Folsom Lake and Reports

Monday, July 28th, 2008

• By bluefisher

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Went out of gb ramp and there is only 3 ft of water so go slow ! Fishing was good got 6 on dropshot got bored with that so tryed blades for three more .The bigger fish came on spinerbait just had to cover alot of water .Dropshot fish were in 29ft of water with shalow water nerby.
  
  
  5mph unless you have a badge
  City: roseville

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

• By Shane Swan

  Water Temp: 78

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Got on the water at 8 and started fishing at 9. I got my first bite at 10 and lost it, about a 3 pound largemouth. About 1/2 hour later, I caught my first and only fish of the day, a 2 1/2 lb largemouth. I found lots of fish on the graph, but I could not get them to go- tough to run and gun at 5MPH.
  City: Elk Grove

Monday, July 21st, 2008

• By bluefisher

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Had a normal day on folsom.best 5 went 14lbs with a 5.2 kicker all bites came on white on white blades in 5-12 ft range .
  City: roseville

  Tips: Hit the first rock pile out from the ramp .There are fish on that spot all year .Find the bite for the day and run and gun....good to see jim is back

• By Shane Swan

  Water Temp: 79

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Much more difficult fishing without the smoke cover. We caught about 10 for the day. I was not responsible for 6 of those fish. The big fish for the day was about 4lbs (I actually dumped it at the boat, but it was close enough to net and I actually touched it so I am counting it). I broke off two nice fish (time to switch back to 8lb test) and we missed about 10 bites. The fish were nibbling on the end of the worm but not taking the whole darthead. I tried dropshotting for deeper fish and caught one rat. All fish came on dartheads. My favorite worm was outshined by the jerk in the back of the boat using a green pumpkin worm- thanks Dave, you are no longer welcome on my boat.
  City: Elk Grove

  Tips: All fish came off rocks in depths from 10-30 feet.

Friday, July 11th, 2008

• By Shane

  Water Temp: 81

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: On the water at 6:15- tried topwater with no takers. A couple of bites on a swimbait but they wouldn't eat it. As soon as I picked up the darthead, it was on! I caught about 20 with the best 5 going about 15lbs. Hint- fish very shallow.
  City: Elk Grove

  Tips: Windblown rocks on the main body were best. I tried the South Fork and it was not happening for me. Smokey skies were helpful.

• By Chris B.

  Water Temp: 80

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Worked the North Fork from 9am-3pm. Wind gusts to 15 in AM, 10 in afternoon. Smokey overcast. Best three: a nice 4 lb'er, 3 lb, and a 2.5 lb. Only small ones in AM on topwater. Bite turned on for me around noon. Had best luck with slow-dragging craw color jigs at the base of rockpiles, and shad color swimbaits (6") over tops of shallow rock gardens.
  City: Folsom

  Tips: Rockpiles on edge of deeper (15' or more) water is the key. Only a few more days and the rec boaters are gone, then lake back to 5 mph. Wahoo.

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

• By captjack

  Water Temp: 78

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: The Junior Bass Club fished the lake in the morning. I stayed out in the main body left of the dam. My junior and I droped shot on the humps in 10-25 ft. Using a perl/blue shad 4" worm we got 12-15 spots, smallmouth and largemouth ranging from 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 lbs. Get out early and be off by noon.
  City: Rocklin

  Tips: shake the worm and stay on the bottom

• By Shane Swan

  Water Temp: 76

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: On the water at 6:30- fished in the south fork and caught about 8. Went to the main body and caught another 8 or so. Biggest five would have gone about 17lbs with our biggest fish going about 4 1/2lbs. We were off the water at 10:30am.
  City: Elk Grove

  Tips: Windblown areas with 6" worms

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

• By Dave

  Water Temp: unk

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Fished Tues 7 AM to 1PM around Folsom Point, near dam, and on peninsula across from Beeks Bight. Very smoky, but calm. No topwater fish caught, nor deep crank (to 15ft), nor split shot, jig, shaky head in AM.
  Marked many fish in the 20-25 ft depth. After noon caught 3 decent fish on deep crank in about 15-20 ft, main lake points.
  Fished Wed 12 PM - 5 PM, North Fork, peninsula side. Marked many fish in 15-25 ft range deep flats and on dropoffs. Caught 3 on split shot senko and lizard, around 3 PM. 15 ft.
  City: Folsom

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

• By Loyd

  Water Temp: 68

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: well lets see wind howling still went out tryed topwater on calm banks with only a couple fish went to wind blown and tossed shallow cranks caught a couple more fish started throwing 6" senko and picked up a couple nice fish.
  City: roseville

  Tips: hard to fish this time of year but if you catch a fish or two keep working the area and change up your baits.

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

• By loyd

  Water Temp: 69

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: well not a good day but ok alot of small fish so lets see caught over 30 fish caught 2 fish at a time even so i guess if you want to catch alot of fish or if your looking for a big fish go have fun.
  City: roseville

  Tips: i was throwing alot of topwater and swimbaits but only throw your cheap stuff as the small bass will eat off the tails have fun abd enjoy

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

• By keith

  Water Temp: ????

  Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

  Report: how come no ones been postin ? ... cause the bassins red hot ?
  City: sacto

  Tips: try the tri

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

• By Keith O

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Drifted with wind with Senkos for suspended post spawners.
  City: Cameron Park

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

• By Jim Eaton

  Water Temp: did'nt look

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: I have been reading reports from this web site for a few years now, and have decided I am going to start posting reports. I fish every weekend and feel I have some info that can be usefull. I was on the water by 6 a.m., little to no wind. Threw reaction to no avail. First 2 casts with a swim bait (small blue huddleston shad) landed a 8 lb, and a 5 lb. On a major body point, did'nt hardly feel the take, but it was taken on the fall, both times. After that it shut down, a few 1-2 lbers on a drop shot in 10-15 ft of water. My best day on Folsom yet, 19 lbs. Check out the pic on the photos!
  City: El Dorado hills, Ca

  Tips: fish slow after the front, check your line OFTEN on the drop shot. Best bites were before the sun came up in the shallow on points. Good luck.

• By Paul Parks

  Water Temp: 64

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: On the water from 5:45 to 8:45 am . Very tough bite, fish were not on the banks. did top water , rip bait , hud craw, and senkos. finally caught two undersized spots on a split shot mm robo worm. Not to many boats for a three day weekend.
  City: Granite Bay Ca.

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

• By Capt Mike

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Cast for kids tournament out of granite bay put on by Folsom Bass Team. Very organized and lots of fun. I had 2 kids and a mom in my 21 foot Triton. I think there were over 20 boats in the event. Jeff our president and committed did a wonderful job. It was nice to see the kids smile as they reeled in 11 spots in 2 hours. I even got them to kiss the fish goodby.We got our boat pulled out by club members and went to a nice barbaque. The kids all got a rod and nice tackle box with various tackle inside. The dart headed fish we caught hit pirzm shad worms.
  I am looking forward to next years event and hope we get more people involved.
  City: orangevale

  Tips: The fish wouldn't eat live night crawles below a bobber???? So we dart headed them. 10 to 15 feet in the rocks. Take a kid fishing

Monday, May 5th, 2008

• By bluefisher

  Water Temp: 61

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Fishing has been good 10-15 fish a day on rip baits and fluks most fish 1-2 lbs all shallow 1-10ft
  City: roseville

  Tips: Rig your fluk with one split shot on the hook and leave the hook exposed and cover more water!

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

• By DanO

  Water Temp: 57-58

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Dodged the wind until about 1pm and no crowds,so itwas a nice day to fish. Fished the trees on the peninsula and near Beals Pt. for one 3# spot and lost a nice one. One fish for two bites. Seemed pretty slow, maybe all this cold weather has an affect. Tried Senko and worms, but maybe they wanted something else, somewhere else?
  City: Folsom

Friday, April 25th, 2008

• By adrian

  Water Temp: 59 - 62

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: on the water at 8:30. Started ripping on the face of Mormon Is. Dam. got 2 dinks one 3# and a 3.5 # salmon, all eat a L C staycee sp90 in ghost minnow.moved south and hit wind blown side of main points with a dartheaded 4 1/2 curly robo in aaron's magic, got 1 or 2 fish in every stop. Ended the day in front of the dam. caught several there on the same bait including a 3# 2 oz and a little smallie. Tried the hula grub for a while with no takers.
  total for the day 14# for the best five. 15 fish caught, most of em keepers.
  
  Total for the day
  City: Folsom

  Tips: move a lot, fish hitting the bank but scattered.
  Focus on points near both deep and shallow waters. Natural colors where best for me, water is realy clear.

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

• By ShoreFishingDave

  Water Temp: unk

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Fished for 1 hour in evening (5PM) from the shore between dike 8 and dike 7. No bites on shaky head, nor deep crank (craw).
  1 LMB on bass-colored Zara Spook about 2.5 lb.
  Saw some bait fishermen catching/keeping good fish on minnows - several in an hour.
  City: Folsom