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Hello all,

Well I always say a plan is a list of things that won't happen. Was thinking about going to Hodges but on the way, went to El Cap instead. It's a commitment, because it's an hour away versus 10 minutes.

It was a good move. Got out at about 0700, and the water was 54F with a light wind. It was cold, but not bitter. Stayed in the south end while all the boats raced north. Saw a couple jumpers early and threw the tackle box at them but nothing happening. So I rethought my plan and decided to calibrate my compass on the depth finder and turn on Panoptix. Spent about 20 minutes playing with buttons and messing up everything, but I actually learned a lot, so that's not wasted time. Compass points in the right direction now.

Saw that there were fish somewhere around 8 feet down in a couple spots which is probably 10-15 off the shore line. Turned off the Panoptix and started working a PC3 green craw along that depth. Fished to 1030 and got 6 fish. One nice one, one reasonable one and 4 sample size fish. The day warmed up and was sunny, wind hadn't picked up at 1100 and water warmed to 55F at the surface. Have fun out there, spring is coming.

That’s not Barrett! Just kidding!!
Nice job and thanks for sharing your
fishing adventure with us. Glad you
got to pull some bass up out that cold
water out there at El Cap. Spring is right
around the corner and even better
fishing days ahead. Tight lines alway buddy

Rad! A little better than our trip to Otay eh?

Did I just read you were throwing a craw? I know, impossible. Rereading now

Good job out there Dave!!

Dannicus wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 6:21 am Rad! A little better than our trip to Otay eh?

Maybe a bit more productive but I only had the voices in my head to talk to. Ahahaha

JWall wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 6:56 am Did I just read you were throwing a craw? I know, impossible. Rereading now

Good job out there Dave!!

Almost, it still was a hardbait.

Wow great report. I was wondering if you were going to get to Hodges. Even better strategy to hit El Cap and go with your gut feeling even if it did mean further travel time. I spent the day repositioning my new Garmin and the transducer while you seem to have almost mastered your forward facing sonar. Nice fish on the Evergreen crank. And by the end of this coming season we will be having you throw a jig with the same confidence you have in your crankbaits. And possibly even bigger bass with them .I hope to meet up soon with you to share some water as the waters and days warm up. Success looks good on you in these pictures with the grin saying it all. Thanks for the report

Great job out there getting it done. Plus it is cool that you learned more about your electronics too!