Shasta Lake is well on its way to producing good numbers of nice trout and Spotted bass.  The fall pattern is shaping up to its normal transformation from the October bite shut down.  Surface temps are sitting at around 61 degrees and anglers that are fishing the surface are finding a consistent bite.    Get your presentations away from the...
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The Sac is really slow for salmon, the trout fishing is really good, and the steelhead fishing sits right in the middle of all the action that exists.  Justin and Jeff Brady fished from Redding to Cottonwood and all things said, the trout fishing was by far the best action of the day.  Reports of bright late fall Kings say they...
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Today Justin, Jeff Brady, and I ran a three boat trip on the Sacramento River in Redding.  Flows dropped while we were on the water, but we saw a pretty good bite overall.  We didnt cover a lot of water, because we didnt need to.  There were trout everywhere we fished.  Ultralight tackle was the key to the day and...
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Today we had Captain Justin, Captain Jeff Brday, and myself working a three boat party on the Sacramento River below Balls Ferry.  We targeted salmon early, but experienced a really slow bite in the Barge Hole.  Justin and I switched over to steelhead fishing and our clients caught some nice hatchery fish for the fish box.  Captain Brady kept targeting...
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As much as I dislike summer weather in the late fall and winter, the Sacramento River steelhead and resident rainbows don't seem to mind at all.  Flows are nearing the 5,000 cfs mark and the boards at Lake Redding are almost pulled.  This will drop the water above Caldwell Park and that area will see some moveent again.  Down River...
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Its time folks to get your Sacramento River steelhead/trout trips scheduled.  Flows are dropping and there are lots of spawning salmon in the river below keswick Dam all the way to Cottonwood.  double digit days are the norm and since fall salmon spawn in shallow water they are easy to spot.  Throw real or imitation eggs below spawning salmon and...
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