Shasta Lake browns and bows!

Clyde Orr with a first pass rainbow trout caught on a Trinidad Tackle #3 Optimizer spoon!
Photo Credit: Captain Jeff Goodwin

by Jeff Goodwin
2-22-2019
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Today we fished Shasta Lake and found a descent morning bite while hunting big brown trout and rainbow trout.  Good friend and mentor Stan Kulak and his associate, Clyde Orr of Torr Industries, came out to run some Optimizer spoons, including one of Stans new colors.  The color test didn't take long and we had a nice rainbow take the new #3 Optimizer off our downrigger set at 20'.  We hit another nice rainbow on a custom color Optimizer I have success with, and soon after hooked a nice brown trout on my favorite Bay Rat color right now.  Another great day in the Shasta Lake archives!

Jeff Goodwin is a full time Northern California fishing guide.  He guides year round for salmon, trout, steelhead, Kokanee, and bass on Northern California rivers and lakes. He fishes many bodies of water in the Redding area, but also guides the Sacramento River and Feather River during certain times of the year. Jeff can also be found on the California coast chasing ocean fresh King salmon and steelhead each year. To learn more about the fishing trips Jeff has to offer, please visit Jeff Goodwin's Guide Service.  You can also find him on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, or please feel free to call him anytime at (707) 616-1905.