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this has been the worst year since i started seriously chasing bass, 12 years of logs and this is by far the worst ive seen it.
spring was bad, only small fish in the east bay, and not that many, lots of 12-24" and no keepers, did get to enjoy em on light tackle, mostly 7ft freshwater rods and light braid with soft plastics but that gets old after a couple days.
did manage to catch a huge shad on a small gibbs popper, which was cool
so much bunker in the easy bay this spring and nothing on em, we watched 10-14 schools each about 5o yards wide just swimming around, they were there for almost 3 weeks straight, we saw em every night on the dog walks, a few guys i know hit the schools hard and there was just nothing on em
then spring ended, started hitting my usual haunts, again good numbers 10-20 fish nights but all small fish, with maybe 1-2 keepers in the mix
cutty was fun, buddy got his pb and just a great trip overall
since then its been awful, less fish, smaller fish, getting out less cause its not worth the effort lately, water has been dirty in most spots
canal has been a zoo when theres fish there and other wise slow pick of fish for the guys in the know
between my dads health and planning the wedding, less than a month away, i just really havent been feeling it
been doing a lot more freshwater fishing, mainly throwing huge swimbaits tragetting trophy fish and that has been great, numerous 5lb fish and tons of 4s, less work, less pressure and way more enjoyable lately
hoping that the fall run is epic and the mild weather continues into november and we get the amazing sea herring run we did in 2010/2011
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