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Saturday, February 8th, 2003

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    Water Temp: 48-51

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Good Bite,All Fish Cauht Darthead Watermelon & Blue Weenies.1.5 To 2.5lb. On Points With Rock.Remember Those Who Serve Our Country In This Time O Need!!!!!Good Luck To The 3 Young Sloans As They Prepare For War.You Are Not Forgotten!!!!And To All O You Military Families,You Are In Our Hearts Every Day.
    City: Redding

    Tips: Pull Your Darthead Upward O The Bottom The Fish Seem To Hit It As It Comes Up From The Bottom.I Will Try Dartheading Monday.Good Luck To All In The Pro-Am.

Thursday, February 6th, 2003

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    Water Temp: 50-54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Tried dropshotting my anchor but still got blown o my spot. Sacramento arm rules the lake right now. White spinner baits and countdown rapalas, quick limits in the boat including a 5.07 spot and a 4.62 spot around waters gulch area and gooseneck on up had the biggest ish. Also caught 3 ish around 2.5 pounds on blades in O'brien. Fishing around the little backbone has been good with worms.
    City: Redding

    Tips: Stick to the Sacramento arm as the ish there are bigger than other areas o the lake.

Tuesday, February 4th, 2003

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    Water Temp: 50-53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Good Report Stan,Everthing You Posted, Worked.Should Do Well This Weekend.Had A Great Pre-Fish
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Go Home, I Already Caught All The Fish.Just Kiddin, Okay Not ReallyHope Everybody Has A Good One !!!!!Phils Has Everthing You Could Need.

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    Water Temp: 48-51

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: lake report or you WonBass olks, The lake is hovering around the 37t mark and releases have slowed as the incoming amounts have slowed, The water has a nice green tinge to it and is clearing rapidly, some areas have visibility exceeding 12t. Still some decent chunks o wood adrit all over but mainly in the middle and upper Pit and the Sac arm north o the gooseneck. Temp at night getting down into the upper 30's, midday as high as 65. You should expect a little cooler temps over riday night and saturday morning. Some debris moved back into the lake with the unusual wind out o the east today. Lake temps have warmed to 53 in the midday hours, early morning will ind temps as low as 46 in a ew areas, especialy well upstream in the McCloud. The Won Bass team event last weekend was won with just over 15lbs. Good luck to you all.
    City: Redding

Friday, January 31st, 2003

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    Water Temp: 48-51

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Tony, at the giant orange just called to apologize or the late opening last week and to ask me to put out the word that he will be open at 4AM tomorrow on the 1st o Feb or the wonbass team guys and at 330am on the 8th and 9th o Feb or the wonbass pro/am olks.
    City: Redding

Thursday, January 30th, 2003

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    Water Temp: 50-54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: This Is The Most Accurate Report......Fish Points O Creeks Or In Mouth O Tributaries Main Point.....Fish Are Shallow 3t. To 12t. Long points are best....Have Had Most Sucessul week at Shasta EverSpinnerbaits White/white Best Fish Will Be Tight To Cover Up Shallow.......2-3lb. Average On Blades.Jigs Brown/Brown 20-40t. Red Banks On PointsRipBait T/D Minnow Rainbow Slow/PauseCrank DD22 Chartreuse Must SuspendWorm Green Weenie Dart Head & Drop ShotBrowm/Black Flake Dart HeadDrop/Shot Clear/Chartreuse Flake Reaper In Creeks 15 to 25t. Near Running Water O Creek EXAMPLE-Back O DeadHorse Lots O 2lb. Fish Or Waters Gulch.Flukes On Points Chartreuse/Red Flake Throw Shallow And Let SinkBrush Hogs Watermelon/Red Flake Carolina Rigged
    City: Oroville

    Tips: Stick TO POINTS..Stick To Points With A Major Inlet And Stay Just Outside O Inlet.McCloud Rated Best,Then Sac,Then Little BackBone,Then Main Body West,Then Main Body,Mouth O Squaw,Then Pit

Monday, January 20th, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Anglers- Anyone interested in ishing B.A.S.S. ederation tournaments, schedule has been slightly changed. I moved Sept. 14 Shasta tourney to March 30th on Shasta. Western bass olded and this date opened up. You can pick up a lyer at Phil's Prop starting on Tues. the 21st or contact me (Tony) at 243-7348. Remember these events are open to all anglers- ailiation is not required. Anglers are guaranteed their boats. Hope to here rom you all!
    City: redding

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    Water Temp: 47-51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I your coming or the WON BASS PRO/AM on Feb 8th and 9th, you will be happy to know that the Giant Orange Cae(across the reeway rom Phil's) will be open early at 330 AM on the 8th and 9th or breakast. The crew there have recently opened or a ew local tournaments and were pleased with the turnout. Its the best breakast in town and I was inally able to convince Tony to open early on tournament days. Flyers will be available at the check in. The lake is 35.05 t rom the top and they are presently letting out as much as is coming in. Lots o debris in the lake with the middle reaches o the Pit being the worst, especially around Arbuckle Flat. The recently reported blade bite is slowing and jigs are turning on in Brown/Brown. The water is clearing rapidly and a 12-13lb 5 ish sack will get you a good check these days. I have been catching mine on MGM shasta crawlers in rootbeer and a handul o dierent worms. The MGM 26c(witches T) The 157 4 inch and 109 in a 3 inch sluggo and a 4 inch worm have been working great along with Barry Ng's rainbow #99. A ew olks have been getting 25-50 ish a day recently and it is better during and ater some resh rain. Many o the smaller coves are stacked up deep in debris. The aternoon bite has been very productive. spots over 6 lbs have been caught recently and the number o 5lb ish is increasing. The main body areas are a little more productive than the upper arms. The og the last ew days hasn't burnt o until nearly 10AM making things a bit dicey at blast o, its better to get on a bank and run it slowly than to think you can run down mid-channel and actually know where your going. i wouldn't risk it mysel.
    City: Redding

    Tips: dropshotting and darter heads are turning the trick on the worm side o the ledger, 1/2oz-1oz jigs are picking up.

Sunday, January 19th, 2003

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Sunday with my dad and grandpa. Had a pretty solid day with consistent action all day. Went out o Baily Cove and caught all ish on main points. All came out o 30 eet o water or more, no shallow ish at all on the main body. Fished dart headed worms, #39, #69, and #33. The old standbys in my book. We probably inished the day with 20 ish or so, largest a nice 3lb spot. A ew smallmouths mixed in as well. Had a huge trout ollow my worm up, that was pretty exciting. All in all, it was a great day on Shasta as always and a nice break to get out o the og rom the valley. All were nice ish, typical or winter ishing, just a while longer and 50-100 ish days will be here.
    City: Red Blu

    Tips: This time o the year is notorious or producing some big spots. Bites may be ew and ar between, but every bite may be the big one. The aternoon ished better than the morning or us. Tight Lines!

Friday, January 17th, 2003

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Hit the lake at 7:00 on Saturday morning. Bailey Cove ramp is in the water. Had a pretty slow day. Caught 12 ish, all on cinnamon hula grubs ished between 10 and 30 eet deep. Biggest ish was a 2.1 spot. 5 o the 12 ish were smallmouths. Largest one was 1.8 lbs. The smallies were caught as soon as the bait got to the bottom in about 10 eet o water. It was a beautiul day, just wish the ish were biting better.Have un and good ishing!
    City: Redding

    Tips: Crawdad imitations at this time o year. 5" hula grub is hard to beat.

Thursday, January 16th, 2003

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    Water Temp: 48.9 to 50

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Water level 35.7 eet rom ull. The rain inally stopped. In at Jones Valley at 8:45am. Picked up 3 on the lower Squaw, one o those came on a blade. Moved to the lower Pit and caught 24 more. All were small, largest went 1.7. The only thing we could get to work was JIGS, JIGS, JIGS. The aternoon bit was the best. We caught a ew right on the bank and the rest came out o 20 to 25 eet. It sure was great to get back on the water even i the Blonde in the back beat me.
    City: Cottonwood

    Tips: Watch out or loating debris. Some o the little stick ups are big logs just under the surace.

Monday, January 6th, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I thougt I Was Really On Them,On Jigs,& Worms.Thanks To The Cement Guy Who Turned Me On The Wateralls And Incoming Water On Spinnerbaits.I Have To Try It At Folsom !!!!!At Days End I Had A 3lb. Average !!!!!
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Throw Blade Into Running Water Slow Roll on Bottom You Will Feel Little Tick Or Resistence Set Hook.3/4 & 1oz. Best-White Worked Best.Sac Arm & Pit Were The Best.

Tuesday, December 31st, 2002

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Tuesday with a good riend and had a terriic day. We got on the lake about 7:30am out o Packers Bay(the loat is back in place). We started on the south bank across rom the ramp. Both o us got bit on the irst cast. We ended up catching 47 ish on the day. The Berkely digital scale was getting a workout. Many o the ish(15 or so)were either 1.9# to 2.0#. I caught 3 smallmouth on the day, a 1.9# and a 2# were the biggest. The big ish o the day was a 3.5# spot caught o a point that had small rocks and a red bank, in 15 eet o water. Most o the ish came in 15 to 40 t o water. We both agreed that it was the best day we ever had on Lake Shasta or size and quantity. The ish were so thick and healthy. All but 3 ish were taken on Hula grubs or jig and pigs. Browns and greens worked the best. Awesome day! Have un and good ishing.
    City: Redding, Ca

    Tips: Hula grubs and jig and pigs. I they bite and you miss them, drop the bait right back down and they will usually hit it again!

Monday, December 30th, 2002

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    Water Temp: Unknown

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Stopped at Bailey cove on Dec 21 and Dec 27 on my way to Salem OR or Christmas. Water well below launch ramp. First day, tied on a 3/8 oz silver Kastmaster with a green stripe. 5th cast, landed a 18", 3 lb bow. 4 casts later, landed another 18", 2.5 lber. Got two more strikes in the next 1/2 hour. Fish were illed with 1/4 inch shad. Fished 1 hour on Dec 27 in pouring rain, one strike (water was much muddier). No bass either day. Suggest ishing the coves when water clears, as bows were rising all over chasing shad. Tight lines - Mac
    City: Emeryville

    Tips: Any shad imitations

Sunday, December 29th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 50.9

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: It happened again, nothing in the boat. zip nada zero. lake up to 57 t rom the top, main areas still a little green, the west shore big coves are chocolate milk, the lake has risen 40 t since 12-5. vey little debris in the open areas its all in the coves on the north and west sides o the arms and stacked up deep. ished some incoming water in cuts and ruts and had 2 taps on jigs. got in the water at 1130 waiting or it to warm up a bit, got out at 3pm when it started to rain and only saw 2 other bassboats out there. Today was day #8 since 12-31-98 when I didn't get any ish in the boat, sure makes you appreciate those early spring 60 ish days.
    City: redding

    Tips: Beats the heck out o me, wouldn't know what to throw ater today.

Saturday, December 28th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I got on the water at 1:00pm on Saturday. Fished the south bank across rom Packers Bay. Wind was blowing about 30mph and raining very hard. Caught 7 ish by 4:00pm. The ish were very thick and healthy. None were smaller than 1.04# and nothing larger than 1.10#. 6 were caught on a brown hula grub, and 1 was caught on a #39 worm. The ish that bite were very agressive. Slow bite. 25 to 35 eet deep on steep banks. Have un and good ishing!
    City: Redding,CA

Friday, December 27th, 2002

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    Water Temp: cold

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: This is a copy o an e-mail sent to the previous poster regarding an event on Shasta on 12-28-02 at Packers Bay.Chris,thought you might like to know that there isn't going to be a turkey shoot on Shasta tomorrow. turkey shoots are illegal as whoever is running it must have a required ish and game permit and also a permit rom the orest service. I would imagine that what you would ind tomorrow morning would be a game warden waiting to cite anyone who showed up to enter such an event. A person who did go out ishing with others in a competitive event could ind his equipment(boat, vehicle,rods etc) coniscated upon his return to a ramp. I thought you might like to know that, a permit is required to hold such an event on Shasta and most any other lake in Caliornia. Unless you are a ish and game warden or a orest service employee trying to suck someone into attending such an event it is probably not a good idea to broadcast these sorts o things over the internet.jerry
    City: redding

Wednesday, December 25th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Antlers public ramp is back in and the loat is in place, Sugarloa still in the water but will get looded out in a week or so and no loat in place, no loat at hirz bay. Debris starting to build, lots o small stu but some bigger pieces have made it into the lake, most o it is up against the shore but will soon be all over i the winds predicted blow over the next ew days. Bailey Cove still out o the water by 21t or so, packers back to 2 lanes, jones valley back on the concrete ramp and 2 lanes but lots o debris around the loat, centmudi back to 2 lanes, the water has gotten a bit greener but will probably muddy up over thurs-ri, lots o water pouring in everywhere.
    City: redding

Saturday, December 21st, 2002

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    Water Temp: 52-53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at 0730 at Jones Valley. Fished the lower Pit all day until around 2:30pm and ound ish at virtually every place we tried. Nearly every ish was over 13" but none was over 16"...typical Shasta are. We caught 8 at 15+ inchers weighing 1-07 to 1-10 and a bunch more in the 14" range weighing up to 1-08 (pounds-ounces). All on dropshot Roboworms and carolina rigged tubes.Tomorrow, gonna try a blade and some jigs & see i we can tie into something a little bigger. The morning was beautiul, but the winds in the aternoon made things a little cool.
    City: Palo Cedro

    Tips: We ound most ish were holding pretty close to 25-28 eet deep. Keep your eyes peeled or loating debree, including 20-30 oot logs. The water is clearing up rapidly, so get out there beore the next storm hits & do your last minute shopping in the evening.

Friday, December 20th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: the road into Jones Valley is open with some looding near the hidden valley market but passable, the trees have been cut&removed with the exception o a ew small ones which can be easily driven over, the concrete ramp is back in the water with the loat in place, the lake has come up nearly 28 t since the 12th and is now at 74 t down rom the top and rising at an inch per hour or better,the water is comparable to chocolate milk, debris is all over the place with bigger chunks just now making their way into the lake, Antlers may be back in today but I doubt that the loat will be in place, Packers is in good shape, hirz bayis in but no loat, centimudi is in and back to 2 lanes
    City: redding