Shasta Lake releases more water!

Beautiful rainbow trout are all over Shasta Lake this year! They are nice clean fish this year and this summer is gonna be filled with some big trout being caught on Shasta Lake.
Photo Credit: Captain Jeff Goodwin

by Jeff Goodwin
4-5-2019
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We fished Shasta Lake and the bite seemed to have slowed considerably from the day before.  We caught some nice rainbows, but the borwns for the first time in weeks were off the bite.  We got caught on the lake with a 10,000 cfs increase flowing out of Shasta Dam.  Flows out of Shasta are hovering around 30,000 cfs now due to the fact the lake is nearly full.  After tonights torrential down pour and massive hail storm, I'm sure they will be ramping up flows again in the days to come.  We saw a lot of water coming down tonight here in Redding and I'm sure it was even worse up in the foothills.  The good new is we are looking ahead and seeing a warming trend by early next week.  That should start to settle things down a bit on Shasta Lake.  Unfortunately, I think its going to be a while before the river below Red Bluff settles down and its quite possible we will be pushing our Striper trips into the latter half of the month or quite possibly into May,  Time will tell...

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.