We fished Shasta Lake water today, but on the outflow side of the dam.  Keswick Reservoir provided some quality fish today for sure.  We missed the first light bite but we found some nice fish in the moving water near Shasta Dam.  Steady flows all day kept the plugs diving and we only had to troll on our way back...
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The reports feel like they may be redudnant, so I'll just say Shasta Lake is still producing trout.  The bite has a been shorter every morning and today we found we were dragging small rainbows around undetected.  It could be what accounted for the slower action this morning.  Once the morning bite is over, you might as well pack it in...
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We fished Shasta Lake today and although the morning bite was good, we once again missed a few big fish takedowns.  The mornings are just a tad breezy, which is good, but the afternoons are dead calm on the water.  The fish aren't favoring the glassy surface and the activity has slowed dramatically when the wind dies down.  Surface temps...
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After a few days off the water to celebrate Christmas and my 52nd birthday, I was once again blessed with another great day on Shasta Lake.  The weather was amazing and a nice breeze early in the morning produced a great trout bite.  We hooked and landed two great trout within our first 5 minutes after setting lines.  The first...
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Today my clients from San Diego and I fished Shasta Lake once again.  The day started out just as I had hoped and we had our first fish, a rainbow trout, in the boat rather quickly.  The conditions were perfect for hunting big German Browns, but todays crew came out for limits of trout for a holiday feast.  I have...
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Today we fished Shasta Lake, and once again, found some really nice bites.  Of course the one real line burner brown we hooked thrashed on the surface behind the boat and threw the hook.  Its always fun hooking into a big fish, but itcan leave you wondering what you missed when they come unbuttoned.  Oh well, we had perfect weather...
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