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Sunday, April 7th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Finesse worms on willows and mud lines near lats.Caught 25 or there abouts today.It's as nice as as it gets right now.The only problem with nice weather is all the retards appear,they can't back up thier boat trailers,but when they do get in the the water they can scare up some mud lines!
    City: Redding

    Tips: Almost any 3 1/2 or 4" worm,Wilows and mud lines near lats.

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I have been reading some reports about Bed ishing, and the Vietnamese people. First o I would like to correct some statments made. I am a Vietnam Veteran, and have been involved with the veterans community or years in Redding. I am also a tournament isherman, and have been involved with the ishing community or years. What I would like to correct is the orientals that we see ishing on Shasta are not Vietnamese. We only have a ew Vietnamese amilys living in Redding. The people we see are Mung or Laotian. I havc on many occations checked the buckets and stringers o these people to see i in act they are taking ish home that are not legal, and I have never ound them doing anything illegal. All they are doing is catching ish to eed there amilys.I can tell you also that they are not nearly as wastull as we are. They eat just about every part o the ish they catch.Now or bed ishing I agree that some restrictions need to be taken to protect our uture population o ish. I just wonder how inorcing the law to protect them would be carried out.
    City: Redding

    Tips: There are plenty o ish on Shasta, and a ew ish taken home to eat will not hurt anything . What we need is a slot limit.

Friday, April 5th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Ya gotta love spring!I caught 25 or so o o willows today.
    City: Redding

    Tips: Finesse worms rigged wacky no weight.

Thursday, April 4th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 60-62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched Packers Bay at irst light.lots o boat traic caught 4 real nice spot on secondary points in packers on lucky crat pointer minnow in tenn. shad. caught 3 more keepers on watermelon hula grubs in 20-25t. o water. went to west side o ski island were Ipicked up a 3.5 on tenn. shad went to sqauw and picked up two more rip ish, then bite went dead, zero, nothing. went up pit and saw lots o carp. site ished with a luke, caught dinks. hope to get spinnerbait to work with no results.
    City: Corning

    Tips: rip bite occurres very early.

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: As someone who has ished 44 o my 49 years I have to agree that bed ishing should not be allowed or should be limited to catch and release on the spot. Once a spawning emale is pulled o the bed you can kiss that bed goodbye the eggs or ry are IMMEDIATELY eaten. I have ished Shasta or about 8 years now and as the number o tourneys have increased the quality and quantity o ish has declined. One more thing i the people ishing the tourneys do not do something about their rude, arrogant, and inconsiderate actions I will join up with the anti-tourney crowd.
    City: Red Blu

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2002

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    Water Temp: N.A.

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out o Jones Valley at 6:oo a.m.,the ramp was very busy.Very light wind so I decided to go about 2 miles above Arbuckle.Tried rippin and spinner bait-nothing.Caught 5 on a Luer Jenson crawdad.Caught 4 on hula grub and 10 on a 3" senko.O the 19 ish 1 was a large mouth 5 were small mouth and 13 were spots. All ish were keepers best was 2 3/4.Senko ish were in about 10' t0 15'.Crank ish about the same depth,the rest in 25' to 35'.
    City: Corning

    Tips: It looks like the smallmouth may make it back,last 3 years showing an improvement.

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: HEY HAVE TO AGREE BASS SHOULDN'T BE FISHED WHILE BEDDING.I HAVE BASS FISHED FOR CLOSE TO 40 YEARS NOW AND PRACTICE CATCH AND RELEASE AND I AM AN AVID TOURNAMENT FISHERMAN AND BELIEVE THAT FISH SHOULD NOT BE FISHED WHILE BEDDING IN TOURNAMENTS OR OTHERWISE ESPECIALLY BY THE MEAT FISHERMAN. ALOT OF STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE ON THIS AS FOR RETURNING TO BEDS OR HAVING BEDS RAIDED AND NONE WOULD SUPPORT BED FISHING BESIDES LOOK HOW EASY IT IS TO FISH BEDS DOES THAT REALLY TEST A ANGLERS SKILLS? I AM PLANNING A TRIP TO SHASTA IN MAY, FIRST TIME TO THE LAKE SEEMS NUMBERS ARE THERE BUT NOT MUCH FOR SIZE ANY INFO WOULD BE APPRECIATED
    City: Washington

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    Water Temp: Hot

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Beore we go ater Joe Fisherman, Don't orget the Vietmanese keeping EVERYTHING They catch including Dinks under slot and everything else edible!! Anyone who launches at Centimudi knows what I am talking about!!
    City: Redding

    Tips: Protect our ishing rights!

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 57-63

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: WELCOME TO THE CITY OF JONES VALLEY !!!!!WHAT WAS CDF, N.FOREST SERVICE,DFG. THINKING ?????THEY CUT ALL THE TREES AND CLEARED THEM OUT SO JOE PUBLIC COULD SLAUGHTER ALL THE LARGEMOUTHS ON BEDS. IN MY OPION I THINK IT IS CRIMINAL. MOST OF THEM ARE NOT WEREING FISHING LICENSES AND OTHERS PROBABLY DON'T HAVE THEM. THEN THEY LEAVE THERE STYROFOAM WORM CUPS ALL OVER. ONE GUY EVEN TELLS ME THAT IF I USE MINNOWS OR CRAWDADS ON THE BEDS I WOULD DO BETTER, I NUTTED UP A THAT POINT,AND YELLED SOME THINGS I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE. I PAY BBAC DUES HOPING TO IMPROVE THE LARGEMOUTH POPULATION ON SHASTA.THATS WHO I AM CONTACTING NEXT,I DON'T BLAME JOE PUBLIC THEY BOUGHT THERE LICENSE,THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO FISH. I BLAME DFG FOR ALLOWING THEM TO BED FISH. 34 STATES HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON BED FISHING,SOME DON'T LET THE ANGLER USE BAIT UNTIL AFTER THE SPAWN SEASON IS COMPLETE,OTHERS PUT COMPLETE BAN ON BED FISHING, LESS THA 1% OF THE BASS IN SHASTA ARE LARGEMOUTH I THINK IT IS TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT,IF WE DON'T MY GRANDCHILDREN AND YOURS WILL PROBABLY NEVER CATCH A LARGEMOUTH IN SHASTA,I HOPE DFG READS THIS I KNOW THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT THE NUMBER OF LICENSES THEY SELL,LONG TERM THIS WILL EFFECT THEM TOO. DFG GETS SOME BALLS YOU ARE A PART OF UNCLE SAM,I JUST HOPE IT'S NOT THE TURD. PRACTICE CATCH AND RELEASE MAYBE DFG WILL LEARN SOMETHING FROM IT....
    City: REDDING

    Tips: CALL DFG AND COMPLAIN TO THEM IF WE ALL DO IT THEN THEY MIGHT SEND A WARDEN DOWN THERE TO CHECK LICENSES, AND LIMITS AND THE LOWEST OF THEM ALL JOE THE SNAGGER.

Sunday, March 31st, 2002

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    Water Temp: WARM TO HOT !!

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: HEY JERRY, WA WA WA .........WHEN THE FIHING IS NOT SO HOT IT'S FUN TO WATCH THE LADIES.BESIDES THE BOAT TRAFFIC IS GOOD FOR THE SHASTA COUNTY REVENUE. OR DID YOU FORGET WHERE YOUR PAYCHECKS CAME FROM ? SINCERLY, YOUR LOCAL REVINUE WATCHER.
    City: LAKEHEAD

    Tips: HIGH POWERED BINOCULERS.

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    Water Temp: WARM TO HOT !!

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: HEY JERRY, WA WA WA .........WHEN THE FIHING IS NOT SO HOT IT'S FUN TO WATCH THE LADIES.BESIDES THE BOAT TRAFFIC IS GOOD FOR THE SHASTA COUNTY REVENUE. OR DID YOU FORGET WHERE YOUR PAYCHECKS CAME FROM ? SINCERLY, YOUR LOCAL REVINUE WATCHER.
    City: LAKEHEAD

    Tips: HIGH POWERED BINOCULERS.

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    Water Temp: 51.9-54.3

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I knew better, I should have stayed home, in at jones valley at 0530 with 40 rigs already in the upper lot, no parking let down by the ramp, its all uder water, ran up to Blue CAnyon looking or some riends and ound them, starting throwing a rip bait or 2 dinks on the way back in and caught another on a jig behind their houseboat, Steve and Carol got up and we ran up near Arbuckle when we came up on some big stu loating midchannel between Sugarpine and Arbuckle, ished around there or a bit or 2 more dinks and went back downstream and started running into all sorts o boats coming up the pit including 3 jet skis, air temp at 54 and saw some ski boats also. We talk it over and decide to move so Steve and I run over into the McCloud and look over the area o Greens Creek and decide on a place. I run him back and drop him o and decide to get o the water, go into Jones Valley and the idiots have shown up. You know, the ones that can't get a boat into or out o the water. Climb the hill to get my truck and get back down and manage to get my boat out as one citizen center punches the loat with his ski boat and removes a big hunk o iberglass, talked to Rex rom CDF who tells me that the houseboat companies have more rentals going out with the college kis starting mothers day than last year, it wil continue through memorial day. First time I have seen olks skiing and jet skiing in March. Won't be long and I will be ishing at night.
    City: Redding

Friday, March 29th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 50.5-54.0

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: last day ishing with my uncle and Walt, my next door neighbor went with us, in at Bailey Cove at 605am, air temp at 54, lake up near 16t, ran up the mccloud near shallow point, not much debris as it was blowing big time at 25 knots, hit a small cove and ished it into the back or 16 to 1.8 , I had 10, Dick had 5 and walt got one, all came on jigs rom 9-25 t, I caught two sight ishing in 9t, they were cruisers and I didn't see any nest activity yet, but the ish are starting to move towards shallow spots and the back o the coves especially with water coming in. The spawn is close. out at 930 am as Walt had a dentist appointment, Steve and Carol will be here tomorrow, Carol Ann get ready or some bass catching! Steve, ur just gonna go ishing!
    City: Redding

Thursday, March 28th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: ished out o packers bay 3/27pm & 3/28am on 327 on water at 11.00 ater drive rom medord ished pitt and mccloud arms 11 ish pitt 3 mccloud all caught on plastics mostly on ootball head spider grubs. ew on 4" blue ghost splitshoting or down shoting. isher were all standard shasta spots. 328 on water at 6:00 went up sac arm east shore ound ew ish ish on points and red banks. by 9:OO had on boated 5 ish moved to wests shore and boated 21 more ish beore noon most ish were on spider grubs with ew on blue ghost, and oxblood. still some chunk wood and logs in water so drive with both eyes open
    City: Central Point. Or

    Tips: i you don't see ish on grat don't bother move to another location,

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    Water Temp: 51.5-53.2

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Took Dck up to Antlers this am so he could see the north end o the Sac arm, in at antlers at 640am, air temp a balmy 51 degrees, water up near 16t, was wondering why I couldn't get my report in yesterday or the aternoon when another isherman kindly let me know it was on the Delta page, oh well, We went a little upstream rom antlers and i threw a spinner bait right o and caught a dink on the irst cast, went to jigs a little later and they worked great but not or me, My uncle had 8 in the boat beore I could stick a ish, his best was a nice at 2.2 and I inally managed 5 on an MGM 157 and the jigs we were using. Dick caught 11 and we were out o the water at 945am. ound some debris near lakeshore resort, we ound ish rom the bank out to 32 eet, his best came o a mud point in 18 t.
    City: Redding

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: BIG SPOTS IN CREEKS WITH TREES AND BRUSH, THE MORE WATER FOWING INTO THE LAKE FROM THESE CREEKS THE BIGGER THE FISH AND MORE NUMBERS OF THEM. I COUNTED 4 5LB. SPOTS IN ONE CREEK ON THE SAC ARM. PATTERN SEEMS TO HOLD TRUE ALL OVER LAKE, EXCEPT WAY UP THE PIT. I THINK TOURNEMENT THIS WEEKEND WILL BE WON ON THE SAC ARM SPINNER BAIT AND RIP BITE IS AWESOME THERE, IT WILL TAKE A COUPLE OF BIG BAGS TO WIN!!!!!!
    City: CHICO

    Tips: FISH INCOMING WATER, THE MORE WATER THE BETTER!!!!!!

Wednesday, March 27th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 59-62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: FISHED MC CLOUD AT HIRTZ BAY 12 KEEPERS ON BRUSH HOGS 3 WOM FISH, NO SIZE. WENT TO SAC. FOUND THE FISH !!!! 7 RIP FISH,ONE OF THEM WENT 3.5 WENT TO JIG CAUGHT 6 ONE OF THEM NEAR 2LBS. WENT BACK TO BRUSH HOG, AND CAUGHT ANOTHER 3.5 THE UPPER SAC IS THE WAY TO GO. SAW FISH UP SHALLOW BUT THEY WERE REALLY SPOOKED AND KEPT ROAMING. I LOST A NICE FISH THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MY BIG FISH.
    City: CORNING

    Tips: BRUSH HOGS IN SHALLOW WARM AREAS OF SAC ARM NEAR ANTLERS.

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    Water Temp: 51.5 to 52.7

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: In at Jones Valley at 9:00AM. slight north wind. Ran over to Fort creek cove, nothing. Moved up the Pit hitting main points to Blue Canyon or a total o 14. Most all came on jigs, largest 1.5, lots o dinks. Out at 3:30PM. The pinpoint is working great, at least I am learning how to use it. It eels great to see ish and drop down and hook up. Nice piece o equipment. Nice day on the lake and I beat the blonde in the back, 11 to 3.
    City: Cottonwood

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Planning a trip Easter weekend or bass and trout at shasta. Has anyone heard how the trout ishing has been?

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    Water Temp: 51.2-53.9

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went in at Jones Valley at 545am, cold at 34 degrees and no wind, ran up into Squaw Creek but had to slow down due to the trememdous amount o debris(large) at the mouth all the way to chain gang gulch. lots o big stu in the water. hit some rock walls early with one on a rip bait right o, went urther upstream on another rock wall or two more on jigs and no more rip bite. moved downstream a bit and got 6 on 8 casts on another wall about 25 t deep and all on jigs, total o 16 or the am bite. I u plan on running this arm in the next week watch out or the big logs, its the worst I have ever seen in Squaw Creek. out o the water at 930am, air temp at 68.
    City: Redding