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Thursday, April 24th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 58-60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got on the lake by 10, the spring bite is on. Caught fish on drop shot, dart heads, jigs, carolina rig, senkos, tubes, small swimbaits, and texas rig. I used watermelon, warmouth, hologram shad, and green pumkin. It didn't seem to matter what color I used the fish hit them all very hard. Caught some fish from 2ft all the way to 30ft of water. Caught about 50 fish today, it was a blast! But I didn't even have 5 keepers, but when I catch 50 in one day it doesnt'matter the size.
    City: Redding

    Tips: I was wondering if anyone is catching fish up the pit and if they are, are they using spooks yet?

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 57-59

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The spring bite is starting to get fun. The snow pack melting has kept the lake cool a litle longer than normal. The fish are getting more aggresive. Decided to fish for a few hours before work. When I started the wind was up so I threw a white and chartreuse spinner bait. A couple of solid - hard hits and i had my first two in the boat. The wind died down to nothing so I threw senkos. The bite was average to slow. I moved to a large flat next to a main body point. The water was stained and visibility was 2-4 feet. I threw a 4" watermelon lizzard. This seemed to be the ticket. I fished it extremely slow but I did not have to question if I had a bite or not. The bass were very mean towards my little friend. They hit it,slammed it, beat it up and would not spit it out. I had to get the pliars out 3 times to get my 2/0 hook out (too deep for fingers). Caught my first small mouth of the year - 2 lbs 1 oz. After three hours of fun I had to head back to go to work. :(
    City: Redding

    Tips: Fish everything s l o w. The bite is getting better every week. I fished the senkos and lizzards on a drop shot - pausing for 12 to 15 seconds before moving it. Catching fish between 10 and 25 feet of water. I have heard of others catching them on shad pattern rip baits. No luck for me.
    It would be nice to hear from others obout this awesome lake.

    Don

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 55-58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Hooked up with Steve my ABA partner from 2002 and strapped it on for Shasta with Vince Harris

    Tips: Don't make a bet with someone on reaction. Lucky for us they had nothin else after 7am. Males are on beds and short striking. Fish deeper for the staging females.

Monday, April 7th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 49 - 55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: On a houseboat April 2-6. April 2 we fished the afternoon, caught 30+ nothing bigger than 2 lbs but not too many rats. The best day was Friday, 85 fish, but lots of rats. The two largest 3+ came out of running water 5 ft deep. The other days averaged 40 fish. Any worm worked on a darter, jigs, carolina rigs. The majority of fish still in 25 to 30 ft of water.

    Tips: Take a kid, rig up an 082 w/red flk and a chart tail. Texas rig and have em drag it behind the boat as slow as possible in 20 ft of water. They will catch fish.

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: fished a small bass derby on the 5th, and found the fishin to be slow. phils props told me to expect 30 to 40 fish days, ha, they must have been using minnows. Average angler boated about 12 fish a day on mixed worms and lizards on dart heads.

    Tips: green rubber lizards, dart head worms. depth 5 to 20ft.

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

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    Water Temp: 48-52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I was in a CDFG tournament the last weekend in March. Top two teams both had over 29 pounds for 10 fish over both days. Clear and windy, water rising still some debris. Willows are all high and dry
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: Top teams used Huddleston swim baits and green pumpkinseed senkos off the points. Very few fish along rock faces and in the backs of coves.

Monday, March 24th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 53-55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Ditto to Jan Wilson's report. We fished Monday and Tuesday and had the same fishing conditions. We fished the Pit Arm and Squaw Creek.

    Tips: We used dart heads and split shot. More fish came on the dart heads. Any color that included some Blue.

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    Water Temp: 49-55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Sac arm, Pitt, and main body points this past Saturday and Sunday. Hard to find a group of fish, they still seem to be scattered. Did find a few groups, but not all of them were feeding. Very few fish at the shore, most were in 30 to 40 feet of water and just off the bottom. We caught approx 45 fish between two of us and largest was 2.5 lbs. on a spinnerbait. The fish don't seem to be in a reaction mode, except for a few fish every so often.
    City: Rough and Ready, Ca

    Tips: We used spinnerbaits, wacky rigged senko's, hula grubs, money minnows, jerk baits, and drifted live minnows. The senko's probably worked the best followed by the minnows and then the spinnerbait.

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 49-51

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: 3rd club tournament of year out of packers bay.won by j selby 15.85 lbs anchored by 9.86 largemouth. swimbait approx 8-10 ft pit river point up from jones valley. lots caught on darter head worm as well.
    City: klamath falls or

    Tips: swim bait bump on bottom slowly

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 46-50

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished a tourney Sunday out of Jones Valley. Ran up the Pit arm and found some fish within the first 100yds of bank we stopped on. Caught a couple of runts under 12 and decided to move. Found a creek cove with steep banks and trees in about 30-40 ft. of water and started catching quality fish in the 15-16" range, one smallie that was almost 2lbs. We had a 7.5lb limit within the first 2hrs. Moved back out to the arm and fished a rocky bank that normally produces quality fish. My partner caught one 3.3lbs and another 2.9 there. Moved to another big fish spot and banged one more solid 2 pounder. Continued to fish until 3pm and caught some more typicall Shasta dinks. We ended up taking first with just under twelve lbs. and second and third place also had nice sacks with just under 11 and 10 lbs.. Third place had big fish with a 4lb+ Spot. Sveral other teams had a fish over 3lbs. Overall everyone seemed to have a great time and caught a fair amount of fish.

    Tips: Fish slow; bite is very light. Ther were a few rip fish caught, and a lot caught worming. We caught our fish on darter headed worms in 20-40ft. No real pattern to the location of fish. Saw alot of bait balls on the graph but no fish busting them on surface. A couple more weeks will be a great time to take out the kids to catch some nice Shasta bass.

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out saturday and sunday. Winds were pretty good on Sunday morning. Fished in 30 to 50 feet of water and caught 12 the first day and 10 on sunday. Best five went about 7 pounds. caught most fish on twin tail grubs and drop shot small worms. Caught a few on tubes. mostly in natural browns.
    City: Central Point

    Tips: fish slow and on points. Bait fish are being pushed to the west side of the lake due to the winds. Watch out for debris in the water. there is a ton of logs that can ruin your day.

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: If you have been out here lately I would love to hear if things have changed at all. I was here about three weeks ago, got 5 on jigs and a few rippin' staycees. I am considering heading down this week and just wanted to see how things are doing. Let me know if you can. Thanks!
    City: Medford,or

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 45-46.5

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished McCloud arm in vacinity of Hirz Bay. Water extremely cold, clearing with visibility of 3 to 8 feet. Bite very light and slow, no reaction bite, all fish on plastics. 12 keepers in boat, 2 fisherman.
    City: Redding

    Tips: Fish worms, senkos and light jigs very slooooowww!!

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: thew road into packers has been cleared of snow and downed trees, maybe shasta rec can do what they are supposed to do and put the other dock segment in at the ramp
    City: Shast Lake City

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 44-45

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the past day and a half. We caught a total of 15 fish on Tuesday, 8 on drifting live minnows and 7 on a hula grub fished very slow along the bottom. Yesterday we caught 6 fish. Three on minnows, and 3 on the hula grubs. Fish are scattered, and very white looking, not the usual color. Very slow bite!!!

    Tips: They want something thatmoves very slow. Not a reaction bite at all. We did try spinnerbaits, senko's and other grubs. No luck.

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

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    Water Temp: 48-50

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Tim, went out mon.3-3-08 fished main body points in 20'to50' water. Caught 25-30 fish no big ones but no rats either 1 1/4 to 1 3/4 (one 2 3/4). senkos,tubes,hula grubbs,jigs. Try 1/4 oz shaky head w/7" trick worm. Ive been catching a few on small swimbaits, in the afternoons w/sun, on the points. Hope you have a great weekend God bless.
    City: shasta lake city

    Tips: fish real slow,when you think your fishing slow fish slower.

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

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    Water Temp: cold

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I have been able to fish afternoons and I have been doing well. I fish jigs, texas rig worms, hula grubs, and drop shot robo worms, senkos, and even a spook once in a while, all produce fish. I have been catching 15-25 fish everytime I go, most fish are around 1# the biggest being 3#. I have been fishing around the slope points on the main body and also in the mouth of the pit against the rock ledges and trees.
    City: redding

Monday, December 31st, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Jones Valley ramp is open
    City: medford

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Rain...but boy what a day!!!! went out of bridge bay headed up the Mac just past Hirz.....bammmm 1st fish 3.48 bammm...2.36...bammmmm...1.89...bammm...3.13
    then lots of small 1.4 to 1.63...moved up the right side bammmm 2.54.......bammmm 3.82....bammmm 3.63 this is one of the best days I've ever had...all on a new jig I never fished before got it from a guy who is making them local he calls it the BassTard.......Butcher out..
    City: Reddin

    Tips: Mac's got fish...

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from around 3 pm to 3 am, caught 21 fish all decent fish except 2, after dark was best got a 4.8 spot and a 9.6 largemouth, lots of 2 pound spots and a few over 3, brush hog and spinnerbaits after dark, crawdad plug and tubes were good before dark
    City: Medford

    Tips: fish after dark