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Folsom Lake (4)

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Folsom Lake (4) Fishing Reports

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  • Dave Gwiazdon

    Gold Ambassador

    4/14/25

    • Species

      Spotted Bass

    • Season

      Spring (Spawn)

    • Technique

      Texas Rigs (Worming)

    • Structure

      Boulders

    Effective April 14 thru May 13, Folsom Lake is closed to all motorized boats, due to mitigation efforts to irradicate the spread of Golden Mussels. In addition, after May 13th, all motorized boats have to be inspected and prove a 30 day quarantine (dry docked) before it can launch on the lake. Scan the QR code in the picture for details.
  • Dave Gwiazdon

    Gold Ambassador

    3/29/25

    • Species

      Spotted Bass

    • Season

      Spring (Pre-Spawn)

    • Technique

      Finesse Hair Jigs

    • Structure

      Boulders

    • Forage

      Bluegill

    • Water Temperature

      54°

    I spend most of my time on the North Fork when I'm on Folsom. But today I decided to try my luck on the South Fork. I wanted to see if the South Fork Spots like this Outkast Chicken Nugget as much as the North Fork Spots....and it turns out they do! Although, instead of hanging on the ledges on the North Fork, they were holding over submerged rock piles off shore in about 10-20 feet of water. Just cruise around until you find a submerged rock pile. Then just slowly circle it from as far away as you can and still cast over the top, retrieving slow and steady with some minor twitches and you can coax them to bite. I think they keep wanting to get on the shoreline for the spawn...but the weather is just not cooperating. They'll be there soon.... And by the way....have you bought one of these Lew's Custom Pro reels yet...They're amazing!
  • Dave Gwiazdon

    Gold Ambassador

    4/22/24

    • Species

      Spotted Bass

    • Season

      Spring (Spawn)

    • Technique

      Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)

    • Structure

      Boulders

    • Water Temperature

      61°

    Monday after work at Folsom....it's becoming a thing. Had a blast pitching that Strike King Blue Craw Game Hawg into boulders near the shoreline. 2 hours on the water and 9 beauties just like the one in the pic. That Blue Craw pattern in any of the Strike King baits is just awesome.
  • Dave Gwiazdon

    Gold Ambassador

    4/28/24

    • Species

      Spotted Bass

    • Season

      Spring (Spawn)

    • Technique

      Texas Rigs (Worming)

    • Structure

      Points

    • Water Temperature

      68°

    Seemed like the storm front that ripped through the area this last Friday may have pushed the bass off shore and into some deeper water. So different than just a week ago when there were so many fish in the shallows. I was only out for a couple hours in the evening and was able to coax a few hits on the Strike King Game Hawg in the trusty Blue Craw pattern. We found them in 15-18 feet of water off of points and submerged rock piles. Even in heavily pressured Folsom Lake, they have a hard time staying of that bait.
  • Omnia Community Member

    Bronze Ambassador

    4/20/22

    • Species

      Spotted Bass

    • Season

      Spring (Post-Spawn)

    • Technique

      Drop Shot

    • Structure

      Open Water/Basin

    • Forage

      Shad

    Fan cast on shore with the bubble gum color and fish loves em. For some reason you catch better and bigger fish with this color than a green pumpkin. The zoom trick worm just have a ton of action underwater. Not only catch bass but caught a huge carp once.
  • Dave Gwiazdon

    Gold Ambassador

    4/15/24

    • Species

      Spotted Bass

    • Season

      Spring (Spawn)

    • Technique

      Texas Rigs (Worming)

    • Structure

      Boulders

    • Water Temperature

      54°

    Snuck away for an after work quick run up the North Fork. It's always the Strike King Blue Craw pattern that works out here at Folsom. I ran out of the Ocho worms....so just switched over the Cut-R Worm in the same pattern and there you have it. Spawners haven't quite pulled up on shore yet, so we were catching them in 10-15 feet off shore in and around boulders.
  • Dave Gwiazdon

    Gold Ambassador

    4/11/24

    • Species

      Largemouth Bass

    • Season

      Spring (Spawn)

    • Technique

      Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)

    • Structure

      Open Water/Basin

    • Forage

      Bluegill

    • Water Temperature

      60°

    This is my 2nd time using the Bellows Gill and I love them. It's incredible how they flutter through the water. It was a fairly muddy/mossy bottom where I was at, so I was slow retrieving/twitching it just off the bottom, and the bass just couldn't lay off of it. But I've also bounced it off the bottom and that's deadly as well.
  • Dave Gwiazdon

    Gold Ambassador

    3/10/24

    • Species

      Spotted Bass

    • Season

      Spring (Pre-Spawn)

    • Technique

      Crankbaits 7'-12'

    • Structure

      Humps

    • Water Temperature

      56°

    Had to stay close to home this weekend, so out I went to Torture Lake...Uh...I mean Folsom Lake. Today, the lake was kind. Had some success with 6th Sense Crush Crank Bait over humps and rises that were about 5-10 feet deep. That bait bump bump and popped right through the sandy, rock surface. I'm still figuring out crank baits, so if this one caught me some fish, I strongly recommend it. And of course, it's not a day of fishing for me if I don't pull out my Texas Rig rod. The Strike King Cut-R-Worm always comes through. The Blue Craw pattern across the entire Strike King line does very well at Folsom. Just head to a rock pile, send it down and hold on! The bass haven't pulled up to spawn yet...but they're coming...
  • Dave Baranowski

    Bronze Ambassador

    5/23/20

    • Species

      Largemouth Bass

    • Season

      Spring (Spawn)

    • Technique

      Neko Rigs

    • Structure

      Brush Piles

    North Fork