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I don't have call waiting or caller Id on my phone at home. I only have my cell phone for when I am on the water. Now after getting my bill yesterday I am done with it. Another $ 4.00 in taxes have just been added. It is not the $ 4.00 ,it's the principle of the whole thing, So Monday morning I will be one of the few I hope , with out a cell phone any longer. Hell I lived 50 years with out one. Now lets see what there going to do now .

Jammer All our kings are stocked no steelhead in the lake, Rainbow, Browns, Spotted Bass, Small Mouth Bass and Large Mouth , Channel Cats and sturgeon . The bait fish are shad 1 1/2" to 3" max Have gutted Kings with Rainbow and blue gill in there gut.

Thanks for the picture , nice looking fish. Great to see someone cradle a fish right that is being released

Sorry Mark, I just had to pass this on to a friend. I had it played on me out west here last week when I for got my camera.

Well headed to Shasta and our houseboat at 11am and the long wait for in-laws that don't fish but wanted to. First to arrive was father and mother in law , second was sister and brother in-law . Pulled out of the harbor at 6;30pm and headed to Waters Gulch to spend the next four days. Arrived just as the sun was setting and staked up to the shore. BBQ hamburgers for the crowd after dinner played cards till 11pm and bed. Up at 4 am to hunt for Kings, Hooked up over 20 fish and landed five . Sunday the same thing lost a another 15 fish to inexperienced fisherman, even had my first quadrupedal hook up. Now that was something . two on down riggers and two on steel line dipsy's , with one landed. Over all a great time fishing and lots of cards and one let down guide.The winds blew up to 30mph on Monday and did it come down , sure wish I had my canvas so we could have fished.. After down loading my pictures I find out from MtGirl all the rest are on my Father in-laws camera , so as soon has he e-mails them to me I will post them up ..Sorry.....I was not in charge of pictures this trip....Just cleaning the fish the BBQ and the guide . The in-laws went home with two ice chests full of KIngs and 4 Rainbows. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Great looking fish , thanks for the release

Ray now that is some great looking BAIT FISH there . I am sure on the old boom box was some Marine Corps cadence going on. Thanks for sharing your phots Ray

95% of them look like our mature Land locked Kings here in California. A monster on Shasta Lake might go 8 lbs this year. A few 6lbers have come up in the last couple weeks with full mature eggs like they would have in the rivers and off the coast. The Juvenal are a lot easier to catch. The bad thing is salmon are one of the hardest to survive catch and release.

I had a guy make a statement out in California on one of the local boards he read an article, some of you where going as deep as 600' for Kings on Lake Ontario. Even in the Pacific Ocean I never remember going any deeper than 200' So if you would let me know I sure would appreciate your response . Thanks Stan

you have it down and there is a young lad there that will share the memories

you changed your handle , what next School is in ?

Well I could not make up my mind between Shasta and Lake Siskiyou last night. So at 0300 when I got up something told me Shasta. Filled the two thermos with coffee and headed out the door at 5 am. Arrived at Suger Loaf boat ramp at 5;20 , man is it dark out that early. I mounted my hat flash light and started to get the boat ready, that took a whole 10 min and it is still dark. So I back the boat in and tied to the dock till it was light enough to run up to the main part of the lake. I took off about 6am off to my left I could see the sun coming up. Right in front of me is a big rubber tub 4'x4' they use to hold docks up with. Fishing went straight to the back of my thoughts , I pulled up next to this thing and tied it off to the side and started to fish. The lake was empty of lice , it was great. I got tired of this big rubber box hitting the side of my boat , so me , myself and I got it up on the bow of the boat. Back to trolling. Had 4 big take downs at 150' but nothing stuck, brought one up to a 100' and bam 1- King in the box. As I lowered the ball back down Bam my first Rainbow of the summer so in the box . Started to let it back down and another Rainbow in the box.I look off to my starboard side and here come TC & Mike to see what is lashed to my bow, I told them it was my ice chest for my Kings I catch , they could not believe I had the big rubber dock thing tied to the bow , so they departed to Dry Creek . I told myself it was a good day with 3 fish in the box and the first part of my dock for our ponds.

Thanks for the report and pictures, Man that hair cut takes me back 38 or 40 years. Welcome back home

Your going to see doublehaul ( Nick ) with a sobering look on his face for a while. He has had to step back into reality and go and teach the children of New York what makes the world and universe go around the what ever . Why trees have leaves and dirt is dirt. After all he was a science teacher some three months ago. But as he walked off that charter boat for the last time for the season he could not let go of the great times he had swabbing decks , cleaning the toilets and gutting other peoples fish with a smile on his face. So we all need to be patient with the man who has helped so many this summer

Great job thanks for the report and picture , out west here some call that hog a MacKinaw

The young lad had a great day at sea by the look on his face. Thanks for the report and pictures.

Ray you drive a mini van now that is funny

Great looking fish guys thanks for sharing your picture. But I think your holding them all wrong , if your going to mount them.

Great report and pictures. Can't wait to hear about the 25lb King you hook into and you will be in Canada in no time.

Outstanding . thanks for the pictures and report. I miss those days on the water with my Dad and Grandfather. Cherish every trip.

Todd The look on the your ladies face says it all. Or she is thinking she is scratching the paint job on the PU. Great job thanks for the report and picture.

Ok lets just say I got a head of myself. San Diego played some great ball to night. SF 3-1

Sorry guys , but at 7pm tonight there going back on the field. Keep your eye on the new kid Davis , got a gut feeling he will be the 9er QB. Oh by the way Tom your Black and Silver are talking of moving back to LA again . Been all over the news out here.