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Friday, April 7th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Looking to fish Folsom Bass League this Sunday. I'm between boats at the moment. Anyone need a backseat?
    City: Rocklin

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Took my buddy Mike out to the lake and tried showing him a new way to catch big fish. He turned out to be a quick learner. Went into a shallow cove and watched the bass chasing trout or bait. Mike caught a 4lb beauty in about 30 minutes. I had 2 later in the day. We weren't looking for spawners or bank runners. Fished the main lake all morning. Had softball practice so we left at 1 pm. I'm afraid he is hooked on big fish fishing.
    City: orangevale

    Tips: Have fun slow down. Fish are in 15 foot wanting to move up. None of our fish had any damage to there fins or tails. They were fat and in grreat shape. Beautiful spots.

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Scott - Thanks for the Folsom Lake update as we all are looking forward to the FOLSOM BASS LEAGUE tourney. I just hope those "2 nice fat spots you kept for dinner" don't come back to haunt you.
    City: FOLSOM,CA

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out with wife between storms. Big John says fish 10 to 2 and I did. Around 12 I nailed a fat 5 1/2 pounder on a Castic swim bait. My wife nailed a fat smallie. Fair amount of wood and dabrie. Left at 2 and had lunch. Shimano swim bait rod 5 to 8 inch model works great. Fished Main lake.
    City: orangevale

    Tips: Fish Slow

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    Water Temp: 50-53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I was out for a few hours this AM to check the status of the wood & debris issue that has plagued Folsom all year. I ripped a couple of fat spots that went home for dinner and found alot of places that had bait & fish stacked up real good. Didn't have my dropshot or darthead rods onboard to try, but I'm sure that there was a decent worm bite as well.

    I am pleased to report that the main body and about 1/3 the way up both arms is clear from any major debris problems. The pieces that are on the main body are large, BUT easily seen from long distances and very easy to avoid (like dodging jetskiers). The south fork is mostly clear until just above New York where there is a minor pile swirling around in the temperture break in the gooseneck area. The north fork has alot of scattered debris from Eddie Murphy up thru Anderson Is., but for the most part it is large pieces that are easy to avoid. Amazingly, there is no noticeable debris on the Penninsula, which is great because there won't be any to get back into the lake should the level rise.

    I fully expect the State parks to lift the speed limit sometime this week as they had park maintance crews out today cleaning the wood from all of the Granite Bay ramps. I noticed a little drop in the lake level that appeared to strand alot of the debris on the bank, hopefully they will pull about 5-10 ft. out of the lake and get it all up there. The incoming storm should blow what remains on the main body on the bank.

    The FOLSOM BASS LEAGUE tournament scheduled for next Sunday, April 9th will go on as scheduled. Like I said, I fully expect the speed limit to be lifted sometime this week and from what I heard from the Honorbound tournament yesterday, the fish are biting really good. I hope to see everyone out for the FOLSOM BASS LEAGUE'S last regular season event next Sunday. it promises to be a great tournament with alot great anglers competing.

    For all of the up-to-date information about the FOLSOM BASS LEAGUE, go to www.folsombassleague.com . Our site has all of the up-to-date tournament information, informative articles written by some of Califonia's top pro's and links to alot of information about the sport of bass fishing. I look forward to seeing everyone out there next Sunday.
    City: Roseville

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

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    Water Temp: ~55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: i got out at about 7am and started out with some early spinnerbait for 45min and got nothin.swiched to a jig later and ended up pullin in 2 small largemouth. later i used the never-failing dropshot and caught 7 largemouth and a smally.
    City: sacramento

    Tips: search for fish on fish-finder and then drop the dropshot.or throw the dropshot in tight tree areas and drag back to the boat.

Monday, March 27th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 48to50

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: WIND, RAIN AND WOOD WAS THE RULE WITH POOR CONDITIONS UP THE SOUTH FORK. TWO FISH ON ROBO'S 5-15 FEET OF WATER. HEAVY RAIN WHILE LEAVING THE DOCK.
    City: CARMICHAEL

    Tips: SLOW FISHING WITH FRONT COMING IN!

Sunday, March 26th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 48

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 6:00 am til noon, tough bite. I split shot, jigs, ripped, dropshot, and threw swimbaits. The only success came on a jig and a split-shot lizard. I missed a few jig bites where they bit off tails.Post front not the greatest conditions.Water was up 2 feet from Fridays water level. Two fish total.
    City: Granite Bay Ca.

    Tips: Don't go , the real story is the floating wood.It's posted 5 mph and one has to respect that.It took me 25 minutes to get to G B launch from half a mile north of Anderson Island. Normally thats a 4 minute trip.

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

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    Water Temp: 50-57

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Out in the afternoon with Tom Ericson, find the lake set @ 5 mph because of all the wood in the water. The parking lot was filled with trucks and boat trailers, everybody out looking for that large swim bait bass. Last Saturday one of the members from the Basin Bassmaster came in with a BIG bag 31.50 lbs for five fish. So I headed out in the wooded waters into the back of a cove looking for the same thing. For the next two hours the bit was off, until we riged up a split shot with a leach. In 4-8 ft the smallies and spots were found fat and strong. Leaving at dark and the cold front caming in we found no big bass.
    City: rocklin

    Tips: fish shallow and in the backs of coves, good luck and becareful.

Saturday, March 18th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 48/50

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Loomis Basin Bass club fished folsom today. We had 5 limits out of 11 boats. One team blanked. We weighed 38 fish alive. My Big fish was a beauty at 9.34 lbs. Heavy boat was 31.80 for 5 keepers. Second place was a real nice limit of 24.38 lbs. There big fish was a 6.44 lb spot. My non boater had a 6.80 spot to go with my 9.34. We were culling 4 pounders. Is that insane or what? Best day ever on any lake for me and I've fish for bass over 25 years.We caught over 20 keepers. Had nice limit by 9 a.m. and culled every one by 12:30. From 12:30 to 2:00 it was insane. William and I were high fiveing each other after every toad. My thums are wasted.Fish main lake all day.
    City: orangevale

    Tips: The fish are moving up shallow. Fish the windy side of the lake. Fish slow and cover lots of flat points. I didn't find many on the steeper banks.The dead sea is ALIVE.

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    Water Temp: 47.5-51

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Spent from about 0830-1230 on the lake. Started out in New York Creek got nothing. Went to some trees in the main lake and caught one spot about 2.5 lbs on a crankbait. Started getting windy about that time.
    City: Lincoln

Saturday, March 11th, 2006

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    Water Temp: cold but okay

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: went out at about 3:30 or 4. fished for 2hour but caught two really nice fish 6lbs and 5.5lbs. the 5.5lbs was a smallmouth. caught them on a secret bait. the fish didnt fight at all they were like ice cubes.
    City: rocklin

    Tips: fish really slow

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    Water Temp: 46-50

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Sence Wedesday the lake has gone up at least 10 ft, good to see. Dennie Howard and I got in the water at 2pm for some sun and fishing. Cold weather but we found shallow fish in 5-15 ft with a darthead/worm in the main body. all 7 of our fish were over 2.5 lbs. I'll check it out again tomorrow and see if it still holds. Good luck and stay warm.
    City: rocklin

    Tips: fish slow and shallow

Thursday, March 9th, 2006

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    Water Temp: cold

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Got on the water about 0830. As soon as we pulled out of the 5's at browns it started raining. So we made a short trip and started throwing blades on a wind blown bank. Blades produced 2 quick fish, 2.13oz & 1.3oz. Then the skys cleared for a bit and nothing.... Started throwing jigs and caught 2 more fish, 1.8oz & 1.4oz. All in all not a bad day on the water w\ the cold temps & no sun for a couple weeks. Also spent more time running/breaking in the new motor then we did fishing.
    City: Cameron Park

    Tips: All 4 fish were VERY pale but were only in 8-10ft of water.

Sunday, March 5th, 2006

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Went to granite bay launch ramp, Islands have disappeared. Lake level is up at least 6 feet from 3 days ago. Did not fish. It is going to be wood everywhere soon so be very careful. Heavy rains and high wind will scatter bait. Good luck
    City: orangevale

    Tips: just reporting on water level. Too windy to fish.

Wednesday, March 1st, 2006

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    Water Temp: 49 to 51

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out at 2:30 to 5:30 water is around 6 feet higher than last Saturday.Went up north and found very muddy water before Anderson Island,also a lot of floating wood.The main body is stained but very fishable.We caught four total in windy conditions
    City: Granite Bay

    Tips: I caught 0 and my partner caught 3 on blades and 1 on a jig.Throw blades on the bank and slow retrieve back to the boat.

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 48

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Slept in a little. Hit water by 8am. Played guide for my son in law who dosen't get to fish much. He caught a nice 2lber on first cast? I told him that was bad luck. After 4 keepers I reminded him it was bad luck. It was bad luck for me. I only had one taker and I forgot to tighter the drag on my crank bait reel. So nice run no hook set. Somebody better do something about the crappy launch facility at granite bay. There is no room when everybone wants to get out at the same time.Nobody knows how to drop off there driver and get the hell out of the way? Reminds me of driving in san jose at rush hour.
    City: Orangevale

    Tips: We had a 3 mile pattern. Every 3 miles of bank we would get one fish. Charge your batterys. No real pattern just dumb luck.I was throwing a 8 inch trout bait first 2 hours with no luck. Jarret caught all 4 fish first 2 hours. Wind came up bite shut down. Go fish oroville or berryessa until folsom gets some water in it.Fish were in 10 feet of water. Lite line dart head grubs? Good Luck.

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    Water Temp: 52-53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Out at Granite at 6:15am, found some bait and fish on island tops in 10-25 ft dragging a lizard and a JK jig in brown/rust. Good fish over near Brown's. Winds came on so off the water by noon.
    City: rocklin

    Tips: find the bait and you'll find the big bass

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

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    Water Temp: 48-52

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: started at 8:30a.m. and fished till about 3p.m. THIS was my worst trip of the year so far-0 fish! SKUNKED! Spoke to a lot of guys on the water with simular results. THE ONLY FISH I HEARD OF WAS 3 ON ONE BOAT, AND SOME RETIRED GUYS CAUGHT ONE ON A MINNOW.OUCH! Maybe I was just talking to the BUNCH OF GUYS TODAY! There was no lack of fisherman on the lake today. Oh well..... maybe try after the storms.....
    City: antelope

    Tips: Wish I had some to share-tried most of the usual rigs, shallow to about 25 feet with out even a bump!

Sunday, February 19th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: On the water about 10:30 but spent the first 45min. or so breaking in the new Skeeter (21i)& motor. Started fishing around 1130 or so and it was SLOW... I'm sure that the reacent COLD fronthad a LITTLE to do w/ it. Ended the day at 2:30 w/ 2 fish over 2 lbs. Best part of it is the fish came on baits that I pour my self. 4" split-tail zipper grub, watermellon w/ red & blk flake. FIESHON!!!!!!!!!!!
    City: Cameron Park

    Tips: Keep your bait wet & enjoy the peace before the lake lice hit the water.