After having been focused on El Cap the last couple of weekends, I decided to hit Otay this morning despite the algae warnings. With my January trip up there being a skunk my goal today was to get my first Otay bass of 2025. I met up with @Dannicus at first light and that first Otay bass of 25 didn't take long at all as I caught myself a ~ 1.5 pounder about three casts in. A fish every few casts and I had my limit before the first hour was up. Tules, tules, tules and more tules. We moved to another spot and I managed to pick up several more - all in about the 1.5-2lb range. Dannicus was slaying them too! He stayed out longer than I did so I'm interested to see his report later.
As for the algae - I’ve fished San V when it was much, MUCH worse than it is at Otay right now. Just saying.
I ended the day with 11 bass, all cookie cutter clones with the biggest at 2.14. Not a big bag but a really fun one nonetheless.
Re: Otay 3/2 (don't fear the algae)
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2025 9:03 pm
by Borderbasser
Very good sir, see u on the water soon.
Re: Otay 3/2 (don't fear the algae)
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2025 6:45 am
by vito1023
Nice session congrats, Otay and Hodges my two favorite lakes back in the seventies, did you fish both arms Harvey and Otay?
What were the methods top water or?
Re: Otay 3/2 (don't fear the algae)
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2025 6:56 am
by CorsoEnthusiast
I stayed close to the launch mostly. Was just flippin tules with a worm all morning.
Re: Otay 3/2 (don't fear the algae)
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2025 8:58 am
by inthedeep2
CorsoEnthusiast wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 6:56 am
Was just flippin tules with a worm all morning.
CorsoEnthusiast wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 6:56 am
Was just flippin tules with a worm all morning.
This is awesome. Fish moving on up. Love it.
Yep. Don’t think I caught a fish in deeper than 3’ of water
Re: Otay 3/2 (don't fear the algae)
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2025 12:10 pm
by inthedeep2
hell yeah, i have been disliking the deeper water that is wintertime fishing. lol
Re: Otay 3/2 (don't fear the algae)
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2025 6:18 am
by Dannicus
I didn't stay too long after you left brother, just long enough to pick up a couple more along some rocks with a jig in about 10 feet. You were killing it out there! Great fun and good conversation with a great guy @CorsoEnthusiast .
I ended up with an even dozen with the best being a 2.4 pictured. Looking forward to the next trip. My goal this week is to have a bald eagle swipe a double digit bass from my hand so that I can one up @Pourboy and his osprey/spottie vid.
Re: Otay 3/2 (don't fear the algae)
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2025 12:24 pm
by Pourboy
That would be amazing! I would love to be one upped on that! Cheers! Great job on the bass too!
Re: Otay 3/2 (don't fear the algae)
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 4:19 am
by Dannicus
Pourboy wrote: Tue Mar 04, 2025 12:24 pm
That would be amazing! I would love to be one upped on that! Cheers! Great job on the bass too!
Pourboy wrote: Tue Mar 04, 2025 12:24 pm
That would be amazing! I would love to be one upped on that! Cheers! Great job on the bass too!
This was RAD! Lol. But scary
Apparently he's done this with others. Definately not his first rodeo. I talked to a guy at the dock afterward who said he did this to a shore fisherman who didn't want to give up his catch. The guys hands got shredded.
Re: Otay 3/2 (don't fear the algae)
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2025 5:24 am
by StinkyPinky23
That was pretty cool. Two separate times I have been on the water at el cap, and had one of the goldens eagles dive bomb a duck on the water. Both times less than 30 yards away. Just like an osprey. Craziest thing was the second time, I was explaining what I’d witnessed in that area years before. 30 seconds after I stopped speaking it happened again. Thought I was being pranked . Each time the bird flew to the bank to start plucking the feathers while the ducks mate went nuts doing circles not knowing what to do