Christmas came early at McCloud reservoir on Saturday. Brothers Andrew and Chris Osland first McCloud experience will go down as TroutFest 2017. The trout bite was absolutely insane. I have been fishing McCloud reservoir for 25 years and I may have to rank this trip hottest bite ever. Doubles Triples and Quad hook ups on flies plugs and spoons. Huge pods...
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Not any one word can really describe yesterdays Steelhead bite on the Klamath river, so I'll use two amazingly hot! Two more words can effectively describe the hot bait Carpspit Rapala. The adult Steelhead of which we caught released 12 we all over the Pro-Cure plug just checkout all the pictures and video and you can see it was you...
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Yesterday, I took a break from chasing big Shasta Lake trout, and spent a few late afternoon hours drifting the Upper Klamath for Winter Steelhead. As expected the Winter Steelhead are here and hungry.  Casting a Pro-Cure Carpspit rapala produced some smashing strikes and solid hook ups. These Winter Steelhead once hooked put up quite a battle. They often on...
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LWho says working on Sunday can't be fun. Chasing Big Trout on Shasta Lake is certainly one way to make it fun. Conner and I trolled our way around Shasta Lake and had some success. The bass sure seemed to like the 4.5 Maglip trolled at 3 to 4 mph. We landed 6 just like the one in the photo. Although...
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There are many reasons fish get big. Food, Genetics, Location, weather are just a few reasons but one reason always holds true and fisherman around the world have heard it many times. Big fish are not stupid.  Chasing big fish like Trout takes patience. Chasing Big Trout on a huge Lake like Shasta takes a lot of patience and a lot...
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Don't let the Northern California cold weather put a chill in your fishing adventures. Shasta Lake is producing quality Brown Trout this holiday season. Trolling fast has been the key to getting these awesome fish to bite.  I have been trolling  between 2.5 and 4.5 mph in S pattern using bait, flies, plugs, spoons, Sep's Dodgers and Pro-Cure scents. The Browns are...
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