I was back at Hogan again chasing Stripers on Friday the 25Th of July with client Tommy Farr.
Action was somewhat slower on this day but we still managed seven Stripers to the boat, however we let four of the seven go back as they were small fish around 17 inches.
The Three fish that we kept were Three, Four and just under Five pounds, very nice fish and we lost two other good fish also on this day, oh and we did catch a small mouth bass that went back in the pond.
Lots of boat traffic around the noon hour so we called it a day.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing

Hi all,
We fished Melones on Tuesday the 21St with W.O.N. Writer Bill Karr.
We Started out south of Rose Island and quickly found the fish have moved North, as we got closer to ship wreck Island we stared putting fish in the boat as it did not take long to fill our limits and a story for Western Outdoor News!
So look for the story soon in your copy of W.ON.
We had many fish come off half way to the boat.
I also have to say it was not me who caught the 19 pound brown trout out of Huntington lake,
I sure would love to catch a brown that big, as I would probably have to buy it from my clients to have mounted on my wall.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing

Okay, so how about another report on Stripers at Hogan.
We made another trip to Hogan for Stripers again on Tuesday the 14Th of July, I did not even get the third rod out and it was fish on! okay so we got that fish in the boat a Three pounder and then it was fish on again only this time it was a Six pound Striper very nice fish that put up a great fight.
Then we lost one fish and then another and it was not long and we boated one around Four pounds.
We ended the day with six Stripers in the boat, we did let one go as it was only about 14 inches, and we lost a total of four fish, a good day of fishing for Stripers.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing

Okay, I am back with an update on Stripers at Hogan!
Went on July the 9th in search of Stripers and it did not take long to get our first hook up and first fish in the boat, a nice Four pounder, then only about ten minutes went by and another solid hook up and fish on, but only to come undone a few seconds later.
This is the way the day was going, we had plenty of hook ups, but we only landed two fish today, we should have boated eight fish! but hey thats fish'n, the biggest fish weighed in at five pounds two ounces.
Did not really see any boils today, only a couple that did not last long.
So I think its time to start fishing the lake for Stripers.
If you are interested give me a call and lets go.
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing

The kokanee fishing at New Melones continues be great!
The fish are starting to get into a pattern as they will bite like crazy for the first few hours of the early morning and then shut down for an hour or so and start up again.
Limits were no problem for clients this week!
I will be heading to Hogan this next week to see if I can catch some Stripers as I have several people wanting to fish for these hard fighting fish, so stay tuned for updates!
Have a happy fourth of July!
Monte Smith
Gold Country Sportfishing