Nor Cal and Southern Oregon Fish Reports

Shasta Lake, located in northern California, is one of the prime locations for trout fishing in the Western United States. Here’s my detailed report based on a recent fishing trip.  Location: Shasta Lake’s main tributaries - Sacramento River, and McCloud River are the hotspots. We found various sections of the McCloud Arm and Sacramento Arm produced excellent results. Fish Species: Shasta Lake’s ecosystem primarily...
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Shasta Lake Rainbow Trout have moved up from the deep water and were feeding like crazy on baby shad right on the surface, this past week. One of my favorite methods is top lining plugs or spoons while trolling and listen for the scream of drag while way hing the rod double over. It is a such blast. Checkout the pictures these Trout...
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Well that was easy!!! Boat limits of great Kokanee by 9:30 at Stampede Reservoir. Paulina Peak Tackle UV pink and green spinner and watermelon UV hoochie behind various P lite dodgers still my top presentations. Short leaders. 8-10” Derby in a couple days. That’s all I can give out right now. ...
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We have been working hard for our bites this week on just about every creek in the region. The fish have been closed lipped, but if you put in the time and grind on em they will bit eventually. The photos below are a pretty good representation of what you can expect for the remainder of the month. The rising...
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This is the end of the week for King Salmon on the Sacramento River this morning 9 year old Hanna caught her first fish ever ! Congratulations Hanna  back to the river tomorrow hopefully its not blown out .