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Everydog wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 6:52 pm The extra benefit with the small spinnerbait and cranks, Catching big-ass crappie.

These guys ate a tiny little underspin (which has also caught bass for me around Shad spawn time)

Great report. Sounds like my kind of day!

With anticipation of hopefully more topwater action, I headed back up to Lake Miramar this morning with 3 rods rigged with topwater baits and one with a small jerk bait. The surface was pretty glassy when I arrived. Finally a few small bass stirring the top of the water. Everyone knows that by the t...

Thanks for the report..!

Great report as always Dave! That was truly a great day getting them on top water especially a 4lb der on a popper. This place is magical!

I think it was great you stuck with your plan and didn't go to finesse until the end. This year I have been forcing myself to use other lures and it's really paid off for me with poppers and stickbaits. I very much prefer the topwater bite, and I think I'm not alone there. :) Yesterday the topwater...

Hey guys, I'm new to this forum, so I thought I'd post a couple of pics from my trip to Hodges reservoir last Saturday. I caught 7 fish total. 1 early frog fish, 1 on a jig, a couple on Senkos, and the rest on 7" dropshot robowoworms. Anyway, glad to be here on the forum. Dan 20230805_112009.jp...

In the market for a new FF and will give the Panoptix a good look. Thanks for your report. Going next Saturday!

Another great morning with 13 quality bass including these jig and Senko fish. I finally figured out how to embed a video

Hit my home lake again on Saturday 8/12. Had a better day. Was able to boat 4 and had 2 missed hook sets on drop shot and a missed popper hook set. Also had 2 break off. Still a fun day at Sutherland, finally! 20230812_075049.jpg 20230812_101120.jpg 20230812_062412.jpg 20230812_110009.jpg

On my end, Today was an experimental one where I tried to get into a larger grade of fish. I started off strong with 7 fish on the jig out of 20 feet of water, got 3 more on flylined 6 inch Tiki Shad’s,(Similar to Yamamoto Shad Worms) they sink enticingly and fast on a 4/0 EWG heavy flipping hook, I...

Went out on the Old Glory and it was super fun...we went all the way to Tanner on an overnight boat (big thanks to the Captain). Got there about an hour after first light and there were 30+ boats there already on anchor. we did the same and in short order I hooked (and subsequently landed) a BFT. 20...

IMG_0523.jpeg The Fish that got away gave you a chance. Fish win sometimes too. I’m glad they throw us back. Some days they suck it down, other days they barely get it at all. Usually it comes down to correct size, profile, color. A small change can make a big difference. That’s the game we play. D...

Got to the lake @430, headed to Hauser, fishing in the dark and fighting the mosquitoes, bugs. Very slow for the first two hours, only managed 4 and two aggressive blue gills. Busters were around but didn’t last long after the sun came up. It was super hot and humid! Ended up at 20 bass 2 gills. Big...

This is a good question that never comes up, as rain during the Barrett season is rare, but is this venue rain or shine? I'd love to be out there in the rain in the middle of the summer, considering the alternative. It's rained on me this year once, and kind of drizzled another time this year. Fish...

Thought about Murray, but instead headed up to Lake Miramar again for a morning of fishing with my kayak. I figured I would try to go get'em while I can because after Labor Day, there will be no boats, kayaks, float tubes allowed on the water I was told as they will be working on a big water project...

Barrett will be closed on 8/20/23 due to the Storm.
All of the City of San Diego Lakes will be closed on Sunday8/20/23 and Monday8/21/23

Got on it early with a spectacular lightning show motoring out in Hauser. The pics don’t do it justice! Anyway as often happens with approaching storms, the bite was good. Got first and biggest fish on a new 4 bladed white spinnerbait, followed by more on flukes, splitshot worms deeper, then the boi...

I was more interested in the weather than the fishing today so thanks for the report.

Great meeting you finally and spot on description of how fast the conditions changed! We all did good for those first hours then smart to skeedaddle!