Was able to get out on Melones earlier this week. We started out throwing deep crankbaits and a variety of topwater baits on main lake points and humps. In the first hour of doing this we could only manage a bunch of 2lb fish. So I ran to the back of a creek finding lots […]
Lake New Melones Fishing Reports
New Melones Fishing Report by Christian Ostrander
Water temp 79-84 I’ve been fishing New Melones for the past couple weeks. The water color changed and now has a nice green tent to it. In my opinion this makes the bite better and the fish don’t get as good of a look in your lure and go more off feel than sight. Fish […]
New Melones Fishing Report by Josh Parris
Water temp 67-70 Water clarity 3-10’ As of May 9th New Melones lake is open and fishing has been great! With being off the lake for over a month I had to really feel out the lake initially to see where the fish were in terms of seasonality and spawn phase. We are in post […]
New Melones Fishing Report by Rob Clarke
Date- 2/23/2020 Time- 8am-4pm Location- New Melones Water temp- 53-58 Water clarity- 5’-15’ We started out our morning by heading up the river arm and started out on the steep rock walls found up there. After looking around on side imaging I was able to find a nice school of bass suspended around 30’. […]
New Melones Fishing Report by Charles Cornelison
Date: 01/27/20 Location: New Melones Air temperature: 37-60 Weather: Partly Cloudy/ Mostly Sunny Water temperature: 52-55 Degrees Wind: 0-6 mph Water clarity: 10-18 feet My buddy Sheldon and I headed out to New Melones for a fun outing. I had found good fish upriver the Monday prior so I knew I wanted to start […]
New Melones Fishing Report by Josh Parris
Water temp 54-56 Clarity 5-15ft New Melones lake has yet to turn over. With the water still a bit warmer than normal many of the typical fall patterns are still working. The Swimbait bite has been day to day, some better than others. We’ve been alternating between 8-10” soft and hard swimbaits in depths from […]
New Melones Lake Fishing Report by Josh Parris Guide Service
Water temp 59-61 Water clarity 5-10’ Melones lake has been fishing tuff for bass the last few months. There are definitely still fish to be caught but the overall numbers we are used to seeing this time of year just haven’t been there. Not sure if it’s due to water levels and unusually warm weather […]
New Melones Fishing Report by Big Ed
Water temp 63-65 Air temp 61-81 Wind 1-3mph Clarity 15-20 feet Clear Skies This past weekend I fished the inaugural California Swimbait Challenge on New Melones lake with Ron Howe as my team partner. The first word that comes to mind is tough! Swimbaits in November are normally a staple but this year has been […]
New Melones Fishing Report by Ernie Dixon
July 7th 2019 Water temp 74-78 degrees Fahrenheit Water clarity 6-10 ft On July 7th my buddy Josh Forman and myself launched out of tuttletown launch at New Melones and started fishing directly to the right at the day use area which is now underwater about 10’, we started fishing between 15’ and 35’ throwing […]
New Melones Fishing Report by Sheldon Bisbee
Date: June 29-30 Time: 6:00PM-2:30AM & 6:00AM-5:00PM Location: New Melones On Saturday around 6PM, Charles Cornelison and I launched the boat out of Glory hole. Started off fishing points on the main body with jigs in about 15-20ft of water. Instantly we started catching fish in the 2 to 3lb range. Seen fish chasing bait […]