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Is this the famous pre spawn bite I read about? When does spawn start?


While there are some bass in shallow water as part of a pre-spawn, I think it will be a few more weeks before it is
more of a full swing. Each lake is a little different but some warm weather can help speed things up a ...

Gotfish? wrote: Wed Mar 05, 2025 5:31 pm Is this the famous pre spawn bite I read about? When does spawn start?

I am catching some bass off of beds right now at Murray.

The wife got a couple extra days off this week so we headed up to Menifee, my little aluminum boat trailing us. Tuesday afternoon shift at Perris where I did pretty good in the spring a year ago. Found out it was too early still, the water only got up to 55°. 10° cooler than where I was fishing Otay ...

It's stocking day at Probation Pond, and the locals couldn't be happier, as the ramp was loaded with anxious individuals ready to score a stocker, or 12.

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(DRAMATIZATION)

I saw the Merry Men of Sherwood at the outskirts of the mayhem, so I wandered on over ...

When did they realize they were hooked onto each other's line? When the lines came completely out of the water?


Pretty much.

The dude next to us was saying, "he's about to jump! he's about to jump!" and kept sticking his 'pole' in the water to prevent the beast from jumping.

One time at DVL ...

I'm gonna start yelling "get the net" every time my jig gets hung on rocks. Nevermind that I am out fishing solo on my float tube. I just think it'll be funny, some old guy floundering around, fins in the air, yelling GET THE NET to no one in particular.

Water is still pretty green but clearing some. Water temp was 61 where I was.

Water is still pretty green but clearing some. Water temp was 61 where I was.

How deep is the water at the edge of the tules?
Is the water just green or do you bring gobs of snotty algae back with every drag of the jig?
Thanks in advance.


I wasn't bringing back too much elephant snot but I ...

Monday and Tuesday at Murray were pretty blah. A couple of clones each day, and I had to work hard to get 'em. That changed in a big way today.

I got on the water at 8 am, and decided to head to Alvarado Bay. Deep in the cove the bass were going ape $hit chasing giant schools of shad, and busting ...

Woke up this morning and there was a light rain. I wanted to go fishing, but just sat there drinking coffee. But even though it was a late morning start, I grabbed some rain gear and headed down to the SD River. I figured I could rough it for a few hours as it was not pouring or anything.
The water ...

I woke up early this morning with plans on fishing Otay. I poked my head outside, and it was wet and cold, so I almost wimped out.

I'm glad I sucked it up though, because I ended up with a 26 fish day! Granted, most were clones and a few drinks, but catching numerous fish on consecutive casts is ...

I haven’t been throwing the Tokyo rig too much at Lake Murray, but I have used it at the river off and on and that is what I used today with the brush hog.
I usually rig the Junebug colored brush hog Texas style with a little sinker stop not far from the weight. I think most of my bigger fish last ...

Omar, the resident high school dropout, was whizzing past on his 3 thousand dollar scooter just as I was releasing another chunky 2 pounder back into the aquamarine colored pond. He stopped to chat and get the juice.

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"Did you catched one?"

"Naw ...

Hey all,
It was a fun day at Lake Poway. I only fished for a couple of hours and only got 2 bites. Fortunately, the fish were 10.22lbs and 7.52lbs! So. Much. Fun! It's been a few years since I got a DD and the feeling never gets old. Both were bed fish that I caught on jigs. I have a feeling this ...

Quick stop on the way home from work and no skunk...that is all that matters. Lot of younger fisherman working the gigantic glide baits and trout looking swimbaits...but I was mostly working old faithful...the weightless Texas plastic worm...seems like it works...
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to me this ...

Went on a rental at otay sat 12th with buddy we both caught between us 50 from 630-6 I used a neko roboworm 7” on my bfs 10 braid 8 flouro leader morning dawn red crawler midnight Arron’s magic they ate them all on my other pole I Dropshot the 6” robo same colors my buddy throws black senco 6” and ...

Met the homie Early release at Hodges this morning for a little bassin. Was the first one at the gate around 4:50am. I have taken three trips prior to today to Hodges in 2025 and had nary a fish between them. The day started with a spinnerbait snagged and lost and no bites to be found on my ...

Managed to pull 8 fatties out of The Captain today on BFS gear. Nothing under 2 and nothing over 3, but they were feisty.

I'll post a breakdown of baits I used in the BFS section for you other finesse guys if you are interested.

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Went Miramar early w buddy Victor who I finally convinced to get waders I gave him my Cumberland and fins to get him on the water not just limited to shore so stopped by moes hole found two biters right away on neko black senco got broke off re rigged Houdini senco neko got same fish got my black ...