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Got to lake morena at 630 not a single person on water had the lake to ourselves thought was gonna b awesome tons of cover stickups rock piles u name it water vis only foot or two water was warm headed by dam north side no bites finally started getting bit north side heading toward the shallows between Victor and I prob caught 50 bass on black senco 6” and for me jig w craw trailer all small little guys really light in color biggest maybe 2 pounder I thought with little to no pressure morena would have produced better sized bass there was carp splashing everywhere big ones it was my first time there

Nice. Great numbers for your first time there. Even if they are small, no complaints. No bullheads on the plastics? Usually you get a few bycatches on the cats up there. The big ones are there. The bigger baits entice the bigger bites. Especially with stained water

Nice report. Man you get around. That use to be one of my favorite lakes back when it was full.

Had some great unintentional crappie days up there too. But when the water was up considerably.

Come on let us know when you won the lottery so you’re able to fish so often? Just kidding you of course but I wanted to say that’s a pretty good day out there at Morena even if most of them were small. Had lots of great bass fishing days in the 80s and 90s out there and know that things have changed a lot from back then. Recently it’s either a hit or miss when you go out there and it sounds like you got it on a good day.
Thanks for the report and tight lines always:-)

VinnyBass wrote: Sun May 11, 2025 9:03 pm Come on let us know when you won the lottery so you’re able to fish so often? Just kidding you of course but I wanted to say that’s a pretty good day out there at Morena even if most of them were small. Had lots of great bass fishing days in the 80s and 90s out there and know that things have changed a lot from back then. Recently it’s either a hit or miss when you go out there and it sounds like you got it on a good day.
Thanks for the report and tight lines always:-)

Ty Vinny I try to fish everyday if my body can handle it I’ve have heard stories of big fish morena had to see for myself i don’t have wife or kids so I am able to fish everyday

camobass wrote: Sun May 11, 2025 6:38 pm Nice. Great numbers for your first time there. Even if they are small, no complaints. No bullheads on the plastics? Usually you get a few bycatches on the cats up there. The big ones are there. The bigger baits entice the bigger bites. Especially with stained water

Ty had to find the ones that wanted to play mostly eastern facing I threw jig 6” senco black I always welcome a big cat bite ty for the info

Dfishin wrote: Sun May 11, 2025 7:31 pm Nice report. Man you get around. That use to be one of my favorite lakes back when it was full.

Ty brotha yeah this year I’m gonna expand my fishing horizons freshwater have heard stories of morena was fun to finally see for myself place is cool

JWall wrote: Sun May 11, 2025 8:12 pm Had some great unintentional crappie days up there too. But when the water was up considerably.

Yeah seems like a lot fish can live morena there is a lot of good structures I’ve never caught a crappie yet

VinnyBass wrote: Sun May 11, 2025 9:03 pm Come on let us know when you won the lottery so you’re able to fish so often? Just kidding you of course but I wanted to say that’s a pretty good day out there at Morena even if most of them were small. Had lots of great bass fishing days in the 80s and 90s out there and know that things have changed a lot from back then. Recently it’s either a hit or miss when you go out there and it sounds like you got it on a good day.
Thanks for the report and tight lines always:-)

When I saw Dan at otay I told him I fish everyday about he said few posts these days I said I go a lot and read posts on here I am very familiar w the site so I’m not worried about anyone flooding spots or ruining fishing holes everyone on here r real fisherman so I will share cause I know brings back memories for a lot I also go bay and ocean on yak days I get bored want a halibut

Thanks for the report, I have been wondering if that lake is any good lately and what the water levels were like. Must have been pretty toasty up there this weekend but at least the fish didn't care and you were able to keep catching. If they still stock that lake with trout there has to be some big ones roaming around

professionull wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 9:02 am Thanks for the report, I have been wondering if that lake is any good lately and what the water levels were like. Must have been pretty toasty up there this weekend but at least the fish didn't care and you were able to keep catching. If they still stock that lake with trout there has to be some big ones roaming around

Yeah was fun they did stock trout I ran outta gas in rental when I asked ranger guy where the big were he said kid just caught a 5 pounder by the dock

For me Lake Morena has always been a under 2 pound or over 5 pound lake, dating back to the late 80s. Not a lot of in between. I wish it had more water in it. Such beautiful shoreline at that lake.

Nice work getting up there and getting them!

Yeah good to know ty I had to go

If you ever a spelling bee, it’s actually
Senko, not senco. I’m just messing with you and I really enjoy your reports. Thank you very much for sharing with us. Tight lines always

How about Sinko, since they have so much salt in them and sink like a rock. =D

That use to be one of my favorite lakes back when it was full.

That was and is a special lake. I’ve been fishing there for over 35 years. Back in the day, they didn’t care when you got on the water, we used to launch our tubes at 4am on the remote side by goat island. It could be almost every cast on an old hula popper in the dark. They definitely have some oxygen issues up there. Last time I was there, in the morning, there were cats, crappie and bass all lethargic with their noses out of the water all over the lake- no bites. Wind started blowing and they dipped down, next hour the bite turned on. I never did get the full scoop on the aerator down by the damn but something is definitely up. Morena has been having ground water hazardous issues too which could be related.

Soo many memories!