Fishing: It’s all about the bait! If you can find balls of bait fish you will find the bass. Right now the bass are scattered and aren’t schooled up like they usually are but, again, if you can find the bait you will have a good chance of putting multiple bass in the boat. Fish were found at 20-30 foot depths with the occasional shallow water fish.
Fishing locations: Concentrating on the creek channels and offshore structure on the main body will give you the best opportunity to find and catch these guys. New York Creek produced a couple decent fish down at the 30-foot range. Offshore Rock Piles and Island Tops seem to be holding fish too. Any creek channels or offshore structure holding bait is going to be your best bet. Anderson Island and Anderson Creek had holding fish as well in 30 foot depths.
Bait: Finesse, finesse, finesse! That’s the name of the game in Folsom Lake right now. Drop-shoot a Robo Worm. Neko rig senko, and 3/8 oz football jig in green pumpkin or brown and purple with double paddle tail grub trailers will get the job done. A few shallow fish were caught yo-yoing a lip-less crank bait in red eye shad or LV500. Even The Staysee 90 got a few.
What to expect: You want ‘em? You’re going to have to work for them. Expect the fishing to be a little tough, especially with the colder weather coming in, but don't give up!! Find the bait and drop it on their heads. My predictions are the fish are in early winter mode so you're going to have to put the bait right in front of their face. Good luck!
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