Any day with fish on the board is a plus

A variety of lures and colors in the quiver is always a good plan, sometimes your favorite isn't what they want

Man, I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little jealous reading this. Sounds like a solid after-work session, especially once you dialed in the nuclear chicken bite. Love when they finally tell you what they want... even if it takes a few lure changes to figure it out.

Honestly, 8 bites and 4 fish isn't bad at all, but I get what you mean with a big tide, you expect it to just be wide open. Funny how it never quite lines up the way you think it should.
Meanwhile I'm over here having not fished in at least a month, so I'd happily take a "slow" session like that right now. You've got me itching to get back out there but the boats not fixed for the ocean yet.  Potentially take it for bonefish this weekend in the back bay (5mph zone) or maybe just cast big plugs in the surf for stripers, butts and WSB.

I need to get my fix in before I start to lose it over here.

Relatively quick after work session. 1630-1930 or so. Light wind, warm.

Switched out lures a couple times before the fish decided they wanted nuclear chicken for dinner.



This one stuck me on a piling but I won the war.



A few more bites on that then it shut off. Switched to a pearl swimbait on an underspin and got a dink sandy, then zero bites on that.

Another carousel of lures, an hour goes by before I got another on the fluke.



~8 bites and 4 fish. Surprised it wasn't more consistent with the big tide I had going for me. May go slashin' around after work again tomorrow, not sure if I wanna do Newport or Huntington. I'm sure I will decide on the freeway home.

Corn needs lots of Nitrogen, I use 15-15-15  it seems to help

I'm all for that!

Let's get you on some SD bay bonefish soon. I haven't targeted them in a few years and miss how strong and fun they are.

Quote from: Latimeria on May 11, 2026, 09:09:16 AM

Quote from: jrodda on May 10, 2026, 06:54:43 PM

BTW, is this a ghost boat or just moored all weird.  I realize it's probably someone crouched down behind the console, but just looks like AI placed it there.

The mooring line is off to the left a bit behind jared.

Frankly I think I just suck at bass fishing, lost my touch several years ago and haven't gotten it back. I'm in the "figuring it out" phase for all the harbors in their own way and spreading myself thin. But none of these harbors will ever put up SD bay numbers.

Quote from: jrodda on May 10, 2026, 06:54:43 PM

BTW, is this a ghost boat or just moored all weird.  I realize it's probably someone crouched down behind the console, but just looks like AI placed it there.

Quote from: Tim524 on May 10, 2026, 07:41:07 PMLooking forward to seeing the jungle pics

I just planted two days ago, Corn Peppers, Tomatoes and 3 kinds of Zucchini 

Pics when the corn and zucchini pops up and starts looking like a garden

I let a squash grow that I was hoping was spaghetti squash, but now looks to be HUGE pumpkins!  My garden is going nuts, but the corn is not growing for some reason.  I've planted twice, but nothing is taking root.

I don't know where to start....  are there just really no fish there or is it that you've adopted the Koga strategy he taught you up there?  hahaha

In any case, you are fishing way more than me lately.  I don't want to take my boat out until I get the loose console sorted out and gas has me thinking twice since I'm having a hard time justifying spotties for $7 a gallon.  lol

As for that Oil slick.... what Tim said.... It should make you glide across the water faster.  lol

Thanks for the report Jeremy.  It's killing me that I have barely fished since landing this new low paying job.