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Nice work. Happy new year to you too.

Hi all,

Hodges was very nice today. Got out in some really cool fog early in the morning and started on my way. Almost instantly I got a sample size bass on a crankbait that was very ambitious for a fish of his size, he wasn't the only sample size fish I got, I had a couple, they don't figure into ...

Hodges fish look very healthy to me.

JWall wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2024 5:18 pm Awesome job Dave You love those lil crankbaits and they produce!

I'll bring a few extra when you and I are out this coming week.

Hey man, great job out there. I wish I could say that I did better than you, but that would be a straight up lie. It was great sharing the beverage that will make it on a video soon. I can’t make one from the outing I had, as I only had a bird for my catch of the day. Cheers and I’ll see you on ...

Thanks for the report, did you notice the water temp toward the end of the day, how much did it go up in the shallower areas? John and I are heading out on Friday and I'm wondering if we should do San V or El Cap.

Here's my version of what Hodges was like today.

Got to the ramp there around 0700, which feeeeels late, but really isn't. No wind at all and light cloud cover. Water temp was 61F. It was pretty well attended this morning too, there were a good number of folks for a weekday. Chuck and I headed to ...

Woke up early AM to sound of pitter patter on my roof and considered calling it a day, but John and I still headed out to El Cap for a nice day. It was freezing cold probably in the 40Fs, we layered several sweatshirts and whatever else and we were still pretty numb. Wind was not helping. Water temp ...

bendopolo 44+ wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:19 pm El Cap is a lot of fun when the Bass finally come up. Some Pigs in there, this is one lake where giants will grab your Dinks and make a meal of them.

That would have been quite an event, I was using 6# line and I think John may have had the same.

Moose wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:49 pm Better than being stuck at work any day!

Even better I had no cell coverage, so I didn't even know I was getting work emails.

JWall wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:58 pm Very fun day with lots of laughs despite the frosty conditions. But as Moose said, better than a lot of other places to be!!

I think we even enjoyed the freezing...

Nice work. Hodges seems pretty good this year, last year I felt like it was a little off. I like that spot where you are also.

Made it out early to Hodges on Sunday morning, which was no small effort, since I was celebrating a friend's birthday the night before. Got on the water and it was 60.5 F and there was that really cool fog over the lake so you couldn't really see very far. It was a very nice day on the water. I got ...

Nice work on those fish. I always get a bit nervous being in a kayak before a storm, that's good commitment on your part.

Hi all,

The report is that the lake is closed on the third Wednesday of the month. It's not on the website if you pull the county page, however you can find it by going to one of the other reservoirs and seeing the pdf stating Hodges is closed. Or....you can go there on the third Wednesday of the ...

That's a nice bag of fish. On the BFS stuff, you may get quite a surprise, apparently there are some monster bass in the waters of Murray. There's a post on a double digit bass caught there recently. Wouldn't that be a great time on the light gear?

Made it out to Lake Murray for the first time with John W. What a nice lake. Met VinnyBass first thing and had a good chat and we went to the water with a clear plan. Had a great time buzzing about and trying to catch, well, anything. We picked up one nice 2.5# bass early in our day on a small ...

Awesome.

Not to be picky but the “caught 5” guy caught trout. He actually laughed and said he gave up bass fishing, too hard. After my day yesterday…🤔

Still fun and loving my new fishfinder. And meeting Vinny Bass was cool.


That's funny it was trout. I may have been hearing poorly. My wife has ...

Got there bright and early and waited in line again. This time they did open, so that felt like a small victory. :)

Got on the water and noted that the water was already 64F. Dead calm, no wind at all. So the lake was literally telling me today would be a topwater day. Or so I thought. I picked ...