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Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 57-59

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: jt, work the coves and entrances to coves; use 3/16 or 1/4oz darthead with 4", 5", 6" worms in aaron's magic, junebug, morning dawn, or prizm shad. can also use inchi wacky jigheads with same worms or use senkos/clones...lately shad or light blue 5" kinamis and strike king 3x in junebug or watermelon red flake have worked. gotta work slow but ok to shake in place. bites are very light or you'll simply feel loaded up. hope this helps.
    City: folsom

    Tips: same as above.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Whats the water temp out there right now.also the water level. I was thinkin about going have not been there in 4 years.

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

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    Water Temp: 53-56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: three of us launched out of granite bay around 9am with hopes of hot bite but not the case for us,fished main first around penisula and beals nothing went to south for three on darter and rip baits did not personally catch one myself I guess it was a bad day to leave rippin rod at home arrgh.We had alot of followers that would not quite committ,maybe not pausing long enough any tips would be helpful.always fun good luck all
    City: antelope

    Tips: caught fish in about 6ft

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Will this cold weather push the fish back down or will they continue to move and spawn?
    City: Sacto

Monday, March 29th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 56.4

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Caught nine spots around 2lbs on darter head, light blue colors worked for me. Wind was at 10mph early morning. All fish caught in coves. Off at 1100 due to increase in winds. Bite was extremely light while dragging the plastic.
    City: Carmichael

    Tips: Very light bite on darter head until wind increased.

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: on the lake by 7:30. little windy. caught 3 spots up to 3lbs and one small mouth 2.5lbs. used wacky rigges and crawdads( yamamoto) bite was light.

    Tips: fish should be spawning real soon

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

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    Water Temp: 57

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished shallow along beach areas out of Granite Bay launch with no luck. Caught 5 nice spots between 2-3 lbs in heavy rocked coves. Use light blue color robo worms
    City: Roseville

    Tips: Bounce robo worms off rock piles, bites are light, you will feel like your snagged.

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the coves in 10 to 15 feet of water where the wind was blowing the current to the back banks. Caught eight fish in 2-1/2 hours, the largest was 3 lbs 3oz , caught two more at 3 lbs on 2-1/2 lbs and the remaining were 1 lb to 1-1/2 lb.
    City: Elk Grove

    Tips: we caught all our fish on green pumpkin/red flake on wacky rig; let it sit on the bottom (dead sticking) and shake it and let it set. They all picked it up off the bottom.

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 50-52

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: fished all day mostly in south fork. we caught ten fish 9 on brn jigs shallow near deep water in ny creek and near jacks shack. one on drop shot.in back of ny creek. had lots of missed bites. hella windy and hard to feel em. they will b exploding on the scene this week. best five 13.57
    City: plumas lake

    Tips: know that they r there wanting to enjoy sun on the back just like me. so they came up shallow all day here and there. they will be in your favorite spawning area NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just leave it there and give em time to seek it out. good luck.

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I appreciate all of the information. hopefully one of the ideas doesnt include a $2500 deductable. Thank you again.
    City: Carmichael

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: fished all over tough bite. caught my fish on main body with jigs brown and purple
    City: plumas lake

    Tips: ranger 488 my merc did the same thing and many shops looked at it and couldnt help.i took it to bucks marine and they adjusted it for under 50 bucks

Friday, March 5th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 49-52deg

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Josh..if you're fishing from shore, you're probably fishing for trout or catfish. I see alot of shore fisherman in either the Brown's Ravine area near the launch ramp or the next cove over. I think they plant trout there sometimes. Also same thing at Granite Bay launch ramp and surrounding points. My favorite trout rig is a sliding egg sinker above a swivel and about a 2.5' leader...#6 egg hook with 1/2 nightcrawler and 2power eggs or a marshmellow to float it. ...or just simple power bait. Work off the points and areas leading into an inlet...trout school around and cruise points. If you like bass fishing, roam the shoreline throwing a 1/4oz darthead with a 4" to 6" plastic worm in Aaron's Magic or Morning Dawn colors. Just work the worm off sides and tops of points. Cast it out, let it fall to the bottom..work it slow and jiggle it. Then let it sit. Wait a few secs...repeat. Good luck...tight lines!
    City: folsom

    Tips: Nightcrawler under a bobber also catches!! ...trout, catfish, and even bass. Just hope you consider catch and release on the bass...but that's your choice. Tight lines!

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I am new to the area and Folsom Lake. Fished up by old salmon falls this last week and absolutely no luck, not even a bite. Don't have a boat, fishing from the shore. Anyone have any pointers on some good spots to fish from shore? Not asking for any super secret stuff just something easy. Are the fish mostly down in the main part of the lake where the water is warmer?
    City: Cameron Park

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished windblown areas in 10 feet or less of water and nailed some big spots- best five went about 17lbs. All on the same worm shaken very fast.
    City: Elk Grove

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got out around 7, fished near the Granite Bay ramp with no luck. Water level still pretty low. Moved over to the south fork and hammered points, flats and coves. Nothing until around noon (oddly, that was when it was getting colder), when we started getting bit. Four spots, all caught on roboworms on shaky heads and drop shot. Others found some luck with jerk baits, but most fished slowly. All around 20' of water.

    Tips: Persistence with spirit!

Friday, February 19th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: What a difference a few days makes . Was out for a few hours on 2-17 and caught spots about every fifteen minutes just junk fishing. Fished the afternoon 2-19 with overcast thinking it would be on , WRONG , one two pound spot for three hours of time
    City: GB

    Tips: ???

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 52-54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: fished from 8-2 yesturday to find the bite wide open. started off the morning up north and caught a few fish on jigs/dart heads 1 on a crankbait and 1 on a wakebait biggest fish of the day a nice 4+ pound spot. then we went back out to the main body and caught a couple more fish dragging a dart head and 1 on a carolina rigged lizzard. caught 15 fish on the day and best 5 went over 14 pounds.
    City: roseville

    Tips: try working points into spawning areas right now, thats what worked for us.

Monday, February 15th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Lower ramp is covered with water and launching is now at the second to lowest ramp (widened this year ) Lake seems to be rising abour two inches a day. Talked to Seth who caught around fifteen in five hours.
    City: Granite Bay

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Does anyone know what ramp they are launching from at Granite Bay and what condition it is in?

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 49-51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Only fished from 2PM-4PM and followed Deep V's tips from last weeks report and finessed 2 spots (1.8# and 2.6#) in the South Fork. Friend of mine was catching them in North Fork last week.
    City: Cameron Park

    Tips: Watch out for some white bass boats (Triton & Ranger). They are not obeying the 5 mph and kept running back in forth (obviously not on fish and too cool to abide the speed limit). I saw them almost collide into each other coming around a bend. Not sure which is worse, jet skiers or negligent bass fishermen doing 70 mph?