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Been focusing my efforts east of SD recently since the bite from shore locally has been pretty tough. A short Cap trip on Saturday that produced one clone bass reinforced that point for me.

With my brother back in town permanently we decided to hit the desert Friday and Sunday to see what we could ...

Got to go where you have some action and you
have had some pretty fun times down there. Yeah,there will be times everywhere the bite
slows down, but that's what makes it fun at times....accepting a challenge. For me, the
SD River is a challenge even though it is very slow, but feels good to even ...

NIce vid. If I recall my best day there was fishing a point just north of Konocti Casino launch ramp, some 10 years back. It was half moon in shape, quite shallow in the back, sloping to 6' where I anchored, with lots of cheese and edges by tulles all the way to my boat.

Got about 15 on the frog ...

Biggest bass I've hooked at Murray in a while. He bit on a black Senko with blue flakes. I flipped ot to the edge of the tullies and let it sink. Never even felt the bite, but my line took off so I set I set the hook. I just barely got him turned. He almost buried himself in the reeds.
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My new reel arrived yesterday. I pre-ordered it over a month ago. It's an Ark Gravity BFS reel. I paired it with a Ray Fishing 7 ft Tarantula finesse rod, and spooled it with 6lb. nanobraid and a 6lb. flourocarbon leader.

If you'd have told me yesterday that I could cast a tiny 1/16 oz. (or smaller ...

Fisheromen wrote: Thu Dec 21, 2023 9:15 pm Gotta get me a lucky hat like that!

I think you already have one!

Headed out to San V yesterday all geared up and ready for a rainy, windy, overcast day only to find blue skies and no wind ☹️ Ran to Barona and immediately had fish breaking in the bushes and just outside of them. Missed 4 fish on a small fluke, including one that sharked it from about 40’ away all ...

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and Happy New Year.

Been getting tougher by the day. Fish in the bushes will eat if you can get a bait to them I time. If the wind comes up at all the dropshot bite is there in deeper water (20-50’). Have fished jigs, C rigs, and bigger worms deep with no love.

Anybody here NOT own a Billy Bass?

Son and I flipped a coin and it came up Murray, so we headed out not knowing anything really since I haven’t fished it since early spring. Started out throwing my trusty crawdad Red Eye shad and about 4 casts into the morning my bait got clobbered. Turned out to be about a 2lb trout. Certainly didn ...

Looks like last week and they are supposed to plant again this week sometime, according to the DFG website

My son and I hit San V today for one last trip before he heads back to Montana. After the bust that Murray was Tuesday I was looking forward to San V today.

No busters to speak of except for the occasional single in the bushes. We ended the day with 9 combined. Very happy to say my boy out fished ...

I hope this is not inappropriate for this general forum.
Feel free to PM me with any response if not suited for here.
So...
Entered my 70s a couple years ago.
No boat, no tube, no kayak, shore bound.
A largemouth fisherman.
Fish alone more often than not.
Escondido resident.
Have walked the ...

Santee Lakes is as easy to fish as golf courses. The fishing can be good at times for sure there. Much more fishing pressure than golf course ponds=)

Stephen
Youre not going to get a pass, let it slide due to age at the golf coarse ponds....
You will get kicked out, by the grounds keepers, sited by sheriff ...
Thats why we call it "ninja bassin"......

Happy new year bass anglers!

Spent the last weekend of 2023 out at El Cap. On Saturday it just felt like even though the shore bite has been really tough recently, the rain and being 3 days post full moon made me feel like there was a chance to pick up some quality bites.

That hunch paid off. We ...

Well, there are times when I just feel bad posting too much...especially when it comes to Lake Murray. I have posted so many Murray
reports that many of you guy are probably tired of seeing the same old blah, blah, blah. Heck, if I wan't me, I would probably even be
saying..."Geez, another ...

Took my son Nathanael ultralight fishing today at Murray. Caught 7 dinks and one nice fish between us. He had a blast!

We were fishing tiny Brush Hogs t-rigged with 1/32 oz bullet weights. Casting to the rocky banks and the edges of the tullies and dragging them back. It was a relaxing awesome way ...