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Saturday, September 9th, 2000

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Took out my son and riend both 10yrs and a lot o twinkies and ho ho's. Good thing.Started with crank bait and spinner bait (white) at aprox 10:00 am. Caught one keeper right o. pretty slow thereater, just small ones.Trolled back or un just trailing a silver repala minnow (large) and caught 3 nice keepers in the deeper water, no vegetation.Thank goodness the kids both got ish. All the old man got was a big smile ;-)
    City: Chico

Monday, July 3rd, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: The Army Corp is planning on closing the Orland Buttes Campground the day ater the 4th o July. They say that it costs too much to keep it open, even or the boat ramp. There is plenty o water to launch at Orland Buttes, but you will be orced to launch at one o the other two ramps.
    City: Orland

Monday, June 19th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 70-80

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: started out with top watter plugs caching 1-2.5lbs bass around 2:00 swiched to plactic worms around 5:00 i started useing chicken liver caching catish 1-3lbs over on ishermens point
    City: Red Blu

    Tips: i use alot o top watter plugs and diving minnows also chicken liver or catish

Tuesday, June 6th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: this is a response to the Hawgman, dennis, I pulled my rig out o my garage that morning and drove straight to Black Butte, everything was intact when I let and I made no stops until I hit the ramp at black butte, the transducer eed was deinitely cut at the parking lot, I know that the area has ew problems, I have ished there o and on or 20 years, I just won't be going back.
    City: Redding

Friday, May 26th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 72-74

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished with my buddy Richard on Thursday and Friday. Thrusday was overcast and had a great time. On the lake by 0700. Caught bluegill, crappie and largemouth bass. Small bluegill and bass ran 1-2 pounds. Crappie were outrageous in size - .5-1.5 pounds. Had a great time.
    City: Redding

    Tips: We used top waters early and went to spinner baits that would get close to the bottom later. Had success with both patterns.

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2000

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    Water Temp: 63

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: not much to report only don't lose sight o your truck or boat in the parking lot, I was using the portable toilet and then dropped my boat in the water, two other rigs just leaving with 3 guys one o which cut the lead to my x-65 when I wasn't looking, o course I didn't igure this out until I put the motorguide in the water, I won't sbe going back to this lake, Sure wish I knew which one o these SPORTSMEN cut my transducer eed.
    City: Redding

Saturday, April 1st, 2000

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    Water Temp: 70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I noticed there were no current reports or this underated lake. I ished a couple times here starting this time last spring and recommend it. Bass are scattered but catcheable in the willows on both eeder arms. There's great action however on main lake coves where rees o brush piles have been sunk on the bank. Fish reaction. Even on bare banks drag worms or non-stop action. I had my wie, grampa, and my 3yr old son getting ish to two pounds. Save the best or yoursel near the dam. large submerged boulders produced a 4.5lb smallie on a slit shot. Top water excellent here also.
    City: El Dorado Hills

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    Water Temp: 59-61

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished early Sat. caught to many to count but none over 15".Using white spinners on the west branch o the willows up the south end o the lake.
    City: Chico

    Tips: The Bass are in the pre-spawn mode. Use white or light colored spinnersin the morning and then use White jigs or 8" green worms in the evening.

Wednesday, March 29th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Bass are pooping in the water and the northern wont stop arting.
    City: madison

    Tips: dont give them arting gas.

Monday, March 27th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Small but can be cought
    City: Orland

    Tips: plastic purple with blue lick powerworm or brown with white crank bait with a slow real and light twich

Saturday, March 18th, 2000

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: While ishing late in the aternoon, I managed to land a 20" channel catish on a rubber worm. The ish were working the shallow lats that have cockleburrs underwater. We also hooked and lost 2-3 smaller bass. Lots o casting and ew hook-ups.
    City: Orland

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    Water Temp: mid 50's

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fish are getting active. The prespwaning is starting.
    City: Corning

    Tips: Plastic worms or lizards are the best.

Saturday, January 1st, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Out new years eve ishing o shore near the dam. Only a ew bits w/ a crawish color crank bait. Bass are out in deeper water. Was out late Nov. and was catching 4 pounders near the boat ramp o shore. I hope to get lucky end o March early April, this doesn't look like a wet season this year.
    City: Corning

Friday, April 16th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 52-58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing is really starting to pick at Blackbutte Lake. Since there was no major releases rom the dam this winter,the bass ishing will be good to great all spring and wellinto the summer. The water is still stained because o thehigh inlow and winds. Split shoting worms o steep ledges and jerk baits have produce most ish so ar.
    City: Orland

    Tips: n/a

Tuesday, March 2nd, 1999

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    Water Temp: 49-53

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Water very muddy. No more than 6" o visibility. Fished north end olake. Threw blades and jigs. Ended up catching 1 bass on a pig&jig. Fish werevery tight to cover. Approx.--4t deep. Had a ew other strikes but we evidentlywere sitting on our thumbs. Good luck.
    City: Chico

    Tips: I would suggest lippin' until your arm alls o. Use a rattlin' jig w/abig trailer(pork). You've got to hit them on the nose.

Date Unknown

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: not a report.. but it looks like were gonna find out how a larger tourny will be on this lake.. on feb 20, 2011 cal bass fed will be holding a tourny.. i cant wait to c how goes.
    City: red bluff 2011

    Tips: gonna be cold and windy with muddy water. dress ward and keep a tight line :0)

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    Water Temp: 56-65

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished this lake for the first time. Surprised at how many others had the same idea. By noon any submerged tree providing a lick of shade had 2 or 3 boats around it. Or so it seemed.

    Only managed one small LM each but saw a lot of fish gouped up on the graph anywhere from 10' to 40'
    City: Chico

    Tips: I could use some.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I was there several weeks ago, the water was at about the same level, and the ramp by the dam was OK as was the one at Buckhorn.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: first off, stop fighting and arguing, second it is not your business if one chooses to catch and keep or even release, if you have a license you are entitled to do what you want (within reason and morals). second you have no right to be a fishing Nazi, mind your own business, and let people fish the way they choose. also we don

    Tips: Fish to have fun, enjoy your self, an respect nature & the enviorment.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Kuzz Bass tastey much better beaaaaach!
    City: Onehunglow

    Tips: Keep nife vellllly sharp chop chop beaaaaaach!