Folsom Lake (4)
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Omnia Community Member
Bronze Ambassador
1/15/24
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Damiki Rig
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
51°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Water Temperature
46°
The weather is crazy and the main body was just too crazy this day, so I walked up and spent a couple hours at Avery's Pond, just above Rattlesnake Bar. What a gem! I was casting out to the middle and slowly popping the Strike King Game Hawg back to the shoreline. Beautiful day out there! Thank you Strike King! If you're interested in talking more about fishing this lake, check out r/NorCalBassFishing on Reddit.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
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...
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
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.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
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.
Omnia Community Member
Bronze Ambassador
4/20/22
Species
Spotted BassSeason
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.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
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.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
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.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
79°
Finally! I had myself a day with a jerkbait. I was of course finesse fishing when I saw some birds feeding on a bait ball about 100 feet off shore in about 40 feet do water. So I tied on Rapala Shadow Rap and followed those birds around in the open water, and it was literally a strike on every 3rd or 4th cast... including a nice 2 pounder on my first cast.
