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  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 66-68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 4 days with two 6yr olds and my 13 yr. old son. The little ones hammered the dinks on slim senkos around willows. After the little ones got there fair share of fish, my son and I went out looking for some better bites. Weather was unstable so fish were in kind of a funk. jig and dropshot bite was not happening. Pretty weird when you cant get 'em on jigs on shasta. We ended up finding some better fish. When it was clear and calm we fished creek channels with 5" senkos and got a few in the 2# range. When a cell would blow through we fished steep main lake structure with spinnerbaits and big topwaters. Thats when we got our better fish. lots of 2's a few close to 3 and 2 fish right about 4# one just over and one just under.
      City: Mckinleyville

      Tips: 5" Senkos in creek channels. cast out let sink to bottom and repeat. no shaking or dragging it back.
      big topwater and spinnerbaits on windy main lake structure.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey vern.when chickenman stops going into competitors and yelling at people and there kids. It will probably become normal. Apperantly he is famous with M.a.d.d. but a loser to the top sticks around. The fish are in the water.
      City: fargo

      Tips: Don't be a Dui loser like chickenman.read the billboard on the freeway. Turn in drinking drivers.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey!,let's all when this for the chopper.
      Goodbye Mr.chips.
      City: modesto

      Tips: If you outwit,outlast,outplay.
      You win all the chips.
      From all of us to everyone in Arizona. Our hearts go out to you GOD BLESS THE USA.

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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: oh great, chipper chatter.
      City: las vegas

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Let the chips fall where they may. Mr.
      City: mt.shasta

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey mr. Tackle man I got chipped.
      City: lakehead

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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Wood somebody please. Pass. The chips and hot sauce.
      City: redding

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      Water Temp: 49-50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I once had a chip in my rod.I pulled it out of my butt with hemostatsand put a camera up the shaft.once I knew it was clean,I capped it back up.now my rod has no chip. It looks feels and acts brand new and nobody can tell where it has been.
      City: anderson

      Tips: The 1.7 to 2.6lb fish are there in greens creek.but like last year,it will be won at the dam. Good fishing to all.its true about the gps trackers.and they are cheap to buy online.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Are you all this stupid.! Put anti gps tracker on your boat or smartphone.even the float at blast off has a gps locator in it for camera crew.some are even in butt section of rods you buy.you can get 500ct.for$15.00 on line.you are the stupidest people ever.Ha.
      City: dublin

      Tips: Go to greens creek.a pumkin lizard on the right side in 12 to 27ft.=

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      Water Temp: high 40's / low

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The water at Shasta has been SUPER clear this year. Probably as clear as I can ever remember seeing it in my life, Almost makes Whiskeytown look like a mud puddle :). The bite is double tough out there right now, There is absolutely no question about that, but it is starting to come on a little bit.

      The last team tournament on Shasta this past weekend took 15.1 to win, 13.37 for second and 11.51 for third, Fourth was 11.1 and the weights tapered off from there. The two team events on the weekends prior to that took a little over ten pounds to win and each of those bags had one kicker over four pounds and were also won by the same guys.

      The reaction fish have not really come on yet, There have been a few spinnerbait and ripbait fish caught here and there but that is definitely not a reliable bite right now.
      Its been a low and slow kinda deal fishing mostly soft plastics i.e. dartheads, dropshot rigs and the like with 4" and 6" worms and tubes in brown's, green's and shad colors.

      There have been very few swimbait fish caught and those have been only under ideal conditions.
      If the sun is on the water and the sky is clear fish your plastics. If it clouds up and the surface gets some chop try looking for a reaction bite but be prepared to go back to you finesse gear.

      They are being caught in a wide variety of depths ranging from 4 feet to 60 feet, The fish are pretty scattered.
      Just about everyone you talk to who's been out and is saying anything will tell you the same. It's tournament time up there now so most of the guys that are fishing them aren't talking much because they don't want to give away what they are on.... and to be truthful, You really can't blame them... they have a pretty good chunk of money on the line, figuratively speaking.

      Tips: Light line, Long casts and move slow. Check a wide variety of structure as there is no hard and fast rule to how the fish are positioning right now. They are eating.... It's just a matter of being in the right place at the right time when they go on the feed.
      The guys at Phils know the lake very well and they do go above and beyond to help anglers out and will get you pointed in the right direction.

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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Overcast no rain, bite was good in the morning slowed down by midday.Most fish in 40+ feet.Fished jigs and worms on darts more bites on worms better fish on jigs.10 fish all in first 3 hours of morn.
      City: Redding

      Tips: Don't try to get tips from Phils unless your one of the "in crowd".Post more here so we can all get good info from each other.

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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: You want cheese with your Whine?


      275 8113 Try calling them
      City: P.C.

      Tips: this is a fish report site

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: last to posts hit it on the nail....you combine them with the decline of crappie and drought ,make it a spotted bass /smallie lake.the largemouth now eat more trout and perch and are found around the brooder trout areas.good fishing to all and always,Have Fun.Mark.
      City: shasta lake

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      Water Temp: NONE

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The way to tell if it is a spotted bass or Largemouth is to feel the tongue. If it has 3 or more little teeth it is a spot, if no teeth on the tongue it is a Largemouth. That is the most definate way of telling what you have on the end of your line.
      City: Red Bluff

      Tips: Dont feel for teeth on MUSKY's tongue.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: main lake small fish. 13-15 inches main lake.plastics with clear or soft colors work. topwater and dd cranks real early. fat free shad works good in current at top of pit.good fish up pit on buzzbaits right upnext to rocks.drop/shot humps near lower portions of arms. good fishing to all.
      City: Redding

      Tips: just have fun.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: found mark's laptop on launch ramp which yealded midget gay kiddy porn. spoiled my day of fishing.
      City: newark

      Tips: it's hard to shut up and fish when you find hideous incriminating evidence. see you in court.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Coming to Shasta this weekend and haven't been down since this spring. Someone Told me Packers launch ramp isn't even in the water. If this is the case are there any ramps besides Bridge bay Open?

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 2 Really Nice Keepers On Rainbow Trout Spook,Did Not Weigh Them As I Did Not Want To Stop As I Was Catching Bass Almost Every Cast For A Short Period Of time Good Fishing To All.
      City: Redding

      Tips: Work Lots Of Overtime,The Gas Stations Need The Money.

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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: FOM Christian Sportsman Clubs held their monthly tournament out of packers we launched at 6:30 and wighed in at midnight. Most teams reported very few fish after dark. Jimmy Zanottelli won the boater side using dart head worms and a swim bait. Tony Thomasy was second using crankbaits. Eric Parkin was first in the coangler division using crank baits.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The Sac arm is a very good fishery as well. ( I look at each arm as a different lake all together ) I have had great success fishing the verticle walls and points on the Sac. Lost of good points on this arm. Take a look at the gooseneck area on your map. Get one if you dont have one. Lots of clay and pebble bank on the obrien arm and its full of smallmouth. The water is generaly claerer on the Sac arm. Try jerks, rips and spinnerbaits if you have some wind putting a chop on the water. The fish will come out of the depths to hit. If no wind, I like to fish finesse baits. Drop shot, jigged or texas rigged 4-6 inch worms in blue ghost, pumpkin and chartuze have done very well for me. Good luck to you.
      City: medford