Getting anxious to get back out there!!

[peter805]

[quote Bassamatic]Peter: Upper AND Lower Otay have been good to me the past couple of years. I have only fished Lower Otay from a small kayak/canoe or full sized bass boat. I need to try it from my H3! Upper Otay on the other hand, is a float tube only lake and has produced a lot of bass for me last year and the year before when I started fishing from my float tube/pontube as we call the H3:o) Well worth the drive once the water temp gets over 65 and the bass really get active! Upper Otay is "catch and release" only - NO live bait and you must use barbless hooks but there are a LOT of BIG bass in there. I have spoken with most of the guys and gals who fish UO and have heard stories of many +10 pounders being caught. One older guy told me he caught an 18+ pounder several years ago in the area near the dam wall where I normally fish. Once I got the "hang" of fishing from my pontube down, I started averaging 3 - 4 bass caught per trip which usually was between 4 - 6 hours on the water. Costs $8.00 a day to fish and of course a valid CA fishing license. Easy access to UO IF the access road is open. Otherwise you must trek up and down a BIG hill/road which is about 1/4 mile long to get to the isolated lake. UO is on the SMALL side and I think I could easily get from one side to the other in about 10 minutes IF the wind was calm. Numerous reeds and stuff surround the shoreline and I have caught most of my bass within 5 feet of the shoreline! Let me know IF you ever decide to fish UO and maybe I can meet you there. Lake is only open Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday and most Monday HOLIDAYS for fishing. One FUN lake to fish I quarantee it!![/quote]




That sounds great!!! My work is super busy right now (which is great) but it should slow down aroud end of May.
I think that maybe a good time to go. It would be great
if the road was open so I dont have to drag my float
tube over the hill.
There is also one more guy (Scott) that likes to fish
Otay as well and does really good. He is a cool dude
and post on this forum from time to time.

Peter
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