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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: will be going to shasta in June for a week on a houseboat, wondering where a few good places would be to fish and what lures would you recommend

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: launched @ antlers 7 am. the water around the ramp looked like chocolate milk. i was soon surprised the water had cleaned up around the turn at sugarloaf.today i was out for trout . i figured i would start the day way up in the back coves looking for bait and seeing if i could get a couple on kastmasters. i soon figured out that this was going to harder than i thought . all day i caught bass after bass after bass. the bass we thick up in the rushing water of the creeks coming into the lake. all in all i got a nice limit of trout up to 20 inches and a eaey limit of fat bass up to 3 lbs that i released. not bad for throwing a kastmaster all day.

      Tips: bass and trout holding up in the fast current of incoming creeks and spillways....

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Anglers Attic.....Where does the money go for cast for kids? Does it stay here local? I would like to contribute to the local kids, not to some national thing..thanks Butcher out...fish main body.
      City: REDDIN

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: caught 5 nice keepers on the new broken back spook and matching trailer 9 colors or styles you figure out the one working. they are the best topwater I have ever used. all 5 were over 3lbs. I Have 3 Different colors and the rest on backorder.all 3 colors caught fish.
      City: Redding

      Tips: the broken backs are hard to get even though they are made in shasta county.I had to order them out of state I have given as much info as I dare as to not disturb the natural flow of the water.I head to oroville to try them next.get a big net as you will get quite a workout,action is incredible.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: pics comming soon. once i figure out how to use this computer.......i'll be out sat. looking for another whopper. fished the other day before it rained. fish were all good size 3 lbs and up. looks like the big ones are finally coming in close. the flux in water levels hasn't helped that out any. anyways fishing was great and can't wait to get out there sat morning
      City: lakehead

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I went back and read Johnny Mac's other posts here and I don't see how anybody in their right mind can say he was advertising......His posts say alot more about lake conditions than Butcher that's for sure. We don't need butcher here........

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: thank you doc for standing up for mr. mac i know he is the kind of man who would just want people to have a good time on the water. as for the other people who jumped to the conclusions that he was advertising, take it easy, why not say something about the lake when it is as good as it is right now.
      City: redding

      Tips: think about your comments before you go and make a bone headed move, and make yourself look that way.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: hey no joke on that monster female. i do underwater photography. i have been taking pictures of this female for days. she's been hangin around this point for awile and i just finally found her sittin around for once. when i first saw this fish i crapped my pants. i have caught monster largemouth up in marin county. i know my fish. my friend and i have gotten monster bedding fish up to 18 lbs at this one lake. we know how to piss them off enough to get them to bite. back to the story.. anyways i was taking pictures of these nice 5+ females that were cruisin around when i saw a monster spot that was atleast 8 lbs. i thought that one was huge. but out of depths came this beast with her crew and all. this female had 4 or 5 big bass following her every move. all the bass with her were over 5 lbs easy. i just found a lucky spot. i was seeing fish all day just on this one point. schools of carp were every where. i even saw a school of catfish. some of those carp were well up around 30 lbs. i think the carp are getting ready to spawn aswell. lets just say i been scouting this fish for a couple days and she finally took the bait. i'll post a pic when i develope the film. i also got some great shots of the 8 lber... the record for spotted bass is 10 lbs i think. this fish beat it easy.. but no way in hell am i going to kill this fish for a stinkin record. nor do i have anywhere to keep the fish on my boat. that female is that big for a reason. she needs to keep makin those monster babies....

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: hey josh lets see some of the pics of that beauty and please dont say you forgot the camera hehe

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Im pretty sure you got a 12lb largemouth not spotted man, you would set just about every world record out there if you did.
      City: Rancho Cordova

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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at Bridge Bay at 0645 started on the south bank right out of the marina and throwing a white spinnerbait worked all the way to Bass Cove with only 2 bites missed one and caught a 1.6 Headed for Dolly point where I caught several very nice fish, most about 1.8 with the best at 2.5 all on a brown jig. Went all the way up the Big Back Bone until the creek was flowing, water is clear to about 8' only caught two fish above the bouy, both small started back working main points and catching some nice fish on jigs in mostly 22' of water, caught about 20 fish today and it was a warm sunny day for a welcomed change.
      City: Redding

      Tips: drag out the points to 50'

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The Redding Bassers Turkey Shoot scheduled for
      tomorrow has been canceled. We went out to Jones
      Valley today to check out road conditions and they are not safe to drive out there towing a boat. With the impending storm coming harder tonite we reluctantly are going to cancel the tourney. We will reschedule as soon as it is safe. Will post a date here and have updated flyers in all places where you might have seen them. Thanks and see you in a week or so.
      City: Redding

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      Water Temp: 50.3

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Not a fishing report but a story about a lucky fisherman. I left home at 06.00 headed for jones valley, radio says the road is still closed until 1/15/05 so I decide to put in at silvertorn,, about 1 mile up silvertorn rd. I hit a slick spot and even though I was only going 15 mph my truck and trailer slid off the road and down into a 20' deep canyon, the trailer stuck on the embankment with all four wheels in the air, only the hitch kept truck from turnning over, I was not injured and very soon Thad Gummings and his fishing partner came along and took me to the top of the hill so I could use my cell phone to call aaa, the wrecker from Kieth's towing was there at 0730 and I was in the water at 0900, my boat, trailer, truck did not have a scratch on them, I am so Lucky today If you use that road this weekend be very careful you may not be as lucky as me. Thad thanks again, I owe you.
      City: Redding

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      Water Temp: 46-48'

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Thought it was about time to submit a report, as it's been awhile. I'm doing this prior tp reading jerry's, so I won't be influenced,har!
      Launched on the upper sac.arm ar 9:30 am, beeeeutifull day,with slight winds out of the North. Snow near the launch ramp. Started throwing MGM's new baits, the Who done what? and the 6" leech, in a #66 pattern. Not even a nibble to begin the day. Caught one on a jig, and went hunting. Around 12 noon,fishing pretty steep stuff, got a 2 1/2 on the leech,fishing it w/a darter head.(best fish of the day). Finally figured them out though, and got four more around 2 lbs,dropshotting a shad worm. Wow, 10+ pounds. Home by 3:30 pm. Total fish caught was only 9 or 10.....
      City: Redding

      Tips: It's Winter................slow is the word

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I am hearing that the Redding Bassers event location may have changed again, you may want to call one of the members for any current changes, I don't have any phone numbers so disregard my previous 2 posts about the trukey shoot. Hopefully one of the members can post soomething a little more current. Sorry for any confusion, I was asked to put the info out by the club president.
      City: Redding

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I failed to mention that the date of the turkey shoot is this Saturday, the 8th of Jan 05. noticed that you can't yet select the year 2005 on the submission page.
      City: Redding

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The Redding Bassers turkey shoot team event(open) will be going out of the Silverthorn Resort and NOT Jones Valley as the road into Jones Valley is still under construction.
      Their flier indicates an $80 fee(cash only)per team
      5 fish limit
      13 inch minimum
      blast off at safe light
      weighin at 3 PM
      I guess Silverthorn is not charging a launch or parking fee.
      The Hidden Valley Market will be open from 4-6 AM for coffee and doughnuts
      Signups at the Silverthorn Resort also 4-6 AM
      City: Redding

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hi just a ? Any body know were I can moore a Bass boat for a few hours buy the Bass Hole. We want to watch a monday night game.I have some old guy's that can't walk far. THANKS
      City: WISCONSIN

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: In 1961 and 1962 I went to Shasta Junior College. I grew up in Orland, my roommate was from Etna. One day in the spring we rented a boat at Obrien's and I had my uncles little motor. We bought some water dogs for bait. We had them on over the side of the boat with a little weight and as we went over a ridge line my roommate got one on...... After a while he got it in and it was a 7 lb 12 oz largemouth... You could put your whole fist in his mouth. I don't think we caught anything else, we really didn't know what we were doing. I don't think we even had any more bites..... It made the San Francisco tv sports news... I don't remember if it was on the local news or not. Yes, he took it home....
      City: Bend, Oregon

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      Water Temp: 48-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished both days o the Cottonwood club tournies(sat everything mccloud west, Sunday everything east o the McCloud) Saturady ished all over..Mccloud(mostly lower to stay away rom the muddy water,big backbone, main lake points. got all ive keepers on a 1/4 oz darthead with a 6" arrons magic w/red lake robo worm. Got the ish rom the bank to 40 eet. One thing we noticed is that the best spots to ish were those with stained water(2-4 vis)caught ish early deep shaking the worm, later I threw it to the bank on steep rock walls and dragged it back. One more note couldnt ind many ish on points, all in cuts, or on steep walls...got 7.30 or day one... Day two drew Je Nichols, ished hard all day, jigs, worms,rip,blade, I only got 3 ish or 5.05 he got 5 or 5.5..drop shot worms..brn/brn jigs 3/4 oz in cuts...tough day sunday with the rain and no sun at all...great weekend though..By the way Bill McGlaughlin won both days with 11 plus!!, next stop Clearlake in March or some pre spawners!No more shasta until NOV
      City: redding

      Tips: jigs..darthead..rip...