Shasta Lake and Reports

Wednesday, June 11th, 2003

• By Bryce

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: In at Packers at 11:00am to do a little salmon ishing. Caught 5 small ones or the barbe. Started bass ishing around 3:30PM. Fished till 10:30PM or 30+ spots and smallmouths. As we were coming back to the ramp we stopped at Packers Point and the wie dropped a black Hoo-Daddy on a 3/8 ootball head in about 20 eet o water and POW, the ight was on. A ew minutes later and a couple o trips around the boat I netted a 4.7lb spot(her personal best, SO FAR) Congrats, to the Blonde in the back o the boat. Can't wait to get back out, the night bite is great right now. I also heard that Ginger got Gene again 36 to 17.
  City: Cottonwood

  Tips: Caught ish rom the bank to 25 eet on jigs and worms.

• By jerry

  Water Temp: ?

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: congratulations on that big spot Susan, you put a whippin on Bryce! Now make the post old man and don't be tellin no stories!!!!
  City: Redding

Tuesday, June 10th, 2003

• By jerry

  Water Temp: 79.4-77.8

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: got in at bailey cove at 650 pm with the wie and ran up the McCloud to just above Shallow point and started on the east bank, lake at 6t, air temp 87 wind out o the south at 8, threw jigs and worms or 1/2 hour with one ish in the boat, moved to the shady side on the west bank and got on them good right o the bat, 31 blow ups on Mr. Fullers bait, got nine in and all small, 17 others on jigs and the wie got 3 on a dart headed MGM #109 4 inch, one was a little over 2, at 930pm we were bit on every cast but missed most as I couldn't reel ast enough to keep up with them, totaled out at near 35. moon up and made things much easier to try and throw at the bank, only chucked one in the trees tonight. waster went lat about 10 pm and things slowed down quickly, got out at 1045 at 70 degrees, very pleasant evening with the missus. Most ish caught near the mouth o Keluche Creek.
  City: Redding

Saturday, June 7th, 2003

• By mike

  Water Temp: 75-80

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: olsom team ished this weekend. 24 boats and everyone had limits both days. The bite was wide open everywhere I went on plastics.Drop shot dart head spit shot shakin. Some bigger ish overall came on blades once the mud lines ormed. The lake is ull. I had biggest ish 3.72 up the sac arm. nice check commin. caught it on a 4 inch mornin dawn o well ormed point. about 15 eet o water. boat was in 40 oot.The ish were really on every point you could call a point. sunday I had to ish right near packers bay cauae my motor went bad. same pattern except larger logs in coves held some nice keeeprs.
  City: orangevale

  Tips: go ish have lots o un. Phils props has the worms ya need. nice store. ish ox blood,margareta mutalors, morning dawn all day. start shallow drag out till tapp. lots o short ish. caught 50+ a day.

Thursday, June 5th, 2003

• By jerry

  Water Temp: 75.3-73.9

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: I should have known not to go centimudi, 4 t o wood stacked up on the ramp with only two lanes open and olks trying to get out, got in quick and a nice guy in a jetcrat said he would hold onto my boat while I parked the truck, in at 745pm, at 101 degrees, tons o small debris around and within a 1/2 mile o the dam but the main body was clean, ran over near dolly point throwing jigs with only 1 smallmouth in the irst 45 minutes, picked up a rod with Mr. Fuller's avorite surace bait and the un got going ast with 17 between 830 and 930 and the best ive went 14.86, 3.8 the biggest and a 2.8 the smallest and you had to get within a oot o the bank or no go. ended up with 23 total and only one dink. quite a nice night with the 1/4 moon, no wind and 74 degrees when I got out at 1045pm. inally able to run a bit or the irst time in the dark but had to slow down when I was a 1/2 mile out rom the dam. one good windy day will clear things up nicely. lake down to 4.8t.
  City: Redding

  Tips: Ain't gonna give up Mr. Fuller's secret bait.

Wednesday, June 4th, 2003

• By Vern/Suzi

  Water Temp: 75

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Had a greet day today, ished the Sacramento arm with my son just back rom Iraq. Caught about 40 ish between 1 to 3 lbs. one ish on plastic all others on crawdad color AA Bomber, & white spiner bait. Was back home by 1 pm. wish every day could be like that.
  City: Cottonwood

  Tips: Reaction, Reaction that seem to be what they wanted today

Monday, June 2nd, 2003

• By Fred

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Just got home. Had 4 nights on a houseboat.Started on the Squaw(Thursday and Friday).Caught 20+. Mostly on sinkos-Watermellon, Pumpkin. Moved 2 nights to Ski Island. I didsome loat tube ishing with night crawlers.Caught 15. My son and riend who was with uscaught a bunch, too. Biggest was only 2.2. A ew at 1.5 and lots o others. Great time.water was nice and the weather wasn't as hot as it was orecast.
  City: Marina

Tuesday, May 27th, 2003

• By Steve

  Water Temp: 66-72

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: On the Sac arm rom 1730-2030. Between my wie and I we got 28 in the boat, only about 3 were dinks. Rest were 1-2 lbs, with most over 1.5 lbs. Most on spinnerbait, but some on shadrap, deep-wee-r and a ew nice ones on hula popper. Fish were everywhere, some on the bank, some coming up rom deeper water. Very active couple o hours. Best day this year on the lake.
  City: Redding

• By Bryce

  Water Temp: 68 to 70

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: In at Bailey Cove at 4:30PM. Fished the west side o the lower McCloud to Ycotti or a total o 21. The largest, a 3.1 spot came on a MGM "Jerry's Worm". MGM "Fall Craw" worked very well also. At one point I made ive casts and hooked 5 ish. Threw a buzzbait a little just beore dark, had a ew blowups but no hookups. Texas rigged worms and jigs seemed to do the trick. There are a lot o small ish right on the bank in the shade. It was a beautiul evening on the lake, we quit at 9:00PM and took our time coming in because o the amount o small and large debris in the water. Oh, did I mention the Blonde in the back only managed seven. Jerry, at least I know what lake I'm ishing.
  City: Cottonwood

• By jerry

  Water Temp: 69.9-70.6

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Well
  City: Redding,Ca.

• By Fred Clark

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: We are headed or Lake Shasta tomorrow. Going out o Silverthorn. Going to ish theSquaw and Pit. Thanks or the inor rom the previous reports. I'll submit what we did when I return on the 2 o June.
  City: Marina,Ca

Monday, May 26th, 2003

• By Phillippe T

  Water Temp: 74-78

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Hey Lety Dude !!!!You Are Right !!!!!It Is Legal To Put Bass Wax On A Rock That Is Pourous From The Lake You Are Fishing. Put It In BarBque And Then Drop In Your Favorate Milk Run Crawdad Works Best They Stick Around For Days. Reminds Me O The Carnes Eating Game Near A Watering Hole In Kenya In 1962.This A Great Technic For All You Tournement Fisherman. even I No Crawdads Are There,The Big Bass Still Stay near as scent Draws Smaller Pray In Like A Lion At A Watering Hole.
  City: hangtown U.S.A.

  Tips: This Is The Greatest Tip Known,Or Kept Secret.Use It To Get Your Next Check!!!!!!BASSWAX NEVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT.....I Would Like A 20lb.Block Please!!!!!!

Sunday, May 25th, 2003

• By jerry

  Water Temp: 77.8-76.1

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: in at bailey cove at 715pm, air temp 95, lake down to 13.6t, no wind, ran across the McCloud near shallow point and got bit right o the bat, all small but 13 in the irst 20 minutes, threw a 1/2oz ootball head with a hula grub or those, went to Mr. Fuller's bait but only had one blow up. moved down near the erry or 5 more and things came to a screeching halt at 930pm. got out at 1015, air temp 75, lake quiet this evening and wind came up a bit at 830pm out o the north.
  City: Reding,Ca.

Wednesday, May 21st, 2003

• By jerry

  Water Temp: 57.8-63.9

  Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

  Report: in at Jones Valley at 0545, air temp 63, water at 58, lake 2 t down with a 5 knot wind out o the northwest, ran up the Pit 12 miles near lat creek, water very muddy, 8 inches o visibility and cold, threw a lot o stu or 2 hours without a bump, moved south a bit to a large lat and caught 7 smallmouth in 10 minutes in 12 t o water, not much size, one went 2.2, ran back down to Arbuckle Flat and managed 2 spots on a staysee, water clarity a little better and the temp went up to 63.8. Wind came up about 10am so I let. Lots o debris still presesnt and some o it is boat busting size. Lower Jones Valley is already ull o campers and all the shoreline spots are gone, had 17 rigs going in on Dry Creek between Hidden valley and 299. Gonna get busy this weekend
  City: Redding

• By Bob Embertson

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: The last report that shows on my computer is 5/12/03. No one has been ishing or the past 8 days????
  City: Eureka, CA 95501

Wednesday, May 14th, 2003

• By jerry

  Water Temp: 61.8-62.7

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: out yesterday providing my rig or a photo shoot or a ishing calendar, they wanted some ish or the pictures and I caught 4 on my irst ive casts in the upper McCloud on jigs, ran back down and picked up the photographer, his wie and a couple o models. Sure was a tough assignment! Out this morning at 0515 at Centimudi, lots o debris at the ramp, air temp at 57, ran over into the lower Sac around dolly point throwing jigs, spinner baits and worms or 9 in 3 hours, no size to speak o, largest went 1.8 and got o the water at 0830 or an appointment, lake still has a lot o small stu loating around and we are still only 2t and a little bit down, chartruese and white on the blade, brown/ green jigs and the MGM 6 inch eel in color # 109. Four came on the #109 including the largest. Tons o carp spawning all over. Still managed some ish that haven't spawned yet.
  City: Redding

Monday, May 12th, 2003

• By Steve

  Water Temp: 58-61

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: On Sac arm rom 1730-2030. Using spinnerbait, deep wee-r, shadrap. Most on spinnerbait, but I use it the most by ar. Found the ish ollowing but not hitting or hitting short. Added the tail o a paddle tail 4" worm, so it extended about an inch beyond the skirt on the blade. Worked great, no more ollowers or short strikes. Got 11 in the boat, best 2 lbs. Spots and smallies. My avorite blade was torn apart by a nice smallie. Guess it had been bent back into shape too many times. Alot o un.
  City: Redding

  Tips: Watch the debris.

• By Bryce

  Water Temp: 58 to 62

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Fished the Squaw or 28 to 1.7lbs. Jigs, worms and senkos. Most o the ish came around willows. Met up with Gene and Ginger and Gene was getting his butt kicked by the Blonde, at least I out did my Blonde, 19 to 9.The weather was perect, we actually got some sun on our white bodies. Saw a wake boarder in the aternoon, they are starting earlier this year. The lake is Full, what a beautiul sight. A ew o the spots we caught were spawned out, but there are a bunch still to spawn. This week should be a good one with the warmer temps. Good luck
  City: Cottonwood

Saturday, May 10th, 2003

• By Scott V.

  Water Temp: 58

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Up the Pit arm to Arbuckle Creek and ished white lukes to the standing trees. 12 ish, biggest at 2.5# and a couple right at 2#. Rest were typical 14" Shasta spot clones. Fished rom 1100 to 1500. Biggest 5 ish went almost 9.5#.
  City: Redding

  Tips: Let luke all on a dead stick. Most ish hit when it was down around 12' and almost out o sight. Had to let it all slowly with no twitching and the luke had to be right next to tree trunk.

Monday, May 5th, 2003

• By Bryce

  Water Temp: 54 to 58

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: We inally got a decent day to go out. In at Jones Valley at 7:30am. Ran up the Pit and ished Clickapudi, Rend Island, Murphy Cyn. and Blue Cyn. Ended up with 25 to 1.75lb. The Blonde in the back on caught 6 o them. Started out throwing a 6" MGM M-28, oxblood rigged Texas style then switched to a 1/4 oz. ootball head jig with a hula skirt, twin tail grub in a smoke with red and blue lakes. Most ish came in 5 to 15 eet o water. Had the best luck pitching to the base o trees in the water and hitting secondary points. The lake has dropped a little, but there is lots o trees overhanging the bank which makes pitching a jig or worm a lot o un.
  City: Cottonwood

  Tips: Drop your jig or worm at the base o a tree and get ready they usually take it on the way down. Pick up your bait to eel a little extra weight, SET THE HOOK! GREAT FUN!