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New Hogan Lake Fishing Report

Updated Fri, Sep 4, 2026 from live gauge and weather data

The Calaveras striper pond: New Hogan's deep arms hide a landlocked lineside fishery the Delta crowds never visit.

2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Water temp
~84 F est.
Air / High
74 / 78 F
Wind
WSW 7 mph

Sources: Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.

Satellite view
Friday
4
September 2026

Today's Fishing Report

Generated this morning from live readings: gauge, weather model, sun and moon. A fresh report is published here every morning.

2/5Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.

New Hogan Lake serves up more heat: the productive hours are the dim ones. Today brings clear skies, wind WSW around 7 mph, rising pressure near 1013 hPa and a high of 78. Water sits around 84 F for the season (estimated). With the last quarter, the solunar majors run 5:39 AM-7:39 AM and 5:39 PM-7:39 PM: plan around them and beat the heat.

The plan, species by species

Striped bassGood

Deep and early: live bait on downlines over the river channel at first light, or downriggers along thermocline depth.

Catfish (blue, channel)Good

Anchor on 20-30 ft baited holes with punch bait or cut shad. They keep biting through the heat when everything else quits.

Largemouth bassFair

Topwater at first light on points and seawalls, then slide out to 12-25 ft brush and points with a Carolina rig, deep crank or drop shot. The bite is dawn, dusk or deep.

CrappieSlow

Straight down on bridge pilings and deep brush at 15-25 ft. Minnows outfish jigs in hot water; move until the graph shows them stacked.

Tomorrow: Similar at 82 F. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.Next report: Sat, Sep 5, 6:30 AMHow this report is made →

Water and weather

Live readings.

No live gauge on this water

Conditions here are modeled from weather, season and the nearest stations. Water readings appear when a USGS gauge is available.

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Right now

Latest readings

Air temp74 F
High / Low78 / 61 F
WindWSW 7-12 mph
Pressure1013.1 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 7%
Sunrise / Sunset06:35 / 19:28
MoonLast Quarter, 50%
Water temp (seasonal)~84 F est.

Bite planner

Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today. Tap a bar to see why.

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Next 7 days

Tap a day for the detailed outlook.

Fri Sep 4 · Overcast, 78/61 F, wind 10 mph, rain 7%

Fair or better. A 10 mph breeze puts a working chop on the banks it hits: fish the wind-blown side.

Species guide

The species that matter on New Hogan Lake: seasons, structure and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.

Largemouth bass illustration

Largemouth bass

Best: spring and fall

The headline act on most American reservoirs. Relates to cover: docks, brush, grass edges and points. Topwater at first light on points and seawalls, then slide out to 12-25 ft brush and points with a Carolina rig, deep crank or drop shot. The bite is dawn, dusk or deep.

Striped bass illustration

Striped bass

Best: spring and fall

The reservoir heavyweight. Follows shad and herring schools in open water year-round. Deep and early: live bait on downlines over the river channel at first light, or downriggers along thermocline depth.

Catfish (blue, channel) illustration

Catfish (blue, channel)

Good year-round

The most reliable bite on most southern waters. Blues run big; channels fill the cooler. Anchor on 20-30 ft baited holes with punch bait or cut shad. They keep biting through the heat when everything else quits.

Crappie illustration

Crappie

Best: Nov-Mar

Brush piles, bridge pilings and standing timber. The fish fry favorite. Straight down on bridge pilings and deep brush at 15-25 ft. Minnows outfish jigs in hot water; move until the graph shows them stacked.

When to come: the New Hogan Lake calendar

Activity by species and month, and how the water warms through the year. Tap any cell.

Species activity by month

1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted.

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Largemouth bass
Striped bass
Catfish (blue, channel)
Crappie
SlowPeak

Water temperature through the year

Typical surface temperature for this water type; today is around 84 F (estimated, not a reading).

5060708090JanMarMayJulSepNovSep, ~84 F now

Angler reports

Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. The water log below tracks each day automatically.

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Water log, last days

Auto-logged from live data
Thu, Sep 3

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Striped bass led the card at excellent. High of 80 F, wind to 11 mph.

Wed, Sep 2

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Striped bass led the card at excellent. High of 80 F, wind to 10 mph.

Tue, Sep 1

3/5 Fair. Fish early or late. Heat pins the bite to the dawn and dusk windows. Striped bass led the card at good. High of 76 F, wind to 11 mph.

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Before you go

License

California requires a valid fishing license for adults. Buy online from the state agency; one-day options exist for visitors.

Regulations

California license. Striper: no limit inland; bass 12-inch: check CDFW.

Access

Fiddleneck, Wrinkle Cove Corps ramps; Deer Flat access.

About this water

4,400 acres on the Calaveras River, Calaveras County, CA. The foothills' landlocked linesides.

Fishing New Hogan Lake: the full guide

The foothill striper lake

New Hogan pools the Calaveras River into 4,400 deep acres east of Stockton: the foothills' striper anomaly: a landlocked population (Delta immigrants grown resident) that boils on shad all summer while the bass fleet works the same points.

Lineside program

Dawn boils erupt off the river channel's points (spoons and topwater: run-and-gun), downlined shad picks the 30-60-ft schools midday, and winter's bird-watching (gulls over bait) turns jigging season on. Fish run 5-15 pounds with 20s honest: the pond's scale keeps them findable.

Bass and the deep arms

Largemouth and spots ladder the rocky arms (finesse on the steep stuff: the lake fishes clear), crappie stack the submerged trees off Deer Flat, and the catfish culture soaks the flats at night. The two-story troll (planted rainbows in the cold months) fills the winter margins.

Calaveras practicalities

Corps ramps serve both arms (Fiddleneck, Wrinkle Cove): summer drawdowns stretch the launch lanes: and the lake's modest fame keeps weekdays quiet. Angels Camp sits 20 minutes east: gold-country basecamp economics.

Common questions

Are there really stripers in New Hogan?

A resident landlocked population: summer boils and winter bird-play prove it yearly. Twenty-pound fish reward the dawn patrol.

When do New Hogan stripers boil?

June-September at first light off the channel points: spoons flung at the splashes. Birds extend the game into winter's jigging season.

Is New Hogan good for camping trips?

Corps campgrounds (Acorn, Oak Knoll) sit over the water: launch, fish the dawn boils, nap, repeat. The foothills' oak shade and quiet midweeks make it gold-country's easiest fish-camp.

Is fishing good at New Hogan Lake right now?

Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.

Nearby waters

Mokelumne River7 miLake Camanche10 miLake Amador19 miNew Melones Lake21 miDon Pedro Reservoir38 miAmerican River43 mi
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