Shasta Lake is currently less than 50' feet from full pool and rising a few feet daily!  Thats a lot of water since November when we were sitting near the 100' below the dam crest.  The lake is in good shape and we're looking at a great year of fishing ahead!  Currently the bass fishing is very good and the...
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Today we fished Shasta Lake and the frigid temps outside were showing on the waters surface as well.  We found some 45 degree water today and found mostly smaller rainbows to go along with the cold water.  We managed to get into a few big fish in one of my honey holes early on, but the afternoon bite just never came....
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Today local guide, Justin Thompson, fished a group of six eager anglers on short notice for me today and as you can see in the pics, there were lots of smiles on the boat! It was a nasty day everywhere around Redding today, but with skill and hard work our clients are having some great days on the water fishing with...
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Today we fished day one of two on Shasta Lake.  Weather was horrible and fishing was very tough.  We were taking water over the bow and getting blown sideways in a driving rain most of the day.  Trout were on top and thats where we saww all the action again today.  Downriggers were basically useless for us today.  We got some...
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Today we fished Shasta Lake again and although it wasnt red hot, the quality fish were where we thought they would be. Side planers domintated the bite and so did our spoons.  I've heard about these Optimizer spoons so I thought I'd try them out and it tyrns out they work pretty good, lol.  All kidding aside, 1 oz. or...
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I took advantage of a short break after the ISE show this year to get all of my ducks in a row before another busy year of guiding on Shasta Lake ahead.  Brown trout fishing will dominate my efforts on Shasta Lake the next few months. and with the current lake conditions, we should be in for another great year...
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