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Sunday, June 27th, 1999

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished in a howling wind early and couldn't get any type o topwater bite. The wind muddied up the water some but couldn't ind any ish in the mudlines. Finally went to 6" worms in blue ghost, purple ghost and green weenie and ished them in 15-20' o water all over. Got ish on secondardy points, creek channels, no nothing banks and inally on the mains points when the wind died down. All ish were small sized keepers.
    City: Redding

Friday, June 18th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: This is a test o the automatic report cgi
    City: San Jose

    Tips: lets hope it worksFishing Reports or Shasta Lake

Thursday, June 17th, 1999

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 3:00PM to 8:30PM; we caught 40-50 10"-13" bass. 4 or 5 o the bass were Smallmouth the rest were Spots.The hot bait was a our inch plastic worm rigged Carolina style.We caught the ish by dragging the worm slowly in 15t o water.At about 7:00PM we started catching a ew on top-water baits.For top-water a Pop-R was the best one.
    City: Weaverville

Saturday, May 29th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: We had a very entertaining house boat trip rom 5/20 to 5/27. We visited much o the Lake Shasta shoreline. We caught a ton o small bass on Yahomoto (msp?) grubs and 4 inch plastic worms; crawish colors, at times the chartreuse grub double tail and single tail were great. The spots and smallmouth were on the small size. The largest perhaps 2.5 lbs, but most were around 12 inches. We ished primarily rom dawn to 9 and 6 to dark, it was hot during midday. We had wind the irst two days, but you could always ind shelter in the coves. Shasta remains a beautiul lakeand super ishery. The trout were hard...only lead core trollingproduced...who wants to do this when there are so much bass. I have only one question: Where and how do you catch the big ones?....but who cares.
    City: Mission Viejo

    Tips: Fish the shade and early morning/evening hours.

Saturday, May 22nd, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: ished the lake on 5/21 and 5/22 and ran right into some high winds. ishing was good or spots 1 to 2 lbs. in the coves o the pit arm. most ish where caught in about 10-20 eet.
    City: n/a

    Tips: n/a

Friday, May 14th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 57-62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I took my dad down or the weekend. We had heard so muchabout the lake that we had to visit. This why my irst time on the lake. I had had alot o tips rom others so I was prepared, but nothing prepared me or this ishery. It is onominal. In the two days that we ished the lake we caughtover 150 ish. These were the irst spots I'd caught and theycan ight. We caught evey ish on worms. Oxblood, witches titblueghost, and a number o others. We had the best luck on rock banks. I'll be back or sure.
    City: Cottage Grove, OR

    Tips: Fish the worms slow.

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    Water Temp: 47-63

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: We spent a great week ishing Shasta. Spent the most time on the Pit arm. Caught lots o spots to 2.5 lbs., a couple o blacks and a ew smallies. Fish any rock bank . Points producedbetter than coves . We used 1/8 and 1/16 oz. crappie jigs in white and also brown. Fish very, very slow. There was usually no perceptable tap, usually just a little resistance on the line. I hopethis inormation helps.
    City: Escalon

    Tips: It is windy so be prepaired. Keep the baits small and ish them slowly.

Friday, May 7th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Was down rom Wa state ron 5/1 to 5/5.First day we had rain and wind. Second day wind only. Third day much better but still a littlewindy. Fished three arms Pit, Squaw Creek and Sacramento.Fishing was great,regardless where we were. Caught approx. 160 ish between two o us. Size rangerom 1/2# to 2 1/2#.This was my irst time to Shasta and I will be back. This is a great ishery.We didn't use the traditional colors or the lake. We used old avorites rom Wa. Smoke/pepper andCinnamon/pepper and green weanie/red lk. Used mostly 1/8 oz darter head jigs and Yamamoto grubs.Worms, we worked w/split shot. We used various other baits and methods, but these were the ones wehad best success.
    City: Wenatchee, Wa

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Sunday, May 2nd, 1999

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Primarily ished Pit and MCloud arms. Reaction bite was slow - a ew on blades, no luck on cranks (but could have been technique - I'm primarily a wormer). Worm bite was awesome. Averaged 5-10/hr, mostly dinks but occasional ish to 3'. Color didn't seem to matter; mostly ished 4-6" oxblood and blue ghost, but they hit everything else we threw, especially with a chartreuse tail. Fish seemed to be anywhere there was structure - rock, timber, drop-o, whatever.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Splitshot 4-6" worms and ish 'em REAL SLOW in 15-20' o water. Bite was very sot, andalmost always short - i we hookset on the irst "bump" we were let with hal a worm.

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    Water Temp: 57-60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Unexpected rontal passage suprised most everyone. Was supposed to be in low 70's but turned rainy, windy and a never got above 60. This slowed the bite down or any quality ish. Weound ish close to either standing trees on the Pit, in brush piles or around willow trees. Caught lots o small keepers using a 1/8 oz dart headed blue ghost thrown close to the trees or brush. Also T-rigged a blue ghost or green weenie. Bite was very, very sot. Not much action on reaction baits. Biggest ish or club tourney was under 3#.
    City: Redding

    Tips: Cold ront passage made ish less active. Slow down your presentation.

Friday, April 30th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 55-58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Kevin and the Dave's ished Shasta 22nd to 26th out o Shasta Marina. Thanks or your hintsprior to our trip.Caught ish every day with the best bite in the evening. Windy conditions and cool water held downthe bite somewhat, but suspect it will improve with stabilizing water levels and warmer temps.CONDITIONS: Wind most days, calm some evenings. Sunny most days with overcast on one (which was thebest day). Water rising 1/2' or more each day (10'or less rom ull)and cooling rom the wind.Clarity varied rom very clear to stained depending on the location and the wind/wave action.LOCATIONS: ish were rom 8' to 28' on cover - brush, trees, rocks or ledges. Coves were moreproductive than points, but wind played a role in holding on points.BITE: Best in evening 5 to dark, ok in morning, tough in the sun, better in overcast. Bite variedrom taps to pick-ups and runs to aggressive. Mostly spots, some smallmouths, no largemouths.BAITS: Worms Texas style in 4" and 6" were by ar the best in light to dark colors, ished slow tomoderate. Caught ish also on spinnerbaits, grubs and minnows. Heard cranks also taking ish in lateevening.RESULTS: Caught ish every day, but had to work a bit or them. Most were 13" to 16" and weighed 11/2 to 2 lbs on a ligit scale. (I'm wondering where all those 3 pounders are that I keep hearingabout, or is just overguessing on the weight)? Caught a ew 17" salmon o the back o thehouseboat at 25' on minnows. Lots o un! Couldn't ind any crappie.Overall a good trip, but we think some warm weather, stable water, and less wind will improve thebite a lot in the next ew weeks. Tight lines.
    City: Mill Valley

    Tips: n/a

Monday, April 26th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 55-58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rocky points. Caught several that way. Also in some coves caught some hanging aroundallen trees. We caught most o ish in 20t or less. We missed maybe 50 ish. Total or our daysaround 75 ish most pound and change. However one o the ladies in our group caught and released a6.1lb largemouth and my nephew caught a 2lb smallie. We also caught a bow, salmon and crappie whileishing or bass. Someone should tell those spots they shouldn't ight so hard.
    City: Carson City

    Tips: Just bring a little bit o everything. Caught a majority o ish on 5" Chart lunker grub andgrape and blue worms with darter heads. Also used wine colored and blue with chart. tail zipperworms. Missed ish on short strikes were they removed tail on grub and worms. Also had hits on in-sworms in chart. and when it slowed down caught a couple o spots on nightcrawlers

Sunday, April 25th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 66-68

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: First time to the lake, very impressed. threw spinnerbaits early 1/2oz wht/chrt caughtseveral ish between two and our pounds. Once the sun came out I used 6" mourning dawn worms on asplit shot rig, seems like i I didnt get it within two eet o the bank it was useless,but Iprobably caught 50 to 60 ish in 8 hours o ishing(had to go to Phil's prop shop to get moreworms). Evening was just like morning same spinnerbait ished arount points(any and all pointsproduced ish) not as many ish but all were decent in size.Good luck!!
    City: Roseburg OR

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Sunday, April 18th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Shasta last week. Water is clear clear clear. Lots o ish on the points throwin worms. Anywhere you can ind water runnin in on sheer banks with wood you can catch a bunch. Anywhere you can ind willows back way o and throw lukes with a little weight. Let it sink in ront o ther willows and hang on. I the water dirties up a little try rippin those willows. When your throwin the worms don't try shakin these ish are takin it while its just sittin there. Caught worm ish rom 2 to 30 t. Chase shade all day.
    City: Suisun

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Saturday, April 17th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Kevin and the Dave's are heading up to a houseboat out o Shasta Marina on Thursday the 22ndor a ew days working the Sacramento mainly, with some time on the McCloud. The reports page hasbeen a little sparse and we'd sure like to have some updates. We will certainly reciprocate aterour trip. I'll assume the creek inlets will produce, but any reports o a top water bite in thewillows? How about any spinnerbait bite? Worm colors?Thanks or any input. We'll report back oter the 28th.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: n/a

Sunday, April 11th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 50-52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started out cloudy and then, bam SUN. I orgot what it was like to get hot out on the lake. In all o the excitement I couldn't get mysel to ish slow enough untill around noon. 4 inch green handpours in 20-30 eet, crawled on the bottom. Hooked 7 landed 2.
    City: Yreka

    Tips: n/a

Tuesday, April 6th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: A group o us are comming down april 18-24th taking a house boat out o Jones Valley and ishing mostly the pit arm @ arbuckle lat. This is our 8th year we have been comming down to shasta. We have HEARD that ishing is a little tough so ar. Please keep up on ishing reports. we sure like this web page. i anyone has any helpul hints to make our ishing trip a great one Please let us know. THANKS AND GOOD FISHING
    City: n/a

    Tips: n/a

Thursday, April 1st, 1999

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Me and my grandather went out on monday. The ishing was toughand between the two o us we cought 9 bass all about 13 to 15 inches.We got the most bites on blue ghost slugo's. It was cold and windy but un as bassin usually is.Dress warm and prepare to start wormin!!!!Also look or rocky banks and red clay.We put in at jonesvalley and maybe you should to!!!
    City: Redding

    Tips: Try dark colered worms in a Texas style rig.Fish slow and be patiant.

Sunday, March 28th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 48-52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Windy and cold with a rontal system approaching. Guides iced up rom 6am to about 7:30.Fish got lock jawed and scattered since Friday. Couldn't buy a rip bite. Even the worm bite was very slow. Finally ound ish on no-nothing red clay banks between 10:30 and noon and then it shuto again. Wormed up about 15 keepers on blue ghosts, all in less than 15' o water. Remainder o the day was one scattered ish here and there. Tough bite. 7 ish limit was only about 10.5#.
    City: Redding

    Tips: Set that hook on any kind o resistance. The ish today would not hold onto that worm or very long.

Saturday, March 27th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 51-52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished with a riend rom Sunday aternoon to Friday noon in the Pit arm. Fishing waspretty steady all week, so was the bad weather. Rained all day Wednesday, but we caught 50 ishthat day anyway. Found ish anywhere rom right next to shore to 25t. down. We didn't ind anyparticular part o the day to be any better, except late evening gave us some pretty good actionmost days. We caught ish throughout the day, on mostly points, but also on unlikely looking banks.Largest ish caught was 2.5 lbs, but all o them ought like they were big ones. We used 1/8 oz.jigs mostly, with skirted grub, and plastic worms (red shad and pumpkin seed color). I also caughta ew on a texas rigged worm, but the jigs produced better hookups, as usual. Our total or theweek was 212 ish. Only wish the weather would have been better.
    City: Susanville

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