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Looks similar to a fenwick methods darting bait.

After getting a hook stuck underneath my index fingernail on my right hand (I'm right handed), I've been smashing down the barbs on my bass lures. My trout lures are about 50/50.

Go to the westernbass website. They have a section on Lake Reports. The last report was August 3, so I'm not sure if this will help you.

Dr. Peter Moyle's "Inland Fishes of California" states that Lepomis macrochirus purpurescens have been introduced into Perris. This is the bluegill subspecies native to Florida and southern Georgia. The only sunfish native to California is the Sacramento Perch, Archoplites interruptus.

Shovelnose catfish have long whiskers. But I think they have more than 4.

@Team9nine, Can the OP bend the top arm of his spinnerbaits similar to a buzzbait so that it is parallel to the hook, would that work? (see OkobojiEagle's comments)

That's because the photo shows the finesse model.

That's what I caught today. Nothing.

I've never seen one of those. Is that a warmouth?

I would admitt that I am very very weak on my frog ID. It was very weird, it was only in maybe a foot or so of water but I’ve never had one hit a lure that wasn’t right on the surface before. Not trying to start an argument, but I do not think it is a leopard frog. I think leopard frogs have a dorsal lateral ridge and the frog in the photo does not have a dorsal lateral ridge. The frog in the photo looks more like a bullfrog (a female bullfrog - the tympanum is the same diameter as the eye).

go to the rapala website: https://www.rapala.com/storm/hard-baits/original-thinfin/

I was there (day use, not camping) several years ago. I was not able to catch any bass in lake 1 (but I'm sure they are in there - I saw some swimming away as I approached). I was able to catch bass in the other lakes 2, 3, 4 & 5. Fishing was hit or miss - one day I caught 10, another day only 1. I went in September and there was lots of vegetation. Not sure what it is like in June. Check the forums and reports at https://sdfish.com/. Maybe someone there can answer your questions. I think if you camp you have access to two other lakes 6 & 7. https://www.santeelakes.com/ It gets really crowded in the day use lakes (ponds) the weeks they stock. Check the stocking schedule at the santeelakes site. Good Luck.

Congratulations on your new PB smallmouth!

This might help: I got it from https://wildlife.state.nh.us/fishing/salmon-browntrout.html

I have one, but I could never get it to walk. But then again, I'm not very coordinated.

My guess: male creek chub in breeding condition. https://fw.ky.gov/Fish/Documents/kyfishid[1].pdf top of page 17

Are you trying to send me on another snipe hunt?? I cut ones head all open and found no rocks. I think it's what my elders tell me to pull my leg I think they are fish ear bones - otoliths. They can supposedly be used to estimate the age of the fish.

When I was a kid, my parents would send me to visit relatives in New Jersey once in a while. Out there I would regularly catch 5 different types of fish (mostly different types of panfish). Here where I live (California), the most I've ever caught in one session has been three: largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, & striped bass.

@Way2slow I solved for L2 and L5 three times, and kept getting L2=1.1758 and L5=1.1024 and was puzzled about what I was doing wrong. I took a shower, then solved twice more with the same L2=1.1758 and L5=1.1024. I couldn’t figure out why I didn’t get the same answers as you showed were listed in the book. I logged back on to BR to find out if anyone had answered, and saw the reply from @jbsoonerfan The light bulb went off in my head that the author's answers might be incorrect, so I plugged the author’s answers into his own problem and found out that the authors answers are wrong for his own equations (if you plug his answers into his equations, you get a value of .613, not the .610 listed in his equation). I guess you can’t believe everything you read! What I did was to get the author’s equation into the form 0 = ax^2 + bx + c. Then you can use the quadratic formula we all were taught in school, to solve for x (in this case x would be the “L” values). So a = iK b = (idK-i +1) c = -id (use the values for i, K, and d that I listed in my previous reply to calculate a, b, and c) Out of curiousity, what happens if the holes are not in exactly the right place? Does it make the flute out of tune? Let us know how your flute turns out. Good luck.

I think you are right. Hopefully you can read my math (I typed it in word, then did a snip, and attached as a jpg. I assumed the "funny" symbols were actually lower case letter "L" representing length. Using the quadratic formula to solve for L is an exercise left for the reader. (I seem to remember that type of statement in my math books).

In the book "Inland Fishes of California" (Peter B. Moyle) 2002, it states "...by the time they reach 50-60 mm SL they are feeding largely on aquatic insects and fish fry, including those of their own species..."

@NittyGrittyBoy The OP never told us where it was caught, but I agree, that's probably it. I thought it was some sort of hake - didn't know there was a southern hake. Thanks. And thanks for the link to walking catfish - I did go to it and learned a lot about walking catfish. There sure are a lot of strange fish in Florida.

@THISISATRUCK Was the fish from salt water? I think it is a Spotted Hake.

@Tw97 Maybe Zetabait Gillraker?

I've never done it to a rattletrap, but I've done it to one knockers, red eyed shad, and other lipless baits. I like to use a snap swivel so that the blade size, type, and color can be easily changed.