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Monday, May 1st, 2006

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    Water Temp: 65-66

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: lAUNCHED AT GRANITE BAY THIS MORNING. LAUNCH RAMP IS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE! 15-20 FEET OF WOOD DEBRIE HUGGING THE SHORE LINE! STILL MANAGED TO LAUNCH. FROM THE LAUNCH RAMP TO ALMOST THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE THEIR WAS A WALL OF DEBRIE ABOUT 10 FEET THICK, BY THE END OF THE DAY IT ALL WASHED UP TO THE SHORELINE. O.K. NOW LETS GET DOWN TO BUSINESS-FISHED BETWEEN 8:00AM- 3:30. NO MONSTERS TO REPORT-2.4 LARGEST FISH. CAUGHT THE WHOLE GRAB BAG, LARGEMOUTHS, SPOTS, AND SMALLIES. ALL OF OUR FISH CAME FROM SURMERGED TREES, EXCEPT ONE ON A WHITE SPINNERBAIT ALONG A STEEP ROCK WALL. 5 INCH SENKOS IN WATERMELON RIGGED WACKY SHORTENED 1 INCH. WE FOUND THAT WE HAD TO MAKE OUR BAITS SMALLER TO ACTUALY HOOK THE FISH. MISSED ABOUT 7-8 FISH BEFORE I made this adjustment and ended up with about a 80% SUCCESS RATE. WE FOUND SOME CURRENT(THATS RIGHT CURRENT)AND LET IT PUSH OUR SENKOS UNDER THE TREES. When the fish grabbed it, IT IMMEDIATELY DARTED AWAY FROM THE TREES(15-25 FEET)AND YOU HAD TO BE CAREFUL ON THE HOOKSET BECAUSE THE FISH ONLY SEEMED TO BE MOVING THE BAIT AWAY FROM THEIR BEDS, AND NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN EATING. ALL FISH WERE LIP HOOKED. CAUGHT AROUND 30+ FISH BETWEEN 2 PEOPLE. PUT ON SEVERAL COATS OF 50 SUNBLOCK BUT i DONT THINK IT HELPED BECAUSE IM GLOWING RED RIGHT NOW.
    City: Antelope

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 63-66

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Moved around a bit and found myself & the kids on the Main Body throwing dartheads on trees. In about an hour we hooked about 15-18 2 lb. Spots. There was even a 5lb. Smally that I plucked off of a bed with my darthead. Kids had a blast and even got to swim a little.
    City: Roseville

    Tips: Main body is kinda murky right now and I had a hard time locating beds, but the fish are in every tree that you come to. Darthead, dropshot or senko, they will eat it. Couldn't get a reaction or swimmmer bite.

Friday, April 28th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 61-66

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: haven't been out to folsom in a long time. went to the south fork looking for bed fish. didnt see any. found fish in 5-10 feet of water and started kill them. had a 3lb smallie and a lot of 3-4lbs spotted bass. found 1 bed fish she was about 5-5.5lbs. caught her on a swimbait. caught about 20-25 fish from 11:30-3:00. great day of fishing.
    City: sacramento

    Tips: fish slow.

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: CARP-O-RAMA!! Carp are up in force right now jumpin and splashin everywhere. Still manage to get some bass with plastics on beds. Tossed on a spoon and started catching carp up to 20lbs! They're fun to catch but not to release! Don't like touchin carp or catfish much.
    City: folsom

    Tips: Both species are up into 1 inch of water (literally) Just look for the fish without the forked tail and throw plastics at it...OR...look for the fish with a forked tail and throw anything silver and shiny at it and some will turn on it and hit it.

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 54 - 59

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went fishing with my partner today. Got on the water around 9:30 AM. My partner boated the first fish about 10 minutes into fishing on a Senko. From then on the bite was wide open. My partner threw his Senko and I threw reaction bait all day. In all best five fish went about 16 LBS. The bite is on FIRE right now guys if you get a chance get out there before all the pleasure boaters began to flood the lake.
    City: Roseville

    Tips: Stay back from the bank a good distance and make long cast's. Fish main body structure.

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006

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    Water Temp: 49-56

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Sorry, last report temps should have been 49 through 56, not 66!
    City: Folsom

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    Water Temp: 49-66

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: First time on this lake in about a year. Spent 3 hours with a friend starting around 4:30 pm just after a tournament finished up. In spite of the fish being pounded, we (my friend) managed 4 or so fish up to 2.5 pounds. There was a jig bite (black jig and Hemphill Special) and a split shot bite - tried other baits with no hits. Main body was surprisingly cold (49.6) but sheltered coves went as high as 66 degrees. Our usual spots weren't so good - probably a good idea not to go right after a tournament.
    City: Folsom

    Tips: Our fish were evenly split between shallow (6') and deeper (18').

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 55-59

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: fished for about 5 hours today. Launched around 10 A.M. Caught a few fish, biggest was 4 lb largemouth. All the rest were spots. Everything I caught came on a Jig near rocky secondary points. Looks like the fish are just waiting to move up, next full moon should bring them in.
    City: Lincoln

    Tips: find rocks

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 52-58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out of Rattlesnake on Thursday with a friend at 1pm. First stop was just by the 5 mph zone on the left wall. Using brown/brown/purple JK jigs in 5-10 ft finding four nice largemouth, biggest 4.2 lbs and smallest 2.5 lbs. split shot a robo worm (green/brown) in 15-20 ft finding some spots 1.5-2.0 lbs.
    Came back out on Friday launching out of Granite Bay, the weather had change with a cold front and rain. Fished the main body around the flats, most of the fish moved off. Found some small spots around bigger rocks dragging a green pumkin jigs in 15-25 ft. Anderson Island has fish around the south end. No swimbait bite, rip bait or spinnerbait.
    City: rocklin

    Tips: As soon as this weather gets warm the the will move back up.

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    Water Temp: 57

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Caught alot of small fish up in the south first thing. Went to main body and found some nice fish on ripbaits. Best one went 3.75. Went to dike 8 and caught a five pound largemouth on a jig. Great day, best five went about 16-17
    City: Folsom

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    Water Temp: 55-60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Best day ever. started out in the morning up in the North fork. Second cast with a buzzbait 4lb spotted bass. Next point caught a six pound largie on a jig. Started throwing swimbaits and with in the next hour caught two spots over five pounds. Also caught a lot of two to three pounders on jigs.

    Tips: fish points

Sunday, April 16th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: re: Vladimir.

    ignore this obvious cry for attention.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I fish for anything and keep everything. Bass, carp or whatever I can find. Had to get another ice chest to put all those bass in to feed all 10 of my family.
    City: Rancho Cordova

    Tips: Potatoes and vodka are great with bass.

Saturday, April 15th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 48-53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started north fork on reaction no takers in the 48 degree water, back off to 52 degree tossing jigs and found servearl a 2.5 and 1 at 3.11 and one almost 5 all spots. Went up the South fork found a few on jigs most were in the 2 pound range. Total fish around 15-17 best 5 around 17 lbs. Threw spinner, jerks, cranks, jigs nothing else. All fish came from 8-15 feet.
    City: Licoln

    Tips: on the jib bite don't set the hook when you feel the tick, give it a couple of seconds then pull up until you feel the load and then just lift. the hook will still be just inside the upper lip. if you set to soon they will drop it.

Friday, April 14th, 2006

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out today in my tiny 10 foot boat. Launched at Granite Bay and fished up the shoreline heading north. Fish were staging and caught them on literally every point I came across. All fish came on dartheads, talked to another boat throwing blades that said the reaction fish were hitting. It was my second time out at Folsom so I just stayed small to build some confidence. Great day on the water, 20 fish caught at the end of the day.
    City: Roseville

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    Water Temp: 56-58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from about 1000-1400. Caught five biggest right at 4lbs, smallest 1.5lbs. Had about 10lbs in all. Caught a couple on a crankbait and 3 on a jig. 2 largemouth and 3 spots. Seems like the fish are staging and ready to move up. Most of my fish came off or rocks.
    City: Lincoln

    Tips: Fish seemed to be holding around 8-10 feet on points leading up to flats. Good luck.

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished all over the lake today & no matter where we were we just couldn't catch a fish over 3 lbs. Must have caught 25 fish in the 2-3 lb. range. Guess it's a bunch of bucks up hunting for females. All of our fish came on spinnerbaits on the side of any point. Was beautiful weather though.
    City: Cameron Park

    Tips: White w\ copper blades

Sunday, April 9th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: A few fish caught in main lake body, but good size. Threw soft plastics shallow on rip-rap near dam. Penisula trees were muddy and unproductive. Water a little warmer there though. Got one smallie on broken rock bank on So. Fork on plastic crawdad. Water was colder than expected. Should go nuts when the sun comes out for a week---maybe in August? HA! Was still posted 5 mph on Sunday, but gate attendent said no one is observing it. I saw no debris, and no skiiers and only one water flea that of course had to come buzz me. What's with them???
    City: Folsom

Saturday, April 8th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 48-54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: The lake was still a 5 mph, but most of the boaters were not. Fished in the main body in 15-20 ft finding some small spots and smallies. We then move to shallow water in 5-10 ft find our bigger fish 2-4 lbs. Quency , Dennie and I were crankin , jigin and split shot, the bits were soft and very light. Cranking in weeds with rocks. They should pull the 5 mph limit, the lake clean.
    City: rocklin

    Tips: Fish slow, shallow look for flats. the fish are moving up for food not bedding yet.

Friday, April 7th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I catch big bass today at lake Folsom. I use nightcrawler with bobber fishing for blue gill. I catch the fish near the bank off of salmon rd. I like the bass better then the blue gill, but my wife and kids do not.
    City: South Sacramento

    Tips: Scott do you have any good recipies for the bass?