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I will say the front part of the lake wasn’t too bad but as the day went on, all the typical sections of the North Arm seemed to have a boat on it. Just felt like it was fishing small. I could be spoiled by the room of being on a bigger lake during weekdays as well. Glad you got on em yesterday!

Ok Boys. I honestly don’t know if I have the words to describe the day I had today.

This was a day that will likely live with me forever! I can honestly say that I have never experienced a day like I had today, and that includes fishing Barrett years ago when it first opened back up!

I don’t ...

Pourboy wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:47 pm Absolutely amazing! I love perfect days and you deserve it! You have grinded and hit it hard rain or shine and can take this with you forever. In the words of Falco “chicks dig scars, glory lasts forever” cheers to you.

Love the “Replacements”!!

I hated that guy!

He’s made a good career out of playing a jerk though

Great, now I have to convince my wife I need a BMF set up! Between you and Dannicus it’s pretty obvious that it works.

That’s kind of what I figured. I miss fishing that lake.
I’ve had some really fun days there.

Damn it was killing me to be at work yesterday and not on the water!!! Glad to see someone got out there and had some fun! Lots of 2lb males up shallow all around the lake right now. Makes for a fun day of fishing

Damn it was killing me to be at work yesterday and not on the water!!! Glad to see someone got out there and had some fun! Lots of 2lb males up shallow all around the lake right now. Makes for a fun day of fishing 😁

I knew you would be bummed! I noticed there was someone up at your Barona ...

Nice to see fish caught on something other than plastics! Nice work

Better than being stuck at work any day!

That’s my go to jerk bait! Had lots of success over the years at both Otay and Sutherland on it. Nice work!!

Ive had a couple epic days on the buzz bait there. It’s always kind of been an all or nothing kind of deal for me though.

My son came into town for the Easter weekend so we headed out into a rainy morning to see what we could find. Only three boats out there that I know of.

Headed to the scene of the crime of my last trip, Barona of course. Started the day out with a solid 3.7 on my third cast with a Senko. Picked up ...

Topwater in March and Ika's at San V...very interesting! Good job!


It’s really only the last couple of years I have started throwing top water early in the year. I usually bust it out in Feb sometime depending on when I finally start getting fish shallower. I have been surprised more than once ...

That’s his legal right (unless he’s not a license holder). There is no law that states you can’t take a fish at any time of the year unless the lake is strictly catch and release like Barrett. There’s no way to regulate harvest during spawn as that happens at different times per location and some ...

Any day on the water with your kids is a GREAT day on the water. Love seeing these kinds of pics!! Awesome job!

You can legally dip net shad from any lake that has shad. You cannot snag or use a throw net for them though. A decade or so ago dip netting was big at San V on the huge schools of shad in Tollroad and Aquaduct.

You also cannot transport shad from one lake to another.

Nice fish!! My personal best from Sutherland years ago was 7.4 on the same jerk bait! I’ve caught so many fish on that particular bait that it’s almost see through now

A 10” Senko?! That thing must have weighed half a pound!!