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Tuesday, January 29th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 49.2 to 50.1

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: In at 1:00pm at Jones Valley or an aternoon on the lake. Upon arriving at the parking lot to ind some idiot had burned down the portable toilet and vandilized the "CLOSED FOR REPAIR RESTROOMS", I hope Shasta Recreation Co. promptly gets the necessary repairs completed. It looks like SRC. have not been there or at least a week. Enough o that, back to ishing. We ended up with 7, all small, 1.8 the largest and the Blonde caught 6 o them. I was there to drive the boat. We had a relaxing aternoon anyway.
    City: Cottonwood

    Tips: All ish came on 1/2oz. jigs in about 15 to 25 eet o water.

Sunday, January 27th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 47

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went late to avoid reezing to death, in at Bailey Cove at 140pm, lake up to 38 and a little bit, air temp 44 and no wind, ran over just north o the caverns erry in the McCloud and stuck on a mgm156, two casts and stuck twice busting my darter head o, re-rig and move to a little red mud bank with not a lot o rock and get a pulldown and up comes a at 1.9. back in with the 156 and get another on the next cast, 1.6. put on the mgm 109 4 inch and get 3 more in the next 100 t o bank, move to the west bank near Ycotti and stick another clone at 1.6 on the rainbow 99. got in the shade and got bit twice more on the 156 but only got back one inch o my 4 inch worm on both occasions, not bad or a short aternoon go back to the ramp at 440 pm and laid out a swimming pool thermometer or the ride back, got it down to 22 degrees at 50 mph,, a bit nippy. a ella named Tim Garner has opened up a bait and tackle shop in Shasta Lake City at 5044 Shasta Dam Blvd and stocked it with a good supply o MGM stu and the necessary ootball heads and darter heads , and usual bass are including spinner and buzz baits. Got a nice large ish tank with three spots in it and it is a kick watching them chasing the crawdads, his phone number is (530)275-3700. He also carries trout gear and has live minnows(2 sizes) and nightcrawlers. Nice guy and he will bend over backwards to take care o bass ishermen.
    City: Redding

    Tips: The MGM 156 was the main attraction today.

Thursday, January 24th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 48

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I guess I have created some conusion regarding the worms I use. The MGM 156 &157 are new and are not on the MGM website or listed in the MGM color chart. The Rainbow 99,286 &292 are not MGM colors, they are made by Rainbow worms in Newark,Ca phone number (510)742-1060, ask or Barry. Ryan, you should start with a 1/4 oz or your split shot, MGM has everything you need, I note that Phil's sells the Rainbow worms locally and has the 99 in stock, I don't know i Phils has the 286 or 292 in stock or not. sosrry or any inconvenience. Ken Allen eel ree to e-mail me directly or any ino you may need.
    City: Redding

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 47 to 49

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: In at Jones Valley at 11:30am. Started at Jones Valley Pt. and missed 3 on a brown jig, must have jerry's disease,(can't hook um.) The wie boated a 1.4 on a MGM 156-4" carolina rigged worm. Moved down to Ski Island and got 3 more 1.1 to 1.3 on MGM 157-4" and a small pumpkin seed with brown bloodline Zipper worm. Moved across to Azelle creek and picked up 8 more to Azelle point. wind came up rom east. Out at 4:30pm. At least I kept up with her today, 6 to 6.
    City: Cottonwood

    Tips: Green pumpkin seed Zipper worked or Susan, Carolina rig, drag behind boat. MGM 156 and 157 on darter head worked best or me. No size, 1.4 largest. 20 to 35 eet deep.

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 48

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: real cold this am so I didn't get out until noon, in at jones valley, lake up to 39.5, airtemp going in was 44, 14 rigs in the gravel at the ramp, won't be long and we wil be making the long walk up to the top, went back into swamphollow at the back o jones valley and poked around a bit but the straw debris made me leave, they put a lot o straw down over new plants put in and now it is in the lake and mostly suspended, ran over to clickapudi or three at about 1.6 per, two on the mgm157 and one on the rainbow 286, then went upstream to blue canyon and into the back or three more and one good one, a 2.6 on the rainbow 99, the other two came on a mgm 54 in a 3 inch curly tail and a 5inch 156 with a curly tail, got into the shade in the back and the temp dropped about 10 degrees, went baack to the ramp at 330 pm and the temp was dropping down to 42, was a nice day, no wind and the lake was lat or as ar as u could see, lots o debris in the pit but not so big that u had to worry about it much. most ish came out o the 25-35 t depth, the largest was in about 10t and tight up against a steep bank with chunk rock on it.
    City: Redding

    Tips: mgm 157,54,and156, the rainbow 99 is producing the bigger ish(or me anyhow)lately

Sunday, January 20th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I have been tournament ishing or 12 years now and have been reading NCBF reports or months, so I igure it is time or me to give one. On riday I ished the squaw arm and did very well. I didn't get on the water tell 9 am, started pitching an oxblood Texas rigged shark, only catching several small ish I changed to a straight 6" oxblood worm on a darterhead and started catching good ish. I caught several in the two pound range and one pushing 3 pounds. It was a good day.They were rom 5 to 50 eet deep,Go igure. Jerry and Scott i you try this presentation you might do better. Good luck
    City: Redding

    Tips: Darterheading a worm give a dierent presentation and or some reason it triggers them to bit. I consistantly catch bigger ish that way.

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    Water Temp: 50-51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Cold sums it up. Took the wie out and waited or it to warm some, so got in a Packers at 1000. Ran to Bass Cove and threw the drop shot with the 157. Had the wie throw a texas rigged 109. Probably ished over 1/2 mile o shoreline with only one bite. Ran to Allie Cove and it was an "ice cream headache" run......real cold. Finally ound some ish in about 40' on the side o tapering point. Finished up in Packers waiting or a club tourney to get out o the water and picked up 2 more on the drop shot, again in about 40'. These came o a broken chunk rock bank. Biggest went a little under 2.
    City: Redding

    Tips: I started ishing too shallow I think. Never tried 40' in Bass Cove. Looks like today they were deep. Not like last weekend when most came in 20'.

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    Water Temp: 48

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Bryce cam e by to pick me up and o we went to Hirz Bay, in the water at 0715, lake at 39 t air temp a cool 35 degrees but no wind, ran up to Nosoni creek and get inside a bit and I immediately get bit but the ish hops o my 157. Bryce gets one on and in the boat as I get bit again but it is a swing and a miss. WE had a ew more o those and Bryce gets through it and starts getting them in the boat, back outside and up a little urther where he sticks a good one and gets it in, close to a solid three and at as a pig. I throw a jig and get bit but it too, hops o. Go to a rainbow 99 and get bit good and in comes a good one near 2.5 and a ew minutes later another one at 1.8 with Bryce getting a dink in the same hole o water. its a nice little lat spot in 21 t with the sun shining on it. We move downstream or 6 more or a total o 13 and we go the giant orange or breakast.
    City: Redding

    Tips: ok,ok,ok. Bryce had eight I had ive. he won't gloat too much or my riend Susan will take care o him the next time out. The MGM 157 produced well, our o mine came on the Rainbow 99(big daddy's special), also a ew on the mgm 156. We stayed above Dekas Rock.

Friday, January 18th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 48

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: havbe not been out or an aternoon lately so went in at Bailey Cove at 1300, ran upstream in the McCloud near Ycotti creek and laid out a selection o worms to throw twice and then change, started with the mgm157 and connected on the 2nd cast with a 1.8, back in with it and get bit again but it hops o, go in again and get bit and up comes a 2.2. pull the 157 o and thread on a rainbow 292 that Barry Ng sent me, on the 2nd cast i get bit on a hard to eel pulldown and stick a nice 2.8 that was at as a pig tossing shad on my carpets, go again and zip, put on a mgm109 in a new shape called the x and get bit on the 2nd cast by a 1.5. I continued down the bank throwing a rainbow 99( the big Daddy's special) and get three more at 1.4 and a bit and my bite ground to a halt at 215 pm, ran over into curl creek and get on some ish but no go, tried to blade a ew but no takers ran back to Bailey cove on a beautiul aternoon, temp getting out was 59 water up near 41 t, they are letting out about hal o what is coming in and I sure hope they let it ill up or a change, got out a 350 pm, wonderul aternoon.
    City: Redding

    Tips: the mgm 157 continues to produce, the rainbow 292 is new to me but sure was eective today

Thursday, January 17th, 2002

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    Water Temp: COLD

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: In at Packers at 9:30am. Ran up to Waters Gulch, wind out o the north. Very slow day, 5 total, largest 1.5 on 156 MGM. At least I beat the back seat this time, 4 to 1. Went to the ISE show Wed with the Waltmans, had a good time. Slobbered all over the new boats,we'll have to just make do with the little old Skeeter or a ew more years. The loat is in at Bailey Cove. We noticed it on our way to Packers. Out at 3:30pm.
    City: Cottonwood

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    Water Temp: 48-49

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: in at packers at 645 am, air temp 33, water up to 42t and no wind, ran or Halway cove on the Sac arm and caught 7 rom 1.1 to 1.4 with a swing and a miss on only one ish, all came out o 12 to 40 t with only one deep. big bellys on all and ull o shad. 4 on the MGM 109 4 inch, 2 on the MGM 156 4 inch and one on a brown 1/2 oz jig, beautiul morning and stayed warm in my new guidewear and sorel snow packs, wind came up a bit around 830am, out at 12 noon, temp up to 52 wind at 12 out o the north, saw bryce and susan in water gulch with three in the boat or them at 1130weent to the ISE show yesterday and caught Gary Dobyns presentation in the big tank, very inormative, met Tony Stoltz(sTony) or the irst time in the western bass booth, good show and I controlled mysel, didn't buy anything! All u really need to go is about a $100,000.00 bill, yep that would cover it.
    City: Redding

Monday, January 14th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 51.6

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: PUT IN A PACKERS AND RAN DOWN JONES VALLEY WAY. IT WAS A COLD RIDE BUT WORTH IT THE FISHING WAS HOT.WE STARTED OUT WITH TEXAS RIGGED 4 INCH WORMS AND STARTED CATCHING GOOD FISH UP TO 3 LBS AND THEY WERE SPITTING OUT 2INCH SHAD THEY WERE FOOTBALLS. SUN CAME OUT AND WE GOT A LITTLE FEELING BACK IN OUR HANDS.AND DIDNT MISS QUIT AS MANY. THRU A JIG A FEW TIMES NO TAKERS SO STUCK WITH WHAT THEY WANTED. WE USED ONE COLOR OF WORM ALL DAY AND THERES NO NUMBER BUT ITS PINK AND BLUE AND SILVER FLAKE. THEY LIKE THEM BIG TIME. MOST EVRY FISH WAS IN WATER FROM THE BANK TO ABOUT 25 TO 30 FEET THERE WAS A BASS BOAT SPOONING AT THE BRIDGE PIERS AND I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR SUSPENDED FISH THIS TIME OF YEAR. NOT MUCH STUFF FLOATING ON THE SURFACE ON THE LAKE WHERE WE WERE , WHICH SUPRISED ME WITH ALL THE RAIN WE HAVE HAD, WE FISHED POINTS, CREEK CHANNELS , AND ROCK BANKS WE CAUGHT FISH ON ALL OF THESE PLACES AND ALSO CAUGHT SOME IN A BRUSH PILE THAT HASENT BEEN UNDER THE WATER TO LONG. FISHING IS GOOD NOW AND ITS GOING TO BE EVEN BETTER IN THE DAYS TO COME. I DID GET BIG FISH TODAY BUT MY WIFE WAS REAL CLOSE, ITS ABOUT TIME I GOT HER HA HA
    City: ANDERSON

Sunday, January 13th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Club tourney out o Packers. 20 boats, 8 non-boaters. I headed inside Bridge Bay or 4 quick ish in an hour. 1 on a pointer minnow, 3 drop shotting a 6" MGM 157. Headed over to Little Backbone and ought the 2-3 waves at the mouth o the Sac. Heavy north wind blowing. Inside Little Backbone and drop shotted the same worm on rocky walls or several ish. Biggest was 2.52# (my big or the day). One other culled out a 13" rom Bridge Bay. From there up to the Squaw to some willow trees I'd done well at the week beore. Texas rigged a MGM 109 in the willows in 18'. Really had to coax this one. Finally got it to bite and it went 2+# that culls another out.Up the Pit to a long tapering point and cranked a 3/4 oz Fat Free shad or another 2+#. Cull again at couldn't improve the rest o the day. Still caught lots more ish but all under my smallest at 14.5". Weighed in 9.49# or second place. Winning weight at 9.9 or so. Biggest ish was 2.8#. Water temp was around 51 degrees most everywhere I went. Wind blew all day. Watch the debris.
    City: Redding

    Tips: Don't be araid to throw that drop shot up into 6" o water and drag it down. It works when the ish are shallow.

Saturday, January 12th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 47

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: in ast antlers at 7am and very cool at 35 degrees, water at 47, ran to the I-5 bridge abutments or two real quick on jigs, ran over to another at dobbs creek or another and keith went to a jig, we moved around a bit or 8 total and I was reezing to death, ended up down by Sugarloa and let, lots o debris and u can't get on plane because o it, almost 2 miles o stu loating in big rats o logs etc. no size today. I went to a 1/2oz ootball head which seemed to work better than the 3/4 oz, guess they wanted it alling slower.
    City: Redding

    Tips: twin tail skirted grubs by yamamoto and chompers by Bass Pro shop did the trick in pumpkin pepper and smoke tinsel

Friday, January 11th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: In at Bailey Cove at 9:15, no loat yet. Ran up to Ycotti Creek, picked up a ew there on MGM 156-4" 15 to 25 eet. Crossed over to other side and worked points down to Shasta Caverns. Ended up with a total o 17, o course Susan caught 10. Fish ranged rom 1.0 to 1.7 with a couple o dinks. Out at 4:30.
    City: Cottonwood

    Tips: Slow presentation used MGM 156-4", 106-4",and 109 dinky bugs.

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    Water Temp: 48 F

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I have not posted a report recently, even though I been doing alot o ishing in my new boat, even in the bad weather we had in November and December. The reason I have not posted is, through my ailation with MGM Lures I get eedback suggesting that I am hurting others and mysel by revealing where I ish and what I throw on any given day.Well the last two days are proo that i you think you can ish Shasta the same as any report, you are dead wrong!Witness yesterday I ished the main part o the lake with great success with 12.5 lbs. by 9:A.M. Today I ished with a buddy o mine throwing the same baits or a total o three ish weighing 5lbs.In the last two years I have ished Shasta over 400 days, in all those days no two were alike. The lake, the weather and the patterns change every day. I guess thats why I enjoy it so much. There is no place in this world I would rather be. I very much enjoy reading the posts o other ishermen and will throw in my two cents once in awhile with my regrets i I oend anyone.
    City: Redding

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    Water Temp: 48-50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Keith here rom Medord with his new boat so o we go this am at 0700 and get in at Bailey Cove, Keith has a problem so I drive back down and his oil alarm is going o, we check the tank on the engine and it is not ull so o we go to Ca. Custom, we ill the reservoir and try it agian and it works so back to Bailey Cove, in the water at 0900 air temp about 49, ran over to the shasta caverns and get two on the mgm157 but now I am out, keith gets another one on the 157 and I shit to the rainbow 99 or 2 and another on the rainbow 286 and lose one that rips my 286 o the darter head and split, go down to the pit river bridge and we both get one on a 3 inch idget in the mgm109 color and keith was throwing a clear worm, move to the island in ront o Allie Cove and he gets another on the clear worm and I get one on the MGM 54. We took o or horseshose cove in the pit and Keith gets another on the clear, we run to squaw creek and I get a smallmouth on a 156 4 inch,keith gets another on the clear worm, the worm he is throwing is made by Thunder Baits, in Medord Or. We head or Bailey cove and get out at 4pm
    City: Redding

    Tips: caught ish on the mgm157 and wish I had some more, keith and his clear worm was very eective.

Wednesday, January 9th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: In at Jones Valley at 9:00am. Ran up to Arbuckle Flat met up with Jerry and Bronla. First thing Jerry tossed something into out boat and said "Here Susan try this and don"t let Bryce have any." Well they worked and she didn't share. I guess its called MGM 157. She carolina rigged the #157 worm and got bit right o, 1.8 spot. I was throwing jigs and inally started getting bit, but couldn't get any to the boat.(out o practice HA, HA.) Switched to Texas rig # 106 and got a 1.7 in the boat. The only thing I caught on my jig was a 14" rainbow. The wie said they don't count. She caught 4 and I had 2 + 1 trout. No dinks, they all ran between 2.0 and 1.4. with at bellies. The wind settled down a little ater 2:00PM. Out at 4:00PM. It sure elt good to get back on the water. The lake is coming up nicely. Some debris in the water so be careul.
    City: Cottonwood

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    Water Temp: 48-50

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: the wie worked all night and came home and said lets go so o we went to Jones valley at 0845, the island is almost completely under so the parking got limited quickly, 22 rigs in the gravel, air temp 45, water at 49 at the ramp, wind out o the north at about 8mph, ra upstream in the pit near arbuckle and get one on on irst cast on a new worm by mgm the #157 which isn't named yet, moved around a bit and started inding ish on main and secondary points, the wie boats her 2nd and third worm ish but having trouble eeling the bites and trying not to get stuck in the timber with the darter head, move downstream near dead horse where she sticks a solid 2 and I get a couple o dinks, run across to Dark Canyon anmd i get bit hard and play a 3.5 - 4.0 up to the boat where it comes out o the water about 4 t and spits my darter head back at me, nice ish, again on the 157, I stick one more dink and the wie is starting to ade so home we go so she can get some sleep, wind starting to really gust on the way back up near 20mph, go back in at 1130 and the water came up nearly a oot while we were out.
    City: Redding

    Tips: wie caught hers on the mgm 156 4 inch and a 69 in a idget, mine came all on the new 157

Friday, January 4th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: always put the plug BACK IN. in the water at centimundi at 830am with the wie along, she doesn't allow me out alone these days, airtemp at 48, wind out o the north at 8 with a 2 t chop running down the lake, ran over into the dry ork inlet and up to where the water is pouring in in the Little Squaw, get with it and notice the boat is acting unnny, that's when I remembered I had the drain plug out and orgot to put it back in, get a ew pulldowns on my mgm156 but nothing in the boat, run the bilge pump and pump all the water out while she ties on a big daddy specail(rainbow 99) and up comes a dink or her out o 12 t, lots o junk loating around with some good sized pieces o lumber on top and slightly submerged, ish or a little more and head back in, get the boat out and drag it up the ramp with all this water pouring out o it, DUH, talk about eeling stupid. She is riding me hard about the only ish in the boat and calls big daddy at work to let him know she whipped me, and here I was wondering why the trolling motor seems unable to move the boat around as it has in the past, high thin overcast but the sun made it through, now i Shasta Recreation can get on the stick and get these loats back in at Bailey cove and Hirz Bay and Antlers things wil be back to normal, the lake is on the rise with the 7 inches o rain we had during the last week, now up to 50 t down rom the top.
    City: Redding

    Tips: water has cooled considerably, a slow presentation is needed to get bit, more rain on the way. the Rainbow 99 was good today or the little time we spent out there.