Yes, its smokey on Shasta, and yes its on fire, but for my die hard clients, its still the same good fishing!  The smoke in the morning is relentless, but as the day wears on, we get a shift in the wind and it clears out a lot of the smoke.  Fishing is still pretty good and we are getting into some...
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We fished Shasta Lake again today and it seems a pattern is beginning to emerge.  These trout are absolutely sleeping in and the bites are coming in late like they tend to do on a big moon.  I'm used to diversity on Shasta Lake, but trout are morning feeders and having to wait for them to turn on like we...
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Today we fished Shasta Lake and although the bite was a little slower than usual, we still caught some quality fish.  The Smoke was a little thick on Shasta to start the day, but by mid day most of it had cleared out of the area.  Its likely to vary day to day, but its been tolerable so far.  Especially...
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Today we fished Shasta Lake and admittedly, it was by far the toughest day on the water as far as smoke from area fires goes.  The morning started out with thick smoke sitting on the water surface making for very uncomfortable conditions initially.  Fortunately as the day wore on, the smoke lifted a bit and a breeze came in and...
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We fished Shasta Lake today and enjoyed another solid bite from the big un's!  George and Leslie from Willows, Ca. whacked em pretty good, let me tell ya!  The smoke was visibly noticeable, but it really didnt slow us down and we had a great time.  Most of todays fish were on the bite at around 60'-70' deep and we...
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Shasta Lake is fishing at its best and yielding lots of bites for those in the know!  Fishing the main body of Shasta from the Pit River bridge (I-5) to the dam is all you need to be concerned with.  That really shrinks the lake down for the novices or anglers new to the lake.  The trout aren't too picky,...
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