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Friday, January 4th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 51-52.5

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Out o Bridge Bay at 0900. Air temp 49, water temp 52. First stop was a cove on the Squaw. 3 quick ish drop shotting a 156 MGM in 20'. Down the bank throwing a 3/4 ton pickup and got two more bites, one in the boat. Back to the drop shot 156 and got the limit o 5 ish in 30 mins. Worked a cove with some willow trees in 5' to 10' o water. Texas rigged a 109 MGM or 2 more...a 15" and an 18". The 18" was 4 ingers o the board. No weight as the battery was dead or the scales.Up the Pit past the No Ski buoy and ran into a wall o muddy water. Turned around and stopped at Arbuckle Flat and graphed some ished. Dropped the 156 on them and 4 casts or 4 ish......but all only 12.5". Back down the Pit towards the bridge and hit another cove. Drop shotting the 156 in 20' o water got me a bunch more. 24 ish total. All out o less than 25' o water. Best 5 probably about 8#. Out at 1530. Air temp up to 56 but the clouds came in. Lots o 13-14" clones. No ish under 12.5".
    City: Redding

    Tips: No pattern. Got them in the creek channel o coves; in willows in 5'o water; down rocky banks. Got ish at every stop. Watch the debris. Lots o little stu out there, but there are a ew that would rip the lower unit o. Be careul.

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 38

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

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    City: chico

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Sunday, December 30th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 49-51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: went out o packers, light rain alling, lake up past 63t and rising rapidly, air temp 48, ran over into the lower pit and only managed some dinks on brown jigs, took o or the upper MCcloud and got dinked to death, went through 35 ish to get to 7 lbs and all on jigs, could not get a single ish on any worm which is a bit unusual, inished up the day in ront o shasta caverns or some more small ish, out a 3pm air temp 52 and the rain was coming down at a good clip. lake came up a oot while I was out.
    City: Redding

Saturday, December 29th, 2001

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    Water Temp: broke

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Dropped in about 12:30 Jones Valley. Headed up the Pit throwin a cricket colored 4" curly tail grub. Slow until late aternoon bout 4pm sunk into a ew keepers on the bite then relled in a 5 pounder on my last cast, measured 19". Ended up 9.5lb limit over 4 hrs and a ew dinks.
    City: Shasta Lake

Thursday, December 27th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 48

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got out Thursday or a ew hours. Up the Sac. arm a ew coves. Fishing at 0800. No boats in sight. Water cold and totally calm. Got hit 8 times, 5 in the boat, spots and smallies. Best ish a beautiul smallie to 2.5, that's a good ish or me. Jumped a ew times, they still have energy. Same ol' baits, spinnerbait, deep wee-r and shad-rap. Got the "schnide" o my new reel. Another good day. Hope to get out over the New Year's Weekend a ew times beore '02 hits.
    City: Redding

Wednesday, December 26th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went ishing up the squaw creek,it was slow but hooked 5 ish about 2 lbs on a spinner bait that was yellow and a pink worm and a brown worm.had to ish every thing slow and i also had several hits but missed them.well it was un to be out o the snow and ice or a change.
    City: klamath alls,ore

Monday, December 24th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: THIS IS NOT A FISHING REPORT BUT I JUST WANTED TO WISH EVERY ONE OUT THERE THAT LOVES OUR LAKES AND RIVERS HERE IN NORTHERN CALIF A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
    City: ANDERSON

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: in at jones valley at 730am, only one boat ahead o us, the oldest boy is up and the bet was on, air temp a cool 37, wore my guide wear or the irst time and it is great stu, ran over to clickapudi and put the kid on a great jig spot, steep slope with some stumps on it and I miss 2 real quick and he is nervous, he hooks up and gets a 2 lb'er right up to the boat and it jumps o, i stick a dink and he loses another bet, caught 13 more and two at 2.6 on the MGM 156,127 and the 34 and 79. The 34, a salt and pepper with a yellow tail accounted or the biggest at 2.6. at 930 the bite came to a screeching halt, we went to the giant orange where he paid up and bought me breakast AGAIN! that is 13 in a row, you would think this kid would get this igured out, he almost had me today though. water getting a bit murkier each day, more debris loating around especially upstream in the pit arm.
    City: Redding

    Tips: sthe MGM 156 still the most consistent, the 34 takes the bigger ish the last two days.

Sunday, December 23rd, 2001

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: in the water at jones valley at 0830, air temp 42, lake a bit murky and up just under 70t and rising rapidly, some wood loating around in the lower pit and one huge log near clickapudi, went into ort creek or a bit but couldn't ind a lot o ish, ran over into clickapudi and ished various cuts and ruts or 18 to 2.6 lbds with most in the 2.2 to 1.8 area, 16 came on a 4 inch at weenie in the mgm #156 the brown bomber, the other two came on a 4 inch mgm salt and pepper worm with a yellow tip on the tail but I don't know the number, lots o people out and beautiul morning ater all the rain and snow we have had, got out at 1215 with 60 plus rigs parked at jones valley, air temp at 52 degrees, most came out o the 21-27 t depth with one shallow at 12 t and one deep at 45 t that I had to let the air out o.
    City: Redding

    Tips: mgm 156 is a verys consistent producer, didn't even pick p the jigs today

Friday, December 21st, 2001

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: In at Hirz Bay at 10:15am. First o all Jerry, Susan did not kick my butt today. 16 to 11. Largest spot 2.0 came on 156 brown bomber, used MGM 54, 109, 79, and 99c. All colors in 4" worms. All but 3 spots over 12". Had a nice day on the water when is wasn't raining. No wind at all. Out at 4:00pm.
    City: Cottonwood

    Tips: Morning bite in 25 to 30 eet. Aternoon bite in over 30 eet. Slow presentation, rubberband bite.

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    Water Temp: 48-51

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: in the water at 0930 at packers bay, temp 46 water at 51 at the ramp lake level up to 75 t, ran upstream in the mccloud and ound Bryce and Susan Fuller coming out rom Hirz Bay which still doesn't have a loat in, Susan was kicking his butt AGAIN, ran up to nosoni creek and tossed an MGM 109 twin tail skirted grub up onto the mud in the middle at 16 t and pulled it o into 21 t and got bit, pulled up a lathargic largemouth at 2.6. I have never caught a largemouth in the mccloud and certainly not so ar up the arm, moved around a bit and went down to campbell creek across rom the ullers and watched susan boat 3 to Bryce's one, had 6 more spots to 2.8 with the best ive going 12.4 lbs, noy bad or this time o the year, water very clear with all the water running into the lake and nice green color git out at 145 pm
    City: Redding

    Tips: caught ish on the 109 twin tail skirted grub, the 156 in a 4 inch, the 109 in a 6 inch worm and the rainbow #99. hadd additiional hits on the green ghost #125 but missed dthem, most bites were o the rubber band variety

Thursday, December 20th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I WAS READING THE FORUM AND JERRYS WARNING ABOUT FLAT TIRES AT JONES VALLEY BOAT RAMP. I WAS OUT THERE THANKSGIVING AND CAME HOME AND THE NEXT DAY HAD A FLAT ON MY PICKUP AND ONE ON THE BOAT TRAILER, BOTH HAD ROOFING TACKS IN THE TIRES. I DIDNT THINK THEY WERE COMING FROM THE BOAT RAMP,BUT I GUESS THEY ARE.ITS DIRTY SHAME THAT PEOPLE DONT HAVE ANY THING ELSE TO DO BUT CAUSE DAMAGE TO PEOPLES RIGS. IF ANY ONE CATCHES THE IDOT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO IT IS, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE TALK WITH WHO EVER IT IS
    City: ANDERSON

Wednesday, December 19th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: beware o nail and tack attacks on your vehicles and trailer tires/ Have heard o three trailers picking up lots o tacks at the jones valley ramp so u might want to check around your rig careully when you are preparing to get your boat out and leaving, in one instance, someone took the time to drive some rooing nails into the side wall o a trailer tire at Packers Bay, other reports o lats on trucks have also been reported at Packers. SOOOOOOOOO, check out your equipment BEFORE you prepare to get your boat out o the water
    City: Redding

Monday, December 17th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: ramp conditions: water has a green tint to it, lake moving up at 77.8t, antlers public ramp out o the water but should be back in in a week, no loat, sugarloa is in, no loat, packers is in, 2 lanes with a loat,bailey cove out o the water, hirz bay south is in, no loat, Jones Valley concrete ramp back in, 2 lanes with a loat, centimundi is in with 2 lanes and a loat, there is still room or 4 rigs at the bottom o centimundi, jones valley has a lot o room on the island and in the gravel adjacent to the ramp, packers has room or 6 on the access road halway down the ramp, hirz bay has plenty o room near the water and at the top o the ramp no wind today, south end o lake shrouded in clouds, north end clear and sunny, air temp about 46
    City: Redding

Sunday, December 16th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: In at Packers at 10:30am. just past the 5mph bouy I dropped the trolling mtr. and told my trout ishing riend I would give him a wormin lesson. First cast 2lbs. Worked on around the bank to the mouth o Packers with a total o 15, all caught on MGM # 145-4" Tex. rig. The trout isherman caught 1 dink. Out at 2:30pm. Had a un day with a light rain alling.
    City: Cottonwood

    Tips: Most bites in 25 eet o water and ished slow.

Thursday, December 13th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Ater 400,000 casts I inally landed a trophy spot- 6 pounds 6 ounces!!! She is a beautiul ish, and is back in the lake or someone else to catch.I started out the day going up the Mccloud, and I planned on inishing at an area where I had a monster roll on my spook back in the all. The irst point put 4 in the boat, all 1.75's, nice spots. These were all caught on a brown/green jig. I went around to the next point and as I was letting my jig sit there- tick- so I set the hook and its a 2.5!! I started weighing the ish because I dont want to weigh em all the time and I am trying to get better at estimating their weight. These ish are atter than usual!!I kept up with the same pattern and put a ew more 2.2's in the boat. Then I switched over to the lizard, ishing it very slowly, and I managed another 2.5. In the last 3 trips I hadn't been able to get a spinnerbait ish, and with the rain really coming down I igured I would throw it until I caught one, since the rain outta bring some ish up.Well, I did this or about an hour with no takers. Finally I get to my big ish spot, and a 2.2 smallie just nails it and what a great ight that was. I move down a little urther and I was right where I had the monster roll on my spook, so I throw up in there, and the bait is hal way back to the boat and I am looking where I might cast next, and then Wham!!! Five minutes later, we are both tired and I had a hard time lipping her because my ingers were so cold!! She was 22.5 inches long and 18" girth, so I get my scale o the deck and.... its water logged %$**^. Its 4:15, and its pouring, and I am the only guy on the lake. I buzzed around to try and ind someone who might have a scale, and inally I ran into a guy who was heading into Packers, and he weighed her up or me.I will try to post the pictures on the orum. I have always heard this is a great time to catch the big spots, and I eel lucky to have gotten one. I just hope the next one happens sooner this time.Tim
    City: Redding

Wednesday, December 12th, 2001

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: In at Jones Valley at 11:00am. Short run to Panther Creek and started worming south bank. Second cast 1.8# on MGM 54 4" texas rig. Caught one more and switched to jigs. Ended up with ten total. The wie caught eight to 2.3# carolina rig #109 dinky bug out the back o the boat. Most were caught in 20 to 35 eet o water. Out at 4:30PM. It was a nice day on the lake, only sprinkled once or about 20 minutes. No wind! It looks good to see the water line on the rise.
    City: Cottonwood

    Tips: Fish slooooooow!!!!!

Monday, December 10th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went to the deib dr this am and got cleared to get back to business, Bryce showed up at 2pm and o we went, in at Bridge Bay at 210pm, air temp 54, ran over into the dry ork inlet and we both got bit immediately, typical rubber band type pulldowns on anything we put in the water, bryce managed 4, i got two and we missed only about 20, gonna take me awhile to get back into the swing o things, at 4pm I was tired and it was getting cold so we went back in. Sure elt good to get back on the water ater the misery o the past 3 weeks, got tired quick but it was great. we got bit on the MGM 156,145,109, brown grubs on big ootbal heads, just anything that we threw in, I guess I could have used a dose o patience, I was trying to stick them to quick, lake up to 81 t which is a gain o 22 eet since the rain got started.
    City: Redding

Sunday, December 9th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished out o Bridge Bay rom irst light to noon. Tried a variety o tactics, but kept going back to the jig. Fish were relating to points and deep walls. Caught about 20 ish with best 5 going about 8.5# and a big ish at 2.4#. Caught ish in the lower Pit and Squaw creek arm. Fish were holding at 12-18 eet and wanted the jig worked slow. Would get 1-2 ish per point and that was it. Same o rock walls.
    City: Brentwood

    Tips: Brown/Purple worked best or me, but didn't really try any other color.

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got out or a ew hours on Saturday am. Another beautiul sunrise on the water. A good sunrise is almost worth the trip. Out to the Dry Creek area. Spinnerbait, deep wee-r and shadrap, all working well. Had 11 in the boat, best 5 ish to about 8 lbs. Mostly smallies and spots, with 2 small salmon, one on spinnerbait, one on shadrap. Skinny, no-ight ish. One smallmouth came straight at the boat, jumping twice on the way, then dove to about 30 eet right below me, and came straight back up at me. Here I am reeling as ast as I can, raising my pole and laughing my butt o. He beat me, jumped and through the slack bait. Great ish!! Had another great day on the lake.
    City: Redding