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The only other possibility would be an old Basstrix, they made a very similar bait that Byron Velvick used to promote

DAMN!! Thats scary! Glad everyone is ok.

Gotta love a jig bite, especially from a 6lbr!

Damn Vinny, Nice fish! Believe it or not my PB 12lb 8oz bass came out of the river just east of the Carlton Oaks Golf course way back in '87. Used to get a steady stream of 5-7lbrs from behind the drive in back when RCP still had about 5 or 6 different ponds in that part of the river. Ah, the good ...

Years ago when I still fished in a club we held a tournament there. Launch was a piece of cake but when we went to pull out the water had fallen so drastically we had to drop the trailer tires off the bottom of the ramp in order to get our boats out! its crazy how fast the water there can fluctuate!

Ive been messed up by carp on crankbaits several times over the years. Fun but frustrating when you realize you HAVEN'T hooked your bass of a lifetime!

I always laugh when people in the midwest, and the south talk about how pressured their lakes are. Our biggest lakes around here, I'll include DVL in there are still less than half of one of their arms in their lakes! Id love to see how they would like to fish our little puddles.

DarkShadow wrote: Fri Dec 06, 2024 3:14 pm Every fished a Senko as a topwater? You'll be surprised what happens if you do it right.

SHHHHH!! Dont let that secret out of the bag!

Last year, when I was able to get out twice a week, and with high water the fishing was epic for me at San V. It was awesome to be able to stay with he fish from 40-50' all the way up to the waterfall in Barona a couple of months later. Ill be getting out for my first trip of the year this weekend ...

You always seem to get a quality bass on your river outings. Nice work!

Beautiful fish! Did the little guy behind you on the carpet do something to piss you off?

Hit up San V for my first trip out of the new year. Got a late start. Hit the water at about 10 and fished until 2. Well Hell, I never got a single bite :cry: I started in Toll Road hitting both the backs of the coves and the points out to 50+ft. Saw some 2-3lb cruisers in the backs but they were ...

I have a feeling its going to get a lot better in the coming weeks. The water is already 58 and it seems like the fish are staging on the point out deep but just didnt want to play on Saturday.

Very Nice fish all the way around!

JWall wrote: Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:43 am Don’t take this the wrong way but I’m relieved that others have these days. Especially someone with your talents. You will crush them next time

Don't let anyone fool ya, we ALL have those days, or even those stretches!

Boy what a difference a month makes! After getting blanked my last time out (not even a bite!), was hoping for better things this time out. Arrived about 6:30 to find out there was an ABA tournament there but it didn’t seem to have too many boats.

Water was 58 degrees when I launched and the ...

Geezus H Krist whatever would we do without the govt protecting us??


After reading up on the "Whys?" for this reasoning, it seems that on average during a year, only 9% of the accidents that occur on vessels are from rentals.


I can actually see why, rental boats are not the ones flying ...

Came across this picture of a Redear I got out of San V a few years ago. Weighed 3.74 lbs. Don’t know if it’s still the case but the lake record was 3.76! Missed it by that 🤏 much! I thought it was a bass on a bed and was shocked as hell when I netted it. Actually lost a bigger one right after this ...

Deja vu all over again!

Headed out after our set of storms not quite sure what to expect but found several willing little bucks fairly early. Had a steady pick of 2lb clones throughout the day.

The day was almost literally a repeat of last weeks trip. I ended with 18 again. Best five were just ...

Our lakes are in such sad shape, its honestly depressing. With the dry winter we had, its only going to get worse. As boaters we have already lost Hodges, Sutherland, and Morena. Add El Cap to that list and Otay and San V are going to get killed with the tournaments and rec fishermen all getting ...