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Hi all,

Got out to El Capitan this morning for a quick run. Got on the water at 0630 and air was cool, but not too bad. Water was at 64F on the surface. Saw Jeremy ( Corso Enthusiast ) and Dan ( Dannicus ) and we all headed out in our various directions. With the toasty water temp, I tried poking around with a popper for some time, but nothing doing there. Eventually the smaller jerkbait did all my work today. Only got a few fish and nothing bigger than 2 pounds, although when Jeremy and I met back up, I caught a 1 pound 10 ounce fish that really put out a good effort. Water temp was 64F when I got out at 1030 also.

What people probably really want to know is the water level. It's very low. The picture doesn't show it well, I should have taken a picture of the ramp, I'll do that next time. Tight lines everyone.

Was a fun little morning sesh! Ended up with 4 fish for the morning with the best in the 3+ pound class.

Sounds tough! Means Danicus probably only got 20 or so!

Thanks for the report!
I might be using my tube more then Barrett with the water level going down. Can you imagine no boats to deal with?

otaymichael wrote: Fri Apr 25, 2025 3:36 pm Sounds tough! Means Danicus probably only got 20 or so!

Nope. I caught 11 but I was out there 3 hours longer than those guys Michael. Now go back to your 6 pounder topwater fiesta and laugh at all us poor dink pirates lol.

It was great seeing you guys out there!

Dannicus wrote: Fri Apr 25, 2025 4:01 pm

otaymichael wrote: Fri Apr 25, 2025 3:36 pm Sounds tough! Means Danicus probably only got 20 or so!

Nope. I caught 11 but I was out there 3 hours longer than those guys Michael. Now go back to your 6 pounder topwater fiesta and laugh at all us poor dink pirates lol.

Missed you on Wednesday! Not a dink fest, but no biggie and I only got a limit. Tried new areas, Otay arm, was way too clear for me. Wasted too much time there. Jerk baits and buzz baits.

Nice work! Too bad I missed you. Would have been nice to meet some more good people from the site. I saw some guys throwing topwater in the back with no success. Could be a bit early for the good TW action, unless your name rhymes with OtayMichael =D

CorsoEnthusiast wrote: Fri Apr 25, 2025 2:39 pm Was a fun little morning sesh! Ended up with 4 fish for the morning with the best in the 3+ pound class.

I tried double willow leaf spinner for a good hour after we quit throwing cranks, with some good accurate cast on some good looking rock piles and points. Nothing, nada. Maybe I should pick up one of those with 4 blades like yours? The shad I saw spawning were much smaller this week, like the size of you blades.

Glad you had a nice day. Hopefully I see you out there sometime.