February 23rd, 2007 by Fishing admin
Mark your calendar for Glory Hole Sports 9th Annual 2-day fishing Seminar, March 17-18, said Marilyn Lewis of Glory Hole Sports. Sign-ups for the on-the-water lessons begin on February 16.
On Monday, New Melones Lake held 1.983 million acre-feet of water. The lake level has held steady for 13 weeks and is now 1,050 feet above sea level and 38 feet from capacity. Surface water temperature was 52 degrees. Water was clear with 20 feet visibility and little or no mudline. High-water ramps were still in use.
Trout fishing has been good for both trollers and bank anglers, with bank anglers catching the most fish. Anglers fishing from shore should target main points such as Glory Hole Point, Osprey Point, under the Hwy. 49 Stevenot Bridge, and Tuttletown. Nightcrawlers floated with marshmallows or inflated with a worm inflator have produced the most rainbows from shore.
Berkley Select (glitter) Power Bait or Power Eggs have caught plenty of fish, and throwing a silver/blue Kastmaster or spinner such as a Rooster Tail is also effective from shore. Some lucky bank anglers and the weight of their biggest trout (in ounces and pounds) include Lucky Slayton (5.6), Dave Fong (4.7), Steve Sobleraj (4.7), Dennis Merrill (3.14), Ray Allopenna (3.13), Al Arieta (3.4), 3-year-old Taylor Wilson (3.0), and 5-year-old Evan Sergis (1.5).
Trollers should head to the main lake between the spillway and dam, or near Rose Island, at depths of 30 feet to the surface. Upriver has also been good. Try trolling a crawler/Wedding Ring combo behind flashers, a U.V. Apex or a Cop Car Needlefish or other shad-patterned lure. Rolling shad will get you a rainbow or a big, beautiful brown trout. Be sure to leave out lots of line (100 feet), or use a side planer to pull your lure out of your boat’s wake, so the shallow fish aren’t scared away.
The Glory Hole Sports Big Fish of the Week Contest (salmonids) and a free deli lunch was won this week by Leonard Brown of Clements, who also caught the biggest fish in the Costco Trout Bout Derby this weekend. He caught a big 6-pound, 9-ounce Brown trout on a broken-back Rapala. Andrew Nore and James Richardson won the derby, with a two-fish limit weighing 7.28-pounds. Second place went to Marty Morffey and Arlie Ahl. Darren Schultz and Bruce Yates took third place.
Anglers competing in the derby braved the weather on Saturday and reported fairly tough fishing. Anglers used crawlers/flashers, various lures, and rolling shad to bring in their limits. John, Mike and Clint of Redwood City caught a limit of planter trout in Angels Creek on flashers and crawlers. Doug Koinzan used an Apex to land a 4.3-pound rainbow.
Please remember to practice catch and release with bass. The Department of Fish and Game does not plant bass, so it is up to anglers to maintain the bass fishery.
Glory Hole Sports was at 2892 Highway 49, Angels Camp. For information, call 736-4333 or e-mail ghs@goldrush.com. Online, see www.gloryholesports.com. For New Melones camping reservations, call (877) 444-6777 or visit www.reserveusa.com.
Lake Camanche
Boat rentals are now in the off-season rates at both North Shore and South Shore shops, with the rental rates 40 percent off, until May 1.
E-mail Eldon Porray with information, comments or questions or for updated reports at eporray@camancherecreation.com. Porray recommended seeing Urban Park Concessionaire’s fishing Web site for more details on Lake Camanche at www.norcalfishing.com.
Contact the Northshore Store at 763-5166 and the Southshore Store at 763-5915.
Lake Don Pedro
For information, contact Danny Layne of Fish’n Dan’s Guide Service of Twain Harte at 586 2383.
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