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Friday, November 21st, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: good lake. catching fish by burning a brown jig off the bottom then let it fall,burn it again it looks like a crawdad hauling buns,at least thats what i think because i am catching little ones and big ones,they really like that brown jig pick the heaviest one for your rod i use a 1/2 and 3/4oz
    City: Carlsbad

    Tips: the bass seem to be chasing things,so move your lure alot

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

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    Water Temp: cold as hell

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: dingy on water early. trolled creek chubs for a grab-bag of holdover trout,spots,and an angry channel cat witch yealded mark's testes when i examined its stomachs contents.
    City: newark

    Tips: work this lake with caution.some wannabees fall victim to its mistique

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: On the water at 2:00 pm, went to large cove past pt. west of Digger Bay. Started cranking with Rapala's had 8 fish to 1 1/2 lbs about 45 min. We even caught 2 fat trout in cove, about 6 more smallies & spots in next hr. Decided to troll lures back to marina and dam area. Released all bass but picked up another 7 trout to 3 lbs on Fat raps, shad raps and countdowns. The hot area was between dam to marina. Lures trolled behind boat about 100' ft. Bass were on pts 5 to 10 ft deep. Trout were a nice bonus for dinner.
    City: S.S.F.

    Tips: Blue chrome, silver countdowns first 8 bass, then we used crawdad and chartruse white fatraps and shad raps that caught 7 trout and another dozen bass. Trolled the lures from 30 to 150 ft areas, no down riggers just the lures. Action packed 4 hrs. Next day in rain bass chasing bait in coves, same lures about 14 bass t0 2 lbs and 5 trout to 4 lbs. bass plugging, trout slammed lures trolled and lost a big one . Fish took lure to deep water and popped the line.

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: dingy on water early. drop shotted mealworms for a creelfull of spots. ended the day rock-picking for zebra mussels.
    City: newark

    Tips: mark, I found your comments and techniques entertaining. with that said i invite you to meet my dingy. but before you depart on your ill-fated trip let me assure you that both my techniques and my dingy are most powerful.

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: steve hows a guy supposed to leave a report after that crap, the dingy part of your report I believe you are dingy Anyway- I caught some good fish up the Mc Cloud arm on skitter pops on rip bait-chart. shad and I got caught in the wind and started throwing spinnerbaits-it really came on I think I boated over 30 fish on blades but I lost count long before
    City: Redding

    Tips: Stay away from steve renfrow

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished upper Sac. Landed 50 Bass to 3# used jointed shad raps. Best results in Elmore Bay, all around island.
    City: Redding

    Tips: Shad immation Rip or crank baits.

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: caught limit on blades,limit on spoons,limit on jigs,3 fish on top,the best fish came on a spoon,the most fish on spinnerbait and a in-line spinner good fishing to all
    City: Redding

    Tips: everyday really changing fast,baitballs one day jigs the next.

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished pit arm, caught over 40 keeper bass on the new brown jig I blought at phills. Its called pit river craw. My biggest fish was over 3 lbs. I've never caught so many fish on a jig before.
    City: shasta lake

    Tips: The eyes in the jig glow.

Friday, October 10th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: caught 1 good topwater bass,other than that i could not get it together,black shad jig caught rats on baitballs,pit craw caught rats on walls,watermelon craw starting to get more fish but no size. had fun but alot of work for 9lbs and change.
    City: Redding

    Tips: throw alot of stuff,the bigger fish have to Eat so they are SOMEWHERE.............

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: dingy on water early. mooched pilchard for salmonoids. Hooked a hearty king witch vomited baitfish when landed. Lost another at the dingy due to an incompetant and loaded companion.
    City: newark

    Tips: mooch pilchard or anchovy deeeep. let your buddy drink till he passes out or put sleeping pills in his coffee and use his rods too.

Monday, October 6th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Anybody launch at Bridge Bay lately and does it require 4 wheel drive? Thanks
    City: Paradise

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

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    Water Temp: 70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: My buddy and I fished the pitt and found lots of runts. There was bait everywhere, especially at back of the creek. Little runts were chasing 3/4 in. baitfish everywhere. The water would turn into bubbles or foam from all the activity. It was a sight to see! If you want to use up some old plastics, head to the pitt. Use ultra light tackle and have some fun. Get rid of your old plastics.
    City: san mateo

    Tips: Try top water baits,small swim baits, grubs and jerk baits.

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Caught Alot Of Fish But No Size,2.01 Best Fish I Thought With Front, Fish Would Be On It,Had Fun. The Jig Caught The Big Fish,And The Bigger Rats
    City: Redding

    Tips: staywith jigs or crawdad imatations and have something rigged for baitballs.

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: If you get by the Launch,you will find it kinda nice as you wont find a Zillion people out.I have Been Catching My fish On a Pit Craw jig with a brown trailer and I swim it off the bottom real slow.in the morning I have been catching fish on super spooks and crankbaits and alot of 1 to 1.5 fish on blades,if I see bait I throw a black shad jig or white shad in morning
    City: Redding

    Tips: forget about all the other things.. your right on the water..have a good Day

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: called shasta rec. no answer, drove by, no one there, only guy I have seen is the guy cleaning the restrooms, no dock guys around in the am. losing 3 months use of my ramp pass ain't gettin it. gonaa go next year and not pay a dime to these idiots. not a single float in the water.
    City: bella vista

    Tips: dont buy a ramp pass, wasted money

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 68 to 72

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched from Bridge Bay. Seemed the place to be for a user friendly ramp. Fished 7 am to about 4 pm. Could have caught too many fish to count, probably boated about 40 or 50 then moved on searching for larger models. Top water, reaction bite, jigs, dartheads, all worked well. Top water was mainly a morning event. Largest spot at 3 lbs and we caught a few smallies. Fished the Pit and the McLeod. Fish are stuffed with small 3/4 inch shad so the small imitations work well
    City: McKinleyville, CA

    Tips: Look for birds and bait and have fun. Call the USFS for more advice on usable ramps. I think Centimundi may be functional or at least that is what USFS told me last Friday.

Friday, September 19th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 73

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: No floating docks anywhere can't launch my boat. What in the heck is going on? I paid my launch fee and no floating dock..crap it's all mud and rocks. Who's in charge of this? They should be fired...Butcher out.....
    City: Reddin

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 73

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: The ramp at Jones Valley is almost unusable...You got about 6 feet of asphalt left then a 1 foot drop off the edge. The dock is out of the water. No idea what the USFS ("piss-fir willies") or the so-called Shasta Recreationx intend to do now.
    City: Shasta Lake

Monday, September 8th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: is the secondary ramp at jones valley usable these days?
    City: reno

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: TANKYOU FOR THE E-MAILS,BUT PLEASE I AM GETTING OVER 100 E-MAILS ON THE NEW JIG AND YESTERDAY I CAME HOME TO 157 E-MAILS I CANT GET BACK TO EVERYBODY SO PLEASE CALL PHILS PROPS..I MADE THIS JIG IN 1984 AND BROUGHT IT BACK INTO CIRCULATION IN 2005 AND GAVE A FEW TO VARIUOS PRO'S....I NEED TO MAKE JIGS NOT E-MAILS SO THANKYOU IN ADVANCE
    City: REDDING

    Tips: I GOT 3 CALLS FROM PEOPLE SAYING LOCALS WERE ALREADY TRYING TO MAKR "KNOCKOFFS" OR FAKE.. I PUT THEM ON THE MARKET FOR ALL PEOPLE TO CATCH MORE FISH SO DONT CALL ME BECAUSE ITS OK TO DUPLICATE ANYTHING I MAKE.......GOOD FISHING TO ALL