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This is cool. Lounge topic morphs into a fishing discussion. That wouldn't have happened on the old sdfish, maybe the opposite instead.

Early release wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:50 pm I was out on Sunday and pretty much had the same fishing experience. I was happy to see the fish I did, since it's my third time at San V and the other two times I only caught trees. I'm looking forward to it warming up, it's a nice place to fish. san V.jpg

The trees are always biting at San V!

Sweet!!!!!
I have not been at that lake for a long, long time. Thanks for sharing. Some big bass have come out of there.

Dixon was my favorite lake growing up. My dad would drop my brother and I off in the morning and we’d walk the bank throwing mostly split shot reapers and we always caught fish and have a good time.

Great report, I may have to pay Dixon a visit soon.

Took the Kayak down to El Cap this morning. With the water way up, I knew I had to be one of the first couple kayakers there or that now smaller dirt lot would be full and I’d have to drag my ‘yak across the parking lot. Apparently a big club tourney this morning, a bunch of people just drove in bef...

San V is one of the few lakes that has been pretty consistent this spring! Good job getting on them! Weekends are about to change at San V, you won't be alone for long! Say hello to my little friend...the Wakeboarder!

Arrived at the lake 6:30 looked as if I was fishing a private lake, maybe 10 boats. For a spring unheard of. Started chasing the bass, after 23 all cruisers it was time to move on, Got on the red ear, spent the rest of the day catching them. If you like having a fish trying to pull the rod out of yo...

This year has been a bit slower with the bass bite from shore. I get into a decent fish here and there, but the bite has been very slow. The minute you skip a week you may miss out.

Got to the lake at midnight and already 8 cars in front of me. The launch at pigs was smooth do to the high water. Parking was limited, don’t go pass the bathroom cause there’s no room to back up. To the fishing, the lake is unrecognizable, water level looks full, the island towards Hauser isn’t the...

Shut out for opener on Wed but got a tube spot Sat Lake 90% full almost to the top of the spillway. Parking at pigs limited to porta potty and back. Lost of new shoreline to explore. Lots of kayakers and tubers, Nascar launch at pigs point in the dark, running wide open in the moonlight. Got a handf...

Thanks for the report!

Alright - gave the fluff chuckers ample time to sign up - 10 spots left before we max out at 60. You conventional guys are now welcome to fill those last spots. Go to: https://www.sandiegoflyfishers.com/barrett-lake-outing

First time here since last year. Water level was stupid high! Been fishing Barrett for 12 years, and never has it been so high! Also, 36 degrees at 4:45AM! Had 8 or 10 fish before 6:00 a.m. on senkos. Hauser, then moved slowly toward the back picking here and there. Hadn't used a drop shot in about ...

It took San V an extra month to get going, but it's on now! What a difference 2 weeks makes...got there at sunrise 2 weeks ago, 6 boats..today at sunrise, more like 30! First cast, lost a 6lber in a bush..bad omen, nope! I got into a solid pattern and didn't move more than 100' for the next 5 hours....

Knowing that 15 north morning traffic on a weekday gets crazy and going south in the late afternoon a lot worse, I decided to head up to Lake Miramar and put in a little fishing time in my kayak. Knowing that I need to make the most of my time on the water I quickly headed across the lake. I was tos...

I promised I'd post more on here when it got brought back so here's the scoop from Sunday! Got a late start on the water around 2. Started out trying some new tactics with squarebills around pigs for no love. Tried the ned for a bit with a few short bites. Switched to the fly rod and headed up the r...

Thanks for the report! That bass was probably tagged as part of CDFW’s SHARE program last year. I know they had a couple days tagging bass out there. https://wildlife.ca.gov/Hunting/SHARE#51518734-fishing The contact info about the fisheries side of that program is in the link, I’m sure they’d be in...

Yeah, fish were really tight.On the shallow points, I observed bass stocking blue gill and baby bass. Observed some deeper bed fish. Water is pretty clear in the main lake. There are definitely wolf packs in open water crushing Shad. My wife got a few casting out deep on drop shot in the wolf packs ...

I said last week that it seemed the bite at Sutherland was stirring. That judgment was premature! The bite, it seems, is again cold as ice. At least it appears that way to me and a couple of friends who will remain nameless unless they choose to chime in. Between us we caught 4 fish. Overcast early ...

Got skunked at Barrett… just kidding haha. I ended up with 8 in the boat. Lost a bunch close to the boat. Between me and 2 buddies that went, we ended up with 35. One buddy caught 7 slabs of crappies on a fly setup with dragon flies. In the morning, the jerk bait bite was good. I caught a few on a s...