Brining Bait for Shasta Lake Salmon and Trout
by Jeff Goodwin, JANUARY 21, 2018
Shasta Lake

Shasta Lake in northern California is the largest water reservoir in California, holding nearly 4.6 million acre feet of water.  With depths as deep as 517 feet, and over 365 miles of shoreline, it is very rich in its aquatic nutrients for resident fish species. It hosts a massive population of different fish species including, King salmon, trout, bass, panfish,...
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Shasta Lake trout surface bite is good!
by Jeff Goodwin, JANUARY 20, 2018
Shasta Lake

Today we fished Shasta Lake and experienced some pretty good fishing conditions, but with zero wind to help keep a strong morning bite going, we decided to cover lots of water instead.  It was just fun fishing so coming in with big numbers really wasnt an issue.  Many of the areas we fished produced doubles before moving on to find...
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Shasta's calm before the storm!
by Jeff Goodwin, JANUARY 17, 2018
Shasta Lake

Today we fished Shasta Lake, and in spite of a dropping barometer with a storm on the horizon, we still managed to catch several trout trolling Mack's Lure Hum Dinger UV Spoons at 2.5 mph.  We fished the McCloud arm and found a descent morning bite under overcast skies and absolutely no wind.  The lake was glassed over and after the morning...
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Easy trout limits on Shasta lake now!
by Jeff Goodwin, JANUARY 13, 2018
Shasta Lake

Another day of lights out trout fishing on Shasta Lake!  The morning bite was fast and furious with six lines in the water, which didn't last long.  After hooking one fish after another and no time inbetween, we found ourselves trolling with all the rods in the boat.  Obviously its not like this every day, but for the last three days it...
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Winter trout fishing on Shasta Lake continues!
by Jeff Goodwin, JANUARY 11, 2018
Shasta Lake

Today Stan Kulak and I fished Shasta Lake and found a great bite early on, experiencing double hook ups and non stop action for the first few hours of the morning.  We hooked over 20 fish before 10:00 am.  We took a break from the action and looked for some trout in some different areas, but didn't see as mant bites...
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Trolling Flies for Rainbows and Browns
by Jeff Goodwin, JANUARY 10, 2018
Shasta Lake

There are hundreds of techniques trout anglers utilize to effectively catch trout and there are no limits to the number of combinations and presentations we see people fishing all the time.  It can be a bit overwhelming for some of you out there who find a way to spend the time to look for new ways to improve your catch...
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