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Posted by: John_Hamilton on 07/11/2012 03:14 PM
Updated by: John_Hamilton on 07/11/2012 03:46 PM
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New Melones Lake Fishing Report from Glory Hole Sports.. PS...The Air Fishing is Good To
Angels Camp, CA...New Melones Lake Fishing Report. Water Conditions: New Melones Lake is currently holding 1,708,130 acre-feet of water. The lake level has dropped two feet this week and is currently at 1025 ft. above sea level and 63 ft. from full. Water temperature is in the mid-upper 70's, and climbing. Lake is slightly stained, with mud lines forming around the shore on windy days, and days with a lot of boat traffic....
Trout: The bite has slowed down a bit, and the fish have moved to deeper/cooler water. Trolling anglers are catching a few trout along with some kokanee. The trout that are being caught are nice 2 to 3-pound rainbows. Trolling spoons and spinners seem to be producing quality fish. Tie on a Needlefish, or a Rocky Mountain Serpent Spoon trolled behind flashers, or a Mack's Wedding Ring tipped with a crawler. Trolling at 2.5 to 3.2 mph will trigger more trout bites and less kokanee bites.
James Goble is winner of The Glory Hole Sports Big Fish of the Week Contest. He caught 1-pound 6-ounce trout on a fire tiger Needlefish. Bank anglers- Slow (head to the local creeks for better action). Bank-anglers fishing Melones should target deeper water near the main lake and throw shad or rainbow trout patterned Kastmasters, or other casting lures with enough weight to make long casts. Or use a worm threader to thread a nightcrawler on the hook and fish it with a Berkley/Gulp Power Egg or a marshmallow to float your bait off the bottom. Night Fishing under submersible lights has been very good. Drop Power Bait, Gulp Minnows, or live minnows under a submersible light near the spillway/dam, or under the Highway 49 Stevenot Bridge. Be patient- it takes some time for the trout to start biting once you drop your light in the water. Another trick that has worked well in the past is to vertical jig a spoon under the light. Fly Fishing has been very good on local streams. Try using a hopper-dropper setup to locate fish. Tie a #6 yellow stimulator with a #14 copper john or pheasant tail as a dropper fly. By doing this you can determine if the fish are feeding on the surface, or sub-surface. Don't forget to always have a wooly bugger in your arsenal, they catch fish everywhere.
Massive schools of kokanee in Melones!
This is the pic showing the vast amount of fish on the fish finder from last week. We've never seen this amount of concentrated fish on our screen before, which is why I photographed it. Thought you might want to include it in your newsletter. This will excite all the kokanee fishermen!
Michi
And this one near the south side of dam, from Kyle Wise:
Kokanee: Good, with most anglers getting easy limits of fat 13-14" fish. The fish are growing quickly now. Troll 40-65 feet deep in the spillway/dam area or near the 49 Bridge. Try using the new Anglers Market Kokanee Bites with an additional spinner, or a bladed Glitterbug Micro Hoochie. To target larger fish, use baits that have a large profile and produce a lot of action. Rocky Mountain Super Squid or an Apex will trigger these larger fish. We have also had reports of bigger fish being caught close to the bottom. Troll as close as you can without snagging your downrigger weight. The fish are moving into deeper, darker waters, and pink/purple, watermelon, and blue will be more visible to these deeper fish. Be sure to add scent to your bait. Garlic, carp spit, kokanee special, and anise have been good choices. Don't forget your corn soaked in the same scents.
Bass: Good. Bass anglers are reporting catching fish all day long. Most fish are 12-15 inches with a few 3-pound plus fish caught. Bass are feeding shallow early and late, and move out to main lake structure as the sun warms the water. Try using topwater (poppers, spooks, and buzz baits) in the mornings and switching to soft plastics (Stick-baits, creatures, and hand pours) as the sun comes up. There is good drop shot bite on submerged island tops and main lake points at 25-45' deep. Clear water use natural colors, and stained water spice up the same natural baits with a chartreuse dye pen. To trigger bites try using baits that are a lot smaller than average or a lot larger than average. Remember to practice catch and release! If you do keep a bass, please keep the spotted bass and release the big female (largemouth) black bass. Glory Hole Sports can teach you the difference, so you can practice good conservation of the species.
Catfish: Wide open. Melones cats tend to be fish-eaters rather than bottom foragers, so use frozen shad, mackerel, chicken liver, or anchovies for best success. Larger cats will also feed on natural bait like crawlers, so to target large cats try using a big ball of crawlers. Target shallow flats or areas with large chunk rock, these are prime locations for big cats to hang out. Larger fish are smarter, so use a fluorocarbon leader to entice more bites. Generally these fish will feed a night, but anglers have been hooking them at all hours, day and night.
Mike Carnesecca of Angels Camp wins Glory Hole Sports Big Fish of the Week Contest. He landed a 10-pound 9-ounce lunker using a worm/marshmallow combo.
Mike Swart and Pat Martin caught these cats (biggest was almost 9-pounds) on anchovies while night-fishing in Carson Creek.
Crappie: Good, especially for those fishing at night under a submersible light. This is prime time to target the crappie. Use Beetle Spins, Mini Jigs, and minnows in. Try a live minnow in tandem with a mini jig. The color of the jig will draw fish to it, and the live minnow triggers the bite. With the water warming up the fish will suspend in the middle of main lake creek channels. Try to find trees and flooded timber in 25-40 feet of water.
Guides' Reports
Gary Burns
Take It To The Limit Guide Service
www.Garysfishing.net
(209) 559-3349
New Melones
New Melones Lake is a great place to fish right now. What we're not seeing in size is definitely being made up in quantity and quality of the kokanee. In the last week we have been out several times and it's not hard to put 20 kokanee in the boat by 10:00 am, with some nice 'bows mixed in with your limit. The koks seem to be all over the lake we have done well at the south part of the lake,the spillway, the dam area and also the fare north side of the lake. Uncle Larry's spinners in any color of orange or pink, Glitter Bug Mini Hoochies in pink and Anglers Market kokanee Bite in pink behind Shasta Tackle Slingblades in any color of blue, start of in the a.m. around 50' as the day goes on we have been getting the koks down to 72'.
See ya on the water
Gary Burns
Take it to the Limit Guide Service
209-559-3349
Danny Layne
Fish'n Dan's Guide Service
209 586 2383
www.fishndans.com
Great Kokanee action is taking place here on New Melones. This action can be found throughout the main body of the reservoir at depths from 45' to 60'. Most any lure that is scented with Shoepeg corn will entice a strike, as attested this past week by Sonora residents Ray and Raymond Scroggens.
Regards,
Danny Layne
Fish'n Dan's Guide Service
Twain Harte, Ca.
209 586 2383
Bruce Hamby
Sierra Sportfishing
www.SierraSportfishing.com
209-599-2023
Lake McClure
Excellent trolling action for Kokanee, King Salmon and Rainbow Trout! The 15 to 16 1/2 inch Kokanee gave my clients plenty of drag-pulling fun. The red hot Kok are 50 to 60 feet deep, holding off rocky points in very small schools. My go-to offering was Uncle Larry's spinners behind Vance's dodgers with Pro Cure corn scent. The east of the lake between Barrett's Cove and Temperance Bay are good areas to try. The King Salmon bite is also off the chart. A few of my clients wanted to target Kings first thing in the morning. They were pleasantly surprised with numerous Salmon 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 lbs. range. But this week's big fish tipped the scales at 4 lbs. 11oz caught by Warren Cooper of Wilton. Rolling shad and anchovies injected with Pro Cure scent provided for great King Salmon fishing. We found the Chinooks feeding on shad in the same area as the Kokanee only deeper 60 to 100 feet. Although we didn't concentrate on Rainbow trout we did land and release several bows 16 to 20 inches while fishing for Kings and Koks. Lake surface temperatures 79.8 degrees.
layne
Kokanee Salmon
Larry Dupree of Columbia and Bill Passalaqua of Modesto
Kokanee Salmon
John Kidd of Modesto, Margaret Dippolito and Junior Rolin of Oakdale
King Salmon
Warren Cooper of Wilton
Thank You,
Bruce Hamby
Sierra Sportfishing
www.SierraSportfishing.com
209-599-2023
Michi's Photos
Hello everyone,
I usually catch my limit of fish first. While waiting for Joe and Jim to catch their limit, I photograph birds. Many blue herons and ospreys are flying around the lake right now due to abundance of fish in the lake. So my chance to capture them in action is great, although it's extremely difficult to get good shots.
Attached are different ospreys which I put together in sequence.
Some customers left their feedbacks about my photographs with the employees at Glory Hole store. Their comments were that the colors are odd. I'll find out what they meant by that, but I'd appreciate your feedback on all the pics I've been sending to you for a while. Are my colors off? (Note from Melanie- I think the colors on the computer are fine, it is the prints available in the store that people are commnting on- so check them out and leave your feedback with cashiers).
I need to know what I need to improve on. To do that, I need your candid opinions. Thanks for the help.
Michi
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Posted on: 2012-07-11 16:33:14
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Michi,your color is fine!Excellent pictures.Have you seen any bald or golden eagles on Melones?
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Great Pictures Michi
Posted on: 2012-07-11 16:52:46
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I agree. Fantastic images of the osprey
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