San Diego & SoCal Fishing Forums

Great Job! Amazing Fish!

Great job again! I'm heading out there tomorrow for those. I could not find them last week. Hopefully better luck tomorrow. Thanks for the update!

Great job out there...again! Fun talking with you at the ramp and I'm glad you found them. Cheers!

[Lake Hodges 2023 Re-Opener @chrisbrandtthebeefshaman9590 https://youtu.be/PI1Xcsmmngg Hey all so glad to be posting this! Got to the gate around 4:40 and was #10 in line. When the gate opened everyone in front of me went to the concession area and I went straight to the vending machine for my permi...

Glad to bring back good memories. I had so many people ask me about the beer of the day it was crazy. I had to add that at the end. Cheers!

Great job out there! Sounds like a great day.

MaxZmus wrote: ↑Sat Jun 03, 2023 11:22 am Are you affiliated with Brandt Beef? I’m just guessing since you go by Chris the Beef Shaman.

That is not the first time that has been asked, but no, I am not related. It's a nickname that I got in college. I'll have to do an origin story in an upcoming video. Cheers!

[media] Lake Barrett Fishing: Hauser Arm 2023 @chrisbrandtthebeefshaman9590 https://youtu.be/DaKfMHqjPiY[/media] Hey all! I know this report is a bit late but it was a super busy week for me. I figured better late than never. This was Sunday June 4 and I was excited just to be out there. I got on th...

Lake Hodges: FISHING ON FIRE!!! https://youtu.be/YK3BdyfTnBg Hey all sorry for the late report. I posted the video and then forgot to put the report here as well. Here goes… Sunday headed for my second Hodges outing of the year and had a super fun day. I started out the day hoping for a reaction bit...

[media] Rainbow Bass (Guapote) Fishing: Lake Arenal Costa Rica https://youtu.be/k9a9yRoWIq4[/media] Pura Vida from Costa Rica! Hey all I just had an amazing new experience fishing for Rainbow Bass or Guapote on Lake Arenal in Costa Rica. My wife and I decided to vacation in Costa Rica and I was chec...

galen wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 12:34 pm Those rainbow bass look related to tilapia? Some type of cichlid? Cool catches.

Yes they are a new world cichlid. Super fun I just wish we got more. I can’t wait to go back.

Heading there tomorrow and so excited to fish this lake again. Thanks for the info. Cheers!

Great job out there. It was tough there for me yesterday. Only got 5 fish from 6-3:30.

Hey all headed out to the big bay the other day and spent a few hours fishing when it wasn’t supposed to be any good. It was kind of a slack tide but it was a weekday and I had a day off which almost never happens. I launched the tube at Tidelands on Coronado and almost immediately got a steady hook...

Great report. Sounds like my kind of day!

Love to see those big bass! Even better to catch one!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsmDx9C8-s4 Good morning all! I have been wanting to do this video for a long time and have had lots of people ask me to do it. Last week I finally purchased my first new float tube in over 19 years. I had (and still have 2) Outcast Super Fat Cat tubes that I absolut...

Happy to help! I can't use the drill rig. It kills my wrists. Plus you can use this like a trolling motor and go forward.

Thanks for the report. Heading there this weekend but could not find much as far as what was going on there. Great job making it happen!

https://youtu.be/qfPzJ9Q6qTY Hey guys it has been a couple of tough months for me for fishing. Got striped a couple of times at local lakes and even the bay! With fish seemingly hiding from me I just decided to head back to El Cap and try that out. It was a super beautiful day on the lake and only ...