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A sunset walk in Mission Trails wouldn't be complete without a largemouth bass.



That is almost a bass. Homemade spinner. Got to check out how this year's storms affected one section of the river. Only actually fished for a halr hour, but got some steps....

Hi all,

Had a couple interesting days on the water this weekend. Got out to El Cap yesterday, and had a quick session on Miramar this morning where I got into a good one. Reports below:

El Cap (1/17): Showed up to a line at the gate again this morning. My first thought: not again! Last time this ...

I have been taking care of other things that I kept putting off and have not been fishing much at all. I think people have seen me at Home Depot and Lowes so much lately. that they must think I work there..ha ha. So this morning I needed a break and arrived at the river around 8:30a.m. Have not ...

Solid angling Vinny!


Sometimes it is just the luck of the Irish.........oh wait I am not Irish...ha ha
Best Wishes always to you and the Mrs. :-)

Hey, quit trying to steal my luck of the Leprechauns...Yours is the luck of the pepperoni! Excellent job on the River for this time of year..oh ...

Solid angling Vinny!


Sometimes it is just the luck of the Irish.........oh wait I am not Irish...ha ha
Best Wishes always to you and the Mrs. :-)

Hey, quit trying to steal my luck of the Leprechauns...Yours is the luck of the pepperoni! Excellent job on the River for this time of year..oh ...

I was heading out to Home Depot and decided to take a rod and make a few casts at the river. I got to a spot where I fish and tulles and debris filled the area so I just had to flip in little openings. I was surprised when my Senko twitched. I quickly set the hook and landed this bass. A good way to ...

Relaying for Hodges' ruler Laina Ruiz: The opening date will be February 4, but the store will not be open yet. Iron ranger only. Spread the word.

Caught this 7.25lb bass from shore this morning on a trout swimbait.
McFish says to never tell where..... but he already guessed where. Smart guy!

Hey all, I got asked by Bruce to be on the San Diego Bass Fishing Podcast yesterday. We had a fun chat about the neko rig and other things bass fishing. Enjoy!

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 ...

Got numbers on Cap today targeting bass in shallow water. I got on the water at about 6:30 and made my way across the lake to target fish hanging around rocks. I made a few casts into the shallows with a neko-rigged 4-inch senko on the way there and managed to get a fish to take, but lost it. Been ...

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 ...

Visited seqouia and kings canyon for the first time this week. Went on lots of hikes and gave tenkara fishing a try. Now I'm hooked to fly fishing too! Not that I needed another reason to buy more gear... :?
Shout out to anyone who knows what kind of trout they are. I think they are Kern golden and ...

Many campground closed due to swampy conditions.
My jam is flicking spinners in little creeks. High, fast water limits presentation in most spots. Gonna hit parts of the San Joaquin tomorrow. Gonna have to be past the summit by 7 am to avoid the shuttle. The road to the postpile is open but the ...

On the way home, I stopped at Baker Creek Campground outside of Big Pine.

Got two little brownies out of the various creek branches. The campground is very nice, and has two ponds that probably get stocked.

I made a couple casts into a pond...snagged a broken line that had a foot-long stocker ...

So on the way home, spotted a medium-sized herd of elk in the wildlife viewing area. This is where the pastures are watered all summer to grow grass, and the elk come down to hang out an fatten up for the winter.

This group of about two dozen included one bull, who only had one antler. They were ...

Fished Crowley in June with guide, Sam Vasily. Caught rainbows, browns and 1 cutthroat.

I'm more interested in how they flew across the Atlantic.

Brown trout's final form has wings apparently.

A few years back I saw some people pull out trout from Sweet Water River in the Green Valley area, so they're out there. Just need to find the right pool. Not sure how much water is running through it right now. I'm planning for some camping as Paso the week after next. If Green Valley is open I ...

I got tecnu and it worked.
A few years back, I went on a short adventure with a guy whose occupation is removing pot grows from public land.
So I asked him what they use after wallowing in poison oak.
"Dawn."
Been using it ever since and no poison oak rash.