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Friday, January 10th, 1997

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished South Fork rom 7:30 to 12:00. Fished rock / gravel banks directly adjacent to deep water (35 eet plus) started catching ish at 25 - 30 eet. As it got later and ront moved in (ie: rain) ish started moving up and were in 10 eet o water. Two anglers caught 7 ish or almost 16-1/2 pounds. Biggest ish was 4.4 largemouth, next 3.5 spot. all ish on worms, split shot or brass & glass. Browns & greens. One ish, 3.5 spot, came on spinner bait, wind blown rock pile, 3 eet o water....tips: The ish would pick up the bait and then just sit there. they were very nicely colored but not real aggressive. Stay ocused and connected with bait on bottom. Also they were all hooked in lip, not swallowing bait.
    City: Orangevale

Tuesday, January 7th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 48.7

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Hadn't been ish in a couple o weeks so I just had to try... 5 MPH speed limit on entire lake and debris everywhere. I caught several small ish shaking worms in brush piles.. That was it.
    City: Rio Linda

Sunday, December 15th, 1996

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 8:00 till Noon and had my limit by Noon. Caught all ive ish that were around 2 to 2 1/2 lbs. average size in 30-40 eet o water o rocky steep banks using worms with an open hook dead sticking.
    City: Roseville

Thursday, November 28th, 1996

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: A cold ront went through on Thanksgiving day so it was cool and cloudy with showers, but the ishing wasn't too bad. 'Spots' can be ound in the South Fork on the steeper banks with chunk rock or deep points. I caught only 4 bass but they were good sized, rom 2lbs to 3-1/4 according to my Normark scale. I shook worms in about 15 to 25 eet to get my ish. There are lots o bait ish schooling around so I imagine this is a good time learn to spoon.
    City: Lincoln

Saturday, November 16th, 1996

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Folsom today with my ishing buddy Gary Nakamura. With the ront approaching we were hoping or a good day. Unortunately it didn't come about the way we hoped. I only had two ish all day, but they were good ones. I had a 3 lb spotted bass with a shad pattern crankbait on a rocky point early, then about lunch time, I had a 4.2 lb largemouth on a brown jig. This ish came rom 33 eet o water on a steep rocky bank. Took it's picture and released. Talked to others on the lake and everyone was having a tough day. By the way, the Fishin' Hole on Douglas Blvd is back open, they are sponsoring a team tournament at Folsom on Nov 30th. Call or details, sorry I don't have the number.
    City: Marysville

Saturday, June 22nd, 1996

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    Water Temp: 70's

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 6:00am to noon. Partner (Tightline) had one ish early on a spittin image. Had three good ish cranking and three more wormin'. best ishing was on windblown points - gravel, near deep water.
    City: Orangevale

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Scott ask ur wife n daughter if they like the nasty straw hat food because thats not wat they say when its in their mouth... And jus to be politically correct this is not your land or mine it belongs to the naitive americans, european settlers came and took this land from them as i remember history

    Tips: I thought racism was over but i guess its not...

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: In response to Deepvbasser,

    Slow Rolling is my own made up description of a technique I use. My gear of choice for this technique is, Dobyns Champion 734c paired with a 51e curado, 12 pound fluorocarbon with a 5/8 tungsten worm sinker, 15 – 19 inch lead line w/ extra wide gap Gamo hook 5/0. My son’s setup was a Dobyns Champion 734c paired with a curado 101d, 12 pound fluorocarbon with a 5/8 tungsten worm sinker and an extra wide gap Gamo hook 5/0. Slow rolling for me is just a reference of slow cranking your bait caster handle. I like to move my bait by dragging and every now and then pop my lure off the bottom surface, pausing 1 minute to 2 minutes and repeat the process until I’m out of the strike zone. Hypothetically speaking, one cast can take up to 7 – 9 minutes to re-cast. Most of the bite came in at about 15 – 25 feet of water after a deflection from bottom contact or from the bait falling after a jerk of the rod. I fished mainly transition structure changes from sand to rocks, grass and drop offs. Hope it helps.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: You also provided a couple of great reports. Looking to continue hearing from your trips as well. Tight Lines.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: north fork is still putting out great limits for us, fish coves slow> water is climbing fast>

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: the dead sea is alive. Folsom bass team had a 16 boat team tournament sat. Winners had 16 lbs followed by 15. I caught 9 keepers and came in 5th??? Bite was all day with my limit coming before 9 am.
    City: orangevale

    Tips: Mostly fish dart head slow as possible then slow down some more. I has 2 largemouth and 7 spots. I used 8lb floro line. Find the bait which is everywhere and fish that area. Good luck

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    Water Temp: 48- 51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: First day on the water in the new year. On just before noon and off by 3:30. One spot well over 3 and one smallmouth just under 3. Both were just outside of baitballs on the bottom. Salmon mixed in the same group. 6 or 7 salmon to 2 bass today. I hope to reverse that next trip.
    City: Granite Bay Highlands

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    Water Temp: 47 - 49

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Thought I would take a run to Folsom to go after some spots. The last time I was on this lake was when I purchased my Triton from Matt. Not knowing that much about Folsom, Thought I would fish the "sunny - side" (south facing) looking for some bait fish in some slightly warmer water. Sure enough, Got into a few that looked like they swallowed a softball. (3-4 pounds) Then it shut off, and it was done. COLD WEATHER -Brrrrr
    City: UKIAH

    Tips: caught mine slow draggin' a water-melon candy & pumpkin-seed lizard - Very, Very, soft bite. Sometimes couldn't feel anything, just slack in the line as the fish picked it up and moved towards the boat. OKAY DAY . Not sure it was worth the tow but, it's always good to fish somewhere different.

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    Water Temp: 74 a.m.

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: A friend and I decided to fish Mormon humps today and managed six keeper sized spotted bass. Last year at this time we had better luck. I guess all these tournaments are having an impact. This is our home lake and it is just too far to travel to other lakes. Give us a break.
    City: El Dorado Hills

    Tips: Carolina rigs with small brush hog in watermelon caught most of our fish.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Massacre try iboats.com theyve helped me out alot.....
    City: Antelope

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    Water Temp: 50-53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: launched at g.b. around 10:30 went up north to horseshoe bar. fished for 30 mins.caught one dink on a dart. I went to leave, hit my hot foot and was suprised to hear my gears in the lower end of my 200 hp merc grind to the point i could no longer put in gear. reverse worked fine. it took me three hours to get back to the ramp. any idea on what went wrong or how to fix. please any help is better than none.
    City: carmichael

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: You have a great honest report from Don Paganelli then you have to listen to the lies from Jim again? When are you going to give it a rest Jim????????????
    City: Jim's Fantasy Land

    Tips: Do exactly the opposite of Jim!

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Stop posting all of the success that you imagine you have on Folsom until you can post pictures on the photo page!

    Tips: Do the exact opposite and tell the truth!

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Does anybody have any have any bass fishing tips if i was going to be fishing from shore. I am catch and release and use no live bait.
    City: EL Dorado Hills

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    Water Temp: 63

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Lake speed limit is wide open. Lots of water to fish. Bring your Senko's

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: fished main body most of the day,rip fish on point,bed fish in coves,post spawn smallys and spots guarding fry in brush,most beds are in 4 to 8ft.best five went about 14 or so.Seen some big pre-spawns but no takers,just about any way you want you can catch them right now,the trick is going to be getting one of the big girls.
    City: c.hts