New Melones 1-17-06

Got on the water at 10-10:30 am.   Cloudy and a little cold.  No wind.  Launch from the Hwy 49 bridge.  Paddled to the other side and got a little 12" rainbow on a dodger & worm.  30 ft. down with a downrigger. Kept him because it was my first fish and I thought they were all the same size.

This lake is deep.  Found a few spots that were 360 ft.  I was fishing in 200 to 250 ft of water.  Got 2 more that were 14 1/2 and 15 ".  These were nice fats ones with pink meat.  Water temp on the surface was 51 to 54 deg.

My friend on a 14 ft boat got his limit and my other friend did not get a bite all day.  We left at 4pm.

Ken kickfish