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Folsom Lake (3)

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Species

Spotted Bass

Season

Summer (Current)
19 Fishing Reports
91 Followers

Folsom Lake (3) Overview

SLOWWind (mph)FAST
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Top Techniques Reported for Spotted Bass + Summer

Drop ShotNed RigsDeep Diving Crankbaits (13'+)Hard Topwater (Walking)Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)Texas Rigs (Worming)
  1. Drop Shot
    2
  2. Ned Rigs
    2
  3. Deep Diving Crankbaits (13'+)
    1
  4. Hard Topwater (Walking)
    1
  5. Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
    1
Total Fishing Reports
19
Top Species Reported for Summer
  1. Spotted Bass8 Reports
  2. Smallmouth Bass1 Report

Fishing Reports

19 Reports on Folsom Lake (3)

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  • Omnia Community Member

    Bronze Ambassador

    8/22/22

    • Species

      Spotted Bass

    • Season

      Summer

    • Technique

      Drop Shot

    • Structure

      Ledges

    With the water dropping so fast the bite slowed a lot from 2 weeks ago. Managed a limit with a full day of fishing. Launched at Granite Bay and fished 1/2 day on the East side of the lake with only 2 bites. Moved to the West side near Dotson's point and found several spots with fish. With the warm water the fish are hanging out in the 20-25' depth near ledges. Only 1 fish on a deep running crankbait and the rest all came on wacky rig drop-shot. Half the fish were on the Zoom green pumpkin worm and the other half on the Missile Bait Ned Bomb Green Pumpkin. good luck!
  • Dave Gwiazdon

    Gold Ambassador

    8/20/23

    • Species

      Spotted Bass

    • Season

      Summer

    • Technique

      Drop Shot

    • Structure

      Boulders

    • Water Temperature

      85°

    This lake! It's different every time I go out. What a grind. The one constant is the KVD Blue Craw Red Flake color. KVD has it for just about every soft bait they offer. So if you're going to Folsom, I strongly recommend stocking up on whatever your favorite finesse techniques are with this pattern. The lake level is down a bit. And as I continue to pull myself away from fishing the shoreline (where I'm most confident) to learn more offshore techniques, I was able to go off shore and easily find submerged boulders. I wasn't getting any action with a Texas rig, so I switched to a shop shot, and things lit up from there. I went from grumpy to happy, pretty quick!
  • Omnia Community Member

    Bronze Ambassador

    9/4/23

    • Species

      Spotted Bass

    • Season

      Summer

    • Technique

      Ned Rigs

    • Structure

      Boulders

    • Water Temperature

      76°

    Rough day at Folsom. Fished from 10:00am -> 6:30pm. Fished depths from 35' to shoreline. Worked my Folsom trustees, Shad Color Crankbait, Z-Man Ned TRD, Drop-shot 6" wacky rig. Also ran a Whopper Plopper (black) quite a bit. 1 bite and 1 fish (10") all day. Caught a nice limit 2 weeks back including a 20" spot. Water level is dropping gradually but hasn't affected my normal spots. Only thing I could think was the full moon possibly affected their eating habits. Good Luck!
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