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Today was ultralight day with a seven and a half foot Diawa Presso, and 1/16th oz ball head jigs. I paired the tiny jig heads with 2.5 inch mini swimbaits. I caught 6 nice bass in the the 2-3 pound range and a Crappie. So much fun on ultralight gear. So much so I am thinking of springing for a quali...

There's always some animal where it doesn't belong...flamingos and turtles in San Diego bay...

There's always some animal where it doesn't belong...flamingos and turtles in San Diego bay... While I don't believe the salmon story because of my own experience and the lack of evidence provided, you're right in that stranger things have occurred. Sea turtles have been documented in the San Gabri...

I came across this report. Wanted to share. https://wonews.com/double-digit-largemouth-weighed-in-tournament-at-lower-otay/ extra-photo-Possible-page-1-teaser.png BY MIKE STEVENS CHULA VISTA— Despite the obvious presence of active bass at Lower Otay Reservoir, fishing seems to be up on one day and d...

Well, with the weather starting to cool down at night and water temperatures getting colder I decided to just take a late morning run to the SD river. I figured there was no sense in going early and besides, I normally don't fish it much past the middle of November as it tends to shut off as the col...

As you know from my posts in the panfish section I've had a ton of fun recently targeting large Bluegill and Crappie on ultralight gear and micro lures. So today I decided to go after Bass on the same gear. I caught 6 Largemouths. Nothing huge but they sure felt like it on those whippy rods and ligh...

My son won a Caddis float tube earlier this year at the Cuyamaca kids fishing tournament. Since we already have tubes I gave it to my best friend Randy, and bought him waders as an early Christmas gift. We had a blast fishing Murray this morning. I caught the catfish while flipping a Senkos at the e...

Got out early at Lower Otay on Wednesday. Crowds were light and I picked up a few bass early AM on finesse swimbaits over the top of the grass. Once the sun came up things slowed down shallow so I went looking for Shad schools out deep. Picked up a couple more 1-2lb bass down in the 40ft range befor...

Spirits rise and their dance is unrehearsed

T-Rig Green Pumpkin Baby Brush Hog will get bit at any lake in SD! Grass, Rocks, Tules, Sticks it can do it all

Splitshot reaper, smoke salt and pepper.

El Capitan Tube Mobb Big Bass Tournament 2023 https://youtu.be/dSXOmC-fRBo Hey all I headed out on Sunday for my first float tube tournament with Tube Mobb. I saw these guys on Instagram and had run into them at a few lakes. This was the first event of theirs I had participated in. Anyone in a float...

I totally get it. This was the first one they’ve done by weight apparently and it went well so there should be more. It was a fun day for sure.

Go to bait?

Ran out to the MB jetty to make a few casts and ended with a few species mostly all on the weedless 4" white slim swimmer. Caught my first mullet ever, just after dark, thought maybe it was a baby corvina or a bonefish at first. Macks were rolling through the jetty channel, and a couple baby ha...

Hello SDFISH,
Caught this bad boy in the south bay. I was lucky ran into them that day. First hooked up bend my hook, second one landed it. Measured at 25" and 4.36 Lbs. I have see them in the past but they are not interested in my lures.

Hey!

New to the forums, but excited to meet everyone. Caught some leopards in Mission Bay 2 weeks ago. They aren't there anymore Tried to get them again. Bait was some fresh spotfin croaker. There were so many of them but only hooked two!! CPR

Took my son Nathanael ultralight fishing today at Murray.  Caught 7 dinks and one nice fish between us.  He had a blast! We were fishing tiny Brush Hogs t-rigged with 1/32 oz bullet weights.  Casting to the rocky banks and the edges of the tullies and dragging them back.  It was a relaxing awesome w...

]But dont have a cold heart. Took a break from lmb and tried a couple bay trips. Sometimes fishing sucks, sometimes it doesn't. Recently got into a wfo spotty bite and hammered it for 3 hours. Never went more than a couple minutes without a bendo. Pretty much got bit every other cast on the yo zuri ...

Got this guy as bycatch during a recent trip with a crank bait. 7lbs on the boga probably the biggest I'll ever catch. Thought it would be cool to share.