New Melones Reservoir Fish Report

New Melones Reservoir - Angels Camp, CA


by Nor Cal Fish Reports
8-27-2014
Website

The lake is 85' lower than it was at this time last year.  The water is stained in most of the lake. There are mud lines forming near the shore throughout the day, especially on windy days and days with a lot of boating traffic. The average water temperature is 76-82 degrees.  Tuttletown launch is closed. Glory Hole Point boat launch is open, and there are no plans to close it. There will be some transition periods between launches where launching will be limited to one or two lanes.

 

Trout: Fair.  There have been a few reports of trout being caught in the main lake by the Dam, spillway, and near the 49 bridge.  The trout are hanging around the old river channel in deeper/cooler water.  The shad are starting to school up near the mouths of major creek channels.  The intersection where a major creek channels meets the old river channel is great area to target the trout.  Night fishing anglers are still catching a few limits of chunky 2-pound plus rainbows while fishing under a submersible light.  Try using night crawlers and Power Bait to target these quality fish. Kokanee: Okay. The fish have been a little harder to find, but the anglers that are targeting them are still catching a few limits. The fish have moved to deeper water.  Try trolling in 70-100' of water to find the schools of kokanee.  The fish are schooling on the main lake near the dam, the spillway, Glory Hole Point and Rose Island.  It's a good idea to try heading up the main river channel in hopes of intercepting the schools that have started to migrate.  The kokanee are getting more aggressive each day, and are starting to lose their scales as they get ready to spawn.  Try using a bladed hoochie behind a sling blade or dodger.  Some anglers run two sling blades in tandem, or run a hoochie through and directly behind an Apex to increase the overall size of the presentation for these more aggressive pre-spawn fish.  Don't forget to add scent to your presentation and tip your hooks with dyed and scented shoepeg corn.   

 

Bass:   The bass are in a late summer/early fall pattern.  The shad are starting to school up in the deep water and the bass are hunting them in wolf packs.  Many trout anglers that are trolling over deep water with shad patterned spoons are catching chunky 2-pound spotted. This can be tricky to target these fish with a traditional chunk and wind method.  Crank baits and jerk baits are both a good choice to use when targeting these fish.  Also, now is a good time to have a spoon tied on to fish vertically below the boat when fish appear on the graph. Catfish bite is very good.   Glory Hole Sports  (209) 736-4333, (209) 586-2383    





More Reports

NorCal Fishing News Reports
for Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

Clear Lake: Clear Lake Fish Report
Lake Berryessa: Lake Berryessa Fish Report
Lake Mendocino: Lake Mendocino Fish Report
Lake Sonoma: Lake Sonoma Fish Report
Lake Amador: Amador Lake Fish Report
Lake Camanche: Lake Camanche Fish Report
Collins Lake: Collins Lake Fish Report
Don Pedro Reservoir: Don Pedro Reservoir Fish Report
Folsom Lake: Folsom Lake Fish Report
Lake McSwain: McSwain Reservoir Fish Report

NorCal Fishing News Reports
for Thursday, August 21st, 2014

Bass Lake: Bass Lake Fish Report
Lopez Lake : Lopez Lake Fish Report
San Luis Reservoir: San Luis Reservoir Fish Report
Shaver Lake: Shaver Lake Fish Report
Anderson Reservoir: Anderson Reservoir Fish Report
: Bay Area Fish Report
: Bay Area Fish Report
Lake Berryessa: Lake Berryessa Fish Report
Calero Lake: Calero Lake Fish Report
Lake Chabot: Lake Chabot Fish Report
Chesbro Reservoir: Chesbro Reservoir Fish Report
Coyote Lake: Coyote Lake Fish Report
Del Valle Lake: Del Valle Lake Fish Report
Lafayette Reservoir: Lafayette Reservoir Fish Report
Los Vaqueros Reservoir: Los Vaqueros Reservoir Fish Report
:
: Bay Area Fish Report
Quarry Lakes: Quarry Lake Fish Report
: Bay Area Fish Report
San Pablo Reservoir: San Pablo Reservoir Fish Report
Shadow Cliffs Reservoir: Shadow Cliffs Reservoir Fish Report
Uvas Reservoir: Uvas Reservoir Fish Report
: Bay Area Fish Report