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Made it out earlier waiting for gate to open. Weather was cloudy, drizzle and windy. I thought a chatter bait would work, first cast got slammed and it came off. Then nothing. No jerk bait fish. But the DS and senko was on fire. While others are hitting big rock piles, I was hitting the stuff in between, from 1' of water to 20'. I didn't think it was possible, it happened. I hit the 50 mark. Biggest 3 1/2lbs.

Yes cap is on fire. Got 26 Friday morning throwing parallel to the shore. Best fish went 21 3/4”
Lots of fry
Still looking for a big cat. Usually I get a big one on plastic.

Great work guys! Keep killing us boaters

I'm a boater just had to adapt while I can. Barrett boats not in my budget as much as I want to go.

Dfishin wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2026 10:57 am Made it out earlier waiting for gate to open. Weather was cloudy, drizzle and windy. I thought a chatter bait would work, first cast got slammed and it came off. Then nothing. No jerk bait fish. But the DS and senko was on fire. While others are hitting big rock piles, I was hitting the stuff in between, from 1' of water to 20'. I didn't think it was possible, it happened. I hit the 50 mark. Biggest 3 1/2lbs.

That’s an epic day man! Hitting the unassuming stretches of shoreline has been a sweet recipe for good numbers lately. I’ve been switching up methods a bit more lately trying to chase a bit more quality since I’ve been getting large numbers of 1.5-2.5 lb. clones, but man it’s hard to do that when you know you could go after numbers instead and still probably get a couple good quality fish mixed in. Congratulations on hitting that 50 mark!

My next trip, that is my plan A. Maybe Saturday! The bigger ones I see, just look, stare or swim off. Then tap clone on. Look at the pic with a graph the dots are clones.

This is a good example of how decreased pressure & a smaller pond can produce better #'s per trip.
Us boat fisherman are missing out

Very nice Dave!! Great report and no doubt a great day of bass fishing!
Tight lines always.

Put BASS rock on your GPS so you can find it when the water fills back in.

Nice job d my dad and I talked to u I didn’t recognize u till I realized it now great job yeah I threw chatter got 3 over 4lb my dad and I both got 4 or 5 each 3.5-4.5lb most fish on senco for him yeah I been dragging bigger baits going for better quality

robert_smith wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2026 11:47 am Nice job d my dad and I talked to u I didn’t recognize u till I realized it now great job yeah I threw chatter got 3 over 4lb my dad and I both got 4 or 5 each 3.5-4.5lb most fish on senco for him yeah I been dragging bigger baits going for better quality

I knew who you were with your dad all tucked in behind you. Good job fun times! That looks like the chatter bait and trailer I throw.
There are hundreds of bass around 30' destroying bait. They will be busting at some point. I just like catching bass and not a fan if I have to vent them.

Cocoloco1 wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2026 11:19 am Put BASS rock on your GPS so you can find it when the water fills back in.

I have marked so many spots, sad thing the guy working there said it will be years if ever back to normal. They will start pulling more water this month sometime.

If they pull any more water from the lake we’re gonna be able to walk across the fishes backs.

Just like most things in California, It don't make any sense.