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Monday, October 10th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Trent, how did you and your partner do in the Anglers Attic Tourney for children??

    Syd
    City: Redding

Sunday, October 2nd, 2005

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    Water Temp: 68.7

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Thanks to all the anglers who fished the 1st annual cast for kids benifit tournament.1st place Benny lentz and Don frisbie 8.82, 2 place was fred couch and mike cordosa 7.60, 3rd was Greg lynch and Scott campbell 7.17, 4th Bill Mclaughlin and Chris wells 7.15, 5th was craig craft 7.13, 6th Jesse Thompson and Rees Thompson with 7.12, 7th was Dan Rickman sr. and Dan Rickman jr. 6.82, 8th was lee bridgmen and james Bridgmen 6.69,
    City: redding

    Tips: Thanks again for fishing the tournament and hope to see you at the next one. Thanks Anglers Attic

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: got me a new boat IT RUNS ON WATER LOL.
    CLOWN SPOOKS GOLD/RED HEAD IT WORKS TRY IT NIPPADEEDEES ALSO RAINBOW RATTLETRAPS ALSO GRAY PIG/JIG AND GRAY SPIDER JIGS. GET ON THE LAKE NOW LOCAL NEWS SAYS GAS AVERAGE IN REDDING $3.05gal. And Crude Oil Speculators ESTIMATE $102.00 A Barrel By End Of November I AM STILL GOING EVERYDAY EVEN IF GAS PRICES GO TO $8.oogal. BECAUSE I AM OLD AND Less Boats Better Fishing YEEEEEEHAWWWWWW.
    City: redding

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: No Reaction Per say At Oroville,1 Skitterpop,1 Stacey,2 cranks rest plastics.Earl Caught 23 Fish on skitterpops over bait on Shasta Today mostly runts 5 for 9lbs. go to the running water at end of pit,early in morning for big spots when water stops flowing hard go back to main body this pattern works on weekdays when electrical generation is needed most.
    City: Redding

    Tips: skitterpop working well get them at the martha stewart store. they have lots its next to ^*>,dress for less store in redding. fish running water.

Wednesday, September 28th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The proceeds stay right here in redding. Every year we take disableb kids fishing for about 6 hours in june on shasta lake. We are always looking for volunteers too. The money will be used to buy fishing gear and any thing to make this happen.
    City: redding

Monday, September 26th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 69

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: First annual cast for kids benefit tournament will be held at shasta lake Oct 2. 10% of the money goes to the cast for kids foundation. This is a team tournament $80 + $10 for big fish. TOURNAMENT WILL BE HELD AT JONES VALLEY MARINA. You can sign up before the tournament at anglers attic. Sign ups start at 4 am at the marina. Questions call anglers attic 530-245-0654
    City: redding

Saturday, September 24th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 72 to 68 over 4

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished 4 days. Never got a reaction fish. Finding "fish" was no problem. Finding keepers is tough. There is no shortage of bait and the fish are gorging. Some we caught were so full they could barely fit a 4 inch worm in.Fish are in 30 to 50 ft for the most part with dropshoting being the most effective technique.Boulder piles seemed to hold the best fish
    City: Castro Valley

    Tips: Oxblood and shad colored worms were the preferred fare for the spots. Bite was better in the afternoon.

Saturday, September 17th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 72 - 78

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: SHASTA CASCADE BASS ANGLERS SEPTEMBER NIGHT TOURNAMENT TOP 5.WINNER JEEP S.FISHED THE SAC.ARM WITH JIGS AND PLASTIC FOR 13.23 LBS. AND BIG BASS - 5.56 LBS. 2ND PLACE JOE A.FISHED SQUAW AND MAIN BODY WITH BLADES AND PLASTIC FOR 12.22 LBS. 2ND BIG BASS 5.25 LBS. 3RD PLACE PHIL M. FISHED UP THE PIT WITH GRUBS FOR 11.88 LBS. 4TH PLACE MIKE K. FISHED UP THE PIT WITH CRANKS TO CATCH 11.40 LBS. 5TH PLACE CLYDE O. JONES VALLEY AREA WITH A BLADE TO CATCH 9.93 LBS 3RD BIG BASS 4.75 LBS.
    City: REDDING

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    Water Temp: 72 -74

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Elk Grove Bass Tournament on Saturday. We caught 25 or more fish all about 12 inches. Almost all of our fish came drop shotting 4" worms in 30 feet of water in the trees. We did find some fish with Hula grubs on rocky points. We ended up with only 4 fish to weigh in for 4th place. Robin and Joe took 1st place with 5 fish and big fish! Way to go!
    ElkGroveBass.Com
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Work the areas where you find wood cover near main lake points. 30 to 40 foot depths is where we found most of our fish. Go see the guy's at Phil's, they are a great help and really enjoy what they do!

Thursday, September 15th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: On the water @ 5:00 am up the Pit past Arbuckle fished steep heavy rock caught some good fish on pig and jig......A few spinnerbait fish came late all in all a good day off at 3:45
    City: Reddin

Wednesday, September 7th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 74-76

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Hey everyone. As a lifetime resident of the Redding area and a longtime angler of Shasta Lake, I just want you all to know that the reports - I take that back, I can't really call them reports - the ramblings of "the Butcher" are not necessarily the opinion of the majority of us that live and work in this area and fish this beautiful lake. There is plenty of lake for everyone and it is not necessary to get indignant and abusive toward those that aren't locals, so "Butcher" you may want to find another forum to air your complaints becuase what you are posting on this site has no use as a fishing report.
    Now for a real fishing report. The wife and I got out for a couple of hours Sunday afternoon after babysitting the grandson. We headed up the Pit arm and fished the main body with exposed trees. In a little less than two hours we hooked about a dozen fish with little effort, eight of them being keepers. We used only two things a 6" Peacock Bass colored worm and a Pumpkinseed colored, twin tail, hula grub. Our best five went about 8.5 lbs. The quality of fish was noticibly better on this trip. My wife liked to work the bank while I concentrated around the trees. We both did well, but I was catching larger fish in the 2lb. range. I wish that we had more time so I could have thrown a few other baits, but all in all it was a good day, much better than recent trips.
    City: Palo Cedro, Ca

    Tips: Try main body points with trees. The hula grubs brought the larger fish. "Butcher", go somewhere else for your worthless postings. Even the locals are sick of them.

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    Water Temp: uknown

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Bobby, Shasta is like any other deep, clear Northern CA. lake. Drop shoting, split shoting, or darter head worms in shad or craw colors (morning dawn & salt n' pepper are good bets) should do fine for numbers of smaller fish. Fishing 3/8 oz.-1/2oz football head hula grubs in craw colors (green pumpkin, cinnamon blk. flk.) might upgrade size a little bit. Fish top waters early and late for bigger spots. (Poppers for smaller fish super spooks bigger fishes. If you can handle the boat traffic try to fish main lake points and steep rock walls. If not there are fish everywhere on this lake. Looking forward to your report.
    City: Mckleyville

    Tips: Stay deep and have fun. Tight lines

Tuesday, September 6th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Can anyone give a novice fisherman some advice on how to fish Shasta this time of year for bass? I understand from a very seasoned angler that floating cheese at 100 feet is the only way to catch bass on this lake. My Snoopy pole only came with 10 feet of fishing string, what do I do?
    Seriously, any help would be greatly appreciated!
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Don't listen to the butcher! Stop by the Elementary School, they would be just as much help!

Sunday, September 4th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Hi, has anyone fished this beautiful lake lately? I was wondering how the bite is and what is actually working(lure wise) for the Bass and in what depth are the fishing being found. Any info. would be great.
    City: EDH

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Just got home...got soaked in the rain, lots of lightening..lots of quality fish ..great crank bite in the rain..fished the main body around Silverthorn south banks WOW...great bite....Butcher out.
    City: REDDIN

    Tips: Take your rain gear never know when you'll need it.

Friday, August 19th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: SORRY ABOUT SPELLING ANDERSON , MY BIG FINGERS GOT IN THE ROAD AGAIN LOL
    City: ANDERSON

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    Water Temp: 80

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: LAUNCHED AT JONES VALLEY AROUND 6PM. NOT A LOT OF BOATS OUT,ONLY TWO RIGS IN THE UPPER PARKING AREA. LOWER PARKING HAD SOME PARKING.LONG SHALLOW POINT TO THE RIGHT OF THE RAMP GOING OUT IS STARTING TO SHOW SO CAUTION IS ADVISED COMING BACK TO THE RAMP AT NIGHT.WE WENT ON THE LOWER PIT. WAITED FOR THE MOON TO ARRIVE AND IT WAS RIGHT ON CUE,WHAT A SIGHT.STARTED CRANKING ROCK WALLS AND CAUGHT A COUPLE OF SMALL ONES THEN A SPOT SLAMED MY CRANK BAIT AND THE FUN BEGAN. IT DID SOME MOON DANCEING FOR US BEFORE MY WIFE GINGER (( THE BLOND )) NETTED IT. IT WASENT A REAL BIG SPOT FOR SHASTA LAKE BUT 4 1/2LBS IS NOT TO BAD.A COUPLE OF CASTS LATER A 2LBER DECIDED TO JOIN IN ON THE FUN.WE WORK OUR WAY BACK TO THE RAMP. AND LOADED AND HEADED HOME AT 1AM. CAUGHT THE FISH BUMPING ROCKS RIGHT ON THE BANK TO 10 TO 15 FT OF WATER.WAS USING A MEDIUM RUNNING POES FIRE TIGER COLORED BAIT.
    City: ANSERSON

    Tips: CRANKING ROCK WALLS AND POINTS SHOULD WORK WELL.

Saturday, August 13th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 66-80

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: WE HAD A SPLIT WEIGH IN ON THIS TOURNAMENT FISHING ALL NIGHT. FISHING FROM 6PM-12AM THEN FROM 2AM-8AM. HERE'S ARE TOP 5.
    SCOTT E. WON FROM THE BACK OF THE BOAT W/ 10.45 LBS.WORMING MAIN BODY OF LAKE.
    JEEP S.2ND PLACE W/ 10.17 LBS. BIG BASS 3.18 LBS HULA GRUBS & SENKO MAIN BODY.
    BACK SEATER TITUS G. 3RD PLACE W/ 8.90 LBS.WORMED JONES VALLEY-MAIN BODY.
    VINCE R. 4TH PLACE W/ 8.71 LBS. WORMED JONES VALLEY-MAIN BODY.
    MIKE K. 5TH PLACE W/ 8.19 LBS. DROP SHOT WAY--WAY UP THE PIT. "GOOD FISHIN"
    City: REDDING

Saturday, July 23rd, 2005

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I fished lakehead today focused on the bridge pilings as it wsa only place I got a a bite. Caught 15-20 fish in the 10-14in range using a darterhead 3/16 with Mothers Finest worms in just about any color but focused on the reds and browns/green with a shot of smelly jelly fish. Fi
    City: redding

Thursday, July 14th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 80

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I fished this morning, one of the rare times I have to go fishing without a client in at bridge bay at 0500 motored over to the north end of slaugtherhouse island throwing top water, almost got one on first cast a good fish hit at the spook I was throwing three times and I missed him three times. Fish my way to dolly point throwing a darterhead with a chart. grub and a 3/4 oz.jig with a brown hula grub. No bites
    Switch to drop shot with a purple 4" worm and started to catch appox 10- fish all rats, I guess its that time of the year again, It was a pretty tuff bite. caught a total of 11 fish all rats. But it was a real pleasure to fish alone again and watch the great sunrise
    City: Redding

    Tips: most fish were in 15 to 25 foot of water