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Saturday, May 15th, 2004

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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Trolled for trout, got four. Switched to bassin for awhile, spinnerbait and carolina rigged 4 inch purple worm. Got two dinks, nice fight, very good coloring, but small. A couple of float tubers were doing OK in the shallows throwing mini spinnerbaits, but they also reported small ones.
      City: SJ

      Tips: Mmmm, smoked trout! Stay parallel to shorelines for small ones, was too windy to try deeper water for me today for larger bass.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went tubing in the back Island on Saturday with 2 other Anglers. All combined we had about 20 bass. I had a 3 pounder and a 5 er . Great day out there just throwign soem senkos weightless. The bitre is turning on.

      Tips: senkos, slow, tight lines....

  • Shasta County
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Thanks Jerry bottom line is we are all fisherman and enjoy the sport. fished future pro Sat and caught lots of fish unforturnately none over 2.5, fished the Pit Arm in the morning at Boulder Island and some willows lots of small fish then went to Sac and caught quite a few in the 2.0 range with drop shot and senkos.Not enough to win oh well the Delta is next look out guys this one is mine!
      City: Alameda

      Tips: Drop shot after the morning bite!!!!

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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Pit arm from 6a to 3 p. Great for quantity but short on quality. First hour great top water bite w/spook and then Lucky Craft jerk bait. 20 + but only 5 of them keeper size. Rest of the day caught fish split shotting points with green craw style 4" worms. 60+ fish w/only 15 over 13 inches. Big fish went 3+. All spots except for 7 smallies.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Top water or jerk baits early then split shot secondary points in 15' to 25'

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: This is directed towards the guy that in early April lifted two tackle boxes filled with Lucky Craft lures out of my boat at Antlers boat ramp.... The reason it took me so long to get up to my van and gave you so much time to steal what it took me a very long time to accumulate, is because that was my last fishing trip prior to having open heart surgery.... I'm happy to say that the surgery was a sucess and that I'll be fishing Shasta again in a few weeks, and I believe I'll remember your boat and your face... It might be real smart for you to stay off Shasta for the rest of the year, because I'm going to be looking real hard for you, and if I find you, it would be real lucky for you if you had my lures to give back to me..... This is by way of a warning for everyone else, DON'T leave your boat ungarded even for as long as it takes to get to the top of the ramp as there seems to be a few low-lifes out there that will rip you off if you give them half a chance..... I lost 28 Lucky Craft pointers, sammys, kingyos, and others + two Shimano tackle boxes in just a few minutes, so beware of leaving anything that's loose....... Sorry to have to file a report like this, but I'm hoping that maybe someone else can learn from my mistake.......
      City: Williams, OR

      Tips: Carry a 12 gauge.........

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      Water Temp: 66.9

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I stand corrected and apologize, I did not read all the way down throught the posts about Johnnie Mac and went off half cocked, you did,in fact, include an e-mail address. I tried to send you an apology this am but your address given came back "undeliverable".
      jerry
      City: alameda

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 65-67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Back again on Saturday afternoon for the REBC T.O.C. Fished from 2pm-1am. The wind really kicked up makeing it tough to keep the boat in position. Tried to repeat Thursday's spinnerbait bite, but no action. The wind was out of the north Saturday, but from the south on Thursday which may have affected the bite. Started throwing senkos and landed 2 keepers in Brush and Yorty. Fished Cherry for a while then ran south to the Warm Springs arm. Caught several more keepers on brush hogs. Finished the night with 10.5 lbs for 5 fish. Top dog went 20 lbs for 5 throwing brush hogs. Check out some photos at www.rebc.net
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: Fish really slow and drag the bottom. Never felt several bits, just saw my line move or the line got heavy. Brush hogs in dark colors. If the wind calms down try some top water, buzz baits or poppers if calm. The spawners are all done so fish the points and outer areas of the coves and secondary points. Main lake area should also produce.

Friday, May 14th, 2004

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 64 early 74 lat

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I went out with my friend Terry on his boat today, we launched at seven o'clock at the public ramp things started slowly, we fished a couple of points on the main lake with no success, we fished off the big island and picked up a largemouth and a smallmouth in the two pound range. We moved on to Putah creek and started picking up fish, while fishing a narrow point bordered by twenty four feet on either side using a dropshot rig with six pound test and a six inch robo worm I felt a slight peck on my line I set my hook the fish swam towards the boat my friend asked if the fish was of any size and I said no I think it is a small one, all of a sudden the fish took off stripping line from my reel about twenty five yards from the boat it came out of the water it was huge, my friend started steering the boat away from trees and other obstacles after what seemed like hours with the help of my friend we boated the fish it weighed ten pounds four ounces and was twenty six inches long. Had it not been for my friends help with the boat and coaching I would never have been able to land this fish. We weighed and measured it and then released it. We went on to catch thirty one fish total in the two to three pound range all of our fish were caught on the sunny bank where there were large submerged rocks in the water. We caught five fish on crankbaits two fish on spinnerbaits the remainder were caught dropshotting six inch roboworms.
      City: Sonoma

      Tips: Top water is not working right now, dropshotting has worked extremly well for us the last few trips including Berryessa, Sonoma, and even on hennesy. Keep a loose drag you never know when that big one will strike!! FISH ON!!

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught my first berryessa bass, smallmouth, 15 inches off the beach in back of my trailer at Putah Creek.
      City: vacaville

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Lauched out of Wimpy's at 5:30A with my 2 cousins. Fished Hog, Beaver, and Sycamore sloughs. Had 3 limits by 10:30A (largest - 5 lbs) but didn't get off the water until 2:00P. We probably caught around 50 bass. Caught 2 stripers (4.5 lbs each) too - spinnerbait and buzzbait. Boy, was it fun to watch a striper hit the buzz bait about 5 ft from the boat. The other striper was caught over a weedbed next to tullies.

      Also, took an "uplanned" swim in the delta. BE SAFE - always wear your PFD because you don't know when an accident can happen.
      City: Dixon

      Tips: Fish those weedlines - in, out, and over. Wh/Char spinnerbaits and shad Rat L Traps.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 69 to 71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: we had fish all day in main body 8 to15 ft
      City: ranchocordova

      Tips: slow dowen use robo worms and top water in the morning

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      Water Temp: 70 degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The water cleared up since I last fished. I use weightless worms and waited the first 2 hours, no bites... then I switch to cranks, still no bites, used my Rat-L and had some followers around the docks but no bites. Finally, I switch to spinnerbaits... and bang got a 2 pounders on my first cast, released him and cast again then bang a 3 pounder released him too. That's about the only bites I had the whole day. I didn't see any cruisers at all, maybe they'd went DEEP and apparently the spawn is over. One guy in his bass boat caught a 10+pounder LM bass at 7pm, he was hollering like crazy when he caught it with his wife or gal pal, he was dropshotting with plastic and the lunker nail it 25+ feet DEEP. The trout bite is still spotty around the boat launch... caught a good dinner size fish for two.. a 3lb trout. The action is always great for trout at San Pablo.
      City: Concord

      Tips: Walk around the tullies and scout the brushes/ weeds to see if there are lunkers protecting their swimming frys. If they'd aren't there then the lunkers are DEEP. Use spinnerbait around the docks and tullies, good action in the 1-2 pounds range. The lunkers will swim in at dusk looking for their dinner... try BLUEGILL color rapalas / spinnerbait and weightless plastics or crawlers.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 66.9

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got my biggest today at 2:17PM, took ten minutes to get this one landed. 7 lbs and 5 ounces and 19 1/2 inches long. Good Lord what a beauty!!!!

      Say hello to Gerald(jerry)Justin Scott Crusto of Elk Grove,Ca presently residing at Kaiser Hospital with his Mom(my daughter) and Dad who hit the ground running yesterday and made me a proud Grandpa again. We had dinner together and my heart was gone when I held him close and he snuggled into my neck. What makes them babies smell so good!!! Thanks to my son in law for naming him after me.
      signed:
      Gerald (jerry)Scott Waltman
      City: Redding

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: HEY GUYS I JUST HAD A QUESTION DO WE NEED A LAKE SHASTA LICENSE IN ADDITION TO REGULAR LICENSE TO FISH THE FUTURE PRO THIS WEEKEND?CAM ANYONE HELP ON THIS?
      City: WALNUT CREEK

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey Jerry I have the balls to put my email addy (look at the first entry) also have the balls to say I was wrong.So I hope this will be the end of this and we can get back to fishing. Good Luck to all Tomarrow in the Future Pro!!!!!!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: To anyone considering hiring a guide on Shasta, I would definitly reccomend Johhny Mac, I haev fished with him before and he has helped me out a bunch..Nice guy, and he would never not show up! He is always at the launch way before he needs to be, stand up guy!
      City: redding

      Tips: If you have a grievance, don't come to the reports section, call them in person.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Johnny Mac looks like I owe you an apoligy,my partner told me you said 5:30am,but we were there at 4:30am and were asleep in the car to the right of the guard shack and woke up at 5;30 didn't see you until you launched with someone else at that time didn't know it was you, again sorry for the mix up I will chew my partner out, but I only new the time he told me.maybe someday we will fish together no hard feelings I hope.

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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I fished Spring Lake Friday. I got on the water at around 11:00 am and fished until around 3:00 pm. Two small strikes on topwater was all I was able to get for four hours. WEAK! I threw shallow cranks, chartreuse, white and red spinnerbaits, flukes, senkos, lizards and the beforementioned topwater baits. The wind kicked up at around 2:00 which I thought would correspond to a decent spinnerbait bite or some topwater action given the slight chop on the water. Nothing. Regardless, it was better than being at work! There was only one other guy on the water and he caught a nice one on a soft plastic (I think).
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: Given my lack of production, who the hell knows?!?

Thursday, May 13th, 2004

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 64-68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got a late start on this thursday out of redbud. Looked in several marinas in the south end and found no bed fish. Caught a 2lb out of a tree in the mouth of a little slough and found one small fish kinda guarding an area, but he wouldnt stay on the bed. Looked near Jago, Konocti bay for sight fish, but only found millions of bluegill, hitch, shad and small bass. I finally gave up and enjoyed 15 or so fish on senkos in sparce tulies, under docks. Flipped some fish in thick wood in pm. Tried a double wide sweet beaver for this application. I dont really like the feel of the lure as it is hard and fragile like a senko. It did produce though and I had one swim off with it and I broke 20# test setting on it......rats.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I really wanted to try to catch fish on nests, but felt more familiar with the south end. Later reports tell me that this day was the day to sight fish as there was no wind and it was sunny. Maybe next year I'll head to the north end where it is shallower.

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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished mid-a.m and early p.m. Tried everything and finally caught two bass by the dam on crankbaits. Not much action. Most of the bassers seemed to be getting just a few fish.
      City: Concord