Placer County
Placer County Fishing Reports
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Kokanee are starting to pop along the south end of the lake, with schools holding between 50 and 75 feet. Some are already stretching to 14 inches, and there’s word of even bigger fish starting to mix in up to 18 inches. Best results are coming on Flashers pulling Wedding Rings. Lake trout are a mixed bag right now. Some days they’re chewing, some...
Kokanee are starting to pop along the south end of the lake, with schools holding between 50 and 75 feet. Some are already stretching to 14 inches, and there’s word of even bigger fish starting to mix in up to 18 inches. Best results are coming on Flashers pulling Wedding Rings.
Lake trout are a mixed bag right now. Some days they’re chewing, some days you’ll grind for every bite. Live bait has been key, whether you’re trolling, jigging, or drifting between 85 and 120 feet. A few double digit fish have been landed in the past couple weeks, so the size is there.
Rainbows are cruising the shallows, and browns up to 5 pounds are showing, but the cutthroat scene has gone quiet. Most of the trout bite outside of macks is sitting up high in the top 30 feet.
Matt Heron reports the Truckee River is in prime shape with steady dropping flows and perfect water temps holding in the 50s, briefly touching the low 60s in the afternoons. Clarity is excellent, and the canyon below Boca, though still pushing 1,000 CFS, is fishing well if you can handle fast water. The hatch is wide open... golden stones, yellow...
Matt Heron reports the Truckee River is in prime shape with steady dropping flows and perfect water temps holding in the 50s, briefly touching the low 60s in the afternoons. Clarity is excellent, and the canyon below Boca, though still pushing 1,000 CFS, is fishing well if you can handle fast water. The hatch is wide open... golden stones, yellow sallies, PMDs (size 16 emergers), and caddis. The green drakes are drawing quality fish to the surface, and blind casting size 10–12 dries is getting fish even without visible rises. Bobber rigs, dry droppers, and euro nymphing are all effective in fast pockets, but euro nymphing is the best play right now and will likely stay that way through summer.
Folsom’s a mixed bag right now, but there’s action. Bass have fully pulled off the bank and are holding around bluff walls and offshore rockpiles in 15 to 25 feet. There’s a short topwater window early, but after that it’s all finesse... drop-shot plastics and Senkos are the go-tos. The bass bite is fair overall. For trout and salmon, early morning...
Folsom’s a mixed bag right now, but there’s action. Bass have fully pulled off the bank and are holding around bluff walls and offshore rockpiles in 15 to 25 feet. There’s a short topwater window early, but after that it’s all finesse... drop-shot plastics and Senkos are the go-tos. The bass bite is fair overall.
For trout and salmon, early morning is key. The bite’s been strongest before 9am, with rainbows and kings hitting hoochies paired with 8” flashers, run 40 to 50 feet down. After that, things slow down fast, and fish get scattered. There’s little bait showing shallow... what’s there seems to be tight to bottom around 80-100 feet. Kings are short-striking often, but some solid fish to 25 inches are still being caught.
