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Thursday, December 19th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Out at 8:30 yesterday with my riend, Steve. Fished a steep wall with no takers. Headed or some shallow points Steve immediately land a 3+ on a crankbait. Find a similar point 15 minutes later and he has a 5lbr come unbuttoned at the boat on the same crankbait. We run way up the pit and inally I getr bit on the blade. A 4.9 lb spotted which we take a picture o and then release since she promised to let me catch here again on a tournament day. Fished plastics or a couple o Shasta clone limits. Great day!!
    City: Redding

    Tips: In my previous report I made a mistake on our clubs website. It is "members.aol.com" Sorry or any inconvenience.

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Despite bad weather conditions, Our club, Shasta Cascade Bass Anglers, held their monthly tournament {on Shasta this month} last Sunday, Dec. 15th. The winning weight was 13.21 lbs. with all but two o the sixteen ishermen weighing in ive ish limits. Big ish was a 5.07 lb. Spotted bass. Fish were caught on almost any method as they were "on the bite".
    City: Redding

    Tips: Lake is coming up ast and the ish are shallow and aggressive. Crank baits & spinner baits on shallow main body points.Visit our website at scbanglers@aol.com

Saturday, December 7th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Results o the team bass tournament held 12-07-02 out o Bridge Bay ResortPLACE TEAM LBS. CHECKBig Fish C.Keller/E.Clark 3.56 $356 1st R.McDaniel/T.Seaton 11.55 $11552nd B.Townsend/J.Riley 11.41 $5703rd B.Quinn Sr/B.Quinn Jr 11.27 $5634th D.Hill/G.Dodd 11.19 $5595th J.Thompson/R.Thompson 10.61 $5306th G.Lamons/K.Gordon 10.44 $5227th S.McMaster/W.McMaster 10.10 $5058th B.Benson/J.Guterding 10.08 $5049th P.Strader/M.Hiser 9.90 $49510th R.Hunt/M.Hartsell 9.58 $47911th A.Hunt/M.Gordon 9.57 $47812th B.Sarder/B.Woord (balance) $239Come join us next year, Dec. 6th, 2003.
    City: Cottonwood, Ca.

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    Water Temp: 56.8-59.6

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Congratulations to the team o Randy McDaniel and Terry Sexton, 11.55 lbs won it and got them a good pay day, it took 9.90 lbs to get a check. Mnay o the guys that normally do well struggled today and the sacks were light compared to a week ago. Bryce and I could not get the rip bite going save or 1 ish that Bryce caught, the rest came on jigs and mostly in the stumps o the lower pit. There were(I think) 58 boats and the big ish was only a 3.68 spot. The weather was great with some wind out o the north but the aternoon saw temps in the mid 60's. Good time had by all, Terry your my hero! Stay away rom small dogs! and that's another story!!!!

    Tips: most o ours came on 1/2 oz ootball heads with MGM shasta crawlers threaded in 6-25 t o water, the root beer lavor was the most productive.

Friday, December 6th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 57-59.8

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Its on or tomorrow the 7th o Dec, The Cottonwood Bass Team annual $100 per pound event will blast o out o Bridge Bay at sae light. Check in starts at 0330, $150 per team with a 5 ish 13" limit(you can ish by yoursel)check in will close around 0630, winners gets $100 per pound and big ish gets $100 per pound, 2nd and on will get $50 per pound until the money runs out, awards and a rale immediately ollowing at the tail o the whale with some great giveaways and super rale prizes. Sign up orms available at Bridge Bay in the am and also available at Phil's. The weather is going to be ideal with a steady barometer the past 5 days with the lake at 57-61 degrees.
    City: redding

Tuesday, December 3rd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 56-60.6

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Ino or Keswick, yes there are some very nice ish in Keswick, mostly spots with some smallmouth, I have never caught a largemouth in there but have heard o them being taken, the trout ishing is usualy good, I can't imagine wading or swimming Keswick as the water temp coming out o the bottom o the dam is usualy around 42 degrees. There are however, some hazards you should be aware o. I you leave the ramp and head upstream you will enter a rocky area about a mile up where you will be in 70t o water, you will also be passing some 69t rocks, the lower part is pretty much hazard ree but upstream is dangerous or those who are not aware o the channel up there. The other problem with Keswick is the thets that occur at the ramp or in the parking lot. Trailers have been stolen, trucks broken into and vandalized. I imagine you noticed that the lot and ramp are out in the "boonies" a bit and some o the local thugs(cranksters) will hit your vehicle without any ear o getting caught due to the remote nature o the ramp and parking area. The ishing is good though and very under utilized. I have caught spots to 3lbs and trout to 10 lbs inthe upper ends o Keswick where the lows are obvious. a threaded nightcrawler in ront o a 1 1/2 inch slinky bounced along the bottom as you drit downstream is deadly. Keep your glass boat at home and use a tin boat unless you REALLY know keswick or you are likely to pay the price.. crankbaits are good but jigs ished on the bottom are not so hot as you will be winding in a lot o grass with anything that spends a little time on the bottom.
    City: Redding

Sunday, December 1st, 2002

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    Water Temp: 57-60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The Cottonwood Bass Team annual Team Tournament is this coming Saturday, Dec 7th at Bridge Bay, check in starts at 0330, $150 per team, winners get $100 per pound and big ish gets $100 per pound, 2nd place and on gets $50 per pound. Great rale prizes oered or the rale ticket buyers, the lake is near 91 t down, water is clear and a good bite is on with some big ish being caught daily, the hirz bay ramp is out o the water and no loat, centimudi is one lane and muddy, suagarloa is in great condition, packers is good with some hardpan in one lane, Jones Valley is on the temp ramp and in excellent condition with beach parking at the water line. Bailey cove is out o the water as is the antlers public ramp.
    City: Redding

Monday, November 25th, 2002

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished ABA this last weekend, and my partner and I weighed in 10.67 pounds with a 5 ish limit. I started out the week on tuesday preishing catching 16 pounds or 5 ish.and then on thursday I caught a six pounder. All o my ish preishing came on blades ishing windy points. On tounament day things changed the wind stopped blowing and the bite had changed. The solor chart said that sunday the prime bite was going to be 2:30 pm, and it was pritty accurate. I had to change all my tactics to ind the ish and never did ind the once I caught on tuesday. I ound the ish shallow alright, but they did not want any reaction bait. They wanted a 6 inch craw colord worm rom MGM. Don't know the number o it, but it is brown, with a light bottom. We had a good stringer o ish with two o our ish being in the 2.60 pound range. They looked like clons. Anyway I guess one o the reasons we carry so much gear in our boats is to be ready or anything! By the way guys ABA pays really good money they have some awesome side pots that my partner and I unortunitly did not putin or. We still did OK with 590.00 bucks.
    City: Redding

    Tips: Be ready or anything, urther keep an open mind cause these ish changed daily.

Sunday, November 24th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 61.5

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: out yesterday or a club tourney rom Packers, in at 0545, air temp 43, lake at 90t down, the hirz bay loat is out o the water, went out with 19 other boats and my non-boater Brian, we ran to the upper sac, the irst spot yielded no ish but alot were ound on the bottm, moved urther up stream on an island and got 7 o o one point to 1.4, let to go urther upstream to a donk where I always catch a ish or two and got one o o it on a jig, the previous ish were also caught on jigs, got over some more ish down by the gooseneck and dropshotted a ew withe the MGM blue ghost #69 but no keepers, ran back to the pit where Brian boated out biggest, a 2.25 on a jig and had a ew more dinks, moved over near the mouth o the Squaw but no takers and we made the run to the upper McCloud but didn't catch anything up there, went back or the weigh-in and weighed in my dinky ish but elt better as the weigh in continued when 3 guys only had one ish, My hero, Ralph White won(again) with 10.65 lbs. This guy is something else all the time but more so when things are tough. The weather was good with lat water, Most ish were caught using jigs and worms but one notable, Bill Quinn Sr. reported 11 ish right o the bat on blades. Mark your calendars or Dec 7th or the Cottonwood Bass Teams annual Fall Classic team tournament, $150 per team with the winners receiving $100 per pound and big ish receives $100 per pound, 2nd and below receives $50 per pound until the money runs out, the club returns all monies paid as winnings except or the ees paid to conduct the event. You can sign up at Bridge Bay until 15 minutes beore blast o(approx 650 AM) Awards to ollow immediately ater with some great rale ticket gits to be distributed including a shotgun, guided quail hunting trip, a large gass ired BBQ, a guide trip with Ralph White on the lake and other items.
    City: Redding

    Tips: 1/2oz ootball heads and a hula grub, #69 MGM blue ghost 4 inch worm, spinner baits, the rip bite appears to be over with.

Wednesday, November 20th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 58.9-62.6

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Beautiul morning this am, in at Packers at 645 am. lake at 90.1 t down, air temp 49, went up into the lower McCloud to look or some ish or a club tournamet on Sunday, didn't throw much but when I did it was dinks. used a jig or most and could not ind any rip bite. The ramp at packers is down to 2 lanes and the one nearest the bank is ull o mud, as is centimudi which is really loaded up, sugarloa is good, antlers is out o the water as is bailey cove, hirz bay has two lanes but very muddy, when you go to get your boat out ride the brake a bit or risk coating your boat with a lot o red mud at Hirz Bay, Jones Valley is now on the secondary ramp with the loat in place and a dusty drive in and out i the ground isn't wet and muddy i it is. Did not see any surace action this am and ound the bait to be in mid-channel and deep. looks like the winter pattern is here, the temp warmed up quickly in the 79 degrees air temp at 1pm when I got out.
    City: Redding

Sunday, November 17th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Sat aternoon and Sun morning (til 1pm)with my son ( irst ride in the new boat). WHERE ARE THE DINKS??? Tried blades, jerk baits, drop shots and dart heading. 5 ish on Sat or 10-11 lbs and 3 ish today 1 over 3. Fish came out o 20 -25 t o water. They are at and healthy. All keepers came on 4 inch ,Purple Ghost worms. Fished points near the dam and out side Obrien.
    City: Castro Valley

    Tips: Fish slow and wait or ish to come up to eed in the shallower water. Fish located in deep water would not eat what we oered.

Friday, November 15th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 58.8

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: In at Jones Valley at 7:30am. The secondary ramp is now in service with the loat in place. Fished Ski Island the Squaw or 19 spots to 1.6lbs. The blonde in the back bested me by one. We caught ish rom 45' to right on the bank. Jigs provided most o the ish. Another beautiul day on Shasta.
    City: Cottonwood

Tuesday, November 12th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the all classic put on by ShastaCascade Bass Anglers out o Bridge Bay on the9th and 10th o Nov. There were 76 teams. My partner, Clyde, and I caught a limit by 9 am on the irst day but mostly 13 to 15 inch ish. Weighed in 10.65 lbs. and were problably in the bottom 1/3rd o the standings. On the second day we did a lot better, ending up with 17.52 lbs which included 3rd big ish o the tournamet, a 4.72 spot. We were elated to inish 8th over all!! JERRY-you let too soon i all you saw were small limits. Our total was 28lbs+. 30lbs+ won it.
    City: Redding

    Tips: Throw blades. I the don't work right a way, throw them some more. Our club is going to Clear Lake this weekend or our monthly tournament. See our website or more ino at scbanglers@aol.com or e-mail me.

Sunday, November 10th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 62.7-64.1

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: this one will cover nearly a month as I did not post in preparation or a tournament put on by Shasta Cascade, the lake is at 87.9 and rising slowly due to the over 5 inches o rain over the 7-10 Nov period. Was out about 17 times since my last report, 10 o those with my uncle rom Indiana who was visiting rom the 19-26 Oct. i was throwing top water early or a number o decent ish with 6 over 2.5 and those were topped by my uncles 4.2 spot on the 23rd in the upper sac. The worm ishing is two simple rules, drop shot the MGM #69 in a 4inch and try the Rainbow worm company's #99, both produced well but the #69 was the winner hands down. Mysel and two riends have caught a ton o bass over the last 3 weeks on the MGM #69. The rip bite, spook bite and others were good or the last month but went away quickly, right now with overcast conditions you can throw something like that all day. Bryce Fuller( my team partner)and I went out Saturday morning with 76 other teams trying to get the good bite. Weather was heavy overcast with periodic showers o and on all day. We let bridge bay at 0645 and ran upstream to one o Bryce's spots as the wind came up out o the south, got on his water and or 10 minutes nothing is working till he hooks a keeper and I boat a one only slightly larger, The rain starts at 7am and it was periodic all right, It didn't quit till 130 pm and was accompanied by 20 mph winds. nasty, nasty, nasty. We went to another spot and got out o the wind and on some worm ish and jig ish and managed 5 more in 15 minutes, we started culling and went through 60 plus ish or 11.05 lbs, not very impressive but we did our best, Bryce caught the most with his expertise with the worms and I lucked out with the biggest which might have went 2.5. The weather settled down a bit and we ran or the weigh in to learn that someone had just over 17 lbs. Worn out and tired, we let or home ater seeing a buch o 8.5 to 10lb limits. Sunday, I got up to dripping rain but no wind and meet Bryce at the Black Bear Diner, breakast was great and we headed or Bridge Bay with the rain getting worse every mile or so. Pulled into Bridge bay or the livewell check and paperwork and decide to go over to Packers to avoid the busy ramp. As we went down the hill to Packers the skys opened up and it REALLY started raining, drops the size o a nickel but no wind. We motored over to Bridge Bay and were third out on the day 2 roster. We ran up the lower pit where a riend o mine, Harland Brown, took me to a week ago and i stuck a keeper onthe irst cast with a crankbait. Bryce gets another one and we move inside some humps and ind some more ish in 35-55 t. We go past them and ish some creek channels and I get a good one on that ends up going 2.86lbs on a crank bait. Bryce suggests we try dropshotting the deeper ish and promptly puts on a "how to" class with his dropshot rig and gets 14 to my 4 in an hour. We have a limit by 9am versus a limit at 1215pm the day beore and then the rain QUIT!!!! and the water was lat. We run to a good jig ishing spot and throw our arms o but only manage 4, Bryce got 3 and we didn't cull anything out o the livewell. We run back to the spot Harlan showed me and get over some deep ish and boat 6 in 43-55 t and manage to cull out 2 o our smaller ish. We bang around the same area with jigs and crank baits and it is getting warmer we stripped o the guide wear and run or the weigh in at 3pm. We weigh in 13lbs and watch a number o guys coming in with 8-10lb bags but no one early with the same big weights as saturday. I igure we were mid pack so we head or Packers bay and get out and go on home. A good day today ishing with one heck o a worm isherman and a great guy. The next local event will be the Cottonwood Bass Team Fall Classic on the 7th o Dec, the winner will take home $100 a pound or his best limit. $150 per team and this includes the big ish which also pays $100 per pound so come on up and have at it! We averaged 1.71 lbs per ish, the day one leaders had roughly a 2.61 lb average and the big ish as ar as i know went 5.11.
    City: Redding

    Tips: The MGM blue ghost #69 accounted or the most ollowed by the MGM Shasta crawler in rootbeer on a 1/2 oz ootball head, The Rainbow worm company's #99 got a lot ollowed by the MGM 127, 145 and my all time avorite the MGM #109 radar.

Thursday, November 7th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 64.7

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Joe Montgomery, e-mail me with how you did yesterday. We met at Packers
    City: redding

Thursday, October 31st, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Ladies and Gentleman- B.A.S.S. Federation Region 5 schedule and entry orms are out. Find them at Phil's Prop, Berry's Barber Shop on Churn creek rd, or www.caliorniabass.org. First tourney is May 4th, 2003. These tournaments will be "modiied" opens. Anyone wishing to ish will be allowed. You do not need to be ailiated or belong to a club. However, anglers that are ailiated and meet criterium will accrue points towards the state tourney. Every angler is gauranteed his/her own boat. Non-boaters are not required but I encourage anglers to ind one.Any questions please eel ree to contact me at the e-mail address above or phone me at 243-7348. Hope to see you all on the water- Tony
    City: redding

Friday, October 18th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Squaw creek arm and the Pit arm. Fishing was slow using grubs and worms. Started to chase the shad and caught bass with a hopkins lure and a red/white trailer. The bass were spitting up the shad when they got to the boat.
    City: Manteca

    Tips: Chase the shad and look or surace activity.

Sunday, October 13th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 61-68

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: USED 2 TANKS PER DAY. 4 DAYS ON SHASTA,BEST FISH FOUND AT 25 TO 50t.ALL THE BEST FISH ON MOUTH OF JONES VALLEY.ESPECIALLY ON EAST SIDE IN TREES.AND MOUTH OF SQUAW WERE PIT AND SQUAW MEET ALOT OF LARGEMOUTH SUSPENDED ON TREES ON EAST SIDE OF SQUAW BIGGEST FISH BEING ON TREES FARTHEST OUT ON EAST BANK WHERE SQUAW MEETS PIT. FISH ARE EASY PICKENS WITH A SPOON 1OZ. BOTH AREAS HAVE LARGE NUMBERS AND MOVE VERTICAL AS DAY PASSES. IF YOU WANT TO WIN A TOURNAMENT I WOULD STAY ON THESE AREASAND NOT LEAVE THEM. THESE FISH WILL HOLD UNTIL WEATHER CHANGES.FIRST THING IN MORNING THROW SPIT N IMAGE,SPOOKS,POPPERS,BUZZERS AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THE TREES.THESE ARE THE BEST FISH ON THE LAKE!!!!!!
    City: FOLSOM

    Tips: GET DIVING INSTRUCTION THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO LOCATE QUALITY FISH,

Thursday, October 10th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 62-67

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: HANGING SHEETROCK SUCKS, I ALWAYS GET THE CEILINGS AND CLOSETS !!!!THREW SPOOKS LAST 3 DAYS CAUGHT ALOT OF QUALITY FISH. THE KID WHO MAKES THE TRAILERSDOES A GOOD JOB TOO.BIG FISH WAS A 6.56 SPOT AND 1 BLACK 4.91.THREW ALMOST EVERY SPOOK IN THE BOAT. OKIE SHAD BEING THE BEST.I HATE THE THOUGHT OF GOING BACK TO WORK AFTER A GREAT TRIP !!!!THANKS TO ALL OF THE LOCALS UP NORTH.I HOPE TO RETIRE NEAR LAKE SHASTA SOMEDAY IF I DON'T QUIT FIRST AND BECOME A LAKE RAT.SEE YA IN THE SPRING.
    City: SAN JOSE

    Tips: NO PHONESNO WHINERSLOTS OF BEERNO WORRIES

Tuesday, October 8th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: No report today, still looking or anyone else out there who has lost money to Brian Oakley, B S Worms....i anyone else is in the same boat please email be directly, I have never been taken by a ellow isherman until now and welcome anyone else who would like to get what they have coming to them.
    City: Dunsmuir

    Tips: Suggestion today are do not buy worms rom B S Worms, Brian Oakley, you won't be your product.