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Wednesday, January 17th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 47-49

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: got the attic ladder and insulation done so hit the lake at 1pm at jones valey, lake at 61.25 t. air temp in was 53 out a 315 pm at 55 degrees. Ran into Jim out there and he had a couple over in the ort creek coves, caught 6, 3 on the Big Daddy special and 3 on the MGM green idget in color #109, 4 were copies at 1.6lbs, one was 1.8 and the other was 2.8 which came on the MGM. ished a creek channel in 13 to 35 t the larger one was out o 13 t. wind cooking right along at 15 knots but not as cold as the other day. Shot the bull with Jim at the top o the ramp, i wish I knew as much about this lake as he does. Stopped at Shasta Fish mounts on the way home and inally met Glen, the owner. I your ever up this way stop by and see his work. He has some monster bass on display there. he is at the corner o Bear mountain road and Dry creek road. Be prepared to stay awhile, he is a great host and the beer was cold.
    City: Redding

Monday, January 15th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 47-50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: did a little quick thing out o Jones Valley with the wie, wind blowing hard and very cold, lake up to 61 and a little bit eet, some water lowing in on steep slopes, lake clear so ar, hooked something huge in Clickapudi that took me into a stump and I could eel him come undone leaving me in the stump, ound ish in 10 to 40t o water, had two pull downs in 13 t, took o and went home, it was COLD with that north wind blowing, didn't spend but an hour out there. irst ish hit a BPS twin tail skirted jig, the other two went on the MGM idget in blue ghost, a dandy little bait attached to a 1/4 oz darter head. Good weather predicted or the rest o the week, but its gonna be cold.
    City: Redding

Sunday, January 14th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Brisk north wind made or white caps on the Sac and McCloud arms most o the day. High temp was barely 50 degrees but the wind made it bone chilling cold.Fished Shasta Region Federation tourney. We tried spinnerbaits and crankbaits througout the day on windy banks with no success. All the ish came drop shotting Pro Worms in 2' to 40' o water. My draw partner Brad Lewis stuck a nice 3.5# spot early in about 10' o water. Mid day he stuck a beautiul 6.3# spot in about 5' o water. The rest o the day we drop shotted in 20' to 40' o water catching alot o good quality 2# average spots. Our weight or the six ish limit was 18.00# even.
    City: Redding

    Tips: Fish the drop shot slow. We got several ish just dead sticking. A couple o times, ish hit my rod as I was netting my partner's ish. S-l-o-w.

Friday, January 5th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Re: Jones Valley loat. Call this number and report any and all complaints 530-238-2824. We are paying these people to do a job and they are not doing it.
    City: Red Blu

Thursday, January 4th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 50-52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: the loat at jones valley is ixed,FINALLY, ib the water at 915AM,air temp 41, ran over to ort creek coves, oops no ish, no bait in my usual haunts. moved out into 50 t plus and ound some ish but no takers on the MGM worms, pulled out and ran over to Clickapudi, not as many ish as yesterday but enough to give it a try, no takers on the worms so broke out the old reliable jigs in pumpkin pepper on a 3/8oz jig head, BANG, a 2.8 that sure elt a lot bigger when I initially stuck him. Weighed him and dropped him back in, next cast, 2.2 lber out o the same spot, back in or more but no go. Lake came up nearly a oot in past 24 hours, lots o olks out today but many let early. I didn't get bit until 1245 pm and then nothing ater that. The ish I have caught lately have been at as pigs. Got out o the water at 3pm air temp 62. water lat and no wind at all, yesterday had a little breeze.
    City: Redding

    Tips: BPS pumpkin pepper twin tail skirted jig on 3/8 oz jig head did the trick.

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2001

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    Water Temp: 51-52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went out o Jones Valley again and over to brushy canyon, irst three casts
    City: jRedding

    Tips: used #69 idget 3 inches long(blue ghost) and #109 idget in same length rom MGM Lures on a 1/4 oz darter head with a 1/0 hook.

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    Water Temp: 51-52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went out o Jones Valley again and over by Brushy Canyon, irst three casts
    City: Redding

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2001

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: in late again, out o Jones Valley at 11AM, ran up to Arbuckle lat area, one pull down on a worm, ran back down to Panther canyon, couldn't ind any ish there, back over near the rockpile and poked around with no action until 130PM, put 4 in the boat with 2 more lost in 37 t o water, used a 1/4 oz darter head, and it came to a halt at 3 PM,biggest was a 2.2 ollowed by three 1.8's, llost one little guy at the boat and another decent ish that I never saw that wrapped me around a stump. air temp got up to 66, lake still coming up slowly, now at 63t. Jones valley loat still screwed up. used a blue ghost today and big daddy's special, the larger o the our came on a blue ghost. got out at 345PM.
    City: Redding

Monday, January 1st, 2001

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    Water Temp: 50-52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: the boat owner(my wie) said lets go so we got in at Jones Valley at 1045AM, air temp 52 and went over to the ort creek coves in the lumberyard, caught 2 out o 35 t o water on Big Daddys special, wie lost one on a jig, ran to Clickapudi, wie lost another one, yeah, I laughed and was struck with the business end o a spinning rod. coasted up to a stump and dropped my rig down or two more, all were about 1.6 lbs, the last one was 2 and little bit. I was always told that hooksets are ree so I got a good pulldown and stuck it H A R D, broke an old Wal Mart special at the reel seat, guess that was a rock, and in goes my abu 6500 c3, ortunately, I got that back, now she's laughing. We go home and I get orders to buy a new rod since I have one in the shop and this busted one. Gotta love this lady! got out at 145 PM, air temp up to 67 very pleasant day. Jones valley very busy, the loat is still messed up! Lake up to 63.25 t and rising slowly, clear down to 15t.
    City: Redding

Thursday, December 28th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 50-52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: ished tuesday and wednesday in main lake and pit arm, ish were aggressive on split shot in 25'. purple with black lake seemed to work best.caught 20 on tuesday and 12 on wednesday. any bank with a mixture o rock and wood and clay seemed to be holding ish.
    City: hayward

    Tips: aggressive and sot bites,be patient,i they want it they eat it

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    Water Temp: 51-52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: did my chores this am and hit the water at 1115 AM, ran over to the ort creek coves in the lumber yard and dropped a Big Daddy special down in 35 t and "bang", 1.6 lb spot. moved around a bit and caught 4 more on the "special". A guy moves up on me and I pull o a bit and hit another one, I look back at the guy and he is eyeballing me with some binoculars so done goes the rod tip with the "special" in the water. all ish caught in 28-35 t o water, the surace temp has warmed up a bit, was 53 when I got in and 68 when I pulled out at 230 PM ater busting o a rod at the second guide on another 1.8 spot on a jig over by clickapudi. Lots o olks out today, some 50 rigs were in at Jones Valley. Beautiul warm aternoon, lake moved up to 63 1/3 t with the rain rom last week. Pressure bite again today but the ish were a little more aggressive. All came o gentle slopes with wood around. Took the rod back to the retailer, she wrapped it up to send it o or a replacement. Jones Valley loat is still not repaired and is on the beach meaning you can't tie up on both sides o the loat.
    City: Redding

Wednesday, December 20th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 52.2

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: We lanched late at Packers, around 11 am yesterday morning and headed up the McCloud. The irst two casts we had two ish. They were around 13-14 inches. Beautiul ish, stued ull o shad and crawdads. We ished until around 5pm. The total or the day was 20 ish 13-14 inches, the best weighing 1.8 lbs. We mainly used drop shot, with a 4 inch Aaron special or dark green worm. No jig ish. Most o the ish were in 25-30 eet o water on steep rocky banks.
    City: Redding

    Tips: Aaron's special, 4 inch green worms

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    Water Temp: 48-53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: got in at 9AM, air temp 46, jones valley loat up on the beach, the track is busted, went up to the top o squaw creek, banged around and couldn't get anything going on the drop shot, water very murky and stu loating in it rom the rain, very cloudy, no wind, ran back down hitting dierent spots, had one pulldown on the drop shot on a blue ghost but he let go, ran back dodwn to the stumpield just north o the rockpile and started picking them up in 48 t o water on Big Daddy's worm and a 1/4 oz darter head, I really had to let them load the rod bigtime or all u got baack was hal a worm or no worm at all. 11 hits, 6 on with 5 in the boat, all were 1.6 lb spots/clones. I had to ish very slowly and nearly straight up and down due to all the stumps in the area. The deepest came out o 53 t. and had to be dellated. This year the pressure bite is something to behold, I had to let the rod load with about a 4 inch bend in it or no go. Nothing bothered my jigs at all. Spoke to 4 others, 3 claimed they got blanked, one guy, a regular had two in his livewell. temp got up 63 by the time I let, the cloud cover seemed to help as the day went on.
    City: Redding

Monday, December 18th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 52-53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: got going real late, in the water at 1245Pm at Jones Valley, wind up and blowing about 15mph, the jones valley loat was pushed up against the bank creating problems or some older gentlemen trying to put their jetcrat in. got them squared away and decided to run around and just look things over, lake has come up a oot with the rain to 64t, a bit murky, ran up to panther canyon, no ish where I ound them the other day, up to arbuckle, no ish again except or a ew trout in the lat o o arbuckle, sugarpine had a ew in 45t o the main point, they were not interested in my drop shot, watched the resident bald eagle at sugarpine nail a large trout, he had to swim it to shore to get it out o the water, ran back down to Clickapudi and tossed a jig at one o the stumps and "WHAP" something dang near ripped the rod out o my hand, it elt unny and up comes a large rainbow with my jig stuck in the side o his head, he rolled in the line and busted o. The wind quits and I spend an hour and a hal running around looking at the bottom over by squaw creek, ound a bunch o ish o o squaw point in the trees that are coming up right at sunset, get back to the ramp and the same gentlemen are there struggling to get their rig on the trailer, I run it up on the trailer and they show me two nice trout rom the upper end o the pit. in at 63 degrees, out at 51, temp dropped 10 degrees in 15 minutes as the sun went down. Lots o trout active in the upper Pit, quite a ew shad around but not much bunched up, they are all spread out. Pressure bites are the rule now, morning bite the best and the earlier the better. A good bite is reported by a reliable riend in the AM in the upper squaw and McCloud o o steep rocks in deep water on green worms with chartruese tails.
    City: Redding

Friday, December 15th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: A bit nippy this AM so I did some chores and headed or Hirz Bay, got there at 945AM, 39 degrees, sun up and the og disapating, ran over across rom Kamloops(Dekas Rock) and poked around droopshotting, had numerous taps but got only a hal a worm back or no worm, had them nose hooked, changed the rig to wacky style and that took care o that, no more taps, went down the east shore north o Dekas Rock in the shade(brrrr cold) and ound some ish in 13 t o water in a couple o cuts along sosme red banks, whipped out the jig and banged three real quick, all were exactly 1.7 lb spots, very lethargic and sot pressure bites, two guys rom Wash State rolled up rom about 200 yards out and inquired what I was doing so I gave them the ino and tossed them a couple o my jig heads and plastic, let them to work the shallow stu and was about 100 yards upstream when one o them started hollering and boated another good spot, they came back over to me and we talked about the ish being so shallow, I told them that this is unusual and probably due to the 2 1/2 inches o rain the last day or so. I continued on and ished till 230PM and caught a ew more dinks and pulled out behind the two guys rom Wash St.They got o on Pine Grove and were heading or phils. water down to 64.90 t and a bit murky, no wind today and the temp was 51 when I pulled out. Shasta Recreation has put in a new loat at Hirz Bay south, the north ramp is out o the water. Launch ees are going up to 6 bucks a pop on Jan 1st.
    City: Redding

Tuesday, December 12th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: rained hard yesterday so I punked out and waited until today, in the water at 717AM, 31 degrees boy was it un whistling up the pit throught that mist, I was so bundled up that it took 10 minutes to get all the stu o to ish, went to the entrance o dark canyon or 3 on a dropshot rig, on was a dink that jumped o on the casting deck and hurled himsel? back into the lake, one was a 1lb and a little bit the other was 1.8. Went up to Arbuckle creek, zero, moved to the other bank just west o Arbuckle lat and stuck a nice 2.6 on a jig. Went back over to the red point adjacent to sugarpine and lost 3 dinks on the dropshot rig, 2 on the bottom hook and one on the top, collectively they might have gone 20 inches. no other boats showed up until about 1030. green worms seemed the most productive, dark green that is. out o the water at 130pm air temp 48. lake down to 64.40 and stable, a little discolored rom the rain. The drop shotted ish were all caught between 35-48t, the jig ish was taken at 35t, all were caught with a straight up and down presentation. Big Daddy, those worms you sent did the trick, now i I can ind a bigger bass.
    City: Redding

Sunday, December 10th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 53.4

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: launched out o Jones Valley, on the water at 6:30, spent my day in the Pit and Sqaw trying two new baits, boated 21, w/4 over 2pds., biggest being 2.9, worked main lake points, and along the points i they were airly steep. The baits are rom BigBsworms. I used the brushhog & earthworm, the best color or the day was Dark Amber Green #5 with a 1/8oz. darter. I was very impressed w/these baits, the brushog is a soter plastic unlike Zoom's Hog, giving it a better tecture, the bass didn't want to let go, they are 6" baits, and they just inhaled them. The Earthworm is a bait alot like the Senko, what I liked about it was, it alls slower than a Senko, making it even more versatile, along w/being a soter bait, my hook has no problem penatrating through & inding bone. To get these baits, call Bryan Oakey at 1-805-922-5981 or e-mail him,BigBsBass@aol.com He's got over three hundred colors, I'm able to get colors that I can't ind elsewhere.
    City: Redding

    Tips: Main Lake Points, airly steep edges leading back into coves. 1/8oz. Darters, w/8pd. test line on a med/Lt 6-1/2'spinning rod, all ish I caught were 8 to 24'dp.

Thursday, December 7th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 53.5

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: in at antlers at 7AM with John and Mark who wanted to look around the Sac arm, spent the entire day poking around rom antlers all the way downstream to Slaughterhouse, air temp going in was 41, came out at 4pm at 54 degrees. upper sac very cold at 48 degrees above antlers, 8 in the boat, 3 dinks and biggest went 2.4 lbs, mostly on jigs and one spoon ish, bass spread out quite a bit and most were suspended, ound a ew places with ish loaded up but they were not hitting anything, the trout activity has slowed considerably and gets going about 10am, very little bait seen, the shad are all spread out too. warmest water was over by the obrien inlet at 54. things are slowing down. cold weather orecasted or the next week or so with rain on and o starting saturday. We never caught more than one ish in any o the numerous locations we stopped.
    City: Redding

Tuesday, December 5th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went out o jones valley at 730am, air temp 37, over near the crows nest in the pit across rom Ski Island, dredged up one 13 incher out o 26t o water, most all are suspended, moved around a bit over by the ort creek coves and clickapudi, couldn't get anything else to bite, watched a riend work some stumps out in ront o clickapudi or about an hour, he didn't catch anything dropshotting worms, wind came up about 1030 but quit around noon, trout trollers are doing a brisk business moving up the uppper arms, guess the rainbows are going upstream to prepare or the spawn, water a bit murky ater the turnover has been completed, went home around 130pm, air temp 70 degrees. The earlier you get out the better you will do i you can handle the cold mornings. I sure do hate running through that mist in the AM!
    City: Redding

    Tips: spooning is the up and coming way to stick some ish as they settle in or the winter, the wind will make dropshotting a problem but you can still catch some, I have been using a two hook rig with the lower about a oot and a hal o the bottom, the upper about three t o the bottom

Thursday, November 30th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 53-56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I have been sick or nearly a week and received a ew emails regarding current conditions and the Cottonwood Bass Teams team tourney this weekend on Saturday the 2nd o Dec.The lake is down to 64.50 eet and the weather today is great, 6o degrees, 3 mph winds out o the south. The weather ront that was supposed to hit today has slid o to the north and Saturday looks to be perect with temps into the mid 60's under partly cloudy skies. The eveent will be out o Bridge Bay, $150 per team, 5 ish 13inch limit with an 80% payback and big ish prize. They pay back $100 per lb to the top teams. entrys can be had as late as 15 minutes beore the sae light blasto which should be around 7AM or shortly thereater. My neighbor and another local tell me the ishing is holding up well with those using jigs and worms in 18-35 t having good luck. I you have any other questions e-mail me and I'lldo the best I can. This bug is kicking my tail.
    City: Redding