San Diego River....

You have been good to me! The last 2 sessions have me pumped! Caught all my bass on top for today's session. 5 in total. mostly clones in the 10 to 12 inch range. The larger one was also the last fish caught today. Lots of blow ups today, 10, hooked up on 6, and landed 5 of em. On came fully out the water to hit it, only to miss, come back a second time for another violent blow up just for me to get excited and yank my popper out the water and land next to my tube. Was a large fish too! Top water bite seems to still be on for the river ponds. Lots of bait being chased on the surface and even small boils. Individual fish still blowing up on things in the tules and along the hydrilla lines. The keys to today's bite was the pause. Popper was the bait. Googan Squad Blooper to be exact. Brown pattern with chartreuse tail and feathered treble. I would work it along the hydrilla and even in the open water. Bloop bloop and then pause, bloop pause. No real pattern to working it but the pause was when they all hit it. Thanks for checking out the post and tight lines everybody!

 

I almost took it off. Then got one on a blind cast. Then I didn't put it down for the rest of the day. So glad I stuck with it.

 

Yeah some spots the hydrilla mats are redic. But the bass love those mats. I just wish there was more access to the tules. some areas its 20+ yards deep before the tule line. I'm still no tule fisherman by any means, but some areas just can't get to. The water is pretty clear on that side in some areas. where the water meets the bank in some spots and in some shallow stretches you can see the bottom. All that said there is still a large area in that pond behind Best Buy with lots of fishable area. Not nearly as much as across the street. I have only fish in that pond 2 times and each time was a real grind with a skunk and 2 fish trip. All of my best days on the river so far have been behind best buy.

 

Indeed. The sheer excitement is the best. Even better when the fish is that of some quality