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New Melones Fishout Report
April 22, 2006
We had the most fish caught in a long time with many people catching over 100 fish in a day. There were only two people that did not catch their limit. In first place with 14.20 lbs and a nice 3:30 lb big fish was Paul Barry. He was fishing with Ben Romano and they were catching 100’s of fish but Paul caught a few of the biggest ones on his 6” shad worms with a dipped cht tails in the backs of coves and pockets with trash piles in them. He was also fishing flats in the morning and steep walls up the river with dart head worms shakin. He also had fish drop shotting and fishing for bedding bass. Paul had pre fished for three days before and caught 100 plus fish everyday so he definitely did his homework and deserved this win congratulations Paul. In second place with 13:00 lbs using the same bait as he used last month for second place was Mark Serrano. He was fishing his Margarita Mutilator worms and Keeper reapers on a 1/8 oz. dart head on dirt banks with a little rock on them in 5-15 ft of water. He had never fished this lake before and he was able to ask people for information during the week and it worked. In third place with 11.90 lbs was Javier Cruz. He also caught the fish on steep walls and rocky banks up the river past the first bridge on every color of grubs on a dart head he through in 15-20 ft. deep. The best color was a cht. grub that his partner gave him and he used it to catch over a dozen fish then he broke it off. Then Robert caught the same fish with the grub in his mouth still, so Javier put it back on and caught some more. In fourth place with 11.90 lbs was David Malley he also said he used the same thing as last month a cinnamon spider grub on a football head in 20-30 ft. of water. He said he cast it towards the shore, secondary points, wind blown were better, bump the bottom and move real slow. (I heard he caught his best two keepers with his rod on the deck and he was eating his lunch bite.) In fifth place with 11.80 lbs. was Chris Lee he said he caught his fish on everything all day long. He caught the better fish on blades and rippin and crankin near flats or on the steep walls up the river and in the cracks on his dart head worms with the wind blowing into them. In sixth place with his last fishout before his baby is born and with 11.80 lbs was Scott Chong who said, after he talked to Benny and saw him catch a couple of fish he told them that the bigger fish were in the trash piles. So Scott went back in the cove to the trash pile and cast a 4” shad colored worm into the trash and caught an 18 ½ “ fish. He said he didn’t have his limit until 2:30 when they found this one rocky cut with the wind blowing into it and they caught about 10 keepers all on 1/8 oz. or 3/16 oz. dart heads and those shad worms. The Big fish of the tournament was caught by Javier Cruz a 3.80 lber and the second big fish was caught by Scott Chong that was the 3.65 lber in that trash pile. The heavy boat was won by Paul Barry & Ben Romano with 25.55 lbs.
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