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Thursday, December 17th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Caugh our (4) 1.5-2 pound spots using 4.5" salt & pepper with char. tail, ound them in 18-20' o water on the northork. They were on rock piles.
    City: Shingle Springs

    Tips: used glass bead between split shot & shake it.

Sunday, December 6th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished a club outing with a good riend. WE ished rom 7:00am until 1:00pm. Caught a total o 12 bass. Could have had a lot more but insisted on trying or bigger ish or the irst 4 hours. Finally started worming and ound ish rom 25 to 28 eet deep and rocky banks. Smaller rock was best - baseball sized or less. Fish were hitting green and brown worms. Avergae size was about 2.lbs. Best ish were 2.7LM, 2.4 LM, 2.4 SM.
    City: Orangevale

    Tips: Work worm very slow. Find holding depth and then ih should be at that depth most places you stop. Mud and silt bottoms are not holding ish, when you el rock withyour split shot, that's the time to slow down and expect a bite.

Saturday, November 28th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I was out at Folsom last sat. What a pretty day to be out on the water! I got on the water about 9AM and went to the north. I ished the top 25 eet o water. Did not have much size but did get about 5 ish or the day. No blade or crank ish. All my ish were on rubber in smoked or clear colors, tio5-6 eet on rock. We came back in about 1:30PM.
    City: n/a

Sunday, November 22nd, 1998

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Folsom or the aternoon or the irst time in 4 years, launched out o GB. Went up the North ork and hit some good looking banks, I hit the irst and only ish at 20t in a couple o minutes on a six inch morning dawn. Ater that we could graph ish that semed to be schooling up but no takers. I concidered throwing the tackle box in, but decided against it. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
    City: n/a

    Tips: Dynamite and a net!!! OK DFG, just joking...

Monday, November 2nd, 1998

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    Water Temp: 63

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Found spots at 20', small only a pound or so. nothing on blades or crankbaitswitched to worms. The bite was not agressive just pressure.
    City: Shingle Springs

Friday, October 23rd, 1998

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: GOT ON YHE WATER BY NOON AND FISHED THE MAIN BODY. CAUGHT 2 SPOTS 2#'S AND 1 SHORT BY 1:00 BY DYKE 8.MOVED TO NEW YORK CREEK AND TRIED BLADES, RIPPING,SHAKING,CRANKING AND JIGS, ALL I GOT WAS WASTED TIME.WENT TO THE DAM AND TRIED A SUPER SPOOK ANDHAD A FEWLOOKERS BUT NO TAKERS.
    City: olsom

Monday, October 12th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 67

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Snuck out or a little midday tour. Had not been on the lake since March. Lake had not turned over, diiculty inding ish on graph. Those that I did graph were suspended. I did manage to catch a view dinks, 2 largemouth and some spots. The large mouth came rom 2 t o water in back o a cove in South Fork on white/white blade. The spots came rom the dam ace near Beal's Point darthead salt n pepper grub.
    City: Elk Grove

Saturday, September 26th, 1998

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at Dyke 8 around 8:00 (cloudy, drizzle), ished trees, 14'deep, just west o launch and had 2 Largemouth within 20 minutes, one on Vyper spinnerbait, other on nightcrawler. Tried to repeat pattern throughout South ork without success(tried worms, grubs, minnows also). Returned to irst spot around 3:30 (sunny) and got 2 more Largemouth and 1 Spot on Magic Worms, all in about 30 minutes. They were tight to trees. Had 2 kids and beginner in boat, taking advantage o ree ishing day. Fish were12 inchers to 2 pounds.
    City: Folsom

Tuesday, September 22nd, 1998

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 4:15 to 7:15 with Scott Vaughn. We put 5 largemouth and 1 spot in the boat on brown 1/4 oz. jigs with a 5" Kalins summer craw grub. Fish were shallow (4 - 14 t) and airly aggressive. Had it not been windy I think the bite would have been even better.
    City: Orangevale

Tuesday, July 7th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 80's

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fish are starting to move into the summer pattern. I was out rom 4:00pm to 8:00 and had 7 keepers. 4 on blades (less than 3 eet deep) 1 on a zara spook and two on a crank bait. All largemouth.
    City: Orangevale

Sunday, June 21st, 1998

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I was ishing one o the coves over in the Salmon Falls area and my riend and I were just about to call it a day when I decided to switch back to a chartreuse spinner bait with a chart. jig on it. I casted out near a log and hooked a nice 4lb largemouth. She put up a good ight too. Lake is exceptionally high and warm.
    City: Sacramento

Tuesday, June 16th, 1998

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: go to rattlesnake bar and ish the shoreline which is hard to access. tips: use a black lizard impreganated with garlic run it on the bottom o the water. i you have banjo minnows use them to the bass seem to love them.
    City: Folsom

Friday, June 12th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 67

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: My 6 yr old caught all the ish today. He caught 3 about 3 lbs a piece. They were chasing minnows rom 10 eet to the surace.He was using a 7S Rapala in coves around trees. Talked with two other guys who wern't doing much better. Hope it's just the weather.
    City: Shingle Springs

Thursday, June 4th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 64.5

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Found ish in trees on north ork, ished rom 0800 to noon. Caught 8 (spots & largemouth)to 4 pounds all on a spinner bait, white with gold blades. Had more chase it to the boat.
    City: Shingle Springs

Monday, May 11th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 61

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished in the rain. Full moon - had to do it! NOt one other boat on the lake. Found spots on rocky banks - lat, not steep, and did well with a white/white 1/2 blade. Caught 12 keepers with 8 going 3.2 to 3.9 pounds. Not sure why they were there, just glad they were. One thing o interest all the ish were spiiting up crawdads, not minnows as I would have thought. tips: I like to use a zoom super luke (white Pearl as my trailer) I cut the head o at the start o the belly and then cut o the belly lap. This creates a much bigger proile which I thinks helps. Also I ALWAYS use a stinger hook 3/0 Gamakatsu Siwash. Almost all the ish last night were caught on the stinger.
    City: Orangevale

Sunday, May 10th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Sat. 5-9, 1st time ishing Folsom. Windy, cloudy, nasty day all around. Fished east side o Granite Bay, picked up a ew decent spots on crankbaits in rocky areas adjacent to deeper water. Fish seemed to be holding in 10-15'. Rain drove us o the lake by 2 PM. Sun. 5-10, had better weather, mostly cloudy, not as much wind. Pattern rom day beore didn't hold. Caught only 1 ish on crankbait in 3' o water around rocks & looded brush on west side o Granite Bay. Had a ew taps on brown/green jigw/ plastic craw trailer, but couldn't hook 'um.
    City: Fernley, NV

Friday, May 8th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 61

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Front moved through with winds about 10 - 15 mph. Caught ish on a little bit o everything. 3 on white/white 1/2 oz spinnerbait on windblown rocky points. One on a rip bait o submerged island top. two on pig/jig combo in trash pockets, two on cotton candy lizards. All ish came shallow.
    City: Orangevale

Saturday, April 25th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 60's

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The ront that moved through and the bluebird days that ollowed moved the ish down, out, whatever. The sahllow ish I had been on weren't there. Started ishing main points and stu closer to deep water and ound ish. Caught a little bit o everything, rippin', topwater, blades, lukes... Fished rom 6:30am to 1:30 pm. Had 10 keepers and a rainbow trout that got a lobotomy on a Rogue.
    City: Orangevale

Thursday, April 23rd, 1998

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    Water Temp: 70+

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Toad and mysel caught 20+ largemouth and spots working covesand rocky points with a white luke. The coves with water tempo 70+ were our best producers. Most were caught close to the bank.
    City: Sacramento

Tuesday, April 21st, 1998

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    Water Temp: 61

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished coves at New York Creek caught 4 on blades. Fished above Rattlesnake Bar in coves caught 3 on blades. Fish were near running water. Largest ish was close to 3lbs.
    City: Shingle Springs