Spring trout bite ramps up!
by Jeff Goodwin, FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Sacramento River - Lower

The Sacramento River in Redding, Ca. is once again offering some fantastic catch and release fishing this week.  Many of the larger adult trout are feeding heavily in preparation of their spring spawning ritual in the Sacramento River and its tributaries.  We still have salmon in the river and the ripe hens are dropping eggs which happens to be a...
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Shasta Lake spring trout/salmon
by Jeff Goodwin, FEBRUARY 20, 2022
Shasta Lake

Shasta Lake is on the drop from its high point this winter of 129' below full pool.  Water conditions and temps are great for now, but we're not excited to see the inflow drop below the outflow from Shasta Dam into the Sacramento River.  Even with the lake now back in drop mode, the fishing has been pretty good.  We're...
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Sac River spring steelhead/trout fishing!
by Jeff Goodwin, FEBRUARY 19, 2022
Sacramento River - Upper

We're seeing a fantastic start to our Sacramento River spring steelhead/trout fishing and the numbers are already impressive!  Great catches of big river rainbows are the rule for our client groups this week and theres no reason to believe it will be anything but another great spring season here in the Redding area.  We don't have much to offer in...
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Shasta Lake trout fishing report!
by Jeff Goodwin, FEBRUARY 13, 2022
Shasta Lake

Things may change, but as far as I'm concerned, spring has arrived here in Northern California.  The lakes are teeming with fish and the water temps are on a slow rise making for a better bite most days we're on the water.  The mornings have been a bit on the slow side as far as bites, but it heats up...
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Sac River winter steelhead/trout fishing!
by Jeff Goodwin, FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Sacramento River - Lower

The Sacramento River in Redding continues to produce some excellent steelhead/trout fishing this week!  Water conditions are great, weather is great, and light boat pressure makes for a great day on the river!  Not much will change in the weeks ahead so now is the time to look into getting scheduled for this great trip!  Call Jaynie at (530) 510-2925...
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Spring trout bite is pretty good!
by Jeff Goodwin, FEBRUARY 7, 2022
Shasta Lake

Its hard to call it winter here in Redding when its 70-80 degrees here every day now, but it is what it is and the trout sure don't seem to mind the warm weather.  The lake is still pretty cold at 46-50 degrees in many areas of Shasta, but thats keeping things interesting for sure.  Finding the trout hasn't been...
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