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Thursday, March 1st, 2001

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    Water Temp: 46

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Had things to do but needed to get out or a change o scenery, in at Bailey Cove at 0905, temp was 41, out at 1230 at 47, overcast and a little rain starting to come down, lake up to 38.25 t, ran over to the conluence o the Pit and the McCloud near the "bubbles", drop a 4 inch big daddy special down and loaded up with a 2.4 lber, moved a bit and back in with the special, bounced twice on a rock or two and loaded up again, 2.6 lbs and I am liking this. Moved north a bit and stuck on a 4 inch MGM blue ghost #69 and tossed it out, steady pull down brought up a 3.2 lber that had a bit o spunk, moved o north again and got bit three more time on the blue ghost but set to quick and got back hal a worm each time. The irst three were in 17-28 t o water, I stayed towards shore and threw out into 50 t o water and pulled the worms up the slope. Worked just ine. Things should improve when the lake starts warming up , we are about 5 degrees cooler than last year and 12 t short on the water.
    City: Redding

Wednesday, February 28th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 43-47

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: In at Jones Valley ast 0700, temp 41 degrees, out at 230pm, temp 59, strong winds 15-25 with gusts to 35 out o the northeast, lake up to 38 t and a little bit, the parking on the ramp is disapearing, lots o junk blown onto shore at Jones Valley, ran over by the rockpile or two right o the bat in 17 t on a MGM green weenie color #103, ran up the pit to Arbuckle, zip, ran back down to Blue Canyon, tons o western grebes in the back chasing shad, put on a 3 inch at slug by MGM in smoke ice #5 and also used a 5 inch curly tail in same color (shad color) and caught 6 beore they took o, nice big shad about 4-5 inches long, trout and salmon working them over pretty good in the top 6 t o water, the bass came out o 17 t to 26 t. Wind came up bigtime about 1230, caught all six in 10 minutes just beore the wind hit, watched a patio boat go by and catch 4 trout and 2 salmon, one other basser in there with me, he was pitchin a spinner bait against the bank, saw him hook one small ish, mine were mostly dinks with one to 1.6 lbs.tried jigs with no luck.
    City: Redding

Monday, February 26th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 43-46

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: lots o stu in the lake but with the wind howling, it's mostly on shore, in at 0730 at 41 degrees at jones valley, out a 130pm at 63 degrees, the have moved Jone valley resort back into their cove, water up to 39.50 and rising ast, came up a oot while I was in the water, wind 25-35 with gusts to 50, ran over toi squaw creek and made a big mistake turning the corner out o the Pit, hit some 6 oters and got airborne twice, unny eeling when u look down and see two eet o air between ur butt and the seat, picked up one small 1 lber over by horsecreek point, wind real bad, ran up to the top o the pit, got about ten short quick hits but wasn't quick enound on the pumpkin pepper jigs, ran back down to the pit by the Rockpile and hit some rocks that just went under, took three out, all at 2.6 lbs on a big daddy special, switched to a spinning rod or these or more distance, boy has it been awhile since I used aspinning rod! Had to run around slowly to get the lline stretched out, water has cooled o somewhat with all the rain and I just got tired o ighting the wind, did see one blue and white ball cap go sailing by, shallowest ish were the bigger ones, all came out o 13t. the irst dink came out o 28 t.
    City: Redding

Sunday, February 25th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Honey Lake Bass had the irst Tourney on the 25th. It looked like it was going to be a bad day. But it turned out great. My partner and I had a hard time inding ish. We try the Six Shooter worms rom Janesville Ca. Morning darn seem to catch our biggest ish. Also the Six Shooter Green weenies seem to do good too. The little lizards in those colors that they make, seem to work great. We just could not get enough weight to win. Snooks and Cody Team won it with over 10lbs. with 5 ish. Snooks tell me he put it to them with Six shooter Lizards and Morning Dawn worms with a Darter Head. 30 Ft. where the ish were.
    City: Susanville

    Tips: Fish hard and shake the plastics. Main Body in 5 to 35 t. Look or suspended ish. Make sure you have a pair o sun glasses, that sun that pokes out burn up your eyes. Good Luck!!

Friday, February 23rd, 2001

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    Water Temp: 44-47

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: water ull o junk lake up 7 t in past 5 days to 46.8t, in the water at bailey cove which is just now available again but no loat in place, temp 31 degrees, ran over to the erry and started down the McCloud hitting point on the east shore, one tap right o the bat and threw back in or one dink and that was the end o that, caught on a MGM 3inch idget in blue ghost #69, tried jigs, spinner baits, many dierent worms, zip! mudlines orming, very little wind today out o the north at 3mph, did talk to two other boats pre-ishing or the Won Bass team event, neither had caught anything, watcvhed another guy or 45 minutes, he didn't catch anything either, lots o water coming in, I tried rom the bank out to 5o t, nothing , nada. nice earm day out at 230pm at 58 degrees.
    City: Redding

Thursday, February 15th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 46

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: bright clear morning, in the water at jones valley at 7am, a brisk 28 degrees, lake up to 53.5t, wind out o the northeast at 5mph, the hump at jones valley is going to be unparkable in a day or two, cut the hook o a jig or two or preishing, went over to ort creek, clickapudi and a ew places in the pit or three hours, 7 rubber band type pressure hits, and one that was healthy, whatever it was ripped o the grub, weak ront moved in and it got cloudy quickly, wind down to just a hint at 1-2 mph, Packers bay road is still snowed in, won't be servicable this weekend, out at 10am and met and talked to Terry (ishnt) at the top o the ramp, olks were showing up at a good clip, probably 45 rigs in when I let. temp at 38 when I let.
    City: Redding

Monday, February 12th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 47

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out o Jones Valley and headed or the Squaw arm. On the water at 9am irst ish came at 9:10am. Felt like a wet dish towel until I set the hook.(2.0lbs) Proceeded to catch three more, all o which had a more deined take.(1.05-1.13lbs) Moved around some and caught three more including a 1.11lbs smallmouth. The wind came up so I moved to a main point and spooned up a 2.02lbs spot. All the other ish came on brown jig and twin-tail trailer. The water temp. was 47-48 degrees. Not a bad bite considering there was still snow on the shoreline. O the water at 2:30pm.
    City: Redding

Saturday, February 10th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 46.8

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out this am to try out 4wd and we did slip and slide we went to Jones valley. and 6" o snow orcasted so chained up this morning so we wouldn't have to later. Caught one ish in the ort creek and went point hopping up the pit or another ten or so. We caught all but one on a brown jig and the other on a 6" worm in green. Only caught 2 under 1.75# and none over 2.0#.
    City: Anderson

    Tips: Slow Slow Slow!

Monday, February 5th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 47-51

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Should have stayed home, out o jones valley at 1030, temp 54, water lat no wind,lake at 57 t and quite a bit o small debris in the pit arm, ran up to the no ski buoys and ished down stream rom there, must have had 20 taps on jigs, idgets and big daddy special,NO FISH, not a single hook up, something would tap me once or twice and then nothing, had only one pull down, got back a wormless hook. Clark (a regular) pulls up next to me at reynolds creek and laments the same acts, had a number o taps, no takers, i this gentlemen isn't catching we are all in trouble. Went on back to the ramp and talked to 8 guys I know on the way back, NOBODY had a single ish with the exception o one guy who was spooning and snagged a couple o trout. Pulled out at 230 pm and the temp was up to 73 degrees, guess the ul moon or nearly so has bit me in the behind. 3 regulars were up at the top o the ramp and we jawboned about the conditions, one guy caught one dink.
    City: Redding

Sunday, February 4th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 46-50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: headed or Hirz Bay this am or a change o scenery, in at 915, 41 degrees, lake at 46 degrees and at 57.14 t, 15 knot north wind to keep things cool, a little snow and ice on gilman rd on the way in beore the top o the hill trail, downslope rom there ok, ran up to the mouth o nosoni creek or one at 1.8 in 28t o water on an MGM silver ghost, ribbed and a hooked tail, tried some points downstream rom nosoni and moved to the north bank to get away rom the wind gusts, tossed a bps twin tail jig in pumpkin pepper into a little cut, it bounced once and stopped, nice 3.2 just nailed it, moved urther south to the north end o Dekas Rock and dredged up a dink in 33t, the 3.2 was only in 18 t o water, all hit with authority or a change and that was that. The wind quit around 1pm and the temp soared to 71 degrees, got out a 205 pm. a ew other minor taps around the moore creek campground on the MGM green and blue ghost idget. some riends I talked to a Phils this am reported numerous limits on the small side and some good ish to 6lbs. The new bass winners had 20 plus pounds, third place was 19 and a hal (Ralph Knight?) and his partner.
    City: Redding

Saturday, February 3rd, 2001

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    Water Temp: 48-49

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: did something unusual today, went out on a Saturday, Jones Valley not very busy, the New Bass guys were out in orce out o bridge bay, 48 degrees going in, lake at 57.25 and airly clear, some debris starting to show in the lower squaw big enough to cause a ew problems,went over near horse creek point and saw John and Mark in John's Nitro, they were out with the new bass bunch, banged around over there or a bit with only one tap, went back over to ort creek coves or two, John and Mark rode up and stuck two right o the bat, I went to Clickapudi or 5 in my creek bed, bigest was a 1.4, the rest were 13 inchers, at but not much weight, caught them on the MGM #109 & #69 3 inch idget, ran back over to the same area in ort creek, some ellow in my spot so I waited about a 1/2 hour and he let, picked up our more on a big daddy special, all the same size, 13 inches, was about to pull out when Mark and John showed up , Mark stuck a nice 2.2 smallmouth in the Squaw, my ish came rom 21 t to 48 t o water, talked to hal a dozen guys at Jones valley, most reported limits o small ish, one regular pulled me aside and told me about the 5.9 spot he turned back up in the Pit, He wouldn't say where or what he was using, 67 degrees coming out, water lat, no wind, Man do we need some rain. Neighbor came back rom the Smith river with a sad tale, water down to 7.3, river ull o ish but no takers, he said you could see a quarter laying on the bottom in 30 t o water, saw three ish caught irst day, only a couple on Friday and he let. out o the water at 325pm.
    City: Redding

Thursday, February 1st, 2001

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    Water Temp: 47-49

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: in at Jones Valley at 1015 am, temp at 43, no wind and overcast, lake up to 57.5 t 39 rigs on the ramp, motored over to the back o ort creek coves, my stumps are disappearing slowly, tossed in a MGM 109 idget and it got whacked on the way down at about 12 t, nice 1.9 spot, toss it back in again and bump on the way down, another 1.9. nothing ater that so ran to Clickapudi or my creek bed and tapped a 1.8 on the big daddy special, ran out side o clickapudi and about 400 yards upstream in a small cove and picked up a nice 2.2 on the green 109 idget in 38 t. sosme more debris today but nothing dangerous yet. iddled around looking or a ew dierent spots as the wind came up out o the south at 115 pm and seemed to cool o a bit. headed home or some honey doos, 51 rigs on the beach when I pulled out at 145 pm. Talked to another guy on the way out, he reported no ish caught in over 4 hours.
    City: Redding

Wednesday, January 31st, 2001

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    Water Temp: 47-51

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: late start today, in at jones valley at 115pm, air temo 58, bright and clear, wind out o the north at 15 with gusts to 25, lake at 58 t and airly clear, some debris starting to show as the lake comes up but nothing major, went into the back o the ort creek coves, irst 7 casts netted 5 dinks on a big daddy special, moved south about a block and popped a nice 2.2 on same worm, pulled out an MGM idget in color #109 and caught 3 to 1.8 lbs, moved upstream in the pit a bit near the rockpile and dropped the idget down next to a stump or a 3.2 that was initially wrapped around a stump, got over the top o him in 28 t and pounded on the rod butt a bit and he came unstuck, used to see my dad do that, it worked, nice at spot, caught three more at 1.4 - 1.6 on the green idget and let. out o the water at 345pm air temp still 58. took the ish in 28 to 41 t o water. spoke to a local gent and regular who claimed 25 on green worms between 9am and 330pm, he doesn't stretch the truth so I believe him. Saw him boat 3 just a couple hundred eet rom me.
    City: Redding

Monday, January 29th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 48-50 degrees

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: ished saturday and sunday,snow on the banks but the ish did not seem to care,caught keepers in 10 - 40 t o water on purple and cinnamon worms using a darthead in 1/4 oz. ished the pit and squaw arms on clay banks with rock and wood. ish were aggressive you knew you got bit.
    City: hayward

    Tips: dress warm it is cold out there

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    Water Temp: 47-50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went and stuck my report or today on Shasta in the wrong column, it in the Delta report spot. sorry about that.
    City: redding

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: In at 7:30 light rain,light wind. Went to Clickapudi,ound a stretchabout 200 yards long holding ish. Made about a dozen dritsin water 25 t0 39 eet caught 9 one 11" 3-12" 3-13" 2-14".All were at & healthy.All caught on a drop shot rig,3" ring worm colors copper& shad.No surprises you knew when they took it.Looks like the rain is going to get serious.Out at 12:30.
    City: Corning

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: As much as I hate having to pay to launch at least they are making the eort to level the playing ield. Now i they would only make more o an eort to keep the ramps clear and open, make sure the loats are usable, that the lights in the parking and launch areas are working, and bee up patrols to cut down on vandalism, we might see a return on our launch ees. On the downside an employee rom DFG stated that not only are they going to discontinue aerial stocking but that they plan to stop stocking all lakes above 4'000t. Hope he was misinormed. The more we pay or ishing licenses the smaller the bag limits and the ewer our ishing opputunities become.
    City: Red Blu

Sunday, January 21st, 2001

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    Water Temp: 47-49

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: 8 t visibility, in the water at Jones Valley at 715AM at 35 degrees, water temp 47, ran up to blue canyon, zip nada nothing inside or outside o blue canyon, back down the lake to Clickapudi, started tossing a new MGM worm, a ive inch zipper in blue ghost(#69) with a hooked tail, caught one dink on irst cast, a whole .8 lbs, ran over to ort creek coves way in the back, or 9 more hits, with ive in the boat rom 1.2 to 2.2 lbs. They really liked this new worm. k Warmed up to 65 degrees, clear and no wind, lots o regulars out ater 10 am, a bit nippy this am running upstream, the rogg toggs do a good job o busting the wind. out o the water a 130pm. back out tomorrow I hope rain on the way by tomorrow evening. Park cop on the ramp writing tickets to those that did not pay.
    City: Redding

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    Water Temp: 47-49

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: 8 t visibility, in the water at Jones Valley at 715AM at 35 degrees, water temp 47, ran up to blue canyon, zip nada nothing inside or outside o blue canyon, back down the lake to Clickapudi, started tossing a new MGM worm, a ive inch zipper in blue ghost(#69) with a hooked tail, caught one dink on irst cast, a whole .8 lbs, ran over to ort creek coves way in the back, or 9 more hits, with ive in the boat rom 1.2 to 2.2 lbs. They really liked this new worm. k Warmed up to 65 degrees, clear and no wind, lots o regulars out ater 10 am, a bit nippy this am running upstream, the rogg toggs do a good job o busting the wind. out o the water a 130pm. back out tomorrow I hope rain on the way by tomorrow evening. Park cop on the ramp writing tickets to those that did not pay.
    City: Redding

Friday, January 19th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 47-50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: got out early and in the water at 745AM at Jones Valley, air temp 35, put on a bunch a stu and covered it with the new rogg toggs, ran over the Clickapudi, chucked a big daddy special into a creek channel and it was immediately gobbled up, went to turn the bow away rom the ish and can't get the trolling motor to turn, run to the back and get this guy up to the surace and scrambled or the net, 4.1 lb spot, very at and ull o ight, go to get a picture, the camera battery is dead, oh well dump him back into the lake and go back up ront, the trolling motor just won't turn, take the top o and there is a ball bearing laying on top o the bearing race, damn, head or the ramp and call Ca. custom marine, Norm says bring it on over, get ithe boat out o the water and head or the shop. Calvin dives in and ixes the thing in 35 minutes, it woulda took me two hours, back out to jones valley and back over to Clickapudi and the same creek channel, in goes the big daddy special and pull up a little 1.4 spot. head over to ort creek coves to another creek channel, two slight taps and then nothing. pull out at 145 pm, temp up to 62, water lat and no wind. Lake up to 61 t and a bit murky around the edges. Nice day what with the trolling motor problem and all.
    City: Redding