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  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at Packers 7:15 with a new riend. Down to one lane and needs to be scraped. Spent lots o time showing Joe techniques, graphs and short course in bass 101. Settled in and started ishing steep stu on main lake with darterheads and 4 inch worms, color didn't seem to matter. Plenty o ish but real sot bite. Fished till dark with nicer ish coming on spooks, ricos and crank baits last hal hour o light. Best pattern was ishing points at ends o steep stu. Hey Tim whats up?
      City: Shasta Lake

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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Just got back rom ishing the BFL regional with a very raw thumb. Congratulations to all the third day qualiiers. Caught tons o 1lb ish using just about everything. My biggest was about 1.75 on a dropshot in about 40t the second day. 5 minutes later my pro got a 2.3lber also on a dropshot at about 15t in the same area. I tried jigs, blades, and spooks or bigger ish but still only caught 1lbers. I inally just kept my dropshot rig wet, since it caught the most ish, and tried to wear out my balance beam. I would have liked to ish or the trout that we saw all over the lake chasing shad i I hadn't been in a tournament. Maybe next time. Most o the trout were in less than 5t o water trying to push the shad onto shore.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: Since I was a nonboater I didn't have a lot to say about where we ished. Around noon the second day I told my pro we should ish main lake cuts since the cove we were in was producing ish on every cast but they were all under 1.3lbs. When we started ishing main lake my pro culled out 4 o his ish or a 7+lb limit. I had a 6+lb limit but only caught one cull ish when we ished main lake. Given my choice I would ish main lake cuts and points with reaction(blades, crankbaits, spooks) with low light and with wind then dropshot the rest o the day and keep my balance beam handy. Good luck.

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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Packers Bay looking good. In at irst sae light. Fished main lake till 11:00. Reaction bite early on spooks, cranks and blades or better ish until 8:00 then slowed down or Jig bite. Ran up the pit to get out o wind and picked up lots o ish on twin tailed grubs in 15 to 20 eet o water on steep banks. Fish were pretty aggresive on grubs. First timer caught 8 on grubs and was happy.
      City: Shasta Lake

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey L.T. Don't let those tourney boys scare you away. They launch early and usually pull out by our p.m. It is amazing how spread out every body gets on Shasta. Besides, what better way to learn or ree than to bring up your binoculars and go spying. The biggest hassle on the weekends is the people at the ramps who haven't quite mastered trailering their boats. Usually plenty o room on the water unless it is a B.A.S.S. tourney, then don't bother.
      City: Shasta Lake

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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at dam at 9 wedn. as got home late tues. rom guide trip. Caught our plus(trout) on about 10th cast o small island in ront o launch ramp on T.D. minnow. One o you trout guys e-mail me and give me some tips on all those trout I am seeing out there. Could be un. Tough bite or me when I went looking or new stu. Twin tailed grub on 1/4 oz. darterhead up shallow in mudlines worked best. GREAT action rom 6:30 till no see no mo. White 1/2 oz. spinner bait (was windy) brought several two plus right o rocks. Lost nice one on Rico, yeah right, I know. Caught more ish in last 45 minutes than I did all day. I KNOW those guys are gorging themselves at night with the warm water and bright moon. Not seeing as much bait on the points and dropshotting died o rom what it was or me earlier. No big loss.
      City: Shasta Lake

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Packers Bay in good shape again. Took out three clients, one rom Mt. Shasta and two rom Santa Barbara. Great crowd. Bait disappered rom my points and so did the drop shot, no big loss. 30 to 35 ish with most ish coming o sides o points on twin tail grubs in about 15 eet o water. Slow, slow, slow bite. Fishing is good just slow way down. Nice ish on topwater and rippin last hour o day. Rico and small T.D. minnow doing the work. Hats o to my group. It was a hot day, slow bite and they ished diligently rom 7 to 7. NEVER SAY DIE!!!
      City: Shasta Lake

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at the dam at 7:00. Tired o ighting tourney crowd at Packers on weekends. One lane open and 4X4 best i you don't want mud on your boat. Thanks again Shasta Rec. Co. Took me hal hour in line to leave with only ive people in line. People that go to the dam are not very good at getting boats on trailers, kind o unny to watch i you can relax. Went looking or some new stu or a group on Tuesday, lots o boats on water. Most action on ish under shad where shad is 20' or more. Lots o ish but tough getting anything over 2 or me. Still inding most o my action on lat points on any arm o the lake. No reaction bite or me. All ish on darterheads with #2 4" Magic worms and dropshotting. Best pattern, three cups o coee two valiums, your avorite worm and good graphs. Watch or that real sot bite. Last group didn't even know they were getting bit.
      City: Shasta Lake

      Tips: Use your graphs to ind bait. I there are no arches under the bait move on. Bigger ish should be on bigger bait. Bait closer to bottom was holding better ish or me.

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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Packers Bay is getting tight. Shasta Recreation Company has not yet put the loat back in place. Lots o dirt on ramp. Put truck in 4-wheel drive so as not to throw dirt all over boat pulling out. Might be tough or heavy boat and light truck. Fishing pretty much the same or me. Lots o ish but not much size. Fished Mcloud arm all day. Key was graphing bait and working eeding ish. Most bait still on points. Found killer structure holding bait but hard to get a big bite. Small ish aggresive right now. Still picking up rip ish here and there. No topwater ish and one on a white spinner bait early.
      City: Shasta Lake

      Tips: I you have a two rod license try dragging a suspending rip bait behind you i you are working the bank. Lots o suspended ish out over 40 eet o water. This will probably give you some bigger ish as those bigger ish eed on small trout.

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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at Packers Bay and ought the tourney crowd AGAIN. Which is worse, jet skis or ity boats at a launch ramp at 6 a.m.? Pulled out in ront o tourney, I don't think they liked it,hee hee. Took out three clients and boated ity or sixty ish but not many a tourney isherman would like the size o our ish. No reaction bites or us. Pulled into bait ish on points and drop shotted most o our ish. Great clients, one rom New York. #39 our inch worm did most o the work. Let my transom saver and straps at the parking lot i anyone ound them, duh. Caught most o our ish in about iteen to twenty eet o water on long, sloping points.
      City: Shasta Lake

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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Client cancelled last minute so took a buddy ishing. Got him hooked on rip ishing. Good reaction bite early, rip,topwater and blade ish. Nothing better than average size though, bummer. Lots o ish and bait still on points or plenty o action. Buddy hadn't been out or bass in a couple o years and thought he had died and gone to heaven. Those o us who ish all the time tend to take it or granted and complain too much about too many small ish. Best action or late morning and aternoon was graphing bait with ish and dropshoting a 4" #39 magic worm.
      City: Shasta Lake

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      Water Temp: 72-77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Needed some time away rom it all and went or a ew days o sun and some ishing. Sun was hot and the ishing was not. Only squeakers or us on this trip, was hoping or at least a ew good ones. Partner did get a three pound plus spot on the irst day late into the evening but that was huge compared to the ones we were getting. Most ish were in the 10-14" range and all ish were packed to the gills with baitish and craws. These ish aren't starving!! This lake needs a good jolt o bad weather to liven things up! Oh well at least we got to do nothing but ish or our days straight and that is hard to beat.
      City: Mountian View

      Tips: Grubs, dropshot, Carolina rig lizards, senkos on dart heads and weightless, rattle traps and blades all worked, you just have to keep catching the little ones and wait or the occasional keeper ish to bite. Best depth or us was around that 40' range. Come on winter, get started so we can start smoking those big spots!!!

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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got to Packers Sunday at 6 a.m. just to watch ity bass boats tying up the place. Waited or them to clear out. No topwater ish. Ripped a ew ish where I had been getting topwater action, smaller than spook ish though. Long rocky points are holding most o the bait. Dragging twin tail grubs and dropshoting works or numbers. Better ish came ripping both cuts and points that hold bait. Some wanted a twitch and some wanted a ast rip. Numbers are there but will have to do something dierent or those bigger ish. Taking client out wedn. and I think he just wants to catch lots o ish. Will post results.
      City: Shasta Lake

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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished topwater early without success. One on a crankbait to 1 1/2. Caught a dozen clones throughout the day on Senko's on a darthead or dropshotting FX worms. Colors didn't seem to matter much. Best ish came on a Daiquiri Senko on a point behind Ski Island - 3 lb. Large. Slow bite. Best 5 went just over 10 lbs.
      City: Reno

      Tips: Find the bait and start ishing.

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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out around 2:00 yesterday aternoon, the "shad bite" is in ull orce. The only way I could get em to eat a jig is by throwing parallel to the vertical banks, working it out horizontally has just died, I had been getting at least one ish over 3 pounds or a month, last 3 times no such luck. Dropshotting and 1/8oz dartheads or suspended ish or numbers, I havent thrown much topwater because o the time I have been on the lake. Next week I'll go out early or that, and I will try to stay with blades and cranks during the day.
      City: Redding

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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: God Bless America. May we remember and prayer or each other every day. Started out Wed. morning optomistic and somber. Fished topwater on some o my avorite places, no blow ups. Ripped some okay ish on a Staysee Pointer Minnow using 8lb. line. It seems to help. No jig ish. Started point hoping up the Sac. and graphing bait. Resorted to dropshsoting with a #39 idget(a kind o mini 3" slugo, a 4" worm worked just ine too). Ended up with a numbers day and not a size day. Water is getting clear and reaction bite was tough, even with overcast skies.
      City: Shasta Lake

      Tips: I your normal stu is dying try dropshoting on some main lake points. I you don't know how to dropshot e-mail me and I'll try to help. Phil's can also set you up with whatever you need. God Bless. Rob.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: In at Jones Valley at 6:00AM. Two o Jones Valley Pt. irst thing on jigs. Ran up the Pit. One more on jig,2more on Spook, the rest on 4" worms. MGM#34, 54, 109. Twenty ish total. Largest 2.0, lots o short at ones.(At least I out ished my wie, 13 to 7, Thanks Jerry.)
      City: Cottonwood

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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at Packers Bay 6:00 a.m. Looked like there was a night tourney as I saw several boat lights on points as I drove over the Pit River bridge. As I was ishing waiting or sae light I saw another tourney (about ity boats) coming out o Bridge Bay. Skiers are going, tourneys are coming. Gave them some space and popped a 2-9 and a 2-14 on a Super Spook (blue back). Fish came between eight and ten on main body points around Ski Island. Since I didn't have anyone with me I continued throwing Mr. Spook the rest o the day. Not so smart. Oh well, nothing ventured nothing gained. I anyone wants to buy a Cameron Rod I would think twice about it. I swung the 2-14 in on a 7' medium-heavy action Cameron and snapped it in hal. what a joke. Lake was pretty busy and dead calm. My jig ish were all small, hence going or it with the Spook.
      City: Shasta Lake

      Tips: Super Spooks are very versatile. They can also deter those ew pesky jet skiers that remain. Can I say that?

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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I thought I was on Clear Lake today with all the wind. Houseboat was camped where I wanted to start. Don't you hate that. Oh well. Found some bait but no reaction bites. Bite was slow to start with. Picked up ish in iteen eet or the most part. Two best were 3.4 and 3.6 o the same wind blown point. Not a bad day considering the 30mph wind. All ish came on wind blown points on 1/2 oz. brown or pumpkin jigs. Slow bite. I just through it out and kept a little tension on it. I am married to a great ga. She bought me (another) Loomis IMX today. Should I be suspicious?
      City: Shasta Lake

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      Water Temp: 75-78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: oldest son, russell up or two days to ish and attempt to redeem himsel so we went out Sat morning and Sun morning,got in at Packers satuday morning at 0530 at 59 degrees, lake going down past 88.68 t ran over into the pit near Jones Valley point, he gets irst ish on irst ast but it gets o, third cast he gets another but it hops o at the boat, I thorw to a stump and get one on and get it in so breakast is again on him, had about 15 total with six on topwater and the rest on jigs, the bite shut down at 7 am so we let, my best alittle over 2.5 came on the MGM #109 twin tail skirted grub that I ound in the bottom one bag, he decides to bet breakast again tomorrow as we are eating at the giant orange, when is this kid gonna learn?On Sunday morning we drive up to hirz bay to get away rom the crowds and pput in at 5am, we motored over near the entrance to Campbell Creek where he gets bit right o the bat again about 3 times but misses them, I was tossing a jitterbug or about 10 minutes with no takers, picked up my jig rod and get in a little 8 inch bass that wins breakast again(the bet being on the irst bass in the boat) We run upstream to Nosoni creek and spend the rest o the morning up there till 930 am or 22 to 2.5lbs with no top water takers, nobody else showed up till 9am so it was great this am with a north wind at about 10mph that kept things a little cool but comortable, ran through two shad balls and they were getting beat up by small bass, the water temp at the top o nosoni was down to 75 degrees, I expect things will start to cool soon, water still very muddy in most areas but ater tomorrow the lake will clean itsel up. ABA is on tap or next weekend, they should do well.
      City: Redding

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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at Packers Bay at 6:15. Was a warm night so went or some topwater action. First cast okay ish on windblown point on blades. Ten minutes later ive pounds our oz. on a Super Spook. Did I orget to say that this was a double? ( Two two pound ten oz. ish on one cast). Made you look. One more two plus on a jig and it was over or me. Lots o short bites on my jig and no more topwater. Spooned a couple deep but no size. Lake started to get busy. Its almost over or them though, at last.
      City: Shasta Lake

      Tips: Topwater ish came o small lat points where I knew there was some baitish. Topwater died or me as soon as the sun hit the water.