Hi everyone,,
We had an amazing week this week at Melones!
This week we had four trips to the lake with great results that produced limits for everyone.
On Thursday we finally caught a kokanee that measured 16 1/2 inches long and I measured it three times, just to make sure, so there is some larger fish in the lake just not very many, what a nice fish.
Kokanee power hosted a two day derby at the lake this weekend, and i got word that a 17 1/4 inch kokanee was brought in.
The action remains Hot! for cacthing these fiesty and very tasty kokanee
See ya on the water.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing

Hi Everyone.
We were out again Today Friday the 19Th of June with six people, so it took two boats for all these guys.
I had Joe Aksamit of Joe fish Guide Service help me out he had Three Clients and I had Three clients on board we were fishing by 6:30 and the fun started immediately our boat could not loose fish and Joe's boat could not land a fish, as the time went by everyone was having a great time we missed several hits lost a few here and there and when we get to the last fish we need you think that would be easy WRONG!
We lost six fish in a row (but hey that's fishing) before we land number 15 and Joe's boat finished at the same time.
Lots of fun and laughs for all today.
What a great time to be on the water, as there is plenty of fish for all.
Check out the photos of 30 fish caught in just four hours!!!!!
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing

Well we were out again today with clients the 17Th day of June and the action was non stop again!
Today we had a several doubles and one Triple.
I am not even having to change lures or dodgers through out the morning, what ever I have on the rods first thing in the morning has been working out great!
Lots of people fishing and plenty of fish for everyone.
See ya on the water and good Luck and be safe out their
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing

What an awesome fishery New Melones is this year!
We had clients Kenny Dickens and Tommy Farr out today the 16Th of June and the fishing is just awesome!!!!
I know it may seem like a broken record, but the fish are still 40 to 60 feet deep for the most part and I am starting to see fish around the 80 foot mark on the sonar and some schools as shallow as 35 feet.
The usual spots are still producing fish, and we tried some different locations today that also produced fish, so it is a good idea to keep moving to keep the fish interested in your presentations!
Again if you are interested in booking a trip especially with the kids now is a great time to get them out fishing and getting in on some great action!
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing

We had a great turn out at The Seminar at Glory Hole sports this past Sunday.
Now lets get to the latest fishing trip we had, it was on Saturday the 13Th at Melones.
Met the clients at a little before 6:00, got the boat ready and had the lines in the water about 6:20 and it was game on!!!!!
By 7:00 we had 10 fish in the boat and had missed several and lost a few, and by 7:30 We had 14 and guess what! we have a double hook up.
So we had to be very careful and was able to let it go.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing

Man can you windy!!!!!!
That's what it was today at Melones the 10Th of June.
Decided to take my kids and the dog! out fishing for the day and when we arrived at the lake the wind was really blowing, so we got the boat ready in hopes of the wind calming down, but that was not going to happen!
We put the boat in the water and headed out to ship wreck Island and Oh did I say the wind was blowing!!!!It was challenging to keep the boat in a straight line, on the first pass we boat Five and missed several hits, then headed back down wind to the tip of Rose Island and got it turned around headed up for another pass and the next thing you know we have twelve in the boat and you know what happens next, go figure we only need three more and the wind finally decides to lay down, so we put Three more kokes in the boat and headed for the cleaning station and by this time it was 9:50.sure would have been a great day without the wind.
If you have not fished this lake yet, you need to. The fish are in great shape and growing rapidly
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing

Hi Everyone!
Glory Hole sports has been having seminars on Sundays at 3:00 O'Clock.
This next Sunday the 14 th of June I will be giving a seminar on summer kokanee fishing techniques.
Hope everyone can make it as I will be talking about how to catch kokanee in the summer months patterns and Melanie at Glory hole sports has a great selection of not only kokanee gear but everything that has to do with catching fish in New Melones and the Mother Lode lakes.
and as always thers is a raffle at the end of the seminar!
So Come and check it out!!!!!!
Monte Smith
Gold Counry Sportfishing

Hi everyone!
We changed gears today and went to Melones on the 4th day of June with three clients.
The fish are really getting fatter than what they was and very nice looking clean fish, and full of fight!
We launched the boat about 6:30 and had lines in the water in about 10 minuates and I did not even get the Third rod out and it was fish on!
Thats the way the morning would go for some time and then it slowed down for a short while, as we changed gear and found the fish again it was not long and we had Three limits of fish on board and did I mention it was 10:15 in the morning and we were heading for the cleaning station.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing

Hi all,
We had a trip on June the 3rd at Don Pedro with two clients, we were looking for a mix bag of fish, as kings, kokanee and Trout, but the only the thing that we could get was kokanee and plenty of them and we had to work for them for a while.
The water is still on the rise at this lake and I would have never thought the lake would rise this much after seeing how low it was back in March, can you believe the lake has only about maybe another 30 vertical feet and it will be full, what a great site to see!
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing