Shasta Lake fished really well the past few days and both trips ended with quick limits.  We finished early Monday and today.  Lake surface temps are coming in at 65 degrees and I'm finding my bites in the top 20' this week.  The black ant hatch subsided the past few days so the bite definitely picked up.  The bigger fish...
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The Sacramento River in Redding is fishing really well and we're sitting on a handful of days in June that are available for both fly or spin fishing trips for wild rainbow trout.  The weather is nearly perfect every day in Redding as long as you're close to the water!  Fly and spin trips have been very productive for both...
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Shasta Lake is teeming with life on and below its surface.  The trout, salmon, and bass are all preparing for their summer stay down in the main body of the lake where they will gorge themselves with Threadfin Shad beginning very soon.  Right now the Crawfish and black ants are taking center stage as the predominant food source until the...
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The Sacramento River in Redding is fishing very well with both fly and spin gear.  Double digit hook ups daily are the current conditions and its going to hold well into summer.  This trip is available in a drift boat or large power boat for the larger parties.  We have plenty of flows rolling through town now so either fishing...
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Shasta Lake is seeing a steady rise in surface temperatures and the bite is really tough.  The bite temporarily suffers every year as the lakes trout and salmon populations focus on the spring blooms of aquatic life as the winter water temps surge upward.  Its really frustrating, but thankfully it doesn't last all that long.  Its happening early this year due to low...
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Captain Justin Thompson checked in over the weekend and reports great rainbow trout fishing on the Sacramento River in Redding.  Flows are up to 6,500 cfs and that has these wild resident rainbow trout on the bite.  Captain Justin had the same group the past two days this weekend and they landed over 30 nice rainbows each day making for...
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