Date : 08/20/21 Location : New Melones Launch: Tuttletown Air temperature: 56-87 Water temperature: 75-77 Water Clarity: 2-6 feet Wind direction/speed: Northeast 5-10 mph Seasonal fish pattern: summer transition Moon phase: waxing gibbous On 08/20/21 my father and I decided to go bass fishing at New Melones Reservoir. New Melones’ water level is super low, […]
Lake New Melones Fishing Reports
Lake New Melones fishing report by Josh Parris
Water temperature: 75 to 80 degrees depending on where your at on the lake. Water clarity: 2 to 4 ft Water level: 115 to 120 feet from full. Dropping about a foot every 2 weeks. For those anglers headed to Lake New Melones be very aware when on the water. With the low water level […]
New Melones Reservoir fishing report by Glory Hole Sports
Current water level is 973.80 which is 114.20 ft from full. Water temperature: 79 to low 80s Water visibility: 4 to 6 ft Trout along the shoreline is tough as they are mostly being found in the cooler, deeper 40 to 60 ft water. Going upriver past the bridges and outside the mouth of […]
New Melones fishing report by Tucker Tarap of Glory Hole Sports
New Melones Reservoir current water level is 997 and 91ft from full. Lack of rainfall for the west has lake levels in northern California at 50-70 % of capacity. For the weekend warrior planning to camp out, Tuttletown has Acorn open and Glory Hole Point has Ironhorse and Big Oaks campground open. New Melones Lake […]
Josh Parris Guide Service Lake New Melones update Big BASS
Lake New Melones update Big BASS In this video Josh Parris breaks down how he fished the winter to spring transition. He shares what techniques and baits were successful and gives his insights on the pre spawn. Highlights from winter to spring transition 2021 Adam with a 14.01 Swimbait fish Josh Parris with a 12.78 […]
New Melones Fishing Report by Christian Ostrander
Melones is still fishing better than most motherlode lakes at the moment. Over the last 2 weeks I’ve started to see more quality bass being caught. Run offs from heavy rains have spiked oxygen levels in the water, while also washing down food for baitfish and crayfish making every species of fish on the hunt. […]
New Melones Fishing Report by Ron Howe
Weather Part Cloudy Post Front Air Temps 35-56 deg Water Temps 50-53 deg Water Color Clear and slightly stained The day started off cold and partly cloudy with a Amazing Sunrise. I started the day off throwing a Big Glide baits on main lake points, but had no luck. I then drove up river past […]
New Melones Fishing Report by Christian Ostrander
Water Temp 52-54 New Melones is still fishing decent for both numbers and quality. With the lack of rain and warmer than usual weather for January, it has the fish unsure if they want to move up shallow or stay deeper. Shad is still found 30ft to 70ft deep but I did see some bass […]
Lake New Melones Fishing Report by Christian Ostrander
Lake New Melones is fishing pretty good around the board. Fish are in all water columns you can catch them shallow as well as 60+ ft. Every trip out has been 30+ fish days throwing a assortment of baits. Jigs and small swimbaits like a 3.8 Keitech on a ball head fishing it on the […]
New Melones Fishing Report by Christian Ostrander
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 […]
