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I finally found this forum after missing the old site since it shut down. Today I went out to my usually fishy rocky spot in MB and aside from two short strikes, had no action in 2 hrs of fishing. Sun came out at the end and cleared up the water. though I can usually see some action around the rocks ...

Fishing San Diego Bay: Figure Out The Bite!
https://youtu.be/LrN1YwqKhOw

Hey all I hope you’re getting out there and finding the fish wherever you are. I did get out Sunday to tidelands to launch the float tube. I had an idea in mind to fish Corvina and BFS bass. That being said, I threw out my BFF ...

Looks like a fun day on the bay, love your videos.
I’ve been using Owner single hooks for awhile now and have put them on almost all my lures,, I don’t feel like it hinders hook ups in fact I think it increases my hookups because as you said you can slip them through grass and rock cover without ...

Thursday I decided to test iout my boat after doing some work to the motor. I wasnt expecting doing much fishing due to the tide was going out and I found they were dredging the mouth of the harbor. Fishing during the dredging I have found is not the ideal time to fish much less that the tide was ...

Hello,

I’m looking for direction in regards to planning fishing trips for SD Bay and Mission Bay. From the material that I read both bays fish differently.

What are the best times and tides for these bays? What’s the best way to fish them ?

I have been recording what I have learned over the years about fishing for Spotties and thought I would post it here. I learn something new all the time so anything that can be added is appreciated. Comments?

Spotted Bay Bass Fishing Tips:

1. These tips are mainly for lure fishing spotted bay bass ...

Went over on yak to Embarcadero side bay over by dole boat I did pretty good in that marina there where they launch the ferry early before tide hit to high prob 10 spotty and a baby calico decided to see if anything wanted to bite out deep drifting dragging a double rig I ended up w total about 15 ...

Those are some nice ones. How do you set up your double rig?

Fished yesterday solo. Caught a handful of bass. At 11 I hooked a better fish, felt like a halibut. Turned out to be my first ever butterfly ray. The wind was really gusting after lunch. I got my butt handed to me on the way in, roughest trip back I can remember in the bay. I didn’t have any ...

Like others have said, moving water is better.
I mostly fish San Diego Bay.
There are lots of tide charts out there; I use Tides4Fishing because I am used to it. And I like seeing a tide graph, which can tell you visually when the water's moving faster....which is a bigger deal for me because I'm ...

That says it all, great job thanks for all your work it must have taken awhile.
I just kept notes for a few years. I find that if I write down what I know about a subject (fishing related or not) or teach it to someone else , I get much better at it as it forces me to think thru what I know and ...

I went fishing 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.. caught 9 Bass. Biggest ones were 15 inches. The other ones were like 10 inches. Tried the free rig, sometimes I didn't know I had a fish on till I reeled up, lost a few not having a good hook set.

Do you think the free rig is any better than a jighead and soft plastic for spotties? I have tried it and didn't see an advantage.

Finally got out to the bay wanted to get on some shark and ray. Got this thing instead. New pb 9 lb 24 inches. Fought well even on my shark setup

Drifted to north island fished that side nothing but lizard fish moved mid channel my buddy was hammering sandbass on a rig I got couple on double rig moved over toward tom hamm got couple fat spotty no matter where u went there big fat lizard fish everywhere around harbor and north island ended up ...

What plastics are you guys using on neck-breakers? I currently use Keitechs and while catching plenty of fish on them, sometimes it’s one fish per bait. I do repair them as much as possible but just looking for other more durable baits.

I use z- man minnow z. 3 inch

I’ve been using the same 5 bags of Z-Man plastics for close to nine months now on cheap swing heads.

Need something to scratch the itch while I'm at work. I found the Cast and Crank podcast on Spotify and really enjoyed their episodes focused on San Diego/Mission Bay, shore fishing, local companies, etc.

Yeah, it is. To me homemade means "of your own design". There's nothing proprietary about my chatterbaits, they're made with parts available online. Even my current jig heads are available online. My spinnerbaits and buzzbaits are still made on a custom mold and many of my trailers are of my own ...