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Sunday, March 7th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 47.3 to 50.1

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: In a Packers at 9:00am, fish out Packers Bay for 3 to 2.2.lbs. Moved down the main body for 8 more about the same size with a couple of dinks thrown in. The Blonde in the back is recovering from shoulder surgery and still managed to best me by one. She said "I beat you with one arm tied behind my back". We had a fun day on the water, nice seeing the warming temps.
    City: Cottonwood

    Tips: All fish came on jigs, 25 to 40 feet, real slow presentation.

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    Water Temp: DON'T KNOW BUT

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: GREAT WEATHER FELT LIKE A NICE SPRING DAY, FISHING WAS GREAT WENT IN AT BAILEY'S COVE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND LIKED IT, SAW A BUNCH OF HAPPY BOATERS OUT THERE, HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE GETTING MY OLD FIBERGLASS BOAT STARTED BUT SHE FIRED UP AND HAD A GREAT DAY ON THE LAKE. WENT UP THE MCLOUD ARM FROM BAILEY'S TRYED SOME COVES AND SOME POINTS AND HOOKED UP WITH A TINY BASS WITH A CAROLINA RIGGED PLASTIC WORM WITH A GREEN TAIL ON HIM. HAD A MINNOW ON A SEPERATE POLE WITH A SPLIT SHOT ABOUT 3 FT. FROM THE MINNOWS HOOK CAUGHT 2 SMALL ONES THROUGHT THE DAY USING THAT SET UP. DID NOT SEE AS MUCH ACTION FROM OTHER ANGLERS AS I DID THE LAST TIME I WENT OUT BUT I HAD FUN REGARDLESS THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT AND IS GOING TO BE GREAT THIS WEEK...HEADED BACK TO BAILEY'S CAUSE IT WAS GETTING LATE TRYED A COVE NEXT TO THE DOCK HAD MY MINNOW SITTING OUT IN THE MIDDLE AS I WAS THROUGHING OUT A CRANK BAIT AND SURE ENOUGH HOOKED UP WITH A NICE BASS WITH MY MINNOW.. HAD A GREAT TIME AND REALLY ENJOYED THE NICE WEATHER
    City: RED BLUFF

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    Water Temp: was 48'

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: especially for CVBC members coming up this week!
    Tough winter,and the fishing has been tough, however spring has sprung,finally. Talked with Dave Rush and Howard Hughes yesterday, and the water is clearing and the fish are moving up on the flats. If it's windy, throw a blade in the A.M.,calm, throw a rip bait. After that, jigs,and carolina rigged worms and lizards should do the trick. Going out tomorrow to give it a try.See ya all friday night at my house!
    City: Redding

    Tips: water temp should be in the 50's by now!!!!!!

Sunday, February 29th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 47.9-49.8

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: In at Bailey Cove at 0615, lake is down to 22.15 t, air temp 39 degrees. The oldest boy up or his annual bet or breakast. He has lost 13 and won 2. Back over to same area as yesterday iguring a quick one on a blade will get my breakast paid or. Get a bump on third cast then nothing else. move to my 2nd spot and get a pull down on a jig but it hopped o. Russell is getting a bit nervous, start looking around and the ish I ound yesterday are no where to be ound. Pull out to another spot and start looking deeper and ind them in a deep cove and get taped again but nothing there. Run to another spot and stick a decent one in 35 t and the boy is on his knees praying it will hop o but it doesn't and in the net goes a 2.33 spot. Fish a bit more and nothing else. Had 7 in the boat yesterday beore 9 AM and only the one today at 9 AM. My stomach is growling in anticipation so o we go to the Giant Orange, me with a grin and Russell with a lighter pocket. This boy just won't learn. The ish sure moved around since yesterday, got out at 10AM, 63 degrees and only 14 rigs in the lot. Bryce, your jig saved my bacon, again. Debris load a lot less today, the north wind yesterday pushed a lot onto the banks, lat water or the most part today.
    City: Redding

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    Water Temp: 47.9-49.8

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: In at Bailey Cove at 0615, lake is down to 22.15 t, air temp 39 degrees. The oldest boy up or his annual bet or breakast. He has lost 13 and won 2. Back over to same area as yesterday iguring a quick one on a blade will get my breakast paid or. Get a bump on third cast then nothing else. move to my 2nd spot and get a pull down on a jig but it hopped o. Russell is getting a bit nervous, start looking around and the ish I ound yesterday are no where to be ound. Pull out to another spot and start looking deeper and ind them in a deep cove and get taped again but nothing there. Run to another spot and stick a decent one in 35 t and the boy is on his knees praying it will hop o but it doesn't and in the net goes a 2.33 spot. Fish a bit more and nothing else. Had 7 in the boat yesterday beore 9 AM and only the one today at 9 AM. My stomach is growling in anticipation so o we go to the Giant Orange, me with a grin and Russell with a lighter pocket. This boy just won't learn. The ish sure moved around since yesterday, got out at 10AM, 63 degrees and only 14 rigs in the lot. Bryce, your jig saved my bacon, again. Debris load a lot less today, the north wind yesterday pushed a lot onto the banks, lat water or the most part today.
    City: Redding

Saturday, February 28th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: great ishing day got out late around 2pm but the weather was great. only second time ive ished this huge lake but i always seem to hook up here whether im ishing around the dam trolling or trout, or shooting the coves or bass. tried my luck in the mcloud coves caught a ew small bass in some o the shallower o the coves i could ind. was shooting some crank baits and some strike king spinners, had best luck on spinners in 15-20 eet o water in the smaller, shallower coves. saw the boat next to me hook up twice while i was ishing one o the coves near them, shortly ater i hooked in to a nice 2.2lb largemouth, caught another small one sha tiny ortly ater. ished more random coves with no luck. traveled back towards packers bay where we lanched at and stopped periodicly and ished coves and hooked up with another small bass and a buddy i was with inally hook up with one.overall a great day..
    City: red blu

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    Water Temp: 47.6-49.7

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: In at 0630 at Bailey Cove, air temp 39, lake at 19.86 and muddy in coves, ran over into the lower McCloud and the mouth or 7 by 9AM, irst 2 on blades and the attest was a 2.8 smallmouth, had 5 more on jigs and no dinks. best ive went 12.58 and they hit the jigs with a decent "thump". Lots o debris especially out in ront o bridge bay and around the bubbles, not a lot o big stu but huge clumps o small stu in scum lines. Most o the stu you need to worry about was blown to the banks the past ew days. Got out at 1030 with 40 rigs in the lot at 60 degrees, wind out o the north at 5-7. Very pleasant morning.
    City: Redding

Thursday, February 19th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 48.6-51.9

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Lake only 18t down ater all the rain, water muddy in coves and stained to less than 2 t visibility in main body. In at bailey cove at 0715 and motored over into the lower McCloud ater getting a ishing lesson last saturday with a gentleman named Tad Gumbmann. there are about 10 guys who rule this lake and Tad is at the top o the heap. I drew him as my pro partner or the 100% last saturday and went to school on his methods. Finished 11th and just out o the money but I sure learned a lot. John Coyle suggested some colors or me to try the other day and my buddy Bryce Fuller tied up some or me so I was hoping I was well armed this am. Got on my irst spot and get a at 2.12 on irst cast. 4 casts later stuck a 2.54. Made a ew tackle changes and ran over into the lower pit and ound some water similiar to what Tad had me ishing last saturday. I decided not to ish the same stu, just use the same approach. Got into an area that looked good and picked up a nice 4.80. Slipped it back into the water and re-tied with a new trailer and dropped this one straight down on some ish. Moved about 10t and my rig came to a halt. Thought I might be stuck so I reeled down a bit and set hard to remove my jig. The rod bent double and o we went, backed o the drag a bit and spent a ew minutes chasing this ish around and up it comes. its a big one or me and I get it in the net unable to stop my hands rom shaking. Settle down and put it on the cul m rite (4 times) and the lowest weight is 6.12 lbs. Got 6.14 twice and 6.12 twice. Drop it in the livewell and go looking or someone with a camera or someone to use my camera. Call Bryce and he heads to bailey cove with his digital and i stop when I see Steve Biechman with John and Justin Goins inside Freeway bay. Steve snaps some pictures or me and Bryce shows up and gets a ew with his digital camera.(gotta send one to my uncle who is going to want to break my neck). I end up with a 4 ish total o 15.52. now i I can just ind a 7!! My thanks to Tad or his lesson, to John or his color suggestions and my best riend Bryce or tying those baits up or me.
    City: Redding

Tuesday, February 17th, 2004

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    Water Temp: high 40's-low50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: had some requests regarding current conditions with all the rain coming down and some tournaments coming up soon.The lake has come up nearly 10t in two days, 9 inches at my house in Redding and nearly 17 inches o rain on the lake. At present, there is over 140,000 CFS pouring into the lake. I would expect discolored water and warming lake temps with a heavy debris load once the south wind stops and the north wind picks up. The ishing has exploded during the past two weeks, lots o 4 lb+ ish coming in and heavy sacks. I would imagine that the ish will move up as the level keeps rising and the temps move up slightly. The lake is presently 20t down rom the top and rising rapidly. Not a lot o releases going on yet as the downstream areas are experienceing looding. Look or some major releases as soon as the rain slows down.
    City: Redding

Saturday, February 14th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 49-51

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Thanks Jerry or the current conditions!I knew it would be coming up ast with the rain but 10 eet! Ok as or the ishing I ished the 100% pro am..Drew John Brossard, very nice, and not to mention good angler. Fished worms and jigs all day or 5 ish 7.53...all worm ish caught on either arrons magic or blue crawler..my lone jig ish, on a 3/4 oz homemade jig w/ a zoom super pork chunk trailer. I ish both days o the Cottonwood bass club tournaments this weekend, so ill give a better report sunday night.
    City: redding

    Tips: ish slow..worms and jigs..i you ind a reaction bite your very good...har har

Monday, February 9th, 2004

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished WON Bass on Feb. 8-9 and they were great during day one early morning bite beore the sun hits the water..the weather was rather reezing in the morning. Caught the limits in an hour and then culling the next hal hour beore the sun hits the water anyway. Day 2 was dierent cuz I was the last boater out since I was the irst boater out on day 1. The bite was tough on day 2 since it was wind blown out the lake. The waves made it impossible and plus the bass seems to be way deeper and managed to catch 4 that day..tough bites!
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Day 1..did use darthead jigs with inesse worms..great bites..then day 2..tough..managed to catch them on carolina rigging down 40-60t with brush hogs.

Sunday, January 25th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: In @ 7am; ish are deep; in coves and walls. use jigs in dark colors, drag real slow.caught 4 by 11am.
    City: Anderson

Thursday, January 22nd, 2004

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    Water Temp: 47 to 48.4

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: In at Bailey Cove at 9am, bright sunny day. Ran up the main lake towards the Pit ishing main lake points and cuts. Caught 10 total the largest going 1.9lbs. I only managed 3 while you know who,(the blonde in the back) caught 7. All the ish came on jigs in 40 to 50'. Presentation was SLOOOOW. The bite was very, very sot. Out at 2:00PM.
    City: Cottonwood

    Tips: Most o the bites came straight over the boat. I guess you would call it dropshotting 1/2 & 3/8 oz. jigs.

Sunday, January 18th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: ished the Cottonwood bass club tournament today..got 5 ish or 7.58..2 drop shotting a 4" margarita mutilator robo worm..1 drop shotting a 4" arrons magic robo worm..and 2 on a 5" cinnamon W/purple and black lake hula grub on a 3/4 oz ootball head..got all ish beore 1:30,,ater that bite shut down..I you dont see ish on the graph move on...ish cuts rom 40-50 eet deep, best cuts have shade in them..took 12.49 to win..That was Bill McGlauhlin..thanks to my boater Chris Laskowski..
    City: redding

    Tips: drop shot and jig..heard o some spooning to be had but i didnt do it...just an over all tough day with the high skies.....

Saturday, January 10th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 50-51

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the McCloud arm and caught 11 spots on Saturday. Big ish was 2.01 on the Berkely scales. The 4 other best ish were a 1.14, 1.13, 1.10, 1.08, and a 1.06. These were all very healthy ish. Smallest ish was just under a pound. I caught two ish on 3" hula grubs and then went to a 3/8oz brown jig with a 3" black pig. The bites on the jig & pig were very agressive. Key on the muddy points with patchy rocks. Ater you catch the one ish on that point, move on. Seemed like there was only one ish per point. All in all, a pretty good day. Enjoy your ishing!
    City: Redding

Thursday, January 8th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The road down into Bailey Cove has been cleared.
    City: Redding

Wednesday, January 7th, 2004

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    Water Temp: cold

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: funny to see that a little rain will scare so many fisherwomen into canceling tourns i would win.
    City: lakehead, ca

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I've been reading these reports for a few years now mostly to find out water temp and depth. But in the last few months I've seen the name Tad Gumbman and was wondering if this is the same Tad from Burney that I used to race motorcycles with thanks Randy Winship
    City: midland ore

Tuesday, January 6th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: just a note to clarify on redding bassers turkey shoot on sat. jan. 8th. as of right now the planned launch site will be jones valley. the last word we received is the ramp will be open for business by saturday. if this does not happen, the alternative launch site will be silverthorn resort. see ya there!
    City: anderson

    Tips: according to the gm at silverthorn there is lots of parking and ramp is in good shape.

Monday, January 5th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 48.8 to 49.5

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: In at Bailey Cove at 10:30 AM. Fished out to the mouth with 2 in the boat by the Blonde. Spent the rest o the day in the main body on the North side to keep out o the COLD wind. Largest went 2.2lbs. That was the big ish o the day. All the rest were 1.5 to 1.7lbs. I only managed 3 while the "Blonde in the back" brought in 10, and the 2.2 was hers. (Jerry, maybe you should re-think your partner choice). All the spots came on jigs in about 30 to 40 eet o water. Out at 3:45 PM.
    City: Cottonwood

    Tips: The road into Bailey has a couple o trees down, but it is clear, a little tight in one place. Wouldn't go too early because o ice on road.