Melones

This weeks strong winds and a full moon made Kokanee fishing very challenging, however the real story is the size of fish we are seeing. The Koks are averaging 15 to 16 inches but Marci Barnes of Arcata landed a 2.5 pound 18 inch Kokanee, and Sean O'Conner of Modesto boated a 2.2 pound 17.5 inch fish. John Osterlund of Tracy, Jeff Chumberlain of San Jose, Marci and Michael Barnes of Arcata, Becky Reimers of Orland, Bob O'Conner and son Sean O'Conner of Modesto all caught nice limits of Kokanee. We are starting to see the Koks schooling up at times, but we still had to work hard covering waters from Glory Hole Point, Big Bay, the spillway and Little Rock Island off Tuttle Town ramp. The Kokanee are suspended 20 to 30 feet deep early in the morning, and moving down in 40 to 55 feet depths by mid day. Uncle Larry's pink spinners, R&K Hoochies and Marni Bugs behind Vance's nickel dodgers with Slim Willies ball trolls worked well. We used Pro Cure new UV Flash, Garlic Plus and hot pink Anis for our corn scent. The lake is dropping because of state water releases and the surface temperature is 68.5 degrees.