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I will be teaching a Advanced Downrigger Trolling  Class at Sierra College in Roseville September 10th and 11th. 3 hour class and 3 hours on the water with a guide. for info go to www.sccommed.org or call 916 781-6280

 

 

SHASTA FISHING REPORT 

Shasta is 35 feet from the top. Water Temp 79 degrees. All ramps are open. The lake is warming up and pushing the fish down. Fishing for Browns is tough.
The Trout fishing is Good.  For Trout work  30 to 80 feet. Try Cripplure UV paterns. Hum Dinger in UV, Purple or Blue or Wiggle Hoochies are doing the Job. For those that prefer a fast troll try Kazi Minnows in Shad or Rainbow trout, Flee Bittys or Large Hum Dingers. Trout average 16" with a few hitting the 3 pound range. Best areas Bridge Bay and Gooseneck.
Salmon bite is good. work 40' to 125'  Deep. Sling Blade teamed with Matrix Paddle-tails, Wiggle Hoochies, UV Pee Wee, Koke-a-nuts or Glow Cripplures.
Some Salmon reported up to 5 pounds caught on wiggle hoochies or Paddle Tails behind UV Sling Blade dodgers. Best areas around the Dam and Dry Creek.
 
 
Good fishing!
 
 
ON THE BITE
 
 
Mark Porter
Draggin' Ballz Fish Team won the Oroville Coho West Coast fishing Tournament
 Majority of our fish came on Sling Blades, as well as some on Cripplures, Shasta PeeWees
 
 
 
Rick Kennedy of Tight Lines Guide Service sent this picture
of his client with fish caught on UV Sling Blades and
Pee Wee Hoochies at Stampede Resivour
 
 
 

Silvia left and John Kline Right with some Flaming Gorge Kokes caught on Shasta UV Sling blades and Wiggle Hoochies

The picture on the left is of Silvia of Arizona she had never fished for Kokes before so Bill and I Gave her a couple of  Wiggle Hoochie and  UV Sling Blades. They told a new guy from Utah about what we did for them and we gave his some as well. they all caught fish 2.5 to 3.5 pounds. The word is out Shasta Tackle works best at Flaming Gorge even Nu bees can catch fish with Shasta Stuff   John Kline

 

 
 
 www.tri-stateoutfitters.com Local Wallowa Lake Guide Mark Moncrief sent picture
of a client a 6 pound koke caught on Shasta Tackle gear. Marks has reported fish
like this on a regular basis
 
Stop By the Sports Corral in Joseph 541 432-4363 for the right gear and fishing information.
 
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I am also sending you some pictures from my last fishing trip at Green Peter where I got 75 kokanee, a picture of my wife Debbie with a 16" kokanee from Green Peter and some pictures of my dad’s kokanee fishing trip from Wallowa Lake where he got a 7.7 pound koke a few week ago.  All these fish were caught using your Sling Blades.  Thanks again Jeremy Jahn

 Fish On kokaneekid

 
 
 
 
 
Pro Staff Ron Walker with a limit of hugh Wallowa Lake Kokanee to 6 pounds caught on UV Sling Blades and Wiggle Hoochies
 
Guide John Roark sent these pictures of Kokanee he caught in Montana lakes using Sling Blades and other Shasta products.
 
 
 
 

Congratulations to Pro Staffer Tom Hamada for his win at the Project Kokanee Derby at Lake Berryessa

Congratulation to Pro Staffer Rick Coelho  for winning the Kokanee Power Derby at Don Pedro

 

 

5/1/10 Shasta Lake Kokanee Power Salmon Trout Derby

Saturday Mike Elster and I  fished the Pitt along with several Pro Staff. One of the best bites I have experience in years. We caught a lot of fish. The largest was 3.17 pounds. We had 4 fish that weighed in at 10.43 pounds and put us in 3rd place. Dave and Dennis Stoffel were in 4th. The Hot Lures were the Brass Crushed Fire Cripplure and the Reg Gold Sand Hum Dinger. We return Sunday to a whole different scene. The river flows were increased and the plankton bloom was blown out and tons of debris making it almost impossible to fish. Fished the area until 11:00 AM had one 2 pound trout. Made a move to the Blue Canyon caught 3 small Bows then move to the bridge and worked some big fish but could not get them to go. Weighed in 4.65 on Sunday and took 15th place. Dave and Dennis stayed on the Pitt and hit a bite late and caught several quality fish and weighed close to 10 pounds and took 2nd place winning top honors for the Pro Staff Cash Award. A lesson I know well. Dont leave fish to find fish!!!

Good Job Team Stoffel and thanks Mike for a fun Derby

 

 

 3.17 pound Rainbow caught on a Brass Crushed Fire Cripplure during to KP Shasta Derby

 

 4/29/10   3.5# Salmon caught trolling a White Purple Haze Wiggle Hoochie behind the 8" Silver Glow Sling Blade 80' at the Dam.  While fishing with Butch and Chris Jacobson.

 

 
 
Our plan to chase the SC pink was changed due to poor weather so we made a detour to the SF bay instead. As always, Frank would put out his best rig, in this case, his favorite red Kone Zone in front of a red RSK. And for me, a large Sling Bling in front of a glow Cripple chovies. 1st kill at the bird cage, 29"er on a Sling blade/Cripple chovies combo. 2nd kill, 5 minutes after, a 30"er on a Sling blade/Cripple Chovies combo then the bite died. We worked the area for another 1hr before running across to the wall. The water was off color and lots of grass from the ball park to the channel. We had limited time so we proceed to troll toward the Oakland estuary and home. The 3rd and limit fish for me came on board half way through our tack home. We work the area for another half an hour before calling it at 12pm.
 
It's funny how Frank stay true to his rig after my 3rd fish came on board! You can't teach an old dog new tricks, I guess.
 
Khanh Tran

  

Hey Gary, i caught this brown up at porqupine reservoir in northern utah on one of your kazi silver shad minnows3.5" .  she weighed right at 8# on my scale and went 26" .
thought i would share.
 
kody

 

 

 

Gary Burns Take It To The Limit  http://garysfishing.net/  Guides these fisherman to limits on New Melones. He was using Sling Blades and Pee Wee Hoochies, Wiggle Hoochies and Hum Dingers.

 

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 ON THE BITE

Kody Iverson with a nice cutthroat from Strawberry Reservour Utah caught on a Kazi Minnow.

 

 

 5/09/09 Gary Thompson  of Modesto caught this Large King Salmon while fishing with Guide Danny Layne of Fish'n Dans Guide Service using www.fish'ndansguideservice.com the new UV Pee Wee Wiggle Hoochie behind a Sling Blade  at Don Pedro

 

 

Paul Di Guilio with a 5 pound Shasta Brown caught on the Mc Cloud Arm trolling a Kazi Minnow on the surface. He caught 2 limits and keep this one to put on the wall. 

 

Rick Aron of Hooked On Fishing is on the bite at Eagle Lake with this recent catch of Trout up tp 5 pounds. He caught 17 fish in 10 hours on Cripplure and Hum Dingers.

 

 

 

 

Pro Staffer Butch Jacobson took 2nd Place.

He was fishing Backbone using Cripplure Nickel Fishscale

and Hum Dingers Black Fishscale

 

Pro Staffers Chris and Butch Jacobson with some of there Derby Fish.

Dave Stoffel                     Dennis Stoffel

3rd Place They caught there fish on Cripplures Glow Shad

and UV Scale fishing near Toupee Island.

                    

7/28/08 Joe Salve, Fish Hawk Adventures and Justin Wolf with a nice Coho caught trolling Sling Blades and Salmon Koke-a-nuts in the mouth of the Columbia for an upcoming Angler West Show  www.anglerwest.com

 

8/8/08  Ron Walker caught these nice Green Petter Kokanee using the New UV Sling Blade and UV Pee Wee Hoochie.

Pro Staffer Bruce Ellis sent these photos of  his Daughter and friend with some nice fish they caught from an outing to Flaming Gorge Utah in August. They caught their fish on Sling Blades and UV Pee Wee Hoochies.

Danny Layne. Fishin Dans Guide Service.  Sent this photo of Client Elaine Lucia with a 2.4 pound Koke she caught on a UV Hum Dinger at New Melones

 

 

 
 
 
CONGRATULATIONS
 
Pro Staffers Kendra and Mike Tripp won the New Melones Kokanee Power Derby 08. They caught many  of  their fish on the New UV
Sling Blades and Pee Wee hoochies.
 
Email
Hi Gary. I just wanted to thank you for the great seminar you did at Fisherman's Warehouse in Manteca. My fishing buddy and I purchased the lures you suggested and went to New Melones yesterday and had the best fishing trip ever. We virtually limited out on Kokanee and I hooked a Monstor 9# Brown. The only lures we used were Cripplures. This Brown was caught on the Glow Shad Cripplure with the Copper Sling Blades at 80 feet.
 
Thanks for sharing your expertise
 
Alex

 

 

   

June 08 Lori Davis with a 2.8 lbs

New Melonies Kokanee caught on

 a 6" Pink Glow Sling Blade and

 Pink Koke-a-nut and corn soaked

 in Pro Cure Scent. 

 

The 08 Kokane Power Derby Results

Several nice Browns caught to 7 pounds. A lot of Kings caught up to 3.25 pounds. Trout were most common at the weigh in however they were averaging 15 inches and did not have much weight. Most everyone caught fish and it was again a great  event. For the derby results go to: www.kokaneepower.com

Howard Darney of Mt. Lakes Guide Service www.Mtnlakesguideservice.com and Vince Costa with there Sunday fish they took 12th place. They caught there fish on Cripplures and Hum Dingers

 

     

 

Cesar & Mike Elster of Fishing with Mikes Guide Service  melster@ulink.net with Sundays fish. They caught there fish on Shasta Tackle.

 

3/23/08 Harley Boos of Arryo Grande. Glory Hole Sports BIG FISH OF THE WEEK a 5# Brown caught trolling a Shasta Matrix Flee Bitty Shad behind a Watermelon Sling Blade 85' under the 49 Sttevenot Bridge.

  

 

 

 

Frank Carney with 4 Halibut he caught in San Francisco Bay 3/8/08 on 8" Sling Blades

 

 

 

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2/8/08 Chris Mesker with a 7 pound Brown he caught Top linning a Brass Red Cripplure smothered in Pro Cure Shad Gel on the Mcloud Arm Shasta Lake. 

 

 

Carlos Cordova caught these beautiful Trout on Cripplures while fishing Eagle Lake with Pro Staffer Howard Darney of Mountain Lakes Guide Service. www.Mtnlakesguideservice.com

 

Pro Staffer Dan Hannum Caught this 25.38 pound Wiper on  7/18/07 at Lahonton Res. in Nevada. This fish is the Lake

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