San Diego & SoCal Fishing Forums

Always use the San Diego jam knot and know it holds up to forcing fish in whether it be from a pond to the offshore game.

A 40lb channel cat fish would be an extremely rare catch. A 40lb catfish would more likely be a blue catfish or a flathead catfish.

Hard to believe that today was my first time out this year. After going my whole life with excellent health, things have gone from bad to since I turned eighty. I really wanted to get out, actually I needed to get out. I got my boat out of mothballs and found that my trolling motor wasn't working. I ...

Same here Larry, since turning 75, things have definitely become more difficult getting out there. I tell myself I got to get out, but the yucky weather isn't helping!! Nor is the ugly water.
Glad you got out. Going to try myself tomorrow.

Continued my quest for improving my kayak crappie techniques on Father's Day with a very lazy 'gentlemans hours' kayak launch at 10:30 am. Weather was bright sunny and the water temp pushing 74.

The deeper side of the lake in the deeper channel areas seemed to be the ticket for finding them. Used ...

Man that's one badass cooler shot. Eatin good!

The report is rising water Big time.
The old places are no more , I wish I had pictures , it was a very tough day .
I had to leave at 10:30 was hot.
I caught one nice bluegill , let it go. To hot to clean fish.
I want to report the good with the bad , wasn’t a bad morning tho, it was very nice.
Did ...

Those pic don't look like San Diego lakes? Where are you fishing?

@camobass Please keep it civil. There is no need for personal attacks.

@camobass If you see any unruly behavior just report it. Let the mods deal with it.

You and your buddy are the reason I won't be posting on SDfish.

Glad I could help you in your quest to become a better angler. Patience my friend, you'll get there. Rome wasn't built in a day. : )


You are really an expert or you think you are but afraid to admit it spoon (I hope you don’t mind I call you your old name).
Often time, if someone post about ...

camobass wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 9:18 am IMG_6533.jpeg

maybe one day we can all catch a monster like this with all the expert facts!!!

Damn that make my fish look small

camobass wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 7:55 pm Sorry, pulled a random photo off the internet. I don’t know who it is…thought it was public.

Should have use black stripe across the eyes. Would that be allowed? LOL

Senkosam,
On the canals in Yuma, there is current.
Trolling is impossible, if you’ve fished the canals. “No boats”
Those ultra lite jigs are not fishable in heavy current you’ll never get them to decent deep enough.
Drop shotting or heavy split shot is about the only way I’ve had any success ...

No takers today
Saw quite a few carp - mostly jumpers or cruisers - no tail feeding - did see a few feeding on the surface (saw a lot of lips)
Not a warm sunny day early - thought that may have kept them down a bit
I hiked over to the end end so maybe I will try a different area next time

Hit the south bay yesterday. Only a 2.9 foot tidal swing, but the fish bit ok. I got 25 spotties. Quality was good with a number of almost 14 inchers. Caught most of the fish in 5-8 feet of water on 1/4 oz jigs with shad tail plastics. Got a couple of corvina and one halibut in the mix also.

2 ...

Vantuna Research Group published their 2022 survey a few months back. You can read the 82-page report here. They conduct this trawl and seine survey twice a year, every few years, so it's interesting to see the seasonal differences within a year, as well as trends over time. Additionally, they ...

Cancelled my freshwater plans after the rain. Slept in all morning. Jumped in the water at 9:45(slack tide) calm and empty. Got bit right off.

I had a 1/4oz jig on 6lb and 1/2oz jig on 8lb. Crawling them deep in the middle of the bay. I got out at 12:30 cause it got crowded and windy.

Ended with ...

Solid