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New Hogan Lake Fishing Report

Updated Fri, Oct 23, 2026 from live gauge and weather data

New Hogan Lake on the Calaveras River: a Corps of Engineers reservoir in the Sierra foothills that CDFW calls one of the few lakes in California with striped bass, alongside three kinds of black bass.

5/5
Excellent. Go now.Everything lines up: pressure, wind and light are in your favor.
Water temp
~74 F est.
Air / High
63 / 66 F
Wind
NW 8 mph

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

Satellite view
Friday
23
October 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.

5/5Excellent. Go now.Everything lines up: pressure, wind and light are in your favor.

New Hogan Lake offers the kind of conditions this water was made for. Today brings a mixed sky, wind NW around 8 mph, falling pressure near 1017 hPa and a high of 66. Water sits around 74 F for the season (estimated). With the waxing gibbous, the solunar majors run 9:43 AM-11:43 AM and 10:11 PM-12:11 AM: the windows to build the day around.

The plan, species by species

Largemouth bassExcellent

The main feeding season after the spawn: work moving baits along weed edges, points and wood, and follow up with a soft plastic where a fish swirls.

Striped bassExcellent

Use electronics to find shad schools in open water, and watch for birds working over bait.

Catfish (blue, channel)Excellent

Spawning season from late May into summer: Iowa DNR suggests drifting bait under a float along riprap and snags where males guard nests in cavities.

Smallmouth bassExcellent

Post-spawn and summer feeding: cover rock, wood and current breaks with crankbaits, jigs and tubes, and use live crayfish, minnows or hellgrammites where bait is the plan.

Rainbow troutExcellent

The top of this band is already stressful. In rivers fish mornings and evenings; in lakes WDFW notes rainbows turn sluggish and go deeper, so troll or suspend bait near the bottom.

Tomorrow: Warmer at 73 F. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.Next report: Sat, Oct 24, 6:30 AMHow this report is made β†’

Before you go

California requires a fishing licence from age 16, from $64.54 for residents. What a California licence costs and where to buy it β†’

Chasing largemouth bass here? Check the size and bag limits with CDFW before you keep anything. The season dates for California, read off the agency, are on the California seasons page.

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 temp63 F
High / Low66 / 53 F
WindNW 8-10 mph
Pressure1017.4 hPa, falling
Sky / Rain42% cloud, 26%
Sunrise / Sunset07:20 / 18:14
MoonWaxing Gibbous, 91%
Water temp (seasonal)~74 F est.

Bite planner

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

5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PMsunrisesunsetPRIMEPRIME

Which day to fish New Hogan Lake this week

Today is the pick of the week on New Hogan Lake, at 5 out of 5.

Best day this week: today, Oct 23 β€” excellent at 5/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.

Today, Oct 23 β€” Excellent

Everything lines up: pressure, wind and light are in your favor.

Solunar majors
9:43 AM-11:43 AM and 10:11 PM-12:11 AM
Minor period
4:07 AM-5:07 AM
Sun
07:20 to 18:14
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit
Sky and wind
Rain, 10 mph
Rain chance
26%

Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out: how the score is built.

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: the spring pre-spawn and the fall feed

A warm-water sunfish of lakes, reservoirs, ponds and slow river backwaters that holds tight to cover: weeds, logs, rock ledges and docks. In Texas, TPWD surveys rank it "by far" the freshwater fish anglers most want to catch. The main feeding season after the spawn: work moving baits along weed edges, points and wood, and follow up with a soft plastic where a fish swirls.

Striped bass illustration

Striped bass

Best: spring and fall inland; on the coast, during the seasonal migrations

The largest of the temperate basses, a sea-run fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts that now also lives in reservoirs across much of the country after hatchery stocking. Inland, it follows schools of shad and herring through open water. Use electronics to find shad schools in open water, and watch for birds working over bait.

Catfish (blue, channel) illustration

Catfish (blue, channel)

Year-round, best at dusk and after dark

Three big catfish share most of the country's rivers and reservoirs: the channel catfish, the most widespread; the blue catfish, the largest; and the flathead, which hunts live fish. All feed mostly on or near the bottom. Spawning season from late May into summer: Iowa DNR suggests drifting bait under a float along riprap and snags where males guard nests in cavities.

Smallmouth bass illustration

Smallmouth bass

Best: spring and fall, when bigger fish come shallow

A bronze-brown black bass of clear, cool streams and rocky lakes, with dark vertical bars instead of a side stripe. Michigan DNR says its southeastern coast, from Port Huron to Lake Erie, is known nationally for both the size and the number of its smallmouth. Post-spawn and summer feeding: cover rock, wood and current breaks with crankbaits, jigs and tubes, and use live crayfish, minnows or hellgrammites where bait is the plan.

Rainbow trout illustration

Rainbow trout

Spring and fall in most lakes; rivers fish year-round while the water stays cool

A cold-water trout native to Pacific drainages from Alaska to Baja California, now stocked in most states and fished in rivers, tailwaters and lakes. The top of this band is already stressful. In rivers fish mornings and evenings; in lakes WDFW notes rainbows turn sluggish and go deeper, so troll or suspend bait near the bottom.

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)
Smallmouth bass
Rainbow trout
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Water temperature through the year

Typical surface temperature for this water type; today is around 74 F (estimated, not a reading).

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Angler reports

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

No angler reports yet this weekBe the first: your report helps every angler who checks New Hogan Lake today, and we feature the best catch of the week.

Water log, last days

Auto-logged from live data
Thu, Oct 22

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Largemouth bass led the card at excellent. High of 67 F, wind to 12 mph.

Wed, Oct 21

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Largemouth bass led the card at excellent. High of 72 F, wind to 8 mph.

Tue, Oct 20

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Largemouth bass led the card at excellent. High of 72 F, wind to 9 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 fishing license. Check the current CDFW freshwater sport fishing regulations for striped bass and black bass limits. Corps rules (36 CFR Part 327) apply on project land.

Access

Fiddleneck Day Use Area (launch and mussel inspections), Acorn and Oak Knoll campgrounds (reservations on Recreation.gov). Deer Flat Boat-in Campground is closed because of access problems. The project is open all year.

About this water

A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Calaveras River at Valley Springs, Calaveras County, California, about 30 miles east of Stockton.

Fishing New Hogan Lake: the full guide

A Corps lake east of Stockton

The Corps of Engineers says New Hogan Lake was created in 1964 with the completion of New Hogan Dam and covers 4,333 water acres, with 50 miles of shoreline when full and an arm reaching nearly eight miles up to the fork of the Calaveras River. CDFW's 2025 survey report gives 4,410 surface acres at maximum capacity and says the lake first filled in 1965. The dam provides flood control for Stockton and water for irrigation, drinking and hydropower.

Striped bass

CDFW's fall 2022 survey caught 49 striped bass, four times the 2018 count, and its biologist called New Hogan one of the only reservoirs or lakes in California with striped bass. During the survey crews saw stripers boiling all over the lake with many anglers after them, and the report credits the healthy population and good condition of the fish for the lake's popularity.

Three black bass and the rest

The same survey found largemouth, smallmouth and Alabama bass, and CDFW says New Hogan offers a chance at preferred-size largemouth and smallmouth. Largemouth numbers fell from 2018 while smallmouth tripled, which CDFW links to the lake's large level swings in dry years. Bluegill, redear and green sunfish and channel catfish were also caught, and the report notes a small wild rainbow trout population native to the Calaveras watershed.

Mussel inspections

Golden mussels have been found within 30 miles, and CDFW classifies New Hogan as a high-risk reservoir. The Corps runs random vessel inspections at Fiddleneck Day Use Area through the season; boats must arrive clean, drained and dry with a current registration and mussel fee sticker, and boats that fail are not launched.

Common questions

Are there striped bass in New Hogan Lake?

Yes. CDFW's fall 2022 survey caught 49, and the agency calls New Hogan one of the only lakes in California with striped bass.

Which black bass live in New Hogan?

Largemouth, smallmouth and Alabama bass, all three found in CDFW's 2022 survey.

Will my boat be inspected at New Hogan?

It may be. The Corps runs random mussel inspections at Fiddleneck Day Use Area, and boats that are not clean, drained and dry are turned away.

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: Excellent. Go now. Everything lines up: pressure, wind and light are in your favor.

Nearby waters

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

Where this page's numbers come from

Weather and pressure
Open-Meteo forecast model
Queried at 38.1500, -120.8170 in this water's own timezone. A model, not an observation.
Moon and solunar windows
Calculated on this site
Astronomical calculation from these coordinates and the date, not a third-party feed. How much weight it deserves.
Pages checked
The facts in the written guide were checked against these pages, from the agencies and operators that manage the water, on October 6, 2026. Anything we could not verify was taken out.
The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
How this page was made. The daily report is computed by our scoring engine from live readings; nobody types it. The written text was drafted with AI assistance from the official pages listed above, and its facts were checked against those pages by automated verification on October 6, 2026; anything that could not be verified was taken out. Pablo Ruiz Quintero sets every guideline, the data-verification system and the minimum standards a page must meet to be published, reviews page structure and approves what goes live; the responsibility is his, and the AI carries out the work. We work this way because it is how one person can keep every page current with named sources. Errors are published in the verification log; the full policy is in the editorial policy.

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