Date: 4/10/19 Time: 1000-1700 Location: New Melonies Lake Air temperature: 50-65 degrees Wind direction/speed: 10-25 mph Water temperature: 57-61 degrees Water clarity: 2-15 feet Target depth: 1-25 feet Barometric pressure: high pressure/post frontal Moon phase: waxing crescent visibility 26% Seasonal fish pattern: pre-spawn/spawn On April 10, 2019 I decided to head up to New Melones […]
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The Perfect Storm by Chris Evola
Date: 3/10/19 Location: California Delta Air temperature: 57-61 degrees Water temperature: 54-56 Water clarity: 1-3 feet Wind direction/speed: South-Southwest 2-8 mph Seasonal fish pattern: winter transition Moon phase: waxing crescent visibility 14% Tidal influence: low incoming The Perfect Storm On March 10, 2019 my son Vincent bribed me into taking him fishing for a couple […]
Catching Bass in the Grass by Chris Evola
Date: March 8, 2019 Location: California Delta Air temperature: 48-59 Water temperature: 51-55 Water clarity: 1-3’ Wind direction/speed: 2-12 mph W/NW Tidal influence: outgoing/incoming Seasonal fish pattern: winter transition ******************************************************** There are two categories of vegetation in the California Delta. Emergent vegetation and submerged vegetation. Examples of emergent vegetation are, but not limited to: water […]
CA Delta – Winter Transition by Chris Evola
Date: 3/2/19 Time: 0700-1500 Location: California Delta Air temperature: 49-61 Water temperature: 51-54 Wind direction/speed: 2-10 mph Northwest Water clarity: 0-1’ Tidal influence: high outgoing/low incoming Seasonal fish pattern: winter transition On March 3, 2019 my buddy Justin and I decided to try our luck fishing the California Delta. With the recent wave of storms […]
CA Delta fishing report by Chris Evola
Date: March 1, 2019 Location: California Delta Air temperature: 48-58 Wind direction speed: NW 1-4 mph Water temperature: 51-53 Water clarity: 0-2’ Tidal influence: low incoming/high outgoing Moon phase: waning crescent illumination 22% Seasonal fish pattern: winter transition On March 1, 2019 my son Vincent and I decided to try our luck bass fishing the […]
New Melonies Fishing Report 1/22/19 by Chris Evola
Water temperature: 49-52 degrees Water clarity: 3-12 feet Air temperature: 30-60 degrees Wind direction/speed: 0-10 mph S-SW Moon phase: waning gibbous illumination 98% On January 22, 2019 at approximately 0700 hours, my good friends and I decided to go fishing at New Melonies reservoir located at 6503 Glory Hole Road, Angels Camp, California. After launching […]
California Delta Fishing Report August 9, 2018
Water temperature: 79-82 Air temperature: 93-97 Wind direction/speed: West, Southwest 1-4 mph Water clarity: 3-7 feet Tidal movement: low incoming Moon phase: waning crescent, visibility 6% On August 9, 2018 my buddy Justin Misenhiemer and I tried our luck at fishing the Thursday night turkey shoot bass tournament out of the Tracy Oasis marina and […]
California Delta Fishing Report by Chris Evola
Tide: incoming Water temperature: 82-86 Water clarity: stained 2’ visibility Air temperature: 68-101 Wind direction/speed: West 2-4 mph Moon phase: waxing crescent 26% visibility On July 18, 2018 my son Vincent and I decided to go bass fishing on the California Delta. We launched my boat promptly at 0545 hours out of the Tracy Oasis […]
California Delta fishing report by Chris Evola
Date: June 20, 2018 Time: 05:30-13:30 Air temperature: 62-99 Wind direction/speed: NW 2-11 mph Water temperature: 72-79 Tidal influence: low outgoing, low incoming Moon phase: first quarter 51% visibility On June 20,2018 I had the pleasure of guiding two time client Christopher Mayer who resides in Folsom, California. We promptly launched my Ranger bass boat […]
CA Delta Report by Chris Evola
Date : March 18, 2018 Air temperature: 37-65 Water temperature: 51-59 Wind: 0-2 mph South, Southwest Water clarity: 2-6 feet Moon phase: new moon, visibility zero % Location: California Delta Tide: high outgoing 0800-1200 On March 18, 2018, I had the pleasure of taking Keith Pineo on a guided bass fishing trip to the California […]