Fished Escondido the morning of September 4 with Andy Dear and his son Jackson. The lake is probably down 4-5 ft. Be careful with your trailers as I got stuck when pulling my kayak out. I guess that hard pack only goes so far. Andy said my back tires sank a good six inches in an instant. Luckily Andy had a 4-wheel drive and I had a strong tow rope. 

Now for the fishing report. 

I caught 15 and only 2 were culled. Top water along the dam first thing worked well on  a yellow/white ribbit frog and a white buzz bait. Outside grassline worked the best. Caught 6-7 all in the 2-3 # range. Around 9 decided to try banging square billed cranks off standing timber. Unfortunately some of the standing timber is now in much shallower water and weeds were an issue. Focused on standing timber in deeper water and that was the pattern I used until we left around noon. I caught the remaining 8 on a shad colored square billed crank with two at 4# each. 

I think Andy and Jackson caught around 8 total. 

Water clarity was minimal as the water was stained. No water temperature report as my electronics had some type of wiring issue (worked the night before and again when I got home). Probably should have spent a little time reseating the connections. 

Bill