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New Melones camping reservations: (877) 444-6777 or www.recreation.gov- You must ask for the campsite you want to stay at, instead of New Melones Lake (for instance, ask for Glory Hole Recreation Area, Tuttletown Recreation Area, Big Oak or Ironhorse). Check out the new New Melones Reservoir website Rate Glory Hole Sports, and all businesses, on www.yelp.com. Glory Hole Sports Seminars: We have a great series of Sunday Afternoon Seminars planned. Call or come into the store for a schedule of events. They will be just as fun and informative (with great raffles!) as our Annual Seminar is. Come and join us! Next seminar is Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 3 pm: Using a Light at Night to Catch Fish in The Lake, by Tom Dutil of Dutil Fishing Charters. On many local lakes, night fishing with a light is legal. This is a great technique for summer trout and crappie. It’s fun to spend the evening under the stars while still-fishing from your boat, and the bite is usually great! Raffle to follow seminar. Call Glory Hole Sports (209) 736-4333 for more details. Learn how to use your electronic sonar, fish finder, GPS, and mapping to its full potential! Sign up now for our free hands-on electronics seminar! Class will be on Saturday, August 15, at 10 a.m., will last approximately 3 hours, and will cover all levels from basic to advanced. Call Glory Hole Sports (209) 736-4333 to sign up. June 29, 2009 Happy July 4th! New Melones Lake Fishing Report Water Conditions: New Melones Lake is currently holding 1,303,804 acre-feet of water. Water level dropped two feet this week and is at 981 ft. above sea level and 107ft. from full capacity. Water temperature is about 72-74 degrees. Water is slightly stained, with strong mud lines forming near shore. Beware of unmarked island tops!
Trout: bank anglers should head to the creeks, such as Angels or Murphys Creek, and use Power Bait or Pautski’s fire eggs. Trollers are much more likely to catch kokanee right now, but we are seeing nice rainbows in mixed trout/kokanee limits. Most have been caught on kokanee rigs. As a rule, trout are 10 feet shallower than kokanee in the main lake, and are hitting brightly colored lures. For browns, troll Rapala Countdowns or Trophy Sticks in rainbow trout or shad patterns, or roll shad, 50-60 feet deep (in the same areas, but closer to structure. Leon Perkins of Murphys wins our Glory Hole Sports Big Fish of the Week Contest and a free deli lunch, with a 3-pound, 5-ounce rainbow trout. He was crappie fishing with a red/white crappie jig near the marina when he caught the big ‘bow. Robert and Chelsea Muhlbeier landed the biggest trout during last weekend’s Kokanee Power Derby- they caught a 4.07-pounder. Kokanee: Easy limits of fat 14”-16” fish. The main lake is best- troll near the spillway, the dam and Rose Island, and target the windward side of the lake for best luck- the wind pushes plankton towards the banks, and the kokanee follow the plankton. Kokanee are moving deeper, and can be found 40-60 feet deep- deeper in the hottest part of the day. When kokanee move into deeper water where there is less water penetration, darker colors such as purple, green and the ever-popular Kevorkian, start becoming more effective, so tie on one of those colors in addition to pink. Wiggle-Hootchies, regular hootchies, spinners, Sockeye Slammers, kokanee bugs, and Apex will all incite a bite from an aggressive kokanee right now. All lures should be trolled behind dodgers, Crystal Basin or Glitter Bug trolling blades, or Sling Blades in chrome, gold, pink, or chartreuse. Tip your hooks with shoepeg corn soaked in scent- garlic, anise, corn and herring, and Kokanee Special, or a mixture of any of those are all working. Pautski’s Fire Corn has also been working well, in any color. Kokanee Power held a two-day derby on Melones last weekend. 217 anglers participated, and winners were paid down to 25th place. The team of Mike Giovacchini and Travis Koll came in far ahead of the pack, winning the derby with some really big kokes- their biggest was almost two pounds! Mike and Kendra Tripp came in 2nd, and Jay, Cheryl and Tak Watanabe came in 3rd. Heather Staplin won the junior division while fishing with her father, Vance Staplin of Vance’s Tackle. Bass: bite was good. Please gently release any bass that you catch. Remember- the Department of Fish and Game does not plant bass, so it is up to us to maintain our bass fishery. There is a good top-water bite going on at dawn and dusk. Throw a Zara Spook, buzz bait, or Pop-Rs. When the sun is up, throw crawdad or shad-colored Carolina-rigged 6” worms, rip-baits, spinnerbaits, Zoom Baby Brush Hog, or Senkos. Bass love the strong mud lines that are forming on the lake right now, so targer main lake points with a good mud line. Fish the shaded side of coves and against steep drop-offs and cliff faces during the heat of the day, as well. Catfish: good and will continue to improve. Use anchovies, mackerel, sardines, chicken liver, or a ball of nightcrawlers. Leave your bail open so the cats can pick the bait up and swim with it- you will be more likely to hook them that way. Be sure to use a sliding sinker weight. Chris Limas of Stockton wins Glory Hole Sports Big Catfish of the Week Contest and a free deli lunch with an 8-pound, 1-ounce cat that he caught on a nightcrawler while still fishing from his boat. Pat Martin and Mike Swart caught a 7-pound, 11-ounce cat and a 4-pound, 8-ounce cat on anchovies while fishing in the south end of the lake. Crappie and bluegill: Fair-to-good. Night fishing under a light is best. Crappie can be found hanging out in submerged trees, about 10’-30’ feet deep. Bear Creek, Mormon Creek and Carson Creek are all good bets. For crappie, try fishing live small or medium minnows, or crappie jigs with jigs in red/white, black/chartreuse or purple/white. Melvin Allen Sr. caught 8 big crappie on minnows in Angels Creek in the early morning.
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