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Wednesday, July 19th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 77

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went out tuesdsay night ast 11pm to 230pm with a very bright ull moon, only 4 dinks out o 12eet o water, most ish were suspended in 10-17 t o water, used my regular menu o jigs but a lighter jighead, the weather is starting to heat up which makes things tough or ishing in the heat, supposed to get back up to 105 by monday the 24th, early Am appears the best beore the lake gets cut up with all the boating traic, shad very busy on the surace in all arms during the evening and have watched a couple o guys working them but not much luck, I ished the jones valley islands but the ull moon made things tough, I ll wait till the 25th when the moon is on the wane beore I go back out.
    City: Redding

Thursday, July 13th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 76

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: out again last night and in the water at 11pm at jones valley, stayed till 2am or 16 to 2 1/2 lbs, all spots rom six dierent islands in 70 degree temps and a nearly ull moon, they wouldn't hit the black jigs but did get ater a watermelon pumpkin pepper job on a 3/8 oz jig head, took six o the end o one hump in less than 20 minutes and things quit at about 130 am. water temps back on the way up again and the lake is down to 33 t.
    City: Redding

Thursday, June 29th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 79

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: anotyher great late night trip, out o Jones Valley at 1am, irst ish at 105, 20 total and a 4.5 lb largemouth at 305 am all on pumpkin pepper twin tail skirted 3/8oz jigs on the humps across rom the jones valley ramp just east o cowpasture cove, managed to make the thumb bleed again, all ish caught in less than 6t o water
    City: Redding

Thursday, June 22nd, 2000

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    Water Temp: 75

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The last week has been nothing but dinks, one ater the other. Woke up this am at 130am and decided"what the heck, might as will get out there" In the water at 2am at jones valley, moved over to the north side where all the little humps are coming up, GOOD LORD I HAD MY BEST DAY IN 2 YEARS!38 ish between 230 and 515 am when it came to a screeching halt, to 3.2 lbs and only two undersize bass, 7 largemouths and the rest spots on jigs, crank baits and a buzz bait. caught all in under 6t o water just throwing whatever I had on onto the bank and ripping them o except or the jigs. largest went on a black with gold specks yamamoto jigished till 6am when two other boats moved in, didn't see anything caught by the other olks. Had a 3.2, a 2.8, and 4 that were all twins at 2.5lbs. They were just crushing my jigs, had many misses on the buzz bait. I wore my thumb out and intend to go back to see i I can make that thumb bleed!
    City: Redding

Wednesday, June 21st, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got the boat in the water a 8:00. We caught 10 or 11 ish on worms and jigs. Caught 4 ish on a oxblood red worm and oxblood red worm with yellow tail.One ish that I caught on the red worm went 3 1/2 lbs. The rest o the ish came on a cinnamon yamamoto grub.Caught two 4 pound spotts on the jig.Very good day, but we missed a lot o the ish.Caught some ish around Packers Bay and up by Silverthorn in those big inlets.
    City: redding

Wednesday, June 14th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 73

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Spent Thursday 8th through Sunday the 11th on a houseboat and went out every morning in the Champion to check the ishing. We were anchored up the McCloud and since I don't normally ish there, decided to do all my ishing there and had a ball. Very little top water or rip bite and had them taking worms rom the get go and colors varied rom Oxblood to Oxblood with chartruese tail on a darthead. Fish ranged in the standard 1-2 pound with a ew going over 2-3 and plenty o ish until breakast time at 10:AM. Most ish came o secondary points or deep clay banks.
    City: Wheatland

    Tips: Using a little heavier darthead (1/4 oz) on 6 lb line and long casts as the ish have very good visibility in the clear water. Worked real slow as all the bites were a pressure bite.

Sunday, June 11th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: out early out o packers at 5am, only caught 4 dinks on jigs, the jigs were swarmed by small bass o the year, 75 to eighty would chase it back to the boat, they were all over the place. ished around no name isld and Beaver, water cooled o a ew degrees with the recent rains, most ish suspended rom 12-25 t and dropped slightly as the sun came up, people are hammering the trout toplining broken back rebels in the Sac arm. ater dark catishing is the hot ticket right now.
    City: Redding

Friday, June 9th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: We ished rom about 11 to 3 pm. We caught seven ish and missed two others. I caught ive ish on a cinnamon Yamamoto grub with a 1/4 ounce jig head. One o the ive ish caught on the jig was a at 4lb spott on a rocky point. The ish really hit the jig hard. Two ish swallowed the jig.Also caught two on oxblood w/yellow tail worm. The ish that came on the jig were better qaulity ish compared to the worm ish.Good day
    City: redding

Wednesday, June 7th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 72

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Lake Shasta over the Memorial weekend and the bass bite was great. ished sunday, monday and tuesday and caught 40 plus ish a day. best bass was a 3.7lb largemouth on a sammy. caught several on topwater early and rom the late morning on to early evening caught them rippin the luckycrat in aurora black and crankin a bill norman in chart/blue. the key was ishing the mud banks on secondary points. my best spotted bass was 2.1 lbs and had alot in that 1.5 to 2.0 range, what a weekend.
    City: santa rosa

    Tips: rip rip rip until your arm is about to all o.

Tuesday, June 6th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Caught 7 ishing rom 5:30PM to dark. Only two were keeper size. A couple were caught on our inch worm #33, a couple on three inch power grub, and a couple on Pop-R just beore dark.The ish seemed to be scattered in 15-25 t.
    City: Weaverville

    Tips: The last ish I caught just beor dark missed the Pop-R so I immediately threw the 3inch power grub and the ish was onit instantly.

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    Water Temp: 70-72

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: guess I'm doind something wrong, bass are deinitely post spawn, 3 short trips over past ew days in early am, late aternoon and late at night, caught 3 small bass , one each trip, everything is suspended and some others I met on the lake are having the same problem, u name it, I pitched it in the water, cranks early and late, jigs, lukes, worms and zippers. NOTHING ZIP! Has anybody done anything in past ew days that was productive?
    City: Redding

Friday, June 2nd, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: We ished all over the lake. We caught 4 ish on a cinnamon Yamamoto jig with 1/4 ounce jig head. Missed three ish on oxblood w/ chartrouse tail.The ish we caught on the jig, they hit the jid hard. We had to keep one because it swallowed the jig.
    City: redding

Thursday, June 1st, 2000

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    Water Temp: 65-69

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: the lake is clearing up but has cooled a bit due to heavy north winds, orecast or next ew days indicate warming temps, traic is down inally and should be minimal until the 21st or so when school lets out, catishing is on the upswing especially in the coves on the top end o all arms, weighed one channel on the upper pit or a guy that went 16 lbs, bass are spread out and suspended except in the early am, not much o a top water bite, worms and jigs still the rule, ish depper as the sun comes up to 25-30t. took 3 out o big backbone area in irst 30 minutes at 445am, nothing ater that. trout are 30t down at daybreak dropping to 50 plus by 9am, kastmasters etc providing limits, salmon at the dam is slow, only small ish
    City: Redding

Tuesday, May 30th, 2000

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    Water Temp: Warm

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Check the other Jerry's report. I happened to be at the localLiqur Barn, to get a bottle o Margrita mix, and the clerkwas in shock I was only buying 1 bottle. Outside in theparking lot there were 2 trucks and a van with at least10 kegs o beer and Misc. other alcoholic drinks. Man, I useto House boat and I thought we drank a lot! Anyway, ished the evening bite, 2 hrs. Caught 2 under a pound.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Work the very end o the coves and any submerged willow tree.

Monday, May 29th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 68-71

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: the lake is a mess, oregon state and ucdavis were down in droves, 103 houseboats o nasty kids, worse crowd I have seen in past years, the ishing has suered as a result but should perk up in a day or two, caught 3 in 4 hours, most ish were suspended and reluctant to hit, water has warmed considerably over the past ew days so early and late will be the best bet, no top water bite this am.
    City: Redding

Friday, May 26th, 2000

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    Water Temp: Warm ;)

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got to Shasta early to try and beat the House boaters. Thewater was crystal clear. I ound ish at the end, and I domean end o the coves. I spotted one Hen, where here dorsalin was just barely under water. I ished rom 6:30 am untilnoon. Caught 5 ish, mostly under a pound.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Only thing I could get them to hit was a clear salt andpepper worm with a purple, or is that violet ;)) worm.

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2000

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: in the water at 505am and out at 9am rom Packers Bay, terry cove and no name island, or 12 to 3lbs on black and gold yamamoto jigs, 3 more at bridge bay docks by the pontoon boat storage, still lots o junk in the water but the wind has come up and will move it o over next couple o days, ish around the docks hit the jig within 3 t o the surace, everything elsewhere was taken out o 25-35 t o water, very pleasant this am, shorts and t-shirt at 76 degrees when I let the house.
    City: Redding

Monday, May 22nd, 2000

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    Water Temp: 61-68

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: all arms are ull o junk, mostly small pieces loating around, jet powered vessels are having a tough time keeping the stu cleaned out, lots o small ish being taken, expect to cull through 30-40 ish or an 8lb 5 ish limit, most ish being taken rom at least 12t o water down to 30t, a surace bite is available IF you get on the water around 430Am, it dies o rapidly, activity is growing daily and the weekend o memorial day will be a mess, mudline ishing should be in vogue ater next weekend with all the traic expected, early and late will be productive with choppy water in the middle o the day due to boat traic. Highest temp this am was ound in the O'Brien Inlet at 68 degrees, lowest was the upper Squaw at 61, don't overlook the mudlines being pulled o points, toss something into the mudline and drag it back out and hang on when it clears. The lake is at 12 1/2 t and rising very slowly, should stop soon and drop which will clean things up we could use some wind to blow the debris onto the banks.
    City: Redding

Saturday, May 20th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out to the pit arm and caught a ew ish. Caught three spots on a green wenie and missed about our on the same bait. Switch to a pumpkin seed color jig with a 1/4 ounce jig head and caught three on it. Good day. A lot o peolple on the lake.
    City: Redding

Wednesday, May 17th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went back to work so irst time out in a week, went over to Squaw Creek or 2 hours, 6 in the boat, all dinks on brown Yamamoto jigs on 3/8 oz jig heads, ish taken out o 25 t o water, 2 jumped on the jig went it hit the water 4 t out rom the bank, lovely day, lat water,82 degrees, spots are still spawning, riend caught 8 yesterday with two largemouth in the bunch, one choked on his jig and when he cleaned her she was ull o eggs, so the largemouth should get going soon.
    City: Redding