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Took a little trip down to my favorite body of water this morning, 9/10. The conditions were kind of uncanny when I arrived at first light. Dead calm, overcast. Seems like an invitation to throw topwater, right? Wrong! Threw a variety of topwater baits and a few subsurface options with nary a bite f...

DarkShadow wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:56 am Was this from shore or a tube? Don't know too many people that'll shore fish Barrett.

Shore, but not at Barrett

Nice one! That is a Summertime El Cap fish (XL sized) through and through. We should start a post, "Guess what lake this fish was caught in?". Only show the fish and not the background. If VinnyBass posts one, just guess Murray and you have an 80% chance of being right=)😂🤣 JK, wish I got ...

B61FE27C-14C5-429C-A4FA-ECC4C2CB1C38.jpeg This evening it was all about a couple of my fave JDM bluegill profile soft plastics on the free rig. Tons of little bluegill in the water up shallow and as soon as the sun got low they were smashing these baits. Nothing big tonight, bunch of clones, keeper...

Bump. Lowered price one last time. This is absolutely a steal for a great big bait reel with extremely low usage on it.

First $135 cash takes it.

And all sold.

With my favorite local body of water holding a two day tourney for the weekend I decided to change up the routine and forego my normal Sunday AM trip in favor of hitting the desert canals. Day started off great with my first Smallie catch ever on a crankbait. Got two dink largies on the same crank i...

Pretty sure those are all smallmouth. Even better! Yeah looking at those pics, mouth doesn’t go past the back of the eye on any of those fish… I just registered “largies” for the green ones cause I expect a brown fish with the facial markings but I guess that doesn’t have to be the case? Pleasantly...

I spy an A-rig fish in there!

That’s a pig right there!

magic touch. :!: What would be really magic is if I could pull one out with a frog. Seen pics of some huge bass you have caught over the years. My problem is I just need to throw one for a bit to build up confidence. 5 minutes does not do it. :-) Tight lines always Michael I follow a guy on IG who ...

I feel like San V is the only fishery in SD that has been consistently good since springtime. Outside of that, seems like everyplace is just.. off.. I have put in a lot of hours at Cap and caught a ton there but there have been an awful lot of days where I’ve had to grind for one or two fish.

Different spot today, different species (all largies - for sure this time lol), but same pattern - chuck, wind, catch, rinse and repeat.. 05B71B90-4C33-4D45-B4DD-7A59B5911009.jpeg CE78C3C0-E585-4A05-9F85-95D88E900B43.jpeg 6972573A-BBF7-47A6-A633-7450D0DCA137.jpeg 90507C88-7810-4E70-BA68-F2075280245F...

magic touch. :!: What would be really magic is if I could pull one out with a frog. Seen pics of some huge bass you have caught over the years. My problem is I just need to throw one for a bit to build up confidence. 5 minutes does not do it. :-) Tight lines always Michael I follow a guy on IG who ...

I haven't been to El Cap in quite awhile, been waiting for my favorite time of year! I started out throwing a small jerkbait, picked up 5 or 6 fish not far from the launch. When it slowed, I moved up to the north arm in search of breaking fish, but it was all quiet when I arrived! I worked some sho...

I was going to go to San V this weekend with my son, so we'd be renting a boat. I haven't ever been to El Cap though. This is a great post to inspire a trip to El Cap. But, on the SD website there's no information on boat rentals. Does anyone know that they do rent boats ? I did try two different b...

Hey guys, since you are on the subject of El Cap, just a friendly reminder that the lake is closed the first Friday of the month….which is tomorrow(Oct. 6). Just in case anybody was planning to head out there tomorrow. I am taking a break from Cap till I have my tube gear and can get off the shore ...

Not as big as the giants in this thread but the biggest bass I’ve caught since 1991, my 5-13 from Cap in September. That means I have a whole bunch more big ones to catch if I want to catch up with the rest of you! But, I look forward to the challenge.

D01C1250-50C2-4F1C-BA3C-A43E28FFA47B.jpeg A7904A82-6BC2-4AEE-A16B-AB8F4FCEF684.jpeg B6731B2B-ECE1-4188-835A-443AB2A627E3.jpeg 75644D24-A8AC-469D-8588-CABC6896E270.jpeg 194A4E14-A5AB-4572-9C1B-D95B2CB7164E.jpeg 6C7EB6BD-395A-4ACA-93DD-B56784F171E4.jpeg More fun yesterday! They were keying on craws i...

The wakeboard boats have been insane out there this year. I really hate that they have the whole lake but insist on running right by the boats fishing. Sometimes not even a long cast away! Really irks me. In July while my brother was here we were out on the V with a buddy, spot locked on a point an...