperial valley canals much closer to SD. Look for check gates and drops in any of the canals on Google earth and you are in good shape to find fish.

Got my first Smallmouth out there a couple ...

Oxbow near palo verde.