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I was on the water by 5:30 and had a choice to make, go after the smaller schooling busters or sit on the rock piles hoping for bigger fish on the bottom! Easy choice, I just can't pass up a topwater frenzy! I ended up with 22 fish on top, mostly 2 to 3 1/2lbers, caught on various flukes and a handful of spoon fish thrown in! The bite lasted to almost 8:30, with the sun killing off the topwater action. I switched to throwing plastic on the rocks and points and added another 4 or 5 fish. It was fun sharing the frenzy with Fisheromen, but the number of fished we missed or that got off, was even more impressive. We need to work on that! Once again, Mr. Vinnybass missed out on the action...I think the full moon and him being a Vampire, had something to do with his no-show!

I talked to an employee of the Public Utilities dept, he said in about a week, they will started drafting water out of the lake and sending it down to San V....and then to Murray or Miramar for water treatment. So much for a stable water level!

Waiting for a kitchen sink to get delivered from Home Depot took me out of the action plus the vampire thing also contributed to
my no show. Glad you had a great time with @Fisheromen nailing those topwater bass and comparing fish stories.
Yeah… bet that was a lot more fun than me pacing around the house all day looking out for that delivery truck. Thanks for sharing.
Tight lines always

VinnyBass wrote: Sat Jul 12, 2025 8:01 pm Waiting for a kitchen sink to get delivered from Home Depot took me out of the action plus the vampire thing also contributed to my no show.
Glad you had a great time with @Fisheromen nailing those topwater bass and comparing fish stories. Yeah… bet that was a lot more fun than me pacing around the house all day looking out for that delivery truck. Thanks for sharing. Tight lines always

The kitchen sink....that's what you normally throw at Murray! I guess you were getting low on them!

Awesome job as usual I’m hoping on my bday tomm cap will produce I got a 6.13 other night Murray but can’t share

robert_smith wrote: Sat Jul 12, 2025 8:25 pm Awesome job as usual I’m hoping on my bday tomm cap will produce I got a 6.13 other night Murray but can’t share

Robert,
Hope you have a Happy Birthday and hope the fish are biting at El Cap
Tight lines

Quantity has a quality all of its own.

Mr. Vinnybass shared his "special" spoons with me...said they work really good in thick schools of fish.....hmmmmm?

Looks like Mike Longs special lures.

Can I use those at Barrett as long as they are debarbed?

Gotfish? wrote: Sun Jul 13, 2025 10:57 am Can I use those at Barrett as long as they are debarbed?

You probably wont have to snag them.

Dfishin wrote: Sun Jul 13, 2025 10:00 am Looks like Mike Longs special lures.

Just put a skirt on them and you're ready to go..Lake Poway is calling!