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• NEW MELONES RESERVOIR — With kokanee and trout action going cold, catfish are taking center stage. They're prowling shallow water in the coves, and biting on night crawlers, anchovies or sardines. Michael Royce of Sonora plucked a 6.25-pound cat on sardines from the banks above the Highway 49 Stevenot Bridge. One Sacramento angler landed a stringer full on chicken livers while fishing under a light near the spillway. Bass fishing is fair in stained water, reports Melanie Lewis of Glory Hole Sporting Goods in Angels Camp, and most fish are being caught in the shallows in coves. Bob Hemphill of Chinese Camp caught a 7.25-pound largemouth on a Zoom Trick Worm and a shakey-head rig, while fishing in 20 feet in a river arm. Lewis suggests top-water lures such as Pop-R's Pencil Poppers, Zara Spooks and buzzbaits in the morning and evening but using Rattletraps, Spinnerbaits, jigs with rattles and Senkos when it's hot. A few trout are biting under lights in the deeper portions of the lake near the dam. A few anglers are finding limits of kokes at 90 to 100 feet in the south end of the lake. Crappie are holding close to submerged trees in Bear Cove, Coyote Creek or up the river arm. Night fishing under a light with small or medium minnows, Beetle-Spins or red/white minijigs is best for crappie. Call: (209) 736-4333, Monte Smith (209) 581-4734, Danny Layne (209) 586 2383, Sierra Sport Fishing (209) 599-2023.
Источник: Sacramento Bee