BY MIKE STEVENS
ESCONDIDO – For the most part, the quality factor of the bass being caught at Lake Hodges has been there all season. It’s the numbers that got off to a slow start and wavered for months, but right now, both size and numbers are available at Hodges, but that’s not to say it’s been easy.
Lake Hodges regular Clem Miner told Western Outdoor News in the middle of last week he was still picking on the 12- to 14-inch cookie cutter largemouth that dominated the fish counts a week prior, but that changed when the weekend arrived.
“Saturday was a different story,” said Miner. “I started out well pitching a Senko in the tules for a nice 4 pounder on the point by the launch followed by several others there from 1 to 2 pounds. Then I hit the Narrows and caught at least a dozen, and the quality was up compared to Wednesday. I decided to head down to the cliff by the dam, but decided to stop on the way down, and that turned out to be a wise move.”
