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Friday, September 6th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 74-75

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out o Jones Valley about 9:30 am was not much boat traic at that time. went to ort creek area and caught some bass in the timber on blue goast and pink worms in about 15t to 25 eet texas rigged my wie in the back seat stuck a two pounder and it spit up a wild looking worm. i grab it and hook it up and stick a two pounder on it. caught another keeper on it and took it o to save untill i ind some more. what ever it was they dont make them around here.tryed ripping a little with a pointer minnow but no takers.we have caught more and better ish on jigs and worming.went up to the pit arm catishing and caught three small cats beore the storm hit us and had to head to the ramp about midnight in a rain storm. that was not much un. another bass isherman was up the pit and got caught in it and ollowed us in to the ramp. he said he was lost couldnt ind the ramp. thank god or spot lights it save the bacon again. still two lanes at the ramp at Jones Valley
    City: Anderson

    Tips: blue purple, pink with silver lake work well. shasta crawlers brown gold lake on 1/2 to 3/4 oz ootball head jigs

Thursday, September 5th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 74.4 to 75.8

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: In at Jones Valley at 9:15am. Ran over to the entrance o Fort Creek Coves in the trees and right o Susan picked up a 13 incher on a carolina rigged 8" ribbon worm. The next ish was a dink or me on a june bug colored MGM 6". Susan caught one more in the trees, a 3.1 at spot. We then moved up the Squaw ishing the steep rock walls and got bit quite regular. Picked up a total o 16 only about 3 dinks, and I caught them. At least I beat the blonde in the back or quantity but not quality. The slow dragging carolina rig proved to be the ticket or the larger ish. Gene, try the worms I gave you the other day, they really worked or Susan. The weather was great all day, with only a slight wind out o the SW. Out at 4:00PM. There is still a ew houseboaters out but nothing like beore Labor day. Thank God or school. The ishing should start improving with the boat traic down and the cooler weather.
    City: Cottonwood

    Tips: 3/8oz.ootball head jig with green w/gold lakes worked great in about 15 to 25 eet. A 8" ribbon tail worm in wine colors rigged carolina style really worked or the wie.

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    Water Temp: 77.6-79.8

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: went to Packers at 0525 and there was not a single vehicle o any sort in the lot or on the ramp, Hallejuah or Labor Day! They are gone at last. 56 degrees and a bit nippy, lake at 70.75 and alling only 3-4 inches a day now, started throwing right rom the ramp and got 2 dinks o the irst point, moved out to the island and caught a 5 inch largemouth, moved over to the north side o Packers as 2 more rigs showed up and no more ish, at 615 I took o or the lower McCloud and rolled up on one o my avorites and got 6 o the one lat red mud point and one a 1.8, no dinks on a brown jig. They came out o 6.5-14t, picked up and ran past Ycotti and missed one then ram up to above the Moore Creek Campground or 2 more and both small, the bite came to a halt at 0900 but certainly better than my last trip out, ish are generally shallower now and the upper end o the McCloud is much dirtier than the lower end, i never ran over another wake this morning, Hot Damn things are back to normal. got out at 925, temp up to 73 and things are going to be a bit cooler or awhile, ought to perk the bite up. did get one dink on Mr. Fuller's avorite top water bait, tossed a spinner bait too with no results.
    City: Redding

Saturday, August 31st, 2002

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    Water Temp: 73

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Out on the Sac arm rom 0600 to about 0930. Going out, there were not as many houseboats as I eared, but that was remedied by the time I came in. Picked up a limit (1+ lbs) on spinnerbait ished like a jig near shore on points and slopes with 3-6 inch gravel. Fish were clearly working crawdads, given what they were spitting up at the boat. Water is cooling o and the bass appear to be moving back to the shore or orage. Got both smallies and spots. Here is looking or a great all.
    City: Redding

Friday, August 30th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 77.4-79.6

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: got to Jones Valley and wondering where the people are, only 7 rigs on the ramp, got in at 545am, air temp 63 lake at 69,28t and aling slowly now as they reduced the lows by a little better than 50%. Ran up the pit past susanville and ound a scad zillion shad getting busted on the surace. Tied on a cut down hopkins spoon and got 3 on 5 casts, all 2 lbers but they were unny looking. They were all rainbow trout in the main channel in 52t o water. The shad took o and I ollowed but couldn't catch up. started the big motor and down they went. Stayed inside susanville and I didn't get bit anymore. Went downstream back to Arbuckle creek and missed on in about 49 t o water. Fiddled around in the lower pit or a ew hours but nothing. Ran back to Jones Valley and saw most o their houseboat leet coming in and people going home. Got back to the ramp and no newer rigs on the ramp, same ones that were there when I arrived. I was expecting a ton o people so I guess they are still on the way up. Won't go back out or 4 or 5 days. water still a bit murky air temp getting out at 0930 was 73 degrees, very pleasant morning with a slight breeze out o the north east.
    City: Redding

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Follow up to Jerry's message below. The Shasta Cascade Fall Classic will be held on Nov 9-10 out o Bridge Bay. Additional ino will be posted on the club website at:http://members.aol.com/scbanglers/
    City: Redding

Thursday, August 29th, 2002

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: not a ish report but I have had some inquiries regarding the upcoming team events or this all: The shasta cascade team event will be on Nov 9th-10th probably out o Bridge Bay, The Cottonwood Bass Team's Fall Classic will be on Dec 7th, $150 per team with signups until blast o,also out o Bridge Bay, Phils Props will probably be somewhere in between these two events and I will post that ino as soon as I ind out.
    City: Redding

Wednesday, August 28th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Jim Syvirathphan - you didn't leave an email address. Email me about your incident. I'd like to ollow up on it with the US Forest Service. They have a concessionaire running that ramp. This type o ino needs to be report.Scott V.
    City: Redding

Monday, August 26th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: had a great time till i got back to packers bay had 17 nails in 8 tires.this is the irst time i have had a problem in over 22 years o coming up to shasta.ishing was great caught ish everyday,mostly worms.
    City: dublin

    Tips: put sealent in your tires.

Sunday, August 25th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 77-79

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: IN AT JONES VALLEY AT 1PM LOTS OF BOATS OUT ON A SUNDAY. WENT OUT TO MAIN POINT ON THE WEST SIDE AND WAS WAITING FOR BRYCE AND SUSAN TO SHOW UP. STARTED FISHING FOR A WHILE AND BRYCE AND SUSAN SHOW UP WE HAVENT GOT BIT YET AND SUSAN DROPS DOWN WITH ONE OF HER SPECIAL PLASTICS AND NAILS ONE, I CAN SEE WHY SHE BEATS BRYCE ON THE CATCHING END OF IT AT TIMES .I SITCK ONE ON A BLUE GOAST THAT WAS ABOUT POUND AND A HALF SPOT. WE ALL DECIDED TO HEAD UP TO THE END OF THE SQUAW ARM AND GIVE IT A TRY.STARTED FISHING MUD LINES AND ROCK WALLS AND CAUGHT A MIXED BAG OF SMALL MOUTH AND SPOTS,A COUPLE OF THEM I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE ON A STRINGER FOR A TOURMENT.THE CATFISH BITE WASNT TO GOOD BUT THE COSCO QWEEN (( MY WIFE )) MANAGED TO GET A NICE NINE POUNDER AND IM STILL HEARING ABOUT IT. NEXT TIME ITS SUSANS TURN. HAD A GREAT TIME ON THE LAKE WITH GREAT FREINDS. IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ON SHASTA LAKE AT NIGHT YOU ARE MISSING OUT , ITS AWW SOME
    City: ANDERSON

    Tips: FISH WERE CAUGHT ON 4IN AND 6IN WORMS IN BLUE COLORS. RIGGED TEXAS STYLE. LOTS OF SUPPENDED FISH SO DROP SHOTTING SHOULD WORK WELL.

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    Water Temp: 77 to 79

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: In at Jones Valley at 2:30PM. Met up with Gene and Ginger rom Anderson at Jones Valley Point. Stuck a couple small ones right o, in the trees. Moved up to the upper Squaw and worked some o the rock walls and ended up with 9 and the blonde caught 7, largest went about 1.7, at least I beat her or a change. Fished till about 7:30PM and then went to the lower Pit to ind Gene and Ginger who were going to show us one o their catish spots. Ginger showed us alright, a nice 9lber. I caught one that had a 5lb head and a 1/2lb. body, he was all mouth. Oh, by the way Gene did inally catch about a 2lber. and the blonde--she got skunked. Better luck next time. We had a ball telling stories and watching the boats run up the lake ull speed at night, there is a bunch o crazy people out there. We inally pooped out and went back to the ramp at about 1:30AM. Looking orward to the next trip. The almost ull moon was beautiul.
    City: Cottonwood

    Tips: MGM Shasta Crawler in root beer, blue ghost and Rainbow #99 caught most o the bass. Nothing on topwater.

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    Water Temp: 77.2-79.6

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Chad Hulbert called last night so o I went to pick him up, got in at Jones Valley at 0345, lake down past 70 t, air temp 59 degrees and a ull moon with a slight breeze out o the east, bunch o drunks out near the ramp whooping it up and keeping some campers awake, ran up to clickapudi and had 4 in the boat in 10 minutes with one at 2.8 and another at 2.5 on the MGM shasta crawler in pumpkin(color#115) moved north to Reno Canyon and ound the houseboat that chad was on and caught 2 more behind it as he slept the night away, one was a 1.6 and the other was a 2 and ull o shad. Starting talking at him and his wie awakened and kicked him as I said"I ain';t never seen a isherman in bed at 4AM unless he was sick". That got him stirred up and moving. We went back to clickapudi but couldn't get any to go, moved over to a hump in the lower pit and chad puts 2 in the boat and I get 1, all were small but legal. The sun got up a bit and we ran to the upper pit just south o Stein Creek and I stuck a couple more that were good sized, moved a little north and got into some more in the stumps, chad got a couple o decent spots and a nice smallmouth. I managed a ew mysel and a good smallie at 1.8 Things slowed around 915 so back down the pit we went to the houseboat, I had 16 total and chad must have had a dozen all on ootball heads and all o mine on the shasta crawler save or one on a yamamoto twin tail skirted grub. dropped him o and got back to the ramp at 945 and had to wait or a ella trying to get his tri-hull out o the water. airtemp at 79. very pleasant early morning and no other boats near us till 9am.
    City: Redding

Friday, August 23rd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: In the water at Bridge Bay at 0520 and start on the electric motor. Headed down the bank throwing a buzzbait or 5 blowups and 4 ish to 14". Pretty good action until about 0615 then it seemed to die o. Kept trying until 0700 then decided to move. Head up the Pit but houseboats in every cove (when are they all going home?). Stop at Arbuckle Creek and get one on the buzzbait on the outside point. Keep moving inside but nothing so turned around and got hit again towards the outside or one more and miss a nice one that made a huge splash but didn't get the hook. Sun up now so start worming and get two more shaking worms (6" 109)at the base o trees in about 25'. Tried several other places but nothing. O the water at 1000 - too much boat traic by then. Water skiers and jet skis active starting at 0800.
    City: Redding

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    Water Temp: 78.6

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Let a message thurs night or Chad but I guess he didn't pick it up, called Ryan and o we went to Jones Valley, In at 815pm, lake down just short o 70 t, air temp 79 and the ramp was packed, some guy with a broken down inboard tied up to the loat while he worked on it and he eectivley has most o it blocked, we get in and go up to clickapudi and get bit right o but they jump o, Ryan loses a good one then I do the same thing in about 12t on a pumpkin shasta crawler by MGM, Ryan was dropshotting a robo worm, We move down the bank and get short hits and nothing in the boat, we pu;;; out and head or Squaw point and get on some ish quickly and end up with 7 in the boat to 1.6 and I had 5, we missed twice that many and got out at 1115 pm under a beautiul ull moon and light wind out o the east, houseboats everwhere and a big bore inboard running up and down jones valley at ull tilt boogie, no cops around unortunately, air temp getting out a very comy 73 degrees, all ish came out o 10-12t and the bite improved as the moon came up but Ryan has to work in the am. come on Labor day!
    City: Redding

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: were ar all the reports?????????the last won on hear looks to be back on the 18... is this thing not working ??
    City: elverta

Monday, August 19th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 80.6

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: lake down past 65t, in at 0100 at jones valley, the loat is back in place, air temp at 63, ished rom Jones Valley point north to clickapudi with 10 on the shasta crawler by MGM in rootbeer, and 6 more on Mr. Fuller's surace bait, biggest went 1.8 in clickapudi
    City: Redding

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: LAUNCHED AT JONES VALLEY ABOUT 11 AM. LUCKED OUT WAS ABLE TO PARK CLOSE TO THE RAMP. LOTS OF BOATS OUT. TWO LANES TO LAUNCH IF YOU DONT HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE A TOUGH TIME LOADING. THE DOCK IS IN PLACE SO SOMEONE IS DOING THERE JOB FOR A CHANGE.WE FISHED ON THE PIT AND CAUGHT SIX AND ONLY TWO KEEPERS, THAT WERE MAYBE ILB 6OZ THE REST WERE DINKS.DIDNT MAKE MUCH DIFFERENCE ON THE COLOR OF WORM, BUT THE BLUE GOAST SEEM TO DO A LITTLE BETTER THEN THE GREENS AND BROWN COLORS. THE FISH WERE STUFFED WITH SHAD AND ONE HAD A CRAWDAD STICKING OUT OF ITS MOUTH. WE SPENT THE NIGHT CAT FISHING FOR A CHANGE OF PACE AND COULD NOT KEEP THE BAIT ON. ONE TIME I DIDNT BRING ENOUGH BAIT AND THE CAT FISH WAS TURNING ON.WIFE GOT TWO UP TO 6LB AND I HAD ONE TO THE SIDE OF THE BOAT READY FOR THE NET AND BROKE 20LB TEST BIG GAME LINE. IT LOOKED LIKE IT WOULD GO 18 TO 20 LB. IT WAS FUN. ALL WENT BACK TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY. MORNING CAME WENT UP TO THE SKI ISLAND AND CAUGHT SOME MORE BASS NOTHING BIG, HAD TWO SMALL MOUTH IN THE STRINGER. ALL ON WORMS. TRYED TOP WATER FOR A WHILE EARLY BUT NO TAKERS, USED A JITTER BUG.
    City: ANDERSON

    Tips: BLUE GOAST SEEMS TO BE A GOOD WITH THE FISH FULL OF SHAD.

Sunday, August 18th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 76

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Shasta Cascade Bass Anglers held a night tournament the night o the 17th out o Packers Bay. The winner had 10.59 lbs with only 4 ish. He also had biggest ish, a 5.87, which put him over the top by less than .2lbs second place.
    City: Redding

    Tips: We are currently looking or new members. Please visit our website at "members.aol.com" or inormation on Reddings oldest bass club.

Friday, August 16th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 79.6-81

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: got in at Jones Valley at 0445, the damn loat is 40t away rom the ramp, thanks a bunch Shasta Recreation Comp, lake down past 64t, air temp 72, slight breeze out o the northeast and not too smoky rom the ires up north, tossed a bit in Jones Valley but only one bump, went over into Fort Creek tossing a shasta crawler romMGM and got 6 on six casts but only 2 were legal and one more a 2.75 smalmouth, that is it was 2.75 inches long on Mr. Fuller's avorite early morning suace bait, don't know what the little guy was planning to do with the lure as it is an inch longer than he was. Ran up near clickapudi and did some shaking around the newly emerging stumps and caught 3 more on Barry Ng's rainbow worm #99 and the best o the morning a at 1.8 chocked ull o shad. Caught 5 more on the MGM 109 4 inch on a darter head, deepest ish came out o 34 t at 740 am with most in the 8-14 t area. Boat and houseboat traic slowing down now and the water is getting cleaner, got out at 840 am, air temp 84 with a cooling trend orecasted or the next ew days
    City: Redding

    Tips: MGM root beer shasta crawler on a 3/4oz ootball head, rainbow 99 and the MGM 109 did the trick this am

Wednesday, August 14th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 79.6

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went in at 0515 at Packers just behind my team partner Bryce and his wie Susan, got my wie along with me and launched in the dark, made irst cast on the irst point out and caught a small spot on a jig, lake down past 60 t and still dropping like a rock, moved out to the island just coming up and miss a couple and the wie sticks a 12 incher while Bryce is across the way putting one in the boat on a top water bait, it got light enough to run so the wie and I ran up the Sac to Marshmallow point and picked up a bit o wind when we turned the corner at Sacramento Point, she boats another and we move down the point where we pick up some yellow jackets tht start buzzing around. The wie hates these bugs so I ire it up and run south to potty point at 70 and stop to toss a rip bait and 2 yellow jackets show up immediately, move down the bank a bit and here come some more, the wie is really getting nervous as I swat one and that seems to attract some more. O we go or the ramp and got out at 745 am, irst time a bug has run me o the lake, even ound a bunch buzzing around the parking lot at Packers, water a little clearer this am, in at 73 degrees and out at 79 degrees on the way to 106 ater 112 yesterday, most report very slow ishing including the trout and salmon trollers.
    City: Redding

    Tips: 1/2 oz jigs was all we threw today in pumpkin pepper and watermelon green.