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Hot Kokanee Salmon bite
Trout, Bass, Kokanee Salmon
72°F Clear

The kokanee bite at New Melones is about as good as it gets right now. Fish have pulled off the flats and are stacking along the edges of the main river channel in 40 to 70 feet. Most are topping out around 17-18 inches, and limits are coming quick... sometimes within a couple hours of lines in. Pink and gold dodgers paired with light pink or...

The kokanee bite at New Melones is about as good as it gets right now. Fish have pulled off the flats and are stacking along the edges of the main river channel in 40 to 70 feet. Most are topping out around 17-18 inches, and limits are coming quick... sometimes within a couple hours of lines in. Pink and gold dodgers paired with light pink or purple hoochies are doing the heavy lifting, especially when trolled with short leaders to give the rigs more erratic action. Speeds right around 1.5 mph are working, with hookups often coming on turns. Mornings remain the best window. A few rainbows are still mixing in, but this is all about kokanee right now. Bass action’s decent for those chasing it... mostly smaller post-spawn fish eating jerkbaits and drop-shots in 10-20 feet of water.

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