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Bigscale Logperch were inadvertently introduced to CA in a shipment of sunfish to ponds on Beale AFB in Yuba County in 1953. The ponds were flooded and the fish were flushed into the Feather River. They have since made their way anywhere water from Northern CA is pumped.

Caught a larger tilapia earlier this year and didnt think much of it. Fished the ither day and found a school of what I thought were "bluegill" in the reeds but boy was I wrong.

Schooling a fish biologist with wiki links. Bravo


Pulled straight from Dill and Cordone (1997), History and status of introduced fishes in California 1871-1996 Fish Bulletin 178, but it could be misinformation...what do I know?

I was not contradicting anything you said, read my post again ...

Every few years we get a few new fishermen on here that could use this knowledge.

Half of the patterns we use to catch Bass involve the bait getting swallowed. A hook is caught in the gut of the bass, making it hard to remove. If you just pull it straight out you’re killing the fish. There’s a ...

Haven't done too much fishing this year at least locally. Anyways figured I'd share some photos with you all since I haven't posted here In a while. I find it rather difficult to upload photos on here so I made a little slide show to post.

Started out my year down in Cabo for 3 days. Caught ...

Honestly, if you're not trying to qualify for the Bassmaster's Classic, I'd get another spool for the Vanford 1000 that you have. You can put 100 yards of 6 or 7 pound test, or do the braid to flouro and you'd be set.

While the 2000/2500 frame size is more ideal for bass fishing, I fished with a ...

But, I haven't posted in a while so thought I would throw a few of a different kind up here...From Lake Oroville

First me... Then my Brother... and then a couple dinks...

I know people that go to the Jetty and fish for Opalaye . I heard they're good eating.
And they just use peas or green moss. On a small hook.

CR Yuma

Fished a couple hours each morning for 3 days. Caught some nice ones.
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Nice! Looking to make it out there ASAP. Healing up from a total shoulder and just started fishing again. Been rough

[Lake Hodges 2023 Re-Opener @chrisbrandtthebeefshaman9590
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Hey all so glad to be posting this! Got to the gate around 4:40 and was #10 in line. When the gate opened everyone in front of me went to the concession area and I went straight to the vending machine for my ...

Some of you guys have known me and my family for a while. We ALL fish. Well, we’ve been teaching my youngest (Isabella) how to use a proper spinning setup for the last year. She’s 6yrs mind you. She’s now become sufficient enough to cast, reel on her own. Just the basic worm set up. Mostly just ...

Got to fish San V yesterday morning with SDFish member Oh Da Shiz off his boat.

San V is just en fuego right now. Mostly a finesse plastic bite but they were chomping. Find the shade, find the mud, find the fish. Definitely the best local bite going that isn’t on the downlow.

We ended up with ...

Had a rough morning...I was shore pounding and pretty much threw the entire tackle box at and was rewarded with 0 bites. Maybe I need to be more patient? Around 10 am I reluctantly tied on the wacky rig and salvaged the day with a couple.

Took a little trip down to my favorite body of water this morning, 9/10.

The conditions were kind of uncanny when I arrived at first light. Dead calm, overcast. Seems like an invitation to throw topwater, right? Wrong! Threw a variety of topwater baits and a few subsurface options with nary a bite ...

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 ...

Hit Wohlford on Saturday for a recon trip. My buddy Bryn called up saying he was stuck in Escondido and needed to catch a Bass. Not a lot of Daytime options right now for some epic style fishing so I found some info on Wohlford and ran down, picked up Bryn and hit the Lake. It was $72 for two ...

Had a great morning in Mission Bay today. Caught and released 11 nice spotties.

Three inch paddletails on keel-weighted hooks slowly pulled through the grass on the bottom was the ticket today. I was fishing an ultralight rig with 4 pound test, and had to make sure my drag was set well because all ...

Hiking in Yuma. 11-3 on the homemade slug. 20 lb mono