Johnson Springview Park- Farron Street

This creek closes to fishing between October 31 and May 31st to protect the spawning salmon.
This creek is an interesting creek in that it is very shallow except for a few holes, and these few holes hold fish of an abnormal size for a creek this large. these fish are pikeminnow and suckers, and they seem to reach around 22 to 24 inches in this creek. Another interesting thing with this creek is that smallmouth seem to almost be replacing spotted bass and largies here. When I first started fishing here I couldn’t catch a single smallmouth but lately over half the fish I catch seem to be smallmouth. One thing to be aware of is that there is a large amount of poison oak here, so when fishing pay attention to your surroundings.

Locations

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2800-2838 Farron St, Rocklin, CA 95677

General Information

  • Typical water conditions
    • slow to no current
  • Best time to fish
    • late spring and summer
  • Best time of day to fish
    • mornings and evenings
  • Restrooms
    • yes
  • Type of water body
    • creek
  • Fish species
    •  Bluegill, redear, green sunfish, Sacramento pikeminnow, Sacramento sucker, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and spotted bass.
  • Park or roadside creek/pond
    • park
  • Where on water body fish caught
    • downstream from the bridge will usually hold largemouth and large numbers of spotted bass as well as the other species found here. Upstream usually holds an abnormal number of little smallmouth as well as spotted bass and the other species.
  • What baits catch fish here
    • worms catch everything
    • spinners will catch larger sunfish and bass
    • micro crankbaits catch bass
    • small rubber worms catch the larger bass
  • Hours
    • dawn to dusk
  • park fees
    • none
  • How accessible is it
    • accessible from the bridge area, the rest of the creek can be accessed from the shore although it is rough, I usually wad this creek.
  • Other wildlife seen
    • grey squirrel, black phoebe, black throated grey warbler, mallard and red shouldered hawk
  • kayak /boat accessible
    • no
  • Other things to do
    • biking birding hiking
  • Camping available
    • no
  • surrounding/atmosphere
    • developed park

My Rating

  • Rating: fish catch likelihood
    • 4.5
  • Rating: beauty
    • 3
  • Rating: fish size
    • 2
  • Rating: variety of fish
    • 3.5