The Harbor Blueprint: A 3-Stage Visual Playbook for Marina Bass
If you’ve read this site for any length of time, you already know I spend most of my time chasing largemouth. Docks are docks. Shade is shade. Bass are bass. Sure, harbor spotted bay...
Monthly Archive: July 2026
Personal Best Spots
I haven’t been on a bite like this in a long time. The last time I remember something similar was years ago at an unnamed lake in Temecula, where I was catching 75 largies...
A Topwater Rod in 45 Feet of Water
There we were, IronMan Mendez and I, sitting over forty five feet of water on a beautiful Perris morning. Dave was glued to his Forward Facing Sonar while I stood there staring at the...
One Angry Voice, A Hundred Happy Ones
A float tube is proof that Americans are an optimistic bunch. We willingly strap ourselves into what amounts to an inflatable recliner, kick a mile from shore with just enough fishing tackle to keep...
The Downward Spiral: Why Los Alamitos is the Nine Inch Nails of SoCal Harbors
My float tube and I were somewhere beneath the shadow of a monolithic concrete highway span, kicking along the pillars after launching at the “other” Mother’s Beach, when my legs let me know they...