|
|
|
|
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. Michael Oliveira caught this massive 13-pound 4-ounce fish on
December 30, 2011. He was bass fishing by the dam. He threw a small
shad-patterned crankbait into a swirl he saw in the shallows, and caught this
big hen in three feet of water. She was 26 1/2 long and had a 20 1/2"
girth. Compare those measurements to Jim Harlan's fish, and you will get
an idea of just how fat she was!
Former lake record: 13 pounds, 3
ounces, caught on June 18, 2011 by Garrett Anderson of Sonora, Ca. on a
brown-trout patterned Rapala CD7 while bank-fishing upriver. Former lake record was 13 pounds, 1 ounce, caught on February 11, 2010, by Jim Harlan of Soulsbyville, on a J-7 jointed Rapala in firetiger pattern, trolled 31 feet deep by the dam. The fish was 31.5 inches long, and had a 18.5 inch girth.
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.
Catfish: 36 pounds, caught by Dean Nelson on a Vienna sausage near the Glory Hole boat ramp. |
