My clients the past two days were all first time Shasta Lake fishers. They all were spoiled with fabulous double digit days of fishing. The Brown and Rainbow Trout action on Shasta Lake just does not get any better. These Trout continue pig out on shad and grow big an fat. All the Trout my gals an guys caught weighed between 2...
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Fishing on Shasta Lake doesn't get much better than it is right now. Twenty to thirty fish days have been the norm the past week. The Browns and Rainbows are gorging themselves on shad right. These are averaging 3 to 5 pounds with some smaller and some bigger.  I don't need to say much more other than now is the time...
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After 30 years of fishing and guiding there comes a moment where the catching speaks for itself. That moment is now on Shasta Lake. The Trout are gorging themselves on the shad. Not even the full moon this past weekend slowed them down. These fish are just plain hungry and fiesty. Once hooked up they rip drag pull hard and even jump...
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Fishing on Shasta Lake has sinply been epic the past week. You can't ask for much more than beautiful weather and big hungry Brown and Rainbow Trout. Well, actually you can with crazy double digit fish days of 2, 3 ,4 and 5 pound hard fighting beautiful Trout. These drag ripping beauties are gorging themselves on shad right now and will continue...
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Shasta Lake is hot and not just the weather. Fat Shasta Lake Brown and Rainbow Trout are on their summer feed bag. They are gorging themselves on huge schools of shad, these hard fighting,  drag ripping, dinner plate trout have beautiful meat and are ready for the BBQ, oven or skillet. Let's put a limit of these fatties in your cooler. I have been...
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Shasta Lake is kicking out some fantastic dinner plate rainbow trout. On my last trip, my guys took home, 10 beautiful drag ripping, fat rainbow trout, as well as few brown trout. We caught all these fish while trolling around the lake at 3 mph plus. The hot lure of day was the optimizer jr lathered in procure threadfin shad gel....
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