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Saturday, April 16th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out with shaun thursday morning, and caught a bunch of small fish, nothing over a couple of pounds drop shotting, split shotting, senkos and rip baits. Went out saturday evening for a couple of hours, caught a nice spot 3.8 and a largie just slightly larger on senkos up the south fork, went back over to the north and picked up fish rippin in the back of coves and split shottin 4" robo worms. Fishing just outside of Jacks Shack a buddy of mine nailed about a 3.5 lb smallie, gorgeous fish, and we got a few more small ones. I heard that it took 23lbs to win WON bass tourney out here on saturday.
    City: rescue

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    Water Temp: 59-62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: did something i thought I,D NEVER DO -FISH FOLSOM ON A SATURDAY(SKIERS ECT)FISHED FROM 0:100P.M.-:630. ONLY ONE FISH-BUT A PERSONAL BEST ON A SPLIT SHOT 7 INCH MAGIC WORM OFF A POINT IN MAIN BODY OF THE LAKE. A 4.97 LARGEMOUTH! ALL MOUTH!
    City: antelope

Wednesday, April 13th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I brought a friend out and wanted to put him on some fish so we threw darter head grubs.The previous evening I had caught ten spots doing the same thing in the North fork in two and a half hours.We were skunked for two hours up North when we headed South.That was the right move,we ended up with 15 fish the last couple of hours of daylight.Had one 3 lb. spot that was our best fish.
    City: Granite Bay

    Tips: Darter head grubs and lizards, and split shot lizards.Talked to a guy who did well on blades.All our fish were in coves.

Monday, April 11th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 57-60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: launched at 8:am-offwater by 4.early morning winds made conditions slowww. 2 smallies to 2.75 pounds by 1p.m.caught fish by split-shoting a 7 inch magic worm in back coves up the north fork. Hit main body of lake by beals point around 1:30;wind died down to nothing.(water temp main body 60 degrees)caught an additional 6 fish up to 2.25 pounds mixed smallies and spots. would of stayed, but had things to do.
    City: antelope

    Tips: fish slow..bites on main part of lake weak, north fork got slammed.

Sunday, April 10th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I had the pleasure of fishing with EldoradoKid on Sunday in his boat! Caught spots on Senkos early in the cove at New York Creek. Later caught spots on crawdad jerks near Jacks Shack near the river channel. Finished the day catching smallies and spots on the North Fork on Senkos.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Slow presentation and large rocks were the ticket for the day for us! Look out Amador, here we come!

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    Water Temp: not sure

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: went all the way back up rattlesnake bar 6-9 in the AM with no luck with anything. Came back out by 5 mmile hr bouys along steep granite wall and nailed a 4lb large mouth on a brass n glass grey senko...b&g was up about 20 inches...
    City: Lincoln

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    Water Temp: 56 Degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing North arm caught all quality fish. Fish the main body 4.5 lb female Black and 3 lb Smallie. The bites all day. Fished step walls with deep water near by.
    City: Granite Bay

    Tips: Split shot and Brown 6 in worm and salt and pepper grubs on dater heads. Couldn't get a reaction bite on blades or rip baits but others can.

Saturday, April 9th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Shaun wasn't with me today, brought the girlfriend out at about 530 pm for a quick trip. Ran up to New York creek, caught 1 spot and 1 smallie in the first couple of casts on LC rip bait. Kate (the girlfriend, throws a senko back in a cove by a tree and nails a largie a little about 4.5-5 lbs and loses it due to weak hookset, I keep telling just hit em'. Cruised slow around a point, her drop shottin' a Reaction Innovations flirt worm in stinky pinky color and nails a 3.5 lb spot, gets that in the boat. I get one more on a rip bait then off to another cove. She picks up another good spot just under 3lbs and another about 2. All I could manage was serveral more all small (under 2lbs). Last time I take her fishing! ha
    City: rescue

    Tips: Rippin' lucky crafts, split shottin' aarons magic robo worms, and drop shottin' stinky pinky flirts were all working, for less than two hours of fishing we put 10 fish in the boat and lost serveral others. Not bad for an evening

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    Water Temp: 53-58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started out late @ 10:30am. The water is coming up, but so much cold water coming in. The lake is staying cold. You can find bass in the back of the coves in 6-15 ft with plastic and jigs. Most of the bass were 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 lbs, most spots. Winds were light, sun out most of the day. We started out on rocky coves with drop offs near, working our way down into the creek channel. The bass were in the backs in some and not others. Found some beds and some beds empty.
    City: rocklin

    Tips: light line with a split shot, # 266 leach, green pumkin lizard 4 ". brown/green jigs with a green grub or brown (double tail).

Wednesday, April 6th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 55-56

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: 4-5-05 fished 3 hours with my son in rattlesnake,only 1 10 inch spot rippin a luckycraft. pre-storm mode.got off the lake at 6p.m. and then the rain hit hard-good timing.fished garcia bend on 4-6-05
    caught 3 stripers up to 23 inches(all released)hightlight of the day was helping a guy who was hooked up from the shore with a HUDGE sturgen(sp?)who was standing chest high in water with a 12 foot rod a massive spinning reel to boot. he called me over- had him pass me the rod, and he jumped aboard. After 45-60 minutes the fish was jammed underneath a log about 25 feet from shore in 15 feet of water. we could feel him.... but he just wouldn't move. The guy told me to hold his rod, and he was going in to unpin the beast.holy sh*%! Tied a rope around his ankle,gave him my knife,and stuck his rod in my rod holder(lund/scotty model)down he went.came up moments later, and said...i can get him;off he goes again.seconds later he comes up with a tail-smacks him in the mouth and gets a bloody lip! no problems, he didn,t break stride.he then informs me that the hook is hooked into the side of the log and he has to grab the fish by the mouth and unhook the log and fish together.down again to finish the mission.once the fish is released from the log it makes a last ditch effort for freedom on a small run and breakes my rod holder like a twig. got to the rod in time.towed the beast to shore....success!!!!! the angler reinbursed me for the holder without me asking-good form. fun days on the water. OH
    City: antelpoe

    Tips: GET ON THE WATER SOON AND HOOK UP!

Sunday, April 3rd, 2005

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: While waiting for my partner who forgot about day light savings time, I hooked a 1 pound smallie in the cove at Folsom Point launch ramp on a white and blue spinnerbait. The only other fish was a 2+ spot on a green Senko in the New York Creek Cove in about 10 feet of water.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Small baits worked from the shoreline out to deeper water seemed to get the most attention early. Sides of the coves in the early morning and then the creek channel in the afternoon seemed to be where the fish were holding.

Saturday, April 2nd, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started at 7:30 AM at Old Salmon Falls on South Fork. Sonar showed fish but no interest in Senko, nor white/chartreuse spinner bait, nor bleeding watermelon tube. Found a couple small but scrappy one-lbers (a redeye and a largemouth) in the back of a creek cove around a fallen tree with a Fat A Rap crawdad crankbait.
    Looking forward to the warmer water coming.
    City: Folsom, CA

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    Water Temp: 52-57

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Water moing fast through Folsom right now, not going up or down. Quency and I found all our bass back in the coves were the water was warmer in 7-10 ft of water around big rocks and trees. split shot a small lizard and texas rig a large green pumkin lizard in around the trees and rocks. Finding only small fish, but the 2 lb plus fish were around the base of the down trees over in the rock garden. Light winds kept us off the main body.
    City: rocklin

    Tips: work down the banks into the cove with rock and brush

Tuesday, March 29th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 48-54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Was out Friday and had a good blade and jig bite,(3-27}lots of smallies and spots 50-50.most were very decent 2 lbs to 3 lbs.Went out on Sunday morning and bite had slowed caught 4 in 4 hours.Tuesday afternoon the lake has dropped 5 feet since Friday.The large parking lot that was covered with water at Granite Bay is now dry.I'm sure it will fill up soon.
    City: Granite Bay

    Tips: Every day is different, just have to figure it out.

Sunday, March 27th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 53-56

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: The snow water has made the lake cool down again, but a few fisherman were out on Easter morning before the winds kicked in. Glenn Sessions and I fished in front of the camp ground first, I have not been on this lake for a month. We started out with cranking, blades , rip n and no bass on points. We moved our way down the bank in 5-20 ft split shotting with a tiny sweet beaver green/bed flake claw finding two nice 3.5 to 3.7 lb smallie and spot. The winds started in about 9:30 so we kept moving into the coves in the North fork area founding more on brown/purple jigs with a # 180 grub. I did not find a fish on the beds yetm but i'm sure there is some. The main body got white so we headed in at 11:30
    City: rocklin

    Tips: change to bigger hooks and work the back of the coves.

Sunday, March 20th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Took a couple younger guys out to Folsom for some fun fishing who had been having a tough time finding fish, Boy talk about windy and I speared a good one in the Ranger. Maggie , my dog went from the front deck to the back one riding a wave.The water is up over my last visit and colder probably due to the snow melt. I stayed in the North arm for about 3 hours and left when the hail and lighting started.
    City: Carmichael

    Tips: No reaction fish on rips, blades or cranks which surprised me with all the wind, and the drop in pressure. If you could get boat control a good fish or two could be picked up on each secondary point going back into a cove. Watermelon baby hog or yamamoto lizard on a C-rig with a 18-24 inch leader. Nasty weather and thank goodness for my fish hedz.

Tuesday, March 15th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Jack's Shack early with cranks and topwater, lots of fish busting the surface but no takers. We moved down to New York Creek cove and were fishing a bank when we were approached by another fisherman on the water. He suggested a spot back in the cove and told me my kids would surely hook up. I want to thank that fisherman for the advise! My 6 year old daughter caught her first bass, a 3 pound spot that was the highlite of the day! My daughter handed me her rod and said "Daddy, I'm caught on a rock again". I tugged to free it and it tugged back! I told her "your not caught on a rock, your caught on a fish!" After a short fight and a lot of yelling we took her piture with her first bass!
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Thanks again to that fisherman who pointed me in the right direction. His advice on location and bait put me in the winners circle with my daughter today! We split shotted 3 inch green Senkos for 3 fish. Share the wealth of information, it is sure to make a difference in someones day, it did today!

Tuesday, March 8th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 47-51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Did not get out until 11am, the sun was out and no rain for the day. My boat was rear ended last week when I was towing it. So I wanted to fish but the inspection of the motor and hull was first on my list of things to do. After a run around the lake and a look for leaks the fishing line hit the water with a spinner bait in shallow waters with my first fish weighting 2.1 lbs. So I worked the shallow banks in front of 5% finding mor in about 5-10 feet. Moving around the lake that has came up in the last 2 weeks, my island tops are now to deep to work.
    City: rocklin

    Tips: work spinner baits, crankin along the banks

Saturday, March 5th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 54-55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: FISHED THE MAIN BODY NEAR BEALS POINT WITH TUBES AND SPLIT SHOTED ROBO WORMS IN OXBLOOD AND NEW AYU, MY FRIEND KEVIN LANDED 9 FISH OFF OF ONE SPOT, I ONLY GOT THREE,BUT I MISSED ABOUT 6-7 BITES,I SHOULD HAVE LET THE ROD LOAD UP A BIT MORE,WAS A LITTLE TRIGGER HAPPY.THE BITE TURNED OFF FOR US WHEN THE LAKE GLASED OFF
    City: ORANGEVAIE

    Tips: FISH SPLIT SHOTED WORMS,TUBES,DARTHEADES,SHOULD BE ALOT MORE FISH SHALLOW THIS WEEKEND AFTER THIS WARMING TREND.

Friday, March 4th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 53-56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Shaun and I went out today, got a late start about 10 am. Fished a hump by Folsom point for a few spots, biggest was a little over 3.5 on the scale. Next ran up the north fork, started tossing jigs up on trees, thump, brought a nice largie about 5-6 pounds up and lost him at the boat. kept working trees up the north fork with 2 more largies right around 4lbs on the scale. Its nice to see there are still some in the lake. Went back out to the main body, caught quite a few more spots and smallies up to about 2lbs drop shottin, split shottin' and dartheads. Overall a really productive day on Folsom.
    City: folsom

    Tips: Brown and purple jigs, as the water temp warms, these fish will be moving up and getting ready to spawn. North Fork seems to be clearer than the south, and warmer. Dark brown worms, 4 and 6 inch, and morning dawn all productive colors. good luck and tight lines