Justin has been working the Sacramento River in Redding and is on a red hot bite in the high flows from Keswick dam which has beached the local drift boat fly fishing fleet.  This means we pretty much have the river to ourselves and light pressure on the steelhead/trout in the big water has them on a feeding frenzy!  Flows are...
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Shasta Lake has had its good days and not so good days this winter, but the past few days have definitely seen an improvement in the big trout fishing game.  Today I fished with return clients Randy and Dick and we really had a good time.  The morning bite was slow so we changed plans real quick and found some...
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Shasta Lake has been a real pill lately for most anglers, but one day can make all the difference, you just have to get out there and put in your time.  The fishing is going to get more consistent when the water levels stabilize and the water warms up a bit.  We have a few things working against us right...
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Shasta Lake water temps have been nailed down in the 48-49 degree range for what seems like an eternity!  Its no secret that rainbow trout and King salmon love cold water, but brown trout like to hang out in water a bit warmer than what we've been seeing in Shasta Lake this winter.  Its made for a banner season for big...
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Justin, Kenny, and Kevin fished Shasta Lake yesterday and found easy limits of Spotted bass.  The bass are stacked on the points and walls and they are starting to fill out before their spring spawn eating eveything in sight!  if you want to get in on this fast action bass fishing give me a call and I'll get a trip...
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Shasta Lake trout fishing was pretty good today trolling Optimizer spoons and Bay Ray Lures. Trout were up pretty high today and I don't think we caught anything below 15' feet. Water temps are unchanged at 48+ degrees and the water was slightly stained, but very fishable. I concentrated on the main body of the lake and did as well...
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