7/24-Lake Miramar Dink-Fest
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 2:36 pm
With intent to go to Murray for a morning session with my kayak, I found myself suddenly getting on 8 West and then heading up 15 to Lake Miramar.
There was a recent posting on the SD City Lakes website that the lake was going to be closed to boats, kayaks and float tubes after July 4 for a while, but I ran into Ruben(City Lakes) the other day at Murray and he told me that Miramar will be open to the above till Labor Day.
Anyway did not get to the lake till close to 7 and the water level is high. They added some more parking up top so launching and parking was easy.
I usually pack tackle a little more geared to where I am going to be fishing(clear water=light lines, certain baits, etc) but still felt like it was going to probably be fun as hardly anyone fishing this lake. I threw a number of various rigged worms in shallow and mostly in a little deeper water where I had 4-5 come unbuttoned deep in the weeds, but still was able to land 11 small bass. I was mostly experimenting with Texas rigged worms with a light tungsten weight, a Carolina rig via sinker stops and small tungsten weight, wacky rigged senkos and I had to toss a few dropshots. I did not throw the dropshot long, but It safe to say that if someone just threw drop-shots only(like @McFish), they could land a heck of a lot of bass up there. Overall the make-shift Carolina rig worked best for me. It was fun morning and being there brought back lots of good memories of fishing Miramar with my father when I was kid and through the years. Anyway..... if you don't like crowds and you want to catch some clones and some dinks....this is the lake for you. Tight lines![Smile :-)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.png)
Just a few pics.....
A little overkill.... for my first bass...ha ha Gotta love it....big meal for such a tiny bass
There was a recent posting on the SD City Lakes website that the lake was going to be closed to boats, kayaks and float tubes after July 4 for a while, but I ran into Ruben(City Lakes) the other day at Murray and he told me that Miramar will be open to the above till Labor Day.
Anyway did not get to the lake till close to 7 and the water level is high. They added some more parking up top so launching and parking was easy.
I usually pack tackle a little more geared to where I am going to be fishing(clear water=light lines, certain baits, etc) but still felt like it was going to probably be fun as hardly anyone fishing this lake. I threw a number of various rigged worms in shallow and mostly in a little deeper water where I had 4-5 come unbuttoned deep in the weeds, but still was able to land 11 small bass. I was mostly experimenting with Texas rigged worms with a light tungsten weight, a Carolina rig via sinker stops and small tungsten weight, wacky rigged senkos and I had to toss a few dropshots. I did not throw the dropshot long, but It safe to say that if someone just threw drop-shots only(like @McFish), they could land a heck of a lot of bass up there. Overall the make-shift Carolina rig worked best for me. It was fun morning and being there brought back lots of good memories of fishing Miramar with my father when I was kid and through the years. Anyway..... if you don't like crowds and you want to catch some clones and some dinks....this is the lake for you. Tight lines
![Smile :-)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.png)
Just a few pics.....
A little overkill.... for my first bass...ha ha Gotta love it....big meal for such a tiny bass