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Lake recordsIn the past there have been no official records kept on New Melones Lake, so there may have been bigger fish than these, but we have no way of verifying any "fish stories." These weights were official and weighed in at our store or elsewhere, on a certified scale. We are currently researching some species, so they are not yet posted.
Rainbow Trout: There are reports of 10+ pound rainbow being caught before we owned the store. We have weighed several in the 7-pound range before we started keeping official records.
Kokanee: The first year kokanee were caught at Melones, there were plenty in the 3+ pound range. Again, this was before we kept official records. We will recognize the next kokanee we see that weighs over 3-pounds.
Black Bass: Unofficial- 17-pounds, 5-ounces, caught on May 19th, 2002, by Thomas Gerbing of Modesto, CA on a black/red tail Renegade worm while bank fishing under the Parrotts Ferry Bridge. This fish had a 23-inch girth and a 30-inch total length. There was much controversy about this fish, because some employees at the Don Pedro Marina claimed he tried to weigh it in there, after netting it while it floated, dead, near the marina. Since we didn't see him catch it, and the fish was not fresh when he brought it to us, we have decided not to officiate this record. The official record is a 15.3-pounder caught by Joe Bruce on February 1st, 2005 during a small club tournament. Joe drug a green pumpkin Zoom Baby Brush Hog 40' deep over the island tops at the mouth of Mormon Creek to catch his beauty. His fish surpassed the 12.98-pounder that Brian Rabith caught on a rainbow-trout spinnerbait while fishing a bass tournament in 2000.
Catfish: 36 pounds, caught by Dean Nelson on a Vienna sausage near the Glory Hole boat ramp. |
