Fishing Articles

Here is a look at current reservoir and hydrologic conditions, curated from a variety of sources including the Department of Water Resources CDEC website, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Desert Research Institute, and others. Check out more conditions here. ...
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As the Trinity drops the salmon are starting to move into the river. The upper river is seeing more bright fish and Greys Falls is seeing more salmon holding. I have heard that the Falls is starting to get loaded with fishermen and sometimes one has to wait for a spot to fish. Water flows are getting to a state...
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If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it. Whacked em again today. Toplining at 4-5ft deep on orange & cinnamon leech trolling flies AND orange needlefish (red magic fishscale #2) & red/gold 1/4oz Thomas Buoyant at 11ft. Speed 1.9-2.4mph & nothing under 2lb & nothing over 3.2lb. (Scale in 10ths). Early 12-30 feet of water, later 42-48ft of water. West side,...
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So for all the Shaking – Rattling – and Rolling that’s been going on, we haven’t felt a thing at the Lake, but that may also be that we were a bit on the busy side and a bit on the tired side during the evening quake – didn’t even hear or see a rockslide. Our thoughts are with those...
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Still catchin’. The fish are moving around a bit now. Still on orange for me & everything biting us this morning was either in 8-14ft of water 4-6ft deep or in 20-30ft of water 11-12ft deep. I know I have fish on the west side so I’ve been scouting more territory on the east side and middle. Highest surface temp...
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 With over 535 happy young anglers participating in the latest Free Kids Fishing Day event at the Mt Shasta Fish Hatchery a great day was had by all.  Most anglers caught a limit of 3 trout with many of the trout going over 3 and 5 pounds.  Some of the trout topped out at 8 pounds or better. The anglers...
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