Northern California Lake Fishing Report
- Almanor Lake
- Berryessa Lake
- Cachuma Lake
- California Delta
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- Don Pedro Lake
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- Coyote Lake
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- Kelsey Bass Ranch Lake
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- Lake of the Pines
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- Modesto Reservoir
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- Murray Lake
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- Uvas Lake
- West Delta
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Shasta Lake
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Water Temp: 48
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: ished sac arm or 30 keepers only 4 dinks.Fishing was excellent.7 ish over 2 lbs.Big ish a 2.50 lb. smallie.No secret baitjust your normal Shasta stu.
City: reddingTips: caught ish everywere points, big rock, small rock,blus,bridges.
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Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: RESULTS OF THE COTTONWOOD BASS TEAMS 10th ANNUAL TEAM BASS TOURNAMENT HELD DEC. 6th:1st: Ron Ng-Redding Calvin Burns-Shingletown WEIGHT: 12.79 lbs. $12792nd: Bill Hannon- Burney Jim Denny-Bella Vista WEIGHT: 12.52 lbs. $6263rd: Stephen Coulter-Redding Tom Franklin-Mt. Shasta WEIGHT: 11.59 lbs. $576BIG FISH: Jim Denny-Bella Vista WEIGHT: 5.74 lbs. $574We paid back 9 places with 9th place weighing in 9.81 lbs and receiving a check or $408. A special thanks to the 100 ishermen that participated given the extreme weather conditions. Next years 11th annual tournament will be held on Dec. 4th, 2004.
Tips: Sorr this wasan't posted sooner but it got posted to the wrong lake !!!
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Water Temp: 53-54'
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Jerry retired rom this orum, months ago, cause he was tired o all the "B.S."I however have not!I went out today in the cold and rain. Fished the Pit arm. Could only get bit on dropshotting purple worms. Ten bites, three ish in the boat, only one approached two lbs. Slow, very slow.
City: Redding only now!Tips: ished rom 9am to 1pm......try the creek channels, o the main rivers.
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Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Jerry, where are your reports?Are you Ok?I don't get to Shasta oten enough so i live through your reports.Hope all is wellRoy
City: GaltTips: Just want to read about the lake.....God's country
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Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: why no reports?????????
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Water Temp: 58-60
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Fished Sat/Sun in the stormy weather.Upper McCloud and upper sac arms. (cousin Stan down rom Oregon)Averaged 20 ish perday between the two o us, or six hours o ishing. Couldn't buy a reaction ish, but didn't get on the water till 9am both days. Monday ished bluebird day on the McCloud, got thirteen by noon. Had to work or all our ish.
City: Redding only now!Tips: Slow presentation, steep rocky stu. Shaking darterheads with the #99, and drop shotting MGM "Arons Magic" worms.
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Water Temp: 56-62
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Fished the 2 day Shasta Cascade Bass Anglers Fall Classic. Concentrated on points in the Sac, Pit and Squaw arms. Found scattered ish on banks with chunk rock and gently sloping. Only one or two ish per location. Drop shotting 3" shad colored worms and Texas rigged 6" oxblood worms or 8.5# Saturday and 10.5# Sunday or a 2 day total o 19# good enough or 19th place. Fish were scattered and not on every point. Not a single taker on topwater or spinnerbaits.
City: ReddingTips: Move around. Fish were scattered with only a couple here and there.
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Water Temp: 60.4
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Fished or Six hours Today,For Bass & Trout Nothing
City: Tulelake -
Water Temp: 58-62
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Freezing last night, so hit the water at 8:30 am, o at 1pm. Ten keepers in the boat, mostly drop shotting and using 1/4 oz darterhead. Best ive went 9.5 lbs, which is pretty good in my book. (no big guys).Fished the upper McCloud. The ish I ound semed to be on the steeper stu, with the larger rock. Drop shotted MGM worms and used the #99 on the darterhead.
City: Redding only now!Tips: Oh boy, can only get better now. They still wanted slow presentation, with no reaction bite or me. Best bite was ater 11am.
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Water Temp: ?
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Beautiul weekend at Shasta, all except or the ishing and the WIND! Wind was the worse I have ever seen in all the times ive been to Shasta. Fished Sac Arm, trout isherman did very good, while mysel a Bass Fisherman did just ok. No big ish the whole weekend, bigged going only 1.75. Caught most ish drop shotting 4" worms in crawdad and olive green with red sparkle colors. Most ish were in 35-45 eet o water. On Sunday couldnt ind the ish, inally ound them suspended about 40 eet down in 80 eet o water. Hopeully the ishing picks up, wont make another trip til spring.
City: Rancho CordovaTips: Drop shot, dont waste your time with much else. Bring a downrigger and catch some nice trout, guy landed a 13 1/2 pounder in the lake head tourney.
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Water Temp: 68
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: ished sac arm cuts and inside o points and mouths o small bays and creek channels. Most bass came out o 35 eet o water. ished a very small shad colored bait with smelly jelly basseast. dropshotted all o my t.o.c. ish with the exception o one spoon ish on a hopkins .75 ounce little shorty spoon. weighed in with 14 pounds or two days inished approx. 18th out o 83 boats.
City: rosevilleTips: look or bait and dont waste your time ishing anywhere else. Didnt waste time on topwater tried it or approx 30 min.
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Water Temp: 68-70
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: FISHING IS VERY TOUGH NOW WITH BITES COMMING OFF OF SOFT PLASTICS USING DROP SHOTS OR DARTER HEAD WORMS. THE HARD BAIT BITE JUST HAS NOT KICKED IN JUST YET.
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Water Temp: 72 to 75
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: In a word , TOUGH. Fished the NewBass Team Spectacular. Great tournament.Congrats to the teams that ound the ish. Found a pattern late on Friday, dropshotting 4 inch purple ghost or morning dawn worms in 25 - 30 eet on the inside o points. Started Sat with topwater and got 2 quick keepers and several blow ups and small ish. When the sun came up bite died. Tried everything else no takers, 1 more keeper on a dropshot. Sunday NO topwater or reaction at all but the ds bite was better. Weighed a small limit but lost 2 in the 3 lb class.
City: Castro ValleyTips: Use 12 to 16" between sinker and hook. Look or bait in 24-30 eet o water. No bait don't waste your time. Boulders and big chunk rock are good. Try a spook until the sun comes up.
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Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: hey POACHER,riend o a riend o a riend tells my wie that your wie has lost all respect or her POACHER take the all or the accomplace. I WANT TO SPEND MY REWARD MONEY so take the all like a man.
City: SLCTips: never involve others close too you in poaching better yet never ever break the law! in order to gain respect you must irst have sel-respect.
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Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: hey POACHER,riend o a riend o a riend tells my wie that your wie has lost all respect or her POACHER take the all or the accomplace. I WANT TO SPEND MY REWARD MONEY so take the all like a man.
City: SLCTips: never involve others close too you in poaching better yet never ever break the law! in order to gain respect you must irst have sel-respect.
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Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: i got this site rom guys at the mill.about 5-6 times a week i work in an area where a 4x5 has been living or our years.8:47pm. riday nite the nite beore deer season,one certain local SLC resident shows up behind the mill and kills or POACHES the 4x5. i call authorities and let them know that 2 shots ired and i a certain person and younger accomplace. just happen to ill a tag with a 4x5. guess what you did. i hope i collect the money or turning you in. i have worked in the mills in shasta county all my lie my ellow workers have the deepest disrespect or youi you poach deer you probably cheat in yourishing tournaments i hope everyone turns there back on you in SLC i will bad mouth you or the rest o my lie in shasta county.
City: SLCTips: turn in poachers they are scum o the earth.you can turn yoursel in or they will come and get you
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Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: limits o what? Trout?, we's talkin about bass here!!!!!
City: Redding/S.F. -
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: I am looking or any inormation on any bass clubs that ish Trinity, Shasta, Whiskeytown etc.... I am not interested in club that are a draw style. Please contact me at 707-498-1177 cell or eel ree to E-Mail me
City: McKinleyville -
Water Temp: 74-80
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: not good reaction bite. worms no good, but caught 4 ish 1.15 to 3.67 on new jig at phils get halo jig in white in 3/8oz. put pork eel strip on rear and hang on they really work. eat oranges boyd
City: ReddingTips: dont leave your boat tide up broadside o the ramp.
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Water Temp: 78'
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Fished the upeer McCloud, water temp at irst light dropped our degrees rom last week. (78'), very nice. Started out with top water, nada. Threw a rip bait or ive minutes or one dink. Started throwing a 5" yamamoto twin tail skirted grub, ion pumpkinseed, and began catching ish.Ended up with 12 up to 1 1/2 lbs. Tried worms on darter head and drop shotting or a couple, but nothing to brag about. I had an in experienced isherman with me that I even had to teach how to cast. He got two snags, (which turned out to be two nice largemouth, both over 3 lbs.)on a 1/8 oz darter head worm, the "rainbow" #272. Rookies have all the luck!!!!!!!
City: Redding/S.F.Tips: As or "Saltie Fish". what time o the day are you ishing? Our bite lasted rom sun up till 9am, when it shut down.It's also good ater dark on this lake.1/2 oz.ootball head, in 15'-20'
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