Shasta Lake saw the first day of several days to come of some true "fishy" conditions for chasing big brown trout.  Our trip yesterday was once again successful, and we saw solid action for most of the day.  A few unfortunate losses was all that seperated our day from being a stellar!  All of the browns we caught were released,...
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Today we fished Shasta Lake for big browns and found a few great ones indeed.  We started with a fast troll Optimizer spoon pattern and our first brown came quickly.  After a short lull in the bite, I switched it up a bit and got our other three browns using that technique.  Bright sun and flat lake water didnt help...
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Today I mixed it up a bit chasing numbers instead of size.  I gave the big browns a day of rest so they'll be ready to fight next week.  We ran to an area that has been producing smaller trout, but the catching is just non stop!  Trolling at 15' at around 2.0 mph is all that we needed to do...
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Today Mark Simons and I fished Shasta Lake with one objective in mind, to find and catch a big German brown.  Well it took all of 10 minutes to find Marks personal best brown which scaled out at 10.5 lbs.  It was a great fish and after a few quick pics Mark released the big buck back into the lake....
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Trinidad Tackle has designed some new color patterns for 2018!  The Optimizer spoons have already proven to be very effective, especially for trophy size trout.  These new colors have proven to be fish catchers as well, so I expect them to be favorites among the trophy trout hunters out there who fish.  They are not available just yet, but will be...
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Shasta Lake is fishing very well right now for both rainbow trout and German browns to 8 lbs. The fish are near the surface in the 50 degree water and it's remaining consistent that they bite up high in the morning and drop to 25-35' feet by mid-day.  We are mostly trolling Trinidad Tackle Optimizer spoons at 3.8 mph which...
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