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Saturday's Free Kids Fishing Day at the Mt Shasta Fish Hatchery was a  glowing success with full stringers and smiling faces for all the young anglers.  The CDFW provided a great setting in the shadow of Mt Shasta with the ponds filled with willing and hungry rainbow trout. Some of the trout  in the ponds were pushing over 10 pounds,...
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64.5F surface temp. East side pretty clean today. Stay tuned. Continued update from west side & middle when I get there! 61-63F west side. Big drift of algae several hundred yards from shore. Pretty clean around it and inside. Fishing very good on orange off Lake of the woods 5-20ft of water at the moment. Some grunge at Wildcat Pt...
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64.5F surface temp. East side pretty clean today. Stay tuned. Continued update from west side & middle when I get there! 61-63F west side. Big drift of algae several hundred yards from shore. Pretty clean around it and inside. Fishing very good on orange off Lake of the woods 5-20ft of water at the moment. Some grunge at Wildcat Pt...
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And just like that we have a Lake! Temperatures started heating up last Tuesday and DingleBerry Creek picked up. Had a bit of Thunder and a few sprinkles Wednesday evening and about 10 sprinkles more on Thursday along with breezy weather. Weekend temps dipped a bit but look to be on the rebound this week.   With the rise in the Lake,...
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At the April Fish & Game Commission meeting in Sacramento, the commissioners accepted a petition for listing the Spring Chinook salmon as a threatened species from the Tribes and notified the public that the spring salmon fishery was closed to the take of any salmon. That meant NO FISHING FOR SALMON! Later the commission, with the recommendation from CDFW, set...
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Volunteers are being sought for this coming Saturday's Free Kids Fishing Event at the Mt Shasta Hatchery.  Volunteer duties include assisting in registering youngsters and families for the event, passing out loaner fishing outfits,  passing out bait and assisting young anglers at the ponds.   As a regular volunteer I can attest to enjoyment in helping the many young anglers who...
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