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Hey all,
It was a fun day at Lake Poway. I only fished for a couple of hours and only got 2 bites. Fortunately, the fish were 10.22lbs and 7.52lbs! So. Much. Fun! It's been a few years since I got a DD and the feeling never gets old. Both were bed fish that I caught on jigs. I have a feeling this ...

So just FYI, I took down the video from Youtube. I didn't realize at the time or when I posted that there are no longer boats allowed in Hidden Bay. It hasn't always been like that and the sign is in the middle of the bay and I was so focused on looking for fish I didn't see it. I am a rule follower ...

Went for a walk sweetwater around 11am was nice when I got there got a dink right away on neko robo Arron’s magic then wind picked up pretty good was a lot people in 3rd cove mostly catching crappie some big ones if anyone’s interested lol I picked up another dink at around 1 and took off got my ...

Fun day at Otay. Landed well over 20. Biggest went 2.6 but was spawned out. Should've been 3+. All caught on jerkbaits in less than 8ft of water.

Dannicus wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 5:55 pmMost were on a jig early...

Are you tossing light wire jigs? It seems it'd be hard to get penetration on a jig with BFS gear.

On the FF…I was headed into BassPro 15 months ago with every intention of buying a Humminbird outfit that seemed to have all the features I required. Luckily the staffer was familiar with both the Humminbird and also the Garmin ECHOMAP UHD 73sv, 7" Keyed-Assist Touchscreen Chartplotter. He pointed ...

There is always a period after the spawn that slows things down as a few recent trips to Murray have been tougher.
I also stop the lake pretty often and talk to other fishermen and it seems that most agree it has slowed down. That doesn't mean you can't catch bass, but for me it has been a lot of ...

Thanks JWall, I was leaning towards that very same one, I’m glad you’re liking it.
Curious if it’s easy to learn and do you use the side scan much, I told him we have to get the sidescan and I would chip in half $300
Thanks


Have to admit I’m not using it to its potential. Yet. Almost always in ...

Hello all,

Decent day at Hodges today. Got in line at 515, didn't need to. They opened around 600. Met Corso Enthusiast and we headed out. Air was chilly at about 45-50 F, but the water was a balmy 64 F. Went along the usual chase to the right and banged around the shore. First fish was around 645 ...

Managed to pull 8 fatties out of The Captain today on BFS gear. Nothing under 2 and nothing over 3, but they were feisty.

I'll post a breakdown of baits I used in the BFS section for you other finesse guys if you are interested.

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Well, we decided to get the boat wet again. Wanted to go to Cap at least one more time before the water is too low to launch. Per SD Lakes website, we are 4.5 feet from no launch. They report levels once a week, so I am sure it's closer to no launch that that. The lake is about 4-5 feet lower that ...

Again rented a boat w a buddy otay sat morning harvey arm we spent majority of day my buddy did well a dozen on 6” black senco I threw Dropshot roboworm and neko senco 5” watermelon w orange bottom I did great last couple weeks with and only got 5 all my buddy’s were nicer fish solid 2s and 3s wasn ...

Had a blast at Murray today. Caught 11 topwater bass early, then went to the bottom when the wind picked up, and added a few more. All in all it was a really fun day!

As always I'll share the bait in the BFS section.

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Went Miramar early w buddy Victor who I finally convinced to get waders I gave him my Cumberland and fins to get him on the water not just limited to shore so stopped by moes hole found two biters right away on neko black senco got broke off re rigged Houdini senco neko got same fish got my black ...

I was a little emotional as it would have been my fathers birthday today and the reason I went fishing. My father took me fishing almost every weekend when I was growing up. I learned so much aboutfishing and always loved out fishing outings. I try to get out and fish each year on his birthday.
So ...

Nice to see CorsoEnthusiast and Early release today at El Capitan. Later in the afternoon KillinTime (John) came by and introduced he and his son. We had a great chat. I have met so many awesome folks here on the forum.

I ended up catching 11 total. Most were between 2-3 lbs with the largest ...

Nice to see CorsoEnthusiast and Early release today at El Capitan. Later in the afternoon KillinTime (John) came by and introduced he and his son. We had a great chat. I have met so many awesome folks here on the forum.

I ended up catching 11 total. Most were between 2-3 lbs with the largest ...

Had to get the gettin while the gettin is good, so we headed out there again today.

Overcast sky and veritable winds, that were very lite for El Cap. Mid 60s water temps.

Went right back to the scene of last weeks crime. The shad spawn was still on. They are thick, you can walk across the ...

Well, I did go over some hills and the lake is far away as compared to how close Murray is to me. Anyway, headed up to Donald and
Kiefer's lake where McFish and Fisheromen were already out on the water. I quickly headed over to work an area where McFish was
and it seemed within no time he had a ...