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Tuesday, May 1st, 2001

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    Water Temp: 61

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: We ished Shasta this past weekend and had consistent results or the 3 days we were there. Two o us averaged about 30 bass each day with a mix o spots, largemouth and smallmouth. Dark colored plastics and jigs on rocky points did the trick. While not every point held ish, the ones that did usually held good numbers. We were able to pull multiple ish o o every point that we ound ish on. They were out o o the shore in about 20 eet o water. They ranged in size rom dinks to about 3 pounds. We ished the McCloud arm and the Pitt arm, with the Pitt being better by ar.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Small dark colored plastics on rocky points is the key. Drag them slowly along the bottom and you will surely ind ish.

Friday, April 27th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 58-62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: got in the water at Centimundi at 0545, ran over to the dam or a litttle salmon ishing, 17 boats out early saw 3 ish landed so let at8am, ran to Dry Fork inlet and started picking up a bunch o dink males on anything thrown in, and I mean anything, probably caught 30 plus in an hour and went home, lake dropping a little to 18.60 t southwest wind, picked up the wie and we went to jones valley and ran up the pit to meet Carol and Steve rom Reno, had lunch,lied a lot and went upstream near Flat creek or 6 but I couldn't connect on the MGM worms a ront was coming through and we inally managed ish on some jigs and my uncle caught 4 on a small crank bait, wind howling at 25 plus, I inally managed one keeper on a 109 4 inch, the wie caught hers on a jig, the tournaments tomorrow are going to ace a tough bite, got to looking at the calendar and I have only 13 days let and back to work. Did open up a emale that inhaled a jig, she had already spawned and looked as thin as a ruler, no cruisers this evening, the weather put them down.
    City: Redding

Tuesday, April 24th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 57-60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: a very interesting day today, you know how you get used to tossing something that has been eective and all o a sudden nothing works but you end up sticking with a game plan that doesn't pan out............. ;lake at 18.30, air temp going in at 615 am was 56, ran over into the back o holiday harbor iguring they ought to be up shallow in thereand they were but we couldn't get anything going, Dick caught a lttle dink on a small crank bait and walt git bit on a mgm 109 4inch, I couldn't get anything going on the 127 or the 109 until........... I picked up a green ghost II # 125 4inch and bang, irst cast a 2.0 lber. we move over near ort creek and i'm pitching the 127 again and nothing is happening, tie on a #69 blue ghost 4inch and BANG another 2.4. You would think I would hav e igured this out but not me, move outside o blue canyon and Im'm back on the MGM 109, nothing is happening, walt manages one more on a aded oout 109 idget so I put on the green ghost again and promptly ppick up 5 to 2.5 and my uncle is trying to see what's tied on, it was banged up so I tore it in hal and tossed it in the lake, unortunately it didn't sink and now he wants one o these 125 green ghost II,I tell him they are 8 bucks apiece on the lake and he taps me with his spinning rod so I hand one over. he catches two quickly and then things slow down at 1045 am. we head back and the airtemp getting out is 81. guess I will have to get sosme 125's and some 69's, o course u can never have too many worms!
    City: Redding

Sunday, April 22nd, 2001

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    Water Temp: 67

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: WE to jones vally and looked or deep cuts with trees and bushes and we used jerky J shad and spinner baits an crank baits jig rubber worms eany thing works right now i you put it in there ace we cought 70 bass with two people Goog luck catch lots o ish
    City: Redding

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: in the water at jones valey at 605am, water at 55 and level to 18.50, no wind lat water, ran up to outside clickapudi or a quick one on a trout pattern crank bait and one on a jig, ran up to outside blue canyon or 13 more, 8 were over 2 lbs with the bigest a at 2.4. the emales are really geting close, had two with bloody tails, caught most on the 127 MGM 4inch and 4 on the MGM 109 4 inch, out o the water at 1030, big crowd hitting the lake this am , even some skiers and two jet skis, at least 60 boats in at jones valley, had two questions via email about the MGM's, they can be purchased locally at Strictly ishing on Athens Ave in Redding or ordered rom the company website at www.MGMLURES.com (530)246-3663, the union 76 at the MTN. Gate exit o o I-5 also has them.
    City: Redding

Saturday, April 21st, 2001

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    Water Temp: 56-59

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: My uncle arrived rom Indiana at 4pm and we were in the water at 545pm at bailey cove, lake at 18.60 t, 73 degrees lat waster, ran over to outside the ort creek coves or 6 , 4 on a 127 4inch and the other 2 on the MGM 109 4 inch, ran up the pit near brushy canyon or numerous hits by small ish and he boated one more at 1.8 on the 127 MGM 4inch. it all came to a halt at 705 pm, out at 745pm water at 56 at the loat, air temp 56 degrees.
    City: Redding

Wednesday, April 18th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Big Daddy and I managed 29 over the last two days, to 3.4 lbs, most were small and the ish have pulled back o the banks and have gone deeper with the cold ront that has come through and is still here, the lake is at 19.05 t with the outlow nearly matching the inlow, we were in the pit on tuesday and the McCloud on Wednesday, red mud banks are still productive but u need to go deeper to ind the ish, we cranked a ew in the early am (6 to 630am) and I got one out o 5 t o water but the weather change has caused the cruisers to head or deeper water.
    City: Redding

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    Water Temp: 54-56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Just got back rom a week long houseboat trip. One ront ater another but had some pretty good ishing. Averaged close to 10 lbs a day with 11 1/2 lbs my top day or 5 ish. Beleive it or not ound 2 lb plus ish Carolina rigging baby brush hogs in 28 to 40 t o water. Had to have southern acing creek channels with red clay. Best ish came rom the McCloud arm. Saw a lot o 5 to 12 lb largemouth cruising the willows but very spooky. Big ish o the week was 3 lbs. Hope it helps...

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR SOME REPORTS ON WISKEYTOWN HAS ANY BEEN FISHING THERE IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION PLEASE REPORT
    City: KLAMATH FALLS,ORE

Monday, April 16th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: just got back rom ishing ri-sun.great trip!met jerry-great guy-gave me tips on what to use and where to try.would not have done nearly as well without his help.went to MGM,met the owner,Don,got a tour and picked up some great looking super sot worms that actually were real durable and used them all weekend.ound ish mostly 15-20 t.about 2/3 back into coves except or one mud bank with muddy water stacked against it with ish in 5-10 t.besides reduced clarity that water was probably warmer.didn't catch any dinks but nothing over 15" talked to guys ishing deeper(30 t.) who caught twice as many,mostly dinks with good ish mixrd in.used MGM at weenie color #109, gonna get some other colors this week!
    City: medord

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: As an addendum to my report on 4-14, the co-owner o Strictly ishing called me today and we worked out any dierences we had over the broken spinning rod, a new one should be on the way. Big Daddy showed up and the wind is blowing at 40 knots out o the southwest, could get real interesting tomorrow.
    City: Redding

Sunday, April 15th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: replaced the broken rod rom yesterday and got into the water at 615am, air temp 43, no wind, ran upstream in the pit or 17 to 2.9, my ive best went 14.18. the irst 10 were all dink males, started ishing a little shallower, say 18 t and started picking up the larger emales, they were busting the MGM #127 beore it ever got to the bottom, missed as many as I caught, beautiul easter morning with a little high cloudiness, went through a 50 pk o the 127 4inchers and back to the store tomorrow or a couple o 50 pks, they were really eating them up. out o the water a jones valley at 1015 air temp up to 53 water actually cooled o a degree to 53. big daddy should be here tomorrow so back out I go!
    City: Redding

Saturday, April 14th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 53-54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went out with the wie this late am, in at bailey cove at 1145am, lake at 19.4 t with as much going out as is coming in, ran up to the north end o the McCloud or 5 to 2.2 lbs on the MGM#109 and snapped o the tip o a berkley rod while setting on a 2 lb er, I igure no problem that Strictly Fishing (gary) will replace oit as I buy all my rods and reels there. go back south a bit and run into a riend rom oregon down by dekas rock where he is hitting them pretty good, especially yesterday. I send him up stream where I was and decide to head bck in to get the rod replaced as Big Daddy is coming monday and I will be out again. I stop at Strictly Fishing and show Gary the rod and he asks i I am sure I didn't bend it over and snap it o. He won't replace it o his rack and wants to send it in to berkley meaning a 4-6 week wait, I get upset and leave telling him he can keep it. I ain't going back there anymore, bought 5 reels and a handul o rods plus a bunch o MGM stu and salmon stu since I moved here, but never again. out at 245 pm, airtemp up to 68, water at the ramp to 54, upper McCloud at 52 degrees. didn't see any cruisers today, the pit(lower) and lower squaw creek is a little warmer. Ron Pine came by on his way to the lake so Ron, keep me posted.
    City: Redding

Friday, April 13th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 45-50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I cought a 12 pound Bass on a black and blue Stanly Ternement Seireis gig.
    City: red blu

Thursday, April 12th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 52-53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: those temps are early am temps, lake up to 19.28 t and rising very slowly, getting very clear, light breeze out o the n/e, in the water at Jones Valley at 0615, only one spot let on ramp to park, I got it today, air temp a brisk 39 degrees, ran up the pit with my riend who complained about the early start, he boated the irst at 2 lber with second cast on a #127 MGM 4 inch worm, we continued till 930 or 9 more with two dinks to 2.4 lbs when the bite shut down, caught 6 on the 127 MGM 4 inch, 2 on the MGM #109 4 inch and one on the rainbow #99. out o the water at 10 am temp up to 53 air temp to 57, the emales we caught are just about at enough to bust open , this spawn will get going when the temp gets up a another 7 degrees or so, orecast or the next week is clear and warming so things ought to really get going in a ew days.
    City: Redding

Saturday, April 7th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at Jones Valley at 3:30 PM ater sitting in truck or a hal o hour waiting or a squall to blow through. Caught ten the largest was 14". Drop shotting next to willows and o secondary points is where I ound the ish. They were in about 15-20 t. I was in the mouth o the Squaw Arm on the north side (McClure Gultch).
    City: Weaverville

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Hank Boyd rom Wash. State, e-mail me when u see this, your e-mail address keeps coming back as undeliverable
    City: Redding

Thursday, April 5th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 52-56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: had a number o things to do this am and boy, am I glad I did, got in a Bailey Cove at 330pm,, air temp 69 water at 52 lake up to 19.80 t ran over to squaw creek and ound Steve and Carol and went down near horsecreek point or 3 with one to 2.46 on an MGM #109 at weenie, ran over to the pit near blue canyon or 8 more between 6 and 7 pm to 2.4 on the #109 at weenie, got carol in my boat to work on her casting and she missed 4 or so and inally hoooked a smallmouth when she noticed her line moving and said"why is my line doing that" she stuck him good and we hooraahhed her husband who was sitting a bit o our bow. great people and we had un.
    City: Redding

    Tips: had numerous hits while the bait was sinking and also missed as many or more than I caught, the #127 4 inch was smacked repeatedly but I couldn't get hooked up.

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Out o Bridge Bay at 6:a.m. crossed those big rollers on the Sac. to the Big Backbone, started throwing jigs and worms in places I have had success in the past, No Takers.About 9:30 I run on a huge ball o shad, the salmon and trout were hitting them hard, Tossed a little white spoon in them and boated 1 salmon at 4.5# and a beautiul 7 pounder. Headed south and picked up a 1.8 spot on a MGM 106 worm, only hit o the day rom a bass, I must be losing it. That ball o shad was the most I have ever seen,Amazing
    City: Redding

Wednesday, April 4th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 58-60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Sorry or the late report. Fished mouth o Squaw and Pit on 4-2,3,4. Found better ish on inside main points early,moving to shade and outside willows midday on keeper oxblood and Berkley 4" iness in motor oil. Once 3:00 came change over to the brightest chartreuse worm you can ind and splitshot red clay/sotball rock bank as slowly as you can and the action is hot.It seems like the quality is better this year as we boated around 20 ish 1.5 to 3lbs each day. The aternoon being much more productive or us. The days were 80 degrees and a little breezy but it will get back ther soon I hope. It always takes me a while to recall how slow the Shasta crawl really is.
    City: galt

    Tips: Chartreuse in the Evening, and don't orget, I your not getting bit at Shasta you are moving too ast.