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Hey all!
I had a tiny window of opportunity to fish on Wednesday morning so I went to...Hodges! I got in line at 5:30am with 10 cars in front of me. Got down to launch and the carp guys had already set up shop in the launch area. So there ...

yikes! That's a close call!!

619bassin wrote: Fri May 02, 2025 12:40 pm yikes! That's a close call!!

Yes, very close.

Here’s the short for that.

This is just too close! #toocloseforcomfort #hooked #nearmiss #whoops #fishing #fishingvideo

I'll never take my sunglasses off again....

Enjoyed your video on YouTube and I keep thinking about how close that hook was to your eye. Thank goodness it landed where it did. Anyway, thanks for sharing with us and tight lines always.

Damn. So gnarly. I’ve met two people in my life that lost eyes to swivels. Good call on ER…not sure if I’d want to push that through!

Enjoyed your video on YouTube and I keep thinking about how close that hook was to your eye. Thank goodness it landed where it did. Anyway, thanks for sharing with us and tight lines always. :-)


Thanks for checking it out and glad you enjoyed it! IMG_4614.jpeg it was my lucky day! Dave proved ...

Wow that hook that close to your eyeball is super scary, I have a problem putting eye drops in my eyes I would freak out if a hook was so close to my eyes.
As others have said I’ll never take my sunglasses off while fishing.
I’ve had hooks thru my thumb and fingers and a hard time getting them out ...

I love throwing BFS crankbaits because they catch everything. Last week at Murray I caught a mess of clone bass and some slab Bluegill casting around small crankbaits.

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The last time I went to the SD River(4/23), I saw lots of floating dead bass and only got one bite and was very lucky to even catch a micro bass.
This morning did not see any dead fish which was nice. I covered a lot of water, first tossing a fluke and a few other reaction baits and no takers. It ...

Had a fun day at Murray. Managed 14 bass. Granted the majority were in the 2 pound class but never the less, lots of activity, and great fights on my light gear! I'll post the bait that got most of the love today in the BFS section.

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Tried a quick stop on a Wednesday afternoon and it was fun! Got the first one on the whopper plopper...giant blow up...super fun with an audience too. Got 3 more...2 more top water and 1 big miss and followed by a couple worm fish...
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Fun trip...can't ...

So, as predicted I went to Hodges today (Saturday) and got lots of action. some early morning topwater blowups, but did not land any of them. Not sure if it was me or the fish...I'll say it was them. A few pics and then a funny story.

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By now, Otay has surpassed El Cap as my favorite SD body of water. Almost all of my best days over the last year have happened there and it just feels like home.

While neither day was a wide open bite, both were fun sessions at different ends of the day. Saturday I started out in a favorite spot ...

After 2 weeks of catching mostly dinks and one pounders, I finally got onto a bite today with better quality fish. 9 total fish all two plus pounds with the best going three and a half.

All in all a pretty fun morning.

One of my dearest friends Timmy (in Oregon) has been following the potential lake closures in California, and I thought I'd share a meme he created thinking of me.

Had a 20 fish day or so Otay. Of course half of them were probably a pound each, but still fun. Caught 3 early on topwater walking baits, then a few on a small crankbait (including a slab Bluegill). Switched to a jig and caught a few more, then went on a tear with over 10 falling prey to a jerkbait ...

Nice to see you out there as always Dan! I ended up with 8 catches, was a weird day, I lost 5 in a row before I landed one. I burned through a pack and a half of plastics and a full pack of EWG hooks in 6 hours of fishing.

Best of the day went for 3.26