Baum Lake is a perfect location to spend a fall day.  Gorgeous fall foliage, a beautiful lake teeming with often willing trout and bald eagles and osprey soaring overhead.  Being adjacent to Crystal Lake Fish Hatchery this year-round fishery, a dammed section of Hat Creek in eastern Shasta County seldom disappoints.  And even if the bite happens to be off...
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Beautiful day on the pond!! Launch is holding up great, surface temps 46-47F, orange jay fair trolling flies, orange rainbow runner dialed them in. Let some go too! Toplining & the deepest around 10ft. Tamara Spurgeon-Powell ok selfies are not our bag!! ...
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Flexibility is a superpower for the fish Oncorhynchus mykiss, which can live in freshwater as a resident rainbow trout, or migrate to the sea as an anadromous steelhead. This power of options makes the species more adaptable to uncertain environments, but has also made understanding O. mykiss populations difficult. There is much uncertainty surrounding the relationships between resident and anadromous (or ocean-migrating) individuals,...
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For those who asked for a launch ramp picture, today the water is just kissing the concrete on the main ramp (with gravel below) and it's currently still going UP about 2 inches/day. Launch ramps are open, trout and bass are biting and weather is forecast to be great for boats and kayaks now through Wednesday. ...
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The fact that we had excellent success trolling Jay Fair flies with Bryan Roccucci of Big Daddy’s Guide Service yesterday morning, 12 beautiful Eagle Lake Rainbows to 4 pounds only gives the bottom-line report of a trip about 4 years in the making. I had the pleasure of knowing both Jay and his son Glenn Fair, in fact writing an article...
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In a typical year, the sport crab season can go one of two ways. If the crabs are plentiful, the meat content is usually on the lighter side. If there are fewer crabs around, they are typically fuller and in better shape. This is all due to their food source — more crabs means smaller shares of food, while fewer...
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