{"id":17846,"date":"2016-04-26T20:47:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T03:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=17846"},"modified":"2016-04-26T20:47:57","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T03:47:57","slug":"glory-hole-fishing-report-guide-report-federation-tournament-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=17846","title":{"rendered":"Glory Hole Fishing Report, Guide Report & Federation Tournament Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

Angels Camp, CA…We would like to thank everyone who came out on Saturday, April 23rd 2016 for our Grand Re-Opening Event. It turned out to be a good day, nice weather and a store full of great people. We gave out well over a 1000-dollars in raffle prizes and everyone left with a smile. Special thanks to all our guest speakers and guides who helped donate prizes and offered priceless fishing knowledge. We look forward to making this an annual event. <\/p>\n

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\nGlory Hole Sports Big Fish of the Week goes to Earl and Tyler Natirass.\u00a0 They caught a limit of trout and koknaee and their largest trout weighed 1-pound, 4-ounces.\u00a0 They used hoochies and slindblades near the dam to find their luck.\u00a0
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Thank You- from all of us at Glory Hole SportsFishing Report & Water Conditions: New Melones Lake is currently holding 637,441 acre-feet of water.\u00a0\u00a0The lake level dropped one foot this past week.\u00a0 It is currently at 885 ft. above sea level and 200 ft. from full.\u00a0 The water clarity is clear in most of the lake.\u00a0 There is some debris floating on the surface.\u00a0 The water temperature is gradually rising, with the average being 62-70 degrees.\u00a0 The dam area is still buoyed off. \u00a0Glory Hole Point boat launch is a two lane concrete ramp with a courtesy dock in place.<\/p>\n

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Trout:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Good. The trout bite has really picked up in the last couple of months.\u00a0 There are plenty of nice rainbows in the main lake over deep water.\u00a0 The lake level came up almost 100′ since December and the fresh water has made trout more comfortable and willing to bite.\u00a0 Boating anglers<\/strong> have been trolling the main lake with downriggers and leadcore line to find success.\u00a0 The trout will be near the surface in the mornings and evenings and drop down to deeper water when the sun is out.\u00a0 Try fishing a top-line first thing, then drop down 15-30′ to target them late morning and afternoon.\u00a0 Needlefish, Excels and Speedy Shiners have been working well.\u00a0 A string of flashers trailed by a crawler has also been a good choice.\u00a0 Bank anglers<\/strong> have been having little luck fishing for trout from the shore.\u00a0 Try using a mallow\/crawler combo or a live minnow fished under a slip-float.<\/div>\n
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Glory Hole Sports Big Fish of the Week goes to Earl and Tyler Natirass.\u00a0 They caught a limit of trout and koknaee and their largest trout weighed 1-pound, 4-ounces.\u00a0 They used hoochies and slindblades near the dam to find their luck.\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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We do encourage catch and release for the brown trout as The Department of Fish and Game will no longer be planting them.\u00a0 Carefully measure, weigh and photograph trophy fish and send us pictures and information.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Guide Gary Burns caught a limit very healthy kokanee (full report below).<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Kokanee:<\/strong>\u00a0Good.\u00a0 The kokanee bite is on!\u00a0 Most anglers that are fishing for kokanee are catching some chunky 14-15″ kokanee and some nice rainbows.\u00a0 The kokanee are not very deep and can be caught in 20-35′ of water.\u00a0 One trick to catching the kokanee is to troll at slower speeds.\u00a0 The fish are holding in the main lake near the deepest water.\u00a0 The spillway and the dam have been the most productive areas.\u00a0 Rocky Mountain Slingblades and Glitterbug’s teardrop dodgers have been working well.\u00a0 Watermelon, pink, gold and silver are all good choices for blade colors.\u00a0 Behind the blade run a micro hoochie, Uncle Larry’s Spinner or Father Murphy’s Bug.\u00a0 Pink has been a good color choice and multi-colored baits will appeal to fish in various light conditions. Be sure to add scent to your bait and dyed and scented corn to each hook.<\/div>\n
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Bass:<\/strong>\u00a0Good.\u00a0 This is the perfect time of the year to target bass.\u00a0 The weather is nice and the bass will bite all day.\u00a0 The fish are in three different modes, pre-spawn, spawn and post-spawn.\u00a0 This means that fish can be caught near the bank and in deep water in many areas of the lake.\u00a0 The bass will stage near main lake coves and creek channels and then move shallow to spawn.\u00a0 Soft plastic baits with a little red flake work well during the spring months.\u00a0 Red seems to agitated the bass when they are near the spawn.\u00a0 Many baits and rigging methods will work, but it is hard to beat a Texas rigged worm when fishing near brush and wood. \u00a0Try using baby brush hogs, beavers and Senkos.\u00a0 There is a topwater bite in the early morning.\u00a0 Small poppers and walk-the-dog style baits will coax bass to the surface.\u00a0 Reaction type baits will work once the sun comes up.\u00a0 Try fishing soft plastic reaction baits like Zoom Flukes and small swimbaits. \u00a0PLEASE PRACTICE CATCH AND RELEASE.\u00a0 The spawn is here and many fish are holding eggs.\u00a0 Take photos and carefully release the fish back into to the lake to maintain a healthy fish population for generations to come.<\/strong><\/div>\n
Catfish:<\/strong>\u00a0Good.\u00a0 The water has warmed to a very optimal temperature for the catfish to become active.\u00a0 Many catfish are moving into shallow water and feeding often throughout the day.\u00a0 Catfish are commonly mistaken as bottom feeders, but they will actually hunt and feed on other fish and creatures much like a bass would.\u00a0 Try using shad or nightcrawlers to offer a presentation they would naturally feed on.\u00a0 Catfish have very poor eyesight and feed by scent as well. \u00a0Add scent to help the fish locate your bait.<\/div>\n
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Gary McCoy of Manteca brought in a giant crappie that weighed close to 2-pounds. \u00a0He caught it on a mini jig out of 15′ of water.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Crappie:<\/strong>\u00a0Great.\u00a0 It has been a great spring and anglers are catching a ton of crappie.\u00a0 To locate the crappie, try fishing in main lake coves near timber.\u00a0 It is best to use a small reaction bait to find where the fish are hanging and then switch to a live minnow to load the boat.\u00a0 Beetle Spins, small square bills and small Rapalas are all good search baits.\u00a0 Use a slip-float to adjust the depth of your presentation.\u00a0 The crappie population is on the rebound so it is best to only keep what you can eat and catch and release the rest for fun.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Guide Report from Take it to the Limit Guide Service<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Limits of kokanee are starting to show up on New Melones Lake and they are the biggest I’ve seen in years for the beginning of the season. \u00a0Most of the kokanee are between 13″ to 141\/4″\u00a0 and we have put a few 141\/2″ in the boat.<\/p>\n

We have found the kokanee in the main lake at the dam and we just started hooking them in the spillway. The best depth 27′ down to 30′ using Uncle Larry’s Spinners in pink and blue or orange and copper, Glitterbug’s just came out with a new chrome tear drop blade, put one of his tub pink hoochies and that worked great for us this week then top it off with garlic corn. \u00a0Using the same gear we are also landing some nice trout.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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John Redpath and Bob Scruggs and myself put 8 kokanee and 7 bows in the boat on Tuesday, first limit of kokanee this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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On Thursday Bob Fisher took it to the limit with 4 kokanee and 1 bow he also released 3 bows 2 crappie and 3 bass.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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I also went out and put a limit of kokanee in the boat on Sunday up to 141\/4″<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Take it to the Limit Guide Service<\/strong><\/div>\n
Gary Burns (209)559-3349<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Tournament Results<\/strong><\/div>\n
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The Bass Federation had a tournament on New Melones this last Saturday, April 24th 2016.\u00a0 The anglers reported catching a bunch quick and having to work a bit hard to catch tournament quality fish to upgrade their limit.\u00a0 Many anglers started the day throwing topwater baits and then switched to Senkos and flipping 5″ and 6″ Senkos and soft plastics throughout the day.<\/div>\n
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1st Place went to Tim Wells who had a 19.83-pound limit with an 8.66-pound kicker fish.\u00a0 He started the day fishing with topwater and then used Brush Hogs to catch fish once the topwater bite died slowed down.<\/div>\n
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2nd Place was Archie Steele.\u00a0 He brought 15.96-pounds to the scale with a 7.72-pound kicker fish.\u00a0 He used walk-the-dog baits in the morning and then switched to fishing Senkos near mudlines.<\/div>\n
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3rd Place went to Ed Pence who had 13.17-pounds.\u00a0 He fished plastic worms shallow to catch his limit of fish.<\/div>\n
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4th Place went to local angler Bryan Kane.\u00a0 He brought 12.19-pounds to the scale and caught his biggest fish on a wacky rigged Senko.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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