We finally experienced an easy day on Shasta after a pretty tough week last week. Yesterdays limits came mostly on side planers with 1-3 oz snap weights. @trinidadtackle23 Optimizer Jr’s were the lures of choice as nothing more elaborate worked for us today. Water temps are in the high 50’s so hopefully we’ll see a more consistent bite looking forward....
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Shasta Lake has cooled down into the low 60's which means the top water bite has begun.  There's still an enormous amount of baitfish throughout the system but the trout are making the shift to other food sources on the lake as well.  A fair amount of trout we've caught this past week are full of Midges with only some...
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Shasta Lake is in its full fall fishing pattern which means the trout are really spread out in the water column.  Trout are being caught from 150' deep all the way to the surface!  Yes, this can make finding the biters difficult at times, but persistence pays off when fishing this time of the year.  Trolling is the most popular...
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Our fall trout season is under way, but with very few salmon spawning in the Redding area, it will be a different kind of year.  This is the time of the year referred to as the egg drop, although this year there doesn't seem to be much of that going on.  The egg drop period is when ripe King salmon...
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Its starting to feel a lot like fall on Shasta Lake and that means its time to make some moves!  There are still trout feeding on Shad in th elower lake but there are good numbers up the Sacramento and McCloud arms now as well.  The bait balls are showing up deep still but we have lots of bait up...
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We have had another amazing season on Shasta Lake this summer!  While the summer King and Kokanee salmon season was a complete flop, the rainbow and brown trout fishing was exceptional!  We secured limits for our clients almost every trip this summer and we certainly saw some better than average quality come over the rail this summer season.  We're still...
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