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Escondido, Sports February 22, 2025

Lake Hodges opener fishes still biting despite low water

Lake Hodges swung open its proverbial gates on Wednesday, Feb. 7, under the same ironclad rules and regulations that were holding court in 2023. Ah, fishing—a pursuit as noble as whittling a fine piece of oak into a chair leg, but with the added benefit of possibly getting dinner out of the deal. The grand season opener at Lake Hodges arrived with all the pomp…

Sports November 15, 2015

Lake Wohlford where the catfish are biting

You know what they say, a bad day of fishing is better than a good day at work. And then some. That’s what brought three diverse generations of the Brinneman clan to the shore of Lake Wohlford last week where they found the catfish fishing and it was good. “We’ve got three catfish in there,” Roy Brinneman said, pointing to a cooler. “They just stocked…

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