Today we fished Shasta Lake and found a really good bite up in Hirz Bay.  I typically don't fish up that high this time of the year, but it was near where todays group was staying.  The cooler water is still sitting about 50' below the surface, even up in Hirz Bay so it worked out better than expected.  Very few...
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Today we fished Shasta Lake and had big fish on the radar!  Patrick and Tammy are seasoned anglers and were first timers on Shasta Lake today.  Just minutes into our day, we had Phillip battling a nice chrome rainbow which put on one heck of an aerial show!  Just a few minutes after landing the rainbow, Tammy was locked up on...
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Its not all that common in the Shasta/Trinity Lake system to catch chrome Kings every time we go out, but then again, not many people have targeted them regularly from year to year. People just don't get out on the water like they used to, so most of the great lake fishing here in the Redding area has been, for the...
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Today we fished Trinity Lake and it was hot and cold, but we caught fish until about 1:00 PM when the armada of skiers and wake boarders descended on the lower lake and pretty much shut us down.  We still had a great morning and caught some excellent kings and rainbows!  If you want to get in on some pretty descent...
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Today we fished Shasta lake and found a pretty steady bite right out of the shoot!  The water temps are about the same as last week, but the warm layer is thickening.  Colder water has gone deeper and so have the trout.  Pautzke's Fire Brined rolled shad or anchovy strips on our PLine Sunrise squid rigs were the ticket again today!...
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Today we fished Trinity Lake for King salmon.  We started at 7:00 am and had 3 nice Kings to 8 lbs in the box by 9:30.  Cold rain and a full cooler prompted todays clients from Eureka, Ca. to call it a day.  Chinook Divers, Trinidad Tackle 6" dodgers, and PLine Sunrise squid tipped with Pautzke Fire Brine anchovy were...
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