Seeking Fishing Buddy

Hi everyone. I thought this might be a valuable string for people who are looking for fishing partners to post and contact each other.

I'm looking to hook up with someone who's experienced in largemouth fishing, particularly the east county lakes (San Vicente, Otay, El Cap, etc.) and preferably is also a boat owner (I'd of course split fuel cost) - although fishing with anyone who has experience and is interested in imparting some wisdom to an earger learner would be great. I have all my own gear, am a good guy, own my own company and generally have my stuff together.

I am a resident and homeowner in the El Cajon/Granite Hills area. I'm 31 and have been fly fishing all over the western/northern territory US since I was about 9-10 years old, with my father. I'm very experienced in this area, but just getting started in largemouth fishing. I'll be buying a boat in the coming months, but would really enjoy meeting some friends and getting to know the fish, lakes, and people in the meantime.

My email is jaboston@cox.net. Any contacts would be great. Happy catching! - James

 

Thanks for the posts and PMs, guys. I really appreciate the hospitality and any help you folks can offer.

I have a general question in terms of shore fishing. In general, which of the lakes around here tend to be most conducive to reasonably productive largemouth fishing - excluding the live bait approach? San V seemed to be promising as long as you don't mind a bit of hoofing, but unless the topwater bite is working, I'm not sure how to fish it productively. I tend to just lose a lot of gear unless I'm working something middle-water-column and shallower. TR, CR, or DS senkos only seemed to break off on the bottom and the topwater stuff has been totally unproductive for me.

Any ideas or pointers? Thanks again, guys - JB

 

I'll for sure check out Loveland. I'm thinking Jennings might be a good bet too, given it'll be open seven days here soon and probably isn't getting as much pressure as some other lakes.? We'll see, I guess.

Thanks again for the ideas. - JB