Your favorite small local pond?

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

I am not looking for secret ponds but ones that the public already fishes.

Like Gibson Ranch, Rancho Seco, Cameron Park Lake, the Arden Pond..........

I am listing them under my LINKS.

http://www.kiene.com/LocalBassPanfishPonds.htm

[David Lee]

I'll NEVER tell

A good (unknown) pond is beyond compare - you only tell people you KNOW will keep quiet .... David

[Darian]

My favorite pond used to be located off Hwy 50 south of Folsom. It was a beautiful place that had Bass, Carp, Catfish, Bluegill and green Sunfish in it . Lotsa depth with channels and a variety of depths and bottom structure. There was an inflowing stream, a dam and outflowing stream. Cool water all the time. Shoreline cover and the pond was hidden from view of the road but close by..... In short, it was wonderful.....

Unfortunately, the myopic views of the Folsom City Council/Board of Education decided that it was proper to fill in the pond, pave it over for parking and build a high school adjacent to parking lot that is left of it.....

Get the picture

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

A friend was by the shop yesterday and he said that before the river came up he was doing well on black bass in the Ardren Pond. Now the river is running through it and really cooled it off.

April and May are really big months for warmwater species on a fly and we have hundreds of small ponds around Sacramento.

I like to go out after work (daylight savings time) during the week and fish that last few hours up till dark with surface bugs.

[mike N]

Regarding secret spots I wouls say "you only tell people who know YOU WILL keep THEM quiet.............

Mike N

[Darian]

Decided that I ought to note a few good ponds to offset my earlier rant against City of Folsom.....

These are all easy access and decent fishing in the area around the American River:

1) Arden Ponds - Foot of Arden below Fair Oaks Blvd. Good fishing when the river is not running thru them. Bass, Catfish, Sunfish & stocked Trout.

2) Mather Pond - Off Keifer Blvd, West of Sunrise. Bass, Catfish, Sunfish.

3) Small Pond - Off Illoinois Avenue entrance to Sailor Bar area. Bullheads, Sunfish, maybe Bass. Good place to contemplate your navel.

4) when the American River is low, there is productive slow water behind Rio Americano High School and downstream between Watt and Howe Avenues on the north side.

[Ed Wahl]

Darion, I used to fish that pond in Folsom also.It's filled in? That is a big loss for all of us, it was a truly spectacular place. We used to catch some big bass in there as well as a lot of sunfish.It was also a haven for local wildlife, thats a real bummer.On the up side, the dredger ponds, or hot ponds as the local kids used to call them, are still there and still looking pretty healthy.These ponds are in the area by the American river called Sacremento bar.You have to walk a bit to get to them and except for the largest pond you need a float tube to fish them.Being dredger ponds they have very steep banks made of loose river rock with only a few access points.Plenty of bluegill and sunfish as well as bass. Given a couple of weeks of warm weather all the ponds around here should start turning on. You can park at Bannister Park & take the bike trail east across the creek and turn right on the first dirt path you come to, head toward the river, when you can hear the river the path tees, take a right & keep bearing toward the river.You'll have to do some exploring to find all the ponds but that's part of the fun.I've walked right past them quite a few times in the past myself. Ed

[Hairstacker]

Gee Ed, ponds you have to stumble upon that you can only float tube? Sounds promising already!

There are a couple of ponds on the back side of Shadow Cliffs that have bluegill and bass. Here again, a float tube would be very helpful, as they allow NO boats of any kind on them. The kicker, though, is you have to pay park entrance and fishing fees.

[Adam Grace]

I think that Rancho Seco has the greatest local potential for large bass. Seco also contains crappie and of course blue gills. I think that the large bass gorge themselves on the planted rainbow trout and get round and fat, just like a bass should be.

I would fish Seco more this upcoming season if I didn't have my new private pond! :P

I like to rub it in, I'm still very excited

[David Lee]

You know , Adam .... after you settle-in up there , you can invite all of us up for Beer/BBQ and pond abuse - that would be really sweet of you if you did

I'll bring the Rancid Bear Grease :P :P :P

By the way - get your behind down to the Log Hole and below w/ your light Spey rod and a floater ... CRAZY amount of sea-run Rainbows for you to play with (Shhhhhhh) , they quit the surface at 10:15 this morning .

David