Winter fishing continues on Shasta Lake!
by Jeff Goodwin, FEBRUARY 4, 2024
Shasta Lake

Same story this weekend on Shasta Lake as was told last week.  Not much has changed since my last report.  Great water conditions all week with some really nice fish landed as well.  3.5 mph trolling Trinidad Tackle #3 & #4 Oprimizers has been the best producer again this weekend.  The drawdowns for flood control on Shasta has begun but...
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Shasta Lake Trout Fishing Report
by Jeff Goodwin, FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Shasta Lake

Shasta Lake is in its dead of winter pattern but we're seeing some good size trout coming to the net this week.  I've fished all over the lake except the Pit arm and floating debris is definately limiting where we can fish.  The lake is just over 30' from full pool and water temps are hovering around 49-50 degrees.  the...
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Shasta Lake browns biting!
by Jeff Goodwin, JANUARY 25, 2024
Shasta Lake

We ventured out on Shasta Lake today with Rob and Patty looking for a few big bites and we didn’t go home scratching our heads. We started our day with a 6 lb. brown caught on a Trinidad Tackle #4 Optimizer with no weight 120’ behind a side planer. We fought some surface debris on the upper McCloud arm but water...
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Spring Brown Trout Season On the Horizon!
by Jeff Goodwin, JANUARY 21, 2024
Shasta Lake

Its closing in on February and the start of our Shasta Lake trophy brown trout season!  Many factors play a role in our efforts and success, the most important being water conditions.  I'm happy to report that Shasta Lake will rise this weekend into the high 40' mark indication Shasta is over 70% full!  Wood debris is very light and...
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Winter trout bite continues!
by Jeff Goodwin, JANUARY 2, 2024
Shasta Lake

Its oficially the winter season on Shasta Lake and the trout bite has been both hot and cold.  Changing weather patterns definitely affect the trout on Shasta and they can seemingly disappear over night.  In most lakes here in NorCal ts not a big deal but on a lake the size of Shasta it can make for a tough day...
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Shasta's Big Winter Fish!
by Jeff Goodwin, DECEMBER 18, 2023
Shasta Lake

Its officially winter here next week and Shasta Lake is holding true to her winter patterns.  We're seeing a really good grade of trout and the occasional King salmon.  Trolling spoons shallow in the 2.5-3.0 mph speed range is consistently taking fish every day we have fished this late fall season.  I don't expect anything to change in the next...
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