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Sunday, October 28th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 61-64

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: decided to try my hand at a tournament and John Coyle o MGMLURES graciously agreed to partner up with me, in the water at Bridge Bay at 5am ater a quick check in or the 100% uture pro event, heavy overcast and light mist alling and not a hint o wind, air temp 55, talked to a ew o the other entrants waiting or the start, we went to John's water so i won't be speciic about where, blast o was at 625 am with the smaller boats irst out which I thought was a nice touch, We took o or the McCloud and settled in a ew minutes later where John immediately hooked a decent 1.8 with his irst cast on his secret top water lure, i got two blowups on the same bait and decided to pick up my jig rod, down the bank we go and John gets another blowup and I boat one shasta clone just over the 13 inch minimum. We split to one o my holes and get 4 in 5 minutes with John hooking a spot/smallmouth cross that is only 13 1/2 but at. we roam the bank or a bit and I get the last one needed or the limit at 730am and we are eling pretty good. I tie on my avorite MGM #109 worm and we move rom place to place boating clones regularly. The bite or us shut down at 1045 but we keep plugging away. I alternated between a jig and the #109 worm and a ew others but the 109 is producing bigtime. We get back on them at 1pm in another one o my spots and I get 4 more in ten minutes and am down to the balance beam approach looking or an ounce here and there but it ain't happening. I ished deep and shallow and in between but we are only connecting on the 13 inchers, we ply the banks with some top water or a while but can't get nothing going but do see ish working the surace and still not a hint o wind. We run out o time and back to bridge bay or the weigh in, ater about 6 boats we are still in third and them some guys come in with that one GOOD FISH and now we are dropping rapidly and end up in 12th, big ish was only 3 lbs. At least we didn't inish last. John got the big ish and I managed 5 keepers ater culling through 20 others, it has been that way or a ew weeks and the weather change under way right now should only improve things, shad spread out all over and not balled up with a lot o small bass working them all over. My kingdom or one 2.5 lb spot! Had a great time with the split shot master and actually used his technique or a ew o them clones, the up coming pro/am should do better or those involved.
    City: Redding

Thursday, October 25th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Have not been on the lake since the end o May,give it to the crazys till ater Labor day.Launched at Jones Valleyat day break. The wind was at least 20 mph.about twice whatwas orecasted.Went about 4 miles up the Pit dropped the trolling motor and pointed the bow o the boat about 10 t. rom shore. Started using my avorite spinner bait and special color skirt.Started getting bit about every 10 casts on the average.Fished rom edge o shore 3t. to 20 t.Caught 14 ish2 were dinks the other 12 were 4-13" 7-14" 2-15" 1-16".Lost at least 12 more which with a spinner bait does nothappen that oten and I did have a trailer hook.I think what was happening,they were coming rom deeper water andhitting rom the side,some o the hits were hard and whenI checked the skirt was pulled down in a wad.Great to be back on the lake till next May.Fished drop-shot or about5 minutes-1- 11" shaker.
    City: Corning

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    Water Temp: 64

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: You know how people say it is important to eliminate bad water, well I did that today big time! in at packers at 730am, let a little late to avoid the Walmart BFL guys and not crowd them, ran into ther Eng bros at packers, Barry and I spoke a bit and he and his brother and riends took o or the pit arm,I ran up the Sac or a bit into a big cove and couldn't get bit, bait everywhere and scattered, chased some birds chasing bait and inally got one small one on a jig underneath a ew small shad, tied on some dierent worms and ollowed another guy down the bank with the 20 knot wind and picked up another small ish on an MGM #78 4inch, the guy in ront o me got a kick out o that and then he boated a small ish, we did this or about an hour and i the BFL guys were having the luck I did then they are in trouble, at 945am a lot o the were running all over the place so they may be having problems, went to the BBQ at Cal Custom last night and got to meet some olks i see posting on the NCBF plus a ew that I have corresponded with rom time to time (netster) Darrel Hagood and I shot the breeze or a bit and I went home, got out today at 1145 am, lake still steady at 100t, temp going in was 53, coming out was 67, water at 64 and dropping about a 1/2 degree per day.
    City: Redding

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The bite is great until about 9:00 or me. Had around 12 ish in the irst hal hour, nothing solid, all around 1.75 on topwater. Cranks picked up a ew more and then went to the jig. A lot o the bait has really moved, looks like Im gonna have to burn some gas running them down again. The unny thing yesterday is that the graph would look just perect or dropshotting, and no takers. I inally got a smallmouth (2 pounds) in 5 eet o water on the dropshot- I just ollowed this one group in and got one. Hopeully the wind will subside and we can get some clouds and rain going.
    City: Redding

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: in at centimundi at 635 am and the ramp has been cleaned up good, all the mud removed, wind howling at 20-25, air temp 53, ran north to just south o dolly point looking over some new water, irst cast at 717am with a surace lure, 5 casts later 4 in the boat to 2.5, wal mart BFL olks roaring past and I get 3 more and pick up the jig rod at 745, 4 more ater that on a jig in 12-25 t or a total o 11, wind started gusting to 40 plus with some 4-6 ooters blowing down the main channel towards the dam, ran up and past bridge bay into the McCloud near birdhouse or three more on a crank bait when the shad suraced all around me, best 5 went 9.6 by 945 am, ran back down towards Centimundi and the water is ROUGH, got out at 1115 with 3 ooters breaking over the stern at the ramp, got home and ound a letter rom my avorite partner Ray Spoon rom the Casting kids gig two weeks ago, 7 pictures and a very nice letter rom Ray and one rom his mom, As Ray would put it"get in, sit down, shut up and hang on" God Bless you Ray, I had a great time.
    City: Redding

Monday, October 22nd, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: LAUNCHED AT 6:30 AM AT PACKERS. GOT TWO SMALL FISH ON BLADES ON FIRST MAIN POINT ON THE EAST SIDE GOING OUT OF PACKERS. RIPPED FOR A WHILE AND NOTHING, RAN DOWN JONES VALLEY WAY AND STARTED PICKING UP NICE KEEPER FISH ON CUT BANKS AND MAIN POINTS IN 10 TO 35 FT OF WATER. USE A MGM IO9 AND A WORM CALLED MORNING DAWN THEY WORKED BETTER THEN OUR NORMAL COLORS WE USE. CAUGHT A COUPLE ON THE DROP SHOT USING A MGM SLUGO.THE LAKE WAS GREAT THIS MORNING VERY FEW BOATS AND CALM WATER. THE BITE WAS TOUGH, FOR MY WIFE AND I A LONG TIME BETWEEN BITES BUT THE FISH WERE QUALITY FISH THE BIGGEST GOING 2 1/ 2 LBS, AND YES MY WIFE STUCK IT, ILL GET HER NEXT TIME. I DID TAKE TWO FISH OFF THE NORTH PIER OF THE PIT RIVER BRIDGE WITH A HOPKINS SPOON,IT CAME UN BUCKLED THAT ONE THERE HAD SOME WEIGHT ON HIM BUT HE WON THE BATTLE TO BE CAUGHT ANOTHER DAY.
    City: ANDERSON

Sunday, October 21st, 2001

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    Water Temp: 64-66

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: in at Sugarloa at 7am, loat knocked o track, air temp 49 and water murky with bottom scum coming up as the lake turns over. Made the trip north to get out o the way o the tournament guys, daughter here or ew days, irst 4 casts produced 3 bass to 2.6 on her secret bait, upstream rom the ramp, 4 more in next 10 minutes and I shited to a jig or another and then many short hits up by the railroad bridge, only two tournamet boats made the trip up. we got o the water early, shasta rec at the ramp and taking both loats out ater some idiot in a houseboat hit the loats and tore o the rail,i ur going to put in there u might want to reconsider i ur doing it by ursel, ok or two guys per boat but a real pain by yoursel, 100% team event today plus a local club and a club rom reno, next week its the big shootout or the walmart bl tues-saturday.
    City: Redding

    Tips: my jigs and Kelly's "secret bait" ok, she just said I can top water.

Monday, October 15th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 67

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: in at Jones Valley at 615am, temp 49, lake down just past 100t, ran over to the point and got 6 quick on a junior spook, one was a 2.2 the rest were dinks, ran down the pit near Azelle creek and ound Kreg Moss who is here on a houseboat vacation, shot the breeze or a bit and rna back up to Blue Canyon and inside about a hundred yards tosing the spook, had one miss and went back in with an aurora black which got smacked and u p came a rainbow trout! dinked around or a bit with no more action so moved out on the other side o the channel and not marking much and what I ound was suspended, weather ront moving in and a slight pressure drop last night, hauled out and ran upstream just past brrowns canyon and tried some worming with the MGM #54 and got bite 8 times with six in the boat the best was a smallmouth at 2.6, tried the #127 with no takers and tied on a 4 inch #109 or a hal dozen more averaging 1.8 with the best a skinny 2.3. pulled out at 1115 and ran downstream and came across Bryce Fuller getting his butt kicked again by his wie, Susan near Reynolds creek. We talked or a bit and I gave Susan some new stu I made with the hope that she continues to kick his behind. ran down to Jones Valley and out at 1130 temp up to 72.
    City: Redding

    Tips: #54 and 109 MGM are great!

Sunday, October 14th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Very windy again on Sunday. The Labrador and I hit the water around 6:15 and went up the pit. The water was airly choppy so I pretty much just threw spinnerbaits, we caught around 10 in the irst hal hour, nothing over 1.75, but a lot o un. Once the wind calmed down a bit I did dropshot some ish but thet were all small. So I went back to the jig and caught a ew more decent ish in about 40 eet o water. We got o the water around 11:30 so as to catch the ootball games. The ishing is great!!! You can catch them on just about anything.
    City: Redding

Saturday, October 13th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: irst o, or those who have not participated in a Casting Kids Foundation event, do it when they come around, man I had a ball today! In at packers at 930 am ater being drawn by Ray Spoon and his mom Kim, lake down at 100 t and a bit, temp 63 and windy, ran up the McCloud and Ray says I can't say where but did say I could tell u that we were dunkin plastic grubs, Ray hits two dinks on irst three casts and then pops a 1.8 and decides we better move, We run to a spot thast looks good and he misses 2 quickly and then loads up with a 2.6 spot and tells me not to touch the rod. HE cranks the spot in and we get him in the boat and get some pictures taken. I lose one and he loses another then I stick a skinny 2.4 and Ray stops another dink. We run down towards the pit where Ray trys three holeshots ( he calls them pop-a wheelie) until his mom is turning a bit green around the gills, we run back to Packers or the BBQ and Ray has the big ish o the day! All the kids got rods and reels and tackle boxes with equipment provided by West Marine, MGM Lures, Phils, coca-cola and pepsi. Bridge Bay provided 2 pontoon boats or the wheel chair bound and so did Shasta Caverns. The Redding Lions provided lunch and Air med rom Mercy Hospital lew in with their helicopter. Redding Bassers and the Cottonwood Bass team provided bassboats or those able to get in and hang on. Man I had a ball, these were the irst ish that Ray has ever caught.
    City: Redding

    Tips: As my man Ray would say"Get in, sit down, shut up and hang on" I do not know where he picked that up.

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: irst o, or those who have not participated in a Casting Kids Foundation event, do it when they come around, man I had a ball today! In at packers at 930 am ater being drawn by Ray Spoon and his mom Kim, lake down at 100 t and a bit, temp 63 and windy, ran up the McCloud and Ray says I can't say where but did say I could tell u that we were dunkin plastic grubs, Ray hits two dinks on irst three casts and then pops a 1.8 and decides we better move, We run to a spot thast looks good and he misses 2 quickly and then loads up with a 2.6 spot and tells me not to touch the rod. HE cranks the spot in and we get him in the boat and get some pictures taken. I lose one and he loses another then I stick a skinny 2.4 and Ray stops another dink. We run down towards the pit where Ray trys three holeshots ( he calls them pop-a wheelie) until his mom is turning a bit green around the gills, we run back to Packers or the BBQ and Ray has the big ish o the day! All the kids got rods and reels and tackle boxes with equipment provided by West Marine, MGM Lures, Phils, coca-cola and pepsi. Bridge Bay provided 2 pontoon boats or the wheel chair bound and so did Shasta Caverns. The Redding Lions provided lunch and Air med rom Mercy Hospital lew in with their helicopter. Redding Bassers and the Cottonwood Bass team provided bassboats or those able to get in and hang on. Man I had a ball, these were the irst ish that Ray has ever caught.
    City: Redding

    Tips: As my man Ray would say"Get in, sit down, shut up and hang on" I do not know where he picked that up.

Wednesday, October 10th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 69

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: What a day!!- launched at 2:00 and decided to redeem mysel since what I had been doing had not been working. So instead o ishing vertically (jigs,dropshot etc.) I went to all horizontal stu ( blades and cranks). The irst point I came to I get hammered, and halway back to the boat I see at least 8 other 4 pounders trying to take the crank outta my ishes mouth, and sure enough she comes unbuttoned, but not or long, one o the other ones nails it- 4.2!! The best part was I got to see it!!Ok, Im iguring they are aggressive (nice change rom the summer) so lets see i they want Mr. Spook-- they did. So now Im thinking, its just a ish, just give em what they want. So I continued with these two presentations and within a two hour period I had close to 15 pounds. Like I have said beore, when you get on em at the right time you look like you know what you are doing, and the other way you want to sell the boat. Those Damn Spots!!!
    City: Redding

    Tips: Hazard Advisory: when you come outta Bridge Bay and come around the Island to go under the I-5 bridge there is an Island just coming out o the water on the back side o the Island where everyone parks. Stay to your let!!! Also, i you are heading up the Mccloud, just ater the bridge as you go under the high voltage lines, the irst point comes out about 100 yards, so go way to your right!! Jones valley has its obsticles too. Don't go ull throttle anywhere unless you are amiliar with the lake being this ar down. Eventhough its slowed down I am inding new hazards everytime I go out.

Tuesday, October 9th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: regarding the MGMLURES sale: or those in the (530) area code the phone number is 246-3663
    City: Redding

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: MGMLURES has a sale starting now till the end o the month on 4 and 6 inch worms 4 inch are $10 per 50 pack, the 6 inch is $11 per 50 pack and available in the ollowing colors: #54,109 and 145 MGM has an 800 number at 1-800-376-9555
    City: Redding

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: L.T. MONDAYS ARE ALWAYS A BETTER TIME TO FISH SHASTA . THERES LOTS OF PARKING AT BRIDGE BAY BECAUSE OF LOW WATER LEVELS. BUT PACKERS IF YOU FISH THE WEEKEND MIGHT WORKOUT FOR YOU. PLENTY OF PARKING AND WILL NO DOUBT BE LESS BOATS , FISHING IS REALLY PICKING UP AND REAL GOOD ONES ARE BEING CAUGHT ON ALITTLE OF EVERY THING. JIGS AND PLASTICS WORMS ARE WORKING GOOD FOR ME. YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET A HOLD OF JOHN COYLE OWENER OF M G M LURES HE MAKES A SLUGO THAT THOSE BASS THINK IS SUNDAY BRUNCH, HAVE A GOOD TRIP
    City: ANDERSON

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I will be heading to Shasta the weekend o Oct. 20. My question is that I noticed there is a tournament out o Bridge Bay on the 21st. I was going to ish Friday Oct 19, but i Bridge Bay is busy with people pre ishing should I wait until Monday the 22 nd. Thanks or the ino.
    City: Manteca

Saturday, October 6th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 69

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Jim Conlow came up or a amily aair and managed to get by or some ishing, in at Packers at 610am, 52 degrees, lake at 100t and only dropping 2-3inches per day now, we were the irst ones there this am, things a bit chilly at 50 mph up the McCloud, ran up above Shallow point and started with a spook type bait or Jim and a deep diving crank or me with a bass on my irst cast and Jim's second o some rocks, ended up with 27 to 2.5 with the best ive runnning right around 12, got 14 o o one point with 9 on the irst pass through and 5 more about an hour later. most were caught in 2-25 t but the better ish came out o the 25-30 t neck o the woods on the MGM #54 and my usual jigs, jim caught his on jigs and a trout pattern worm on darter heads. I did manage to lose a good one in 35 t that came un-buttoned ater a couple o surges, ran back to packers at 1030 am and out at 66 degrees and very little boating traic or a saturday. Jim, thanks or coming, I will be happy to ish with you anytime. Thanks a bunch or the reel.
    City: Redding

    Tips: used the MGM #54 3inch sluggo, yamamoto twin tails and 3/4 oz jigheads. a 6 inch trout looking worm on a darter head, deepdiving rapala and a spook looking surace lure. the cooler weather has improved things quite a bit.

Friday, October 5th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 69

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: In at 6am at centimundi and a bunch o mud, lake right at 100t down and I know its gonna be tough to get a boat out, ran over to Big Backbone with a ull moon on and a little high cloudiness and starting throwing top water with no results at all, picked up the jigging rod and hit 7 but all small except or one smallmouth at 2.0 o the island that is near the north side o the entrance to big backbone, water lat and no surace activity anywhere,went over by the dam to take a picture o the old towers coming up, Haven't seen them in quite awhile, go back to centimundi and put the truck in 4 wheel drive to get over the mud hump getting the boat out. I wouldn't advise anyone to use this ramp with anything less than a ull size pickup and preerably 4 wheel drive. its down to less than a lane wide. temp going in was 53, coming out at 1030 was 61, things have cooled o nicely over the past two days. Water is clearing up nicely now.
    City: Redding

Thursday, October 4th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 70

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out yesterday or an early bite, ull moon had the lake lit up so I was on the water at 5:30. I started with the spook on a point leading into waters- 5 blow ups only one in the boat. So I went to the staysee-black aurora- Lucky crat, and ripped a 3 pound salmon- what a sot ish!! The bait is really getting balled up, and the bass are still moving airly quickly, so eventhough I spooded a ew I think the water is still to warm to get that great spoon bite going. I just read Robs report and I had the same experience he did. I had had enough o wormin so I got my jig out and went to some deep water with very big rocks and caught some this way, however, no real size dierence, except that I missed a big ish- Shasta will do that to you. What happens to me is you start thinking its all dinks, or some good ish in the 2.5-3.5, and then you arent ready or it. The dierence is that you get used to your bait getting hammered and then you become a little desensitized to that bigger ish just subtly picking up your bait- you think its a small rock pile or something. Gotta concentrate, those big ish that everyone catches in the spring are out there.
    City: Redding

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2001

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    Water Temp: 70

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The Hirz Bay ramp(s) are closed, packers has been ixed up with the loat back in and the mud scraped up, sugarloa has the loat back in place, in at 615 am at packers, 67 degrees, lake down at 100t, drited out and tossed a crank bait at the island on the way out or 4 dinks, ran upstream to some points just south o Shallow point with the wind building or 2 more at 1.8 and 1.5 on jigs, wind up bigtime at 20 plus with gusts to 30 by 8am, poked around the edges or about 5 more dinks till the sun hit the east side o the McCloud, used the BPS pumpkin pepper twin tail skirted grubs on 3/4 oz heads, 1 ounce would have been better with the wind. the ish are not as suspended as they were a ew days ago and have moved back up a bit to 15-30t. The two legal ish I caught came o the same point in 21 t and were in the mudline ormed by the wind. out a 1030, temp up to 78, 104 yesterday and heading that way again today or another record heat day. Come on cool weather!
    City: Redding