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Hey Dave, I was going along the bank and talked with a guy who was using his FF sonar, he saw several bait balls and we did play around with some surface fish there, but they were the 10-12 inch variety. I went further back in Pine and did turn on my Panoptix and saw bait balls in 28 feet of water ...

Good to see you out there, John and the Osprey was cool to see, I think Chris really keeps an eye for those birds after his "meeting" with one on the bay. ;)

It was a nice day to both fish and see critters, I had a lot of topwater fish, which are a favorite of mine. The crankbait along the rock ...

It's pretty close to the lake, and very close to the single point of entry. You can see details here: https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2025/7/10/springs-fire or follow on watch duty. If you want to see how the wind may affect this fire, you can look here: https://www.windy.com/32.704/-116.720?waves ...

Here's the latest on Watch Duty. https://app.watchduty.org/i/55366

or you can go to Cal Fire and see it's 60% contained and forward progress has been stopped. Our firefighters are pretty amazing.

I'd think monthly is better for most people. I'd think it might be better to leave it all alone, since every time the city gets involved, we seem to have issues.

Great to see you guys out there. It sure made the morning go by quick telling our stories. :) Next time we need to bring breakfast.

I tried to force topwater and didn't get a lot of fish on it, I think plastics and jigs was the thing to use yesterday. They seem to be hovering a bit offshore in 15 ...

Nice report Dave,

Like Chuck said our decision worked out yesterday. We stopped along the way at a couple spots and got lucky on the topwater. I always like to catch fish in the dark, it's more of surprise. The ones in rear Hauser were a bit skinny. This fish was 4 pounds 4 ounces with a 6 pound ...

Top water would of been nice. I thought I could travel with out concern. I know better now, looking at options for a bigger TM. Tommy said he talked to you and Dave.
In the picture of you to, I could hear you guys talking, you should be fishing when Dave talks it's fish on.


That's so funny. It ...

Shawn, I'll be there bright and early and lurking in Hauser. I have a new kayak, so don't look for the blue one, it will be there, but have Jeremy ( Corso Enthusiast ) on it. I'm on the same type of kayak, but sand color now. It has an ebike motor, so I can cover even more water. Hope to see you.

It's open on Wednesdays again. However Ticketmaster messed up or was messed up and it didn't do a good job of reposting the open dates. But be well advised that the "normal" Wednesday closure on the first Wednesday of the month is still in play. So no September 3rd date. Looks like Wednesday the ...

Got out early with 619bassin and Dfishin also Vince who's not on the site. Small crowd today. Day started out pretty warm with a light ESE wind. Water temp was about 78F at the surface.

Goal was to try some new baits and long story short, my favorites are still my favorites. Tried a couple times ...

Sounds like a very fun day Dave and we noticed tiny shad fry last trip. Late spawn? Might be the answer to the popular question.


I think it's more complex than a late spawn. I think the drawdowns affect the thermoclines, which then affect the dissolved oxygen. I had the panoptix on my old boat ...

Missed you out there today. Where were you? Those rocks behind you look familiar as mid-Hauser rocks. But maybe they are just rocks.

That's pretty nice of you. Does anyone know some kid starting out who could use this? @Shawnster

Fishing was great today. It should be good tomorrow too. John followed Theo's dropshot method. I used poppers, Rapalas, weightless creatures and this nifty little strolling jig I found that is just like candy if they see it.