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Friday, February 22nd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 46.4-47.2

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: what a dierence a day amkes, went to jones valley and in the water at 650am, cool this am at 42 degrees, the gravel area adjacent to the ramp is down to about 7 rigs, lake shot up to 30t with all the rain, got going up the pit and a lot o stu loating and some partially submerged, water very murky unlike the main body yesterday, went into clickapudi and ooled around or about an hour with nothing on any o my worms, picked up a jig rod and parked over some ish in a cut at 38 t deep, shook the jig or about 5 seconds and stucka dink, back in again and nothing. moved west down the shore line back towards jones valley and got bit short on a mgm 127 and got back hal a worm. went home early to take my bride to a movie and I think I should have gone urther up the pit to get out o the loating junk and dirty water. so it goes.
    City: Redding

Thursday, February 21st, 2002

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    Water Temp: N.A.

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well another great day on the water.Put in at Jones Valleyat 7:15 a.m. No wind and slight overcast.Went up the Pit and caught 25 all legal rom 1.2* to 2.2*. 1 on a home made jigand MGM craw trailer- used a dart head or the rest, shakingand keeping close contact with the bottom.1 on rainbow 99 -6 on Baby Brush Hog - 2 on MGM 69 and 15 on MGM Dinky Bug.The jig ish was in about 25 t. The rest were between 40and 55 eet.Lots o ish showing in the deeper depths andthey were active.It will be great when the waters warm andthey move up.
    City: Corning

    Tips: Keep bait in contact with bottom and shake-shake -shakeCreature looking baits seemed to make them aggressive

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    Water Temp: 46-48

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: the rain is inally gone or now, 5 inches over past 2 days, in a bailey cove at 750am, lake up to 33.3 t, light wind out o the north, high thin overcast,54 degrees going in, stopped out in ront o the inlet and tried some blades , no go, got out the MGM 157 and get a light 13 incher at 1.2 lbs, pull out and head over towards big backbone and stop near dolly point, stick another small one on the 157 and started tossing the MGM 109 4 inch and get bit good and up comes a 3.0 out o 12 eet and 47 degree water, get 4 more on the 109 in the next 100 yards, two at 2.8 and one at 2.9 with a at and short 2.6. Move north a bit and put on a rainbow worm #99 and get 6 in the next hal hour rom 1.1 to 1.8. caught 6 more in the same area on the mgm 127 4 inch and the 127 also in the 4 inch, no jig ish today. caught mine rom 12 to 22 t and the bite is not so subtle today, had the biggest snatch and grab the worm like it was mid april! chunk gray rock was the hot ticket today on red mud banks, out at 1230 pm, temp up to a shirtsleeve 70 degrees.
    City: Redding

    Tips: Mr. Ng's #99 caught the most, the MGM 109 caught the biggest and just about any worm I threw was bit. no jig bite or me but I didn't throw it that much

Wednesday, February 20th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 57

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: LAUNCHED BRIDGE BAY. FISHED ROCK PILE AT MOUTH OF PACKERSBAY ON WEST SIDE, CAUHT 4 FISH IN 15 MINUTES, ONE WAS A 3LB.WENT OVER TO BASS COVE TO FISH INCOMING WATER, I WAS ABOUT 100YRDS. WHEN A GUY IN A CHAMPION BLOWS RIGHT PASSED MECOMES RIGHT OFF PLANE IN FRONT OF me AND STARTS THROWING HIS BLADE,(this happens 3 more times SAME GUY IN 1 DAY.)YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, I HAVE 4OZ. SPOON ALREADY RIGGEDUP SO NEXT I SEE YOU I WILL GIVE IT TO YOU, FREE NO CHARGE!!I FISHED INCOMING WATER MOST OF THE DAY AND CAUGHT SOMEQUALITY FISH ESPECIALLY ON THE SAC. WHITE SPINNERBAITSROLLED ON THE BOTTOM WAS THE WAY TO GO.
    City: SHASTA LAKE

    Tips: keep a 4oz. spoon handy you never know when you will need it.

Tuesday, February 19th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 47

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Hey guys I orgot to mention in my last report the I am sponsored by Vic's mobile marine. Victor Van Orden well service your boats at your home or at the dock. He has 15 years experience in outboard, sterndriveand inboard engines. I have an older 1985 ranger that he rebuilt and runs better now then when it was new.He is awesome!! His number is 530-275-1382 Cell number 530 - 524-5596, Toll ree 1-877-641-7184. Give him a call i you need any work done.
    City: Redding

Monday, February 18th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 46.9

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Shasta today with Rippin' Rob rom Dawn to Dusk! Had an absolute antastic day on the water despite the occasional rain and drizzle. Fished main body points in the Sac River arm. Caught 20+ ish each. Not much size (10" to 14" bass and one 4" perch) but lots o un. Caught ish primarily in 40' to 60' draggin' twin tail hula grubs, drop shotting, or shaking 4" worms on dart heads. Got a ew up shallower but less consistent bite. Lookin' or a un time get a hold o Rob at basshull@aol.com he'll treat you right!!Tight Lines,Gary
    City: Magalia

    Tips: On Jigs: Slow...slow...and slower!!!On worms: sot, small shakes and then dead...bait then gains a little weight...ie. pressure bite...set the hook!!

Sunday, February 17th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at Bailey Cove at 6:30. Fished the McCloud all day.My buddy and I caught 33 ish on the day. We didn't catch many big ish, but not many real dinks either. 1.15,1.13,1.10 and 1.8 were the big ish. Every ish was taken on 39 colored worms. Couldn't get bit on the Hula grubs that had been working well in the past couple o weeks. Many o our ish were taken in 10 eet o water or less. Reddish brown banks with rocky points were the key to the more shallow ish.
    City: Redding,Ca

    Tips: Fish very slowly. Sometimes just let the worm lay on the bottom ater shaking it or a while. Can't beat a 39 worm.

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    Water Temp: 47

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished a tournament on Sunday, shasta Cascade bass anglers. Did very well, I won it. The ish are on the move they are hungry,and are changing there locations dailey,so you have to look or them and pay attention to the subtleties o nature. Nature will tell you what she is doing i you liston. Last weekend I got second place in the sunday redding bassers, and I sat on one point or 5 hour culling two pounders by noon. This sunday things changed I couldn't catch anything on that point. So I had to go look or ish and just started down the bank,I couldn't ind any good ish on the points, they had moved to the cuts and on the washouts.I never caught two good keeper on one spot. I just targeted the same structure every place I ished. Unortunatly I lost a six pound pluse ish at the boat reaching or my net. Would have liked to weigh that one in. Caught everything on jigs in the mouth on the Sac. Brown on Brown. Try throwing them to the bank and shacking them all the way back to the boat and hold your boat in 50 eet o water.Stopped to take a brake and drop shotted three ish and none o them were as big as the jig ish.
    City: Redding

    Tips: Throw jigs, jigs and more jigs. Try shacking the hell out o them.

Saturday, February 16th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 45.6

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: In at Bailey at 10:00AM. Went across the Sac.and ished main lake points and cuts. Took the son in law or his irst time bass ishing. HE'S HOOKED. He caught on to the darter heads real ast, ended up with 6. I ended up with 7 in the boat, largest just under 2lbs. I lost 3 more right at the boat and missed quite a ew on slow hook sets. Had a good day even with the threat o rain. MGM #109, 54, and 157 accounted or most o the action. Most o the bites came in 30 to 45 eet o water. Out at 2:30PM
    City: Cottonwood

    Tips: Slow presentation a must.

Friday, February 15th, 2002

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    Water Temp: N.A.

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at Jones Valley 7:30 a.m.,overcast with little orno wind. Caught 16 total, 4 under and the other 12 up to 2 lbs.1 on rainbow 99 - 4 on watermelon baby brush hog -11 on MGM 69 all on dart head, shaking just o bottom.Fish were about 20 eet deeper than last time.All were caught between 40 and 55 eet.Wind picked up and started to rainabout 1:00p.m. so headed or home. Really a beautiul day to bad the ish were so deep.They move up and down so muchit takes time to ind the magic depth.Added note or those who enjoy watching nature,I had an eagle come down and takea ish about 30 eet rom me, what a beautiul thing to see.
    City: Corning

    Tips: try dierent colors, some years you can use the same colortime ater time but this year it seems they want some dierentcolor each time out.

Wednesday, February 13th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 45 to 46

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fish the McCloud rom Ycotti Creek to Holiday Harbor. Very slow bite. Total o eight in the boat. The back seat caught ive. No size, 1.1 to 1.6. I couldn't get the hook set, must have missed at least 6 ish. Used MGM 102C, 109, and 156 in 4 and 6 inch, didn't seem to manner. Also used Rainbow #99. Got bit anywhere rom 5 to 40 eet. It was a very calm aternoon, the water was like glass. Out at 4:30PM.
    City: Cottonwood

Tuesday, February 12th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 44.7-45.2

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: got my boat rigged with a new pinpoint and new batteries, ixed up motorguide and moved the X-65 back alongside the console, got up this am and its 54 degrees at 615am, very pleasant, went and put in at Bailey Cove at 645am, irst boat there, air temp 53 and the lake is up just past the 35t mark. a little too dark to due a setup on the pinpoint so ran up the McCloud near the erry with one one right o the bat on the MGM 157 4 inch, another one 20 t down the bank but it jumps o, both were small and just barely legal, moved west to Ycotti creek and stick on a Rainbow worms #99 and start iddlling with the pinpoint, gets things ready and drop the 99 down o the bow and watch it all on the pinpoint, dropped it on some ish and one o them grabs it, at 1.8, down the beach or 3 more on the 99 and all clones at 1.6. stck on a MGM 109 in 4 inch and get two more o a big submerged rock in 13 t. iddled around some more with the pinpoint and ended up completely impressed with this machine. Had all the rigging done at Phils by Stuart? and a very clean job at that, u would never know that anything else was mounted on this boat
    City: Redding

    Tips: the 7420 costs $400 but was well worth it, i u need something rigged on a bassboat go see Stuart? at Phils.

Sunday, February 10th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: HAD SOME FISHING BUDDYS COME UP FROM GRIDLEY AND FISHED SAT AND SUN.WE ALL GOT LIMITS OF KEEPER FISH BOTH DAYS BUT NOTHING TO BRAG ABOUT,ALL SHASTA CLONES THE BIGGEST BEING CLOSE TO 2LBS. WATER TEMP WAS 45 DEGREES IN THE MORNING A LITTLE COOL. A SLOW PRESENTATION WAS IT AND DEPTH WAS ANY ONES GUESS. CAUGHT FISH FROM THE BAMK TO 60 FOOT OF WATER. USED PLASTICS BOTH DAYS AND MOST ON MGM 109 AND MGM BLUE GHOST, SAT WAS WINDY AND WHITE CAPPING AND SUNDAY WAS A GREAT DAY FOR FISHING VERY LITTLE WIND AND ALOT OF PLACES WITH GLASS WATER FISHED AROUND THE MAIN LAKE ON POINTS AND THE DEEP FISH CAME IN A DEEP CUT WITH LOTS OF ROCK ON THE BOTTOM. GOING TOMORROW BUT THIS TIME MY WIFES WITH ME WATCH OUT FOR A BIG FISH REPORT TOMORROW
    City: ANDERSON

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    Water Temp: 45 to 46

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: In at Packers at 9:30AM. A little windy early but beautiul later in the day. Fished the west side o Packers all the way around the island, the wie caught 4, the largest 1.6lbs. Moved across the Sac. towards the dam and the wie caught 8 more. I inally scraped out 4. All ish caught on plastics, dinky bug #109 and a 6" silver worm. Out at 3:45PM ater a great day on the lake, even or a Sunday. We usually ish during the week.
    City: Cottonwood

    Tips: Go slow with whatever you use.

Friday, February 8th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Put in at Jones Valley about 9:30 ater an icy trip over rom Susanville. We ished rom the mouth o Jones Valley back toward and into Clickapudi Creek, but mostly along the main Pit River channel. Caught ish mostly in the 30-40 oot depth range on dart head jigs with skirted grubs or 4" hand poured worms. I did get a couple o bites a little shallower, but nothing in too close to shore. Beautiul day to be out ater the winter conditions on the other side o the mountains.
    City: Susanville

    Tips: Move it slow, whatever you throw.

Tuesday, February 5th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 46

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: In at Jones Valley at 9:30am. Slight breeze out o the east. Fished rom the ramp to Brushy Cove. Caught a total o 10 spots to 1.6lbs. Used a combination o dierent plastics. MGM 109 dinky bugs, Rainbow #99, and 1/2 oz. jig with twin tail hula grub. Caught ish as shallow as 5 eet and as deep as 40 eet, go igure. Getting more use to the new pinpoint, I think it is going to work out great. Out at 2:30pm, and oh yes the ront seat beat the blonde in the back.
    City: Cottonwood

    Tips: Most bites very sot, work jigs and texas rigged worms very very slow.

Monday, February 4th, 2002

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    Water Temp: n.a.

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: First time out or 2002.It is great to be on the water again.In at Jones Valley at 9:00.No wind and not a cloud in the sky.Boated 9 keepers rom 1.2to 2.3.All the ish came shaking a dart head with a 4" MGM#157.Water depth 20' to 40' shore structure did not seem to make any dierence.Most ish were very agressive i you missed the set they would hit it again.The #157 was the hot bait,it was the match the hatch color,THANKS JOHN The MGM worm is really a tough bait,you can catch a lot o spots on just one bait.Lake is in really good shape but we still need some more rain to ill it up.Go see John at MGM LURES he will treat you right.
    City: Corning

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I had Mark at Markstails.com tye me some tails or my Lucky Crat Rip bait. They matched the baits perectly. The chartruese shad and Tennessee shad produced well. I had 4 ish over 3 pounds this past weekend. Catching them on long points early in the morning. I suggest looking at Mark's web site to improve your catch. He will special tye whatever lure you want to use. Matching the hatch is critical this time o the year. The best pros in the world use him. Good ishing. Tom
    City: Redding

    Tips: Match tail to lure and use rip baits, rip rip rip and then a long pause. Hang on!!!!!

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    Water Temp: 47

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Have you ever wondered what the ishing would be like in the dead o night in the winter? I have ande awakened at 330am and said what the heck. went to Jones Valley at 430am, air temp a brisk 27 degrees,lake up to 37.5 t slight wind out o the north, get in and run slowly over to some submerged humps across rom the ramp, start throwing a 3/4 ootball head with a yamamoto twin tail on it on two dierent humps with ish on them rom 9t to 34 eet but no go, move east to an island and throw at some 10t water and boat one at 1.8 at 505am. go around the other side o this island and catch another one right on the bank, 1.6 lbs. move o a bit into deeper waster and drag a bit in the 25-35 t depth but can't get anything to go. pull up and head out a bit towards jones valley point. get out there as the pink starts to glow in the east and now the trolling motor won't work, the light comes on but it won't run DAMN! its got to be the switch so back in I go and out o the water at 645am with a beautiul but very cold sunrise on the way. I was not surprised at catching a ish or two but I was surprised at getting them so shallow. Most were in the 15-30 t depth but thre are a ew shallow ish to be had. gotta get this motor ixed and get back out there today, temp on the rise to 60 plus degrees, water clearing up but we need rain to ill this puppy up.
    City: Redding

    Tips: yep, u can catch ish at night in the dead o winter.

Wednesday, January 30th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 45 to46

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: In at 12 noon at Bailey Cove. Installed new Pinpoint on bow so had to try it out. Should have picked a better day or a test run. Cold wind out o the north, spent our hours playing with the new depthinder, trying to stay out o the wind, and trying to ish. Well, the depthinder had it's problems (which I think were operator error), couldn't stay out o the wind, and got skunked as ar as the ishing. The Blonde in the back even got skunked. That lead me to believe that the ishing is really tough. We had maybe 3 or 4 bites between us. Better luck next time.
    City: Cottonwood