New Melones Anglers Report

1/1/2020

by Gene Hildebrand, Glory Hole Sports

Trout

Trout are moving up in the water column and are being seen on the surface, but still a sluggish bite. Ted Overton of Vallelcito brought in a 4.5 lb rainbow to Glory Hole Sports. Ted was fishing the spillway trolling and using a speedy shiner in a cop car pattern at 45 ft. depth.

KOKANEE

Done for the season.

BASS

The bass bite on Melones has improved from the last couple months with the water temps creeping slowly down. On these cold mornings, tie on a River2Sea Swaver Glide bait to get your body warmed up and get the action started. Anglers using jigs, and worms on a number of different setups are landing bass, along with spoons. Bryson Hooper was fishing up river 12/31, landing 5 spotted bass all 2-3.5 lb range using a Roboworm in "Morning Dawn".  Bryson was near the log jam, fishing at a depth of 35 ft.

CATFISH

No reports of Catfish

CRAPPIE

No reports of Crappie