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Sunday, April 28th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 58-62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: ish pulled out to deeper water, due to inclimate,weather did manage a small limit on spinnerbaits and spooks early in morning,alot o boat traic I hope others did better than me. I SHOULD OF STAYED AROUND MANZANITA ROWS ON SOUTH SHORE OF BRIDGE BAY. GOOD FISHING TO ALL TOM
    City: redding

    Tips: TERMINATOR SPINNERBAITS WITH WHITE BLADES AND HEDDON SUPER SPOOK IN "REDFISH WITH A NO.020 MARKS TAIL IN "SMALLMOUTH"

Saturday, April 27th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 59.4

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I apologize or any o you who were awakened this morning early in the upper McCloud by some screaming and yelling, it was Keith celebrating his beakast bet win with a stinking 12 1/4 inch ish that managed to impale himsel on Keith's jig hook as it swam by looking to commit suicide, jeeesh u woulda thought the guy had hit the lottery, he is such a pain in the butt and I pitty the poor dental patients that he has scheduled next week because they are going to have to sit through his rendition o catching the SMALLEST legal bass Shasta had to oer. Oh well, in the water at Hirz Bay at 0540, no wind lake lat, 42 degrees and a bit oggy, lake at 8t and we ran up near ellery creek where the aorementioned tragedy occured ollowed by 17 more beore 0730 when the bite came to a screeching halt. mostly on jigs and a ew on Keiths clear worms, quite a ew trout trollers arrived shortly thereater to ish near the McCloud bridge or the big brown trout that has showed up in the past ew days ollowed by a bunch o squawish, we went in about 930am where I had to oreit money or Keith's gratiication.
    City: Redding

    Tips: don't take keith ishing!

Friday, April 26th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 58.5

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: My buddy Keith rom Medord,or in town or a little ishing, we went in at centimundi and the debris is all gone thanks to a south wind, in at 540am air temp 50 and the lake is at the 8t level, Keith ran us over near Dolly Point in the Sac and we hit them good right o the bat, my biggest at 2.6 came on a jig and the rest were dinks, Keith asks me how the breakast bet with my son goes so I tell him that the next legal bass(12 inches) wins breakast, he promptly boats a ish and we measure it at 11 3/4. Back in we both go and I get the " breakast bass" at 12 1/4! Keith, thank you or the breakast at the Giant Orange! we ished some more or around 20 total, I won the big ish award or the day and Keith gets the most ish award and the privelege o buying me breakast (giggle) we tossed some MGM worms or a ew and used the 156,157 and a new one the 158, most came on jigs in 6-25 t. Keith used his killer clear worm or about 7 ish.
    City: Redding

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    Water Temp: 60-62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: EXPECTED 80-90 DEGREE WEATHER, BUT THIS IS REALLY NICE. I HAVE BEEN READING YOUR REPORTS FOR SOME TIME NOW, IT IS GREAT TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE HELPING OTHERS. I REALLY THOUGHT THE BITE WOULD GET BETTER BUT IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. THE MGM WORMS ARE GREAT, AND ALMOST ALWAYS WORK WHAT EVER PART OF THE LAKE I HAVE BEEN TO. WE LEFT THE HOUSEBOAT IN BASS COVE LAST NIGHT, FELT LIKE A HURRICANE THIS MORNING. COULDN'T GET THE TOPWATER BITE I HAVE BEEN GETTING,SO I TRIED THE RICO 519 WITH A MARKS TAIL NO.047IN REAL SHAD IT WORKED FOR FISH UP TO 2lbs. BUT NOTHING BETTER GLITTER/BLUE FLUKES WORKED ALSO. THE FISH SEEMED TO MOVE DOWN DEEPER TODAY,SINCE WE ARE GOING HOME TOMMORROW I WAS HOPING TO CATCH A BIGGEN, BUT WE HAD A GREAT VACATION, THANK YOU BRIDGE BAY MARINA FOR THE RENTAL.I GOT TO GO I PROMISED THE WIFE I WOULDN'T GET ON THE COMPUTER UNLESS IT WAS URGENT. I WILL KEEP READING YOUR REPORTS YOU HAVE HELPED ME ALOT. THANKS MIKE S.
    City: WATSONVILLE

Thursday, April 25th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 59.3

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: In at centmundi again but the debris is really piling up and was 2 eet deep this am, air temp 49 lake at 8.32t and slowing down now, should start losing water any day now, ran to the mouth o Big Backbone and tossed a spook or about 5 minutes with 2 misses by small ish, started throwing a jig and got 18 in the boat by 7am, ran a little urther into the big backbone and got 3 more on a jig and went to worms as the sun came up ater seeing a lot o cruisers, 14 more on the MGM-156 and the MGM109 with the biggest at 2.9 on the 109, I let a dozen or so o the 109's laying in the sun which lightens them up and they worked great, 10 o the ourteen came on the 6 inch 156, caught 2 more on the way out, one on a 6 inch #54 spade tail and one on a new worm the mgm#158 hunter which won a tourney recently. Back in at 1010am airtemp at 69 and had a time getting out because o all the debris, u might want to go to Packers and avoid centimundi until the level drops about a oot or we get a good solid south wind.
    City: Redding

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    Water Temp: 61-64

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: You Are Welcome J.T., I Tried The Lake Fork Spook With A Matching Marks Tail No.017, You Are Right, It Does Work Better, THANK YOU !!!!. Fished Pit And Squaw Caught Numbers O 2lb. Fish, Big Fish Just Over 3lbs. Spinnerbaits Working Well Also. Good Fishing TOM
    City: redding

    Tips: Buy Your Lures At Phils.....

Wednesday, April 24th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 56 to 61

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: In at 8:15 at Packers. Ran over to Waters Gulch and stayed there till 3:00. 20 total, 1.5 largest 5 o them were smallmouth. Tried senkos or the irst time, had a ball. Caught 5 on weightless senkos the rest on jigs. The wie caught her 10 on darter heads and carolina rigged worms. MGM #54, and 4" zipper in june bug color. The wind died down ater noon and we had a very pleasant day. By the way, thanks again Jerry or the 2.8lb. spots you boated or us in the WON Team last Sat. I anyone was in the McCloud at 3:00PM I sure you heard us hoopin and hollerin. Next month at Oroville.
    City: Cottonwood

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2002

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    Water Temp: N.A.

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at Jones Valley at 6:10 a.m. light breeze. Went to the Squaw, tried jr. spook had at least 10 charge the spook but not one elt the hooks. Caught a total o 18 spots i2" up to2 1/4 lbs. Fished cuts-willows and looked or shade 5 on spinner baits-6 on senko and 7 on crank bait. Also caught a 17" brown and a 16" salmon on crank bait. Had not been ableto get out or almost 2 weeks,it is nice to be able to catch some on s.b. and c.b.or a change.Wind was susposed to be upto 10 m.p.h.rom the north but-----by 11:00 a.m. it was 20m.p.h. plus out o the SE.White caps and some pretty deep swells.Caught last ish just as you enter Jones Valley.Out at 12:30 p.m.
    City: Corning

    Tips: Best time o the year to catch ish on what you want to use.

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    Water Temp: 62-67

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: THANKS TOM FOR THE GREAT REPORT!!!!!!THE BLEEDING SHAD WITH NO.15 MARKS TAIL WAS GOOD, BUT THE LAKE FORK SUPER SPOOK WITH A MARKS TAIL NO. 017 IS THE BEST ONE I SLAUGHTERED THE BASS THREW IT ALL DAY AND ENDED UP WITH 13.2lbs. FOR 5 FISH IT IS A REAL FISH CATCHER. I BOUGHT THEM AT PHILS, PLEASE GIVE MORE REPORTS TOM..... THE HAPPY CAMPER J.T.
    City: MODESTO

    Tips: LAKE FORK WITH NO.017 MATCHING MARKS TAIL.

Monday, April 22nd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 58.5

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: met up with Kristin and Mark rom Clovis and we planned a ishing trip, they had their babies with them so I had to take mom separate rom Dad, in the water at 540 am at Centimundi, lake up to 8.5 t, wind out o the nerthwest at 5knots, ran over just north o Dry Fork and started showing Kristin the ins and outs o jig ishing which she picked up pretty quick,. we had 28 between 545 am and 11am mostly on brown and green jigs, my best at 2.6 came on the MGM-28 in a 6 inch, Kristin got pretty good at sticking them once she igured out to set on anything that didn't eel right, went back in and picked up Mark at 245 pm and put in at Bailey Cove and ran up near Ycotti but only managed 9 and no size to speak o , did see a large 7-8 spot on a nest and watched her swim o when we moved past, got out o the water at 745 pm and the temp was a pleasant 79 degrees.
    City: Redding

    Tips: 1/2 oz ootball heads and ur avorite twin tail should do the trick, brown and green was best along with the MGM-28

Saturday, April 20th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 55.3-57.6

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Won Bass team event this am, in at Bridge Bay with my partner, Bryce Fuller at 0 dark 30, lake up past 8t, air temp 42 with 6 mph wind out o the north, got everything rigged and swapped lies with our competition, o and gone at 0625 and dodging some minor loating wood into the main body o the sac arm, we got on our water about ten minutes later and start boating some dinks on rip baits, we both went to jigs about 7am and started picking up better ish and managed 2 keepers, rolled into our honey hole and Bryce sticks a 3.18 spot and we are slapping hands and whooping it up, continue on or 20 more and starting to wear ut the balkance beam again measuring the clones and replace the two smallest, move into some deeper watert and i manage a 2.8 spot while Bryce has a small smallmouth on, get it in and now we are getting pumped up, we ish another hour going thru 25 more and cull again on one ish. We pick up and run to waters gulch or some dinks and leave again about 1030 am or the marshmallow point area but no go except or one dink. We pull out and run 18 miles up into the McCloud and start boating some more clones and Bryce inally gets one that culls out another ish. Things are slow or 2 hours with only small ish and both are thumbs are starting to bleed rom lipping all these ish. It s about 255 pm and we are gonna have to run or the 315 weigh-in and we need at least another ish, I lucked out and stuck another 2.8 and we load up and run or Bridge Bay. We get in with a ew minutes to spare and get our ish ready. A riend comes by and says it looks like we will get in the money this time. We weigh 10.56 and inish 7th, Stewart Minugh o Phils wins again with 13 lbs. lots o 6 and 7 lb limits. My partners 3.8 bailed us out today! Early ish were shallow to 12 t, the 3 biggest came out o 25t plus water, The MGM 156, 157 and 109 produced the most ish, our jigs took 2 o the 3 larger ish, the 156 and 157 were good or at least 30 o the ish. We went through 60 plus ish or the limit we weighed. Bryce my riend, we are on our way to Oroville!
    City: Redding

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    Water Temp: 59-62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Thank You to Tom Jones,Awesome is a good word or your report.... You were right on The Bleeding Shad Super Spook With A Matching Marks Tail NO.015 Is THE BEST !!!!!. Phils has both. I had to call Mark to get mine !!!!!. I called MARK this morning and he will have more in today. I caught Approx. 30-40 Fish on this set-up on thursday and around 6 on riday, but did good on riday on lukes. Thanks Again On The Good Ino. Steve
    City: Santa Rosa

    Tips: Spooks and Flukes

Sunday, April 14th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 61-64

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: LAUNCHED AT LAKEHEAD AN HOUR AND A HALF BEFORE DAYBREAK, THREW BLEEDING SHAD SPOOK WITH MATCHING MARKS TAIL NO.015 BLUE SUNFISH. I DIDN'T COUNT HOW MANY FISH I CAUGHT BUT IT WAS ALOT. THEN THE TOURNAMENT BOATS SHOWED UP. I DID GET ABOUT AN HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTES OF FISHING BEFORE THEY SHOWED UP.... I WAS SUPRISED TO SEE SO MANY OF THEM FISHING SLOW AND MID-DEPTH. THE TOPWATER WAS AMAZING THIS MORNING. I CAUGHT SEVERAL LIMITS OF QUALITY KEEPERS. EVEN THOUGH MANY OF THE PLACES I LIKE TO GO WERE ALREADY INHABITED WITH ANGLERS I WAS HAPPY WITH THE FISH I CAUGHT. THE TOURNAMENT ANGLERS WERE VERY COURTEOUS AND NOT ONE OF THEM PULLED UP ON ME, SO IF THEY READ THIS THANK YOU.... GOOD LUCK TOM
    City: REDDING

    Tips: GET YOUR SPOOKS AND TRAILERS AT PHILS PROPS.SPINNERBAITS WORKED TODAY ON INSIDE TURNS AND WILLOWS.UPPER-SAC FOR QUALITY FISH.

Saturday, April 13th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 63-66

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Took the kids out or some un ishing. I put 5 in the boat drop shotting in 25' (all about 14") and the kids couldn't get bit. Lots o 12" ish on the surace so put a blue ghost on a 2/0 hook, weightless, and had them throw it out and let it slowly sink. Both kids put about 20 ish in the boat over the next 2 hours using this method. Biggest to 13.5" or my daughter; most were in the 12" range. Lots o un and kept the kids entertained. They could watch the bait slowly all and the ish congregate around it beore they got hit. Lots o action, but not much size.
    City: Redding

    Tips: Lots o BIG debris loating out there.

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Out on the Sac rom 0730 to 1100. Fished spinnerbait, shad rap, rattle trap and brush hog (sot plastic). Got six keepers and a ew smaller ish. Mostly spots with 2 smallies thrown in. Reaction ish are only available or a short time in the morning, better in the evening. Hope all are having as much un as I am. Here we go again or a great bass season on Shasta.
    City: Redding

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    Water Temp: 56-59

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Took 6 spots on a texas rigged 4"Ox Blood worm. 4 Smallies on texas rigged 4" Salt & Pepper worm. East o Digger Bay. Launched at Centimudi around 6 am and caught most o the Bass beore 8 am. Rocky points and Mud banks seemed to be the best. All Fish 14-17 inch, one 24 inch 2-5 lb.
    City: Sahsta Lake

    Tips: In a week or two, Try Minnow cranks around the rocks.

Friday, April 12th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 59-63

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: ON THE WATER HALF HOUR BEFORE LIGHT, HIT THE MANZANITA ROWS ON SOUTH SHORE OUTSIDE BRIDGE BAY, CAUGHT ONE 3.2 SPOT ON SPOOK CAUGHT 3 MORE KEEPERS ON FAT FREE SHAD CRANKBAIT, WENT UP TO ANTLERS AND CAUGHT 14 MORE QUALITY FISH ON BLEEDING SHAD SUPER SPOOK WITH NO.15 MARKS TAIL IN BLUE SUNFISH.CAUGHT 1 KEEPER ON TENN. SHAD RIPBAIT, GOT HOOKED ON THE SPOOK BITE AND DID NOT WANT TO STOP USING IT. I'M ADDICTED TO IT!!!! GOING TO LAUNCH AT LAKEHEAD TOMMORROW. GOOD FISHIN TOM
    City: REDDING

    Tips: PUT TROLLING MOTOR ON MED. TO MED-HIGH AND HAUL ASS.GET YOUR SPOOKS AND TRAILERS AT PHILS.......

Thursday, April 11th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Good to be back on the water. Fished a cove in the Sac arm rom 6-8 pm. Picked up keepers (spots and smallies) on spinnerbait, rattle trap, deep wee-r, crawdad and popping bug. Fish very active, seemed to like the bait to move as soon as it hit the water, then slow the retrieve. Had a nice evening.
    City: Redding

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    Water Temp: 59-62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: CAUGHT 4 REAL NICE FISH ON OKIE SHAD SUPER SPOOK WITH MATCHING NO.027 MARK'S TAIL, YOU CAN GET THEM BOTH AT PHILS PROPS. FISH HAVE BEEN GOING DOWN TO ABOUT THE 20FT. AFTER THE FIRST COUPLE OF HOURS OF LIGHT.YOU CAN CATCH THEM DROP-SHOTTING IN THE CHANNELS. SHAKING A WORM (GREEN/BROWN) COMBINATION WORKS ALSO. THE RIP BITE HAS BEEN SLOW TENN. SHAD WITH MARK'S MATCHING RIP TAIL WORKS BEST WHEN BITE IS ON. SPINNERBAIT BITE IS ALMOST NON-EXISTANT IT SHOULD COME ON ANY DAY. GOOD FISHING TOM
    City: redding

Wednesday, April 10th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 58.3

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went out with the wie today, in at centimundi at 11AM, air temp 64, lat water, no wind, lake up to 11.5 eet and looking good, ran over near dolly point and ound my team partner, Bryce and his wie Susan, started throwing some jigs and got bit on the irst cast by a 1.4. the wie then missed about 6 in a row as we moved down the bank, Bryce pulled up as we hit our honey hole and the wie caught a 1.5. Down the bank we go and I stick a good one, the wie gets out the net and up comes a 3.4. She goes back in the same spot and dredges up a at 2.4. Bryce and Susan let out the "ish on" yell as we go down the bank. Bronla and I leave with the total up to 11 and head or little backbone and go all the way into the back but only manage one dink, saw some ish and one big one but couldn't get it too go. Bryce let me know he caught another at ish and the picture clearly indicates it is bigger than mine, NICE FISH PARTNER. now i we can just ind them again on the 20th. Out o the water at 330 pm, temp up to 74.
    City: Redding

    Tips: jigs provided the most and the biggest, the MGM 156 accounted or 3 but I didn't throw it that much.