We got a break in the wind today on Shasta Lake so I set out with Stan Kulak of Trinidad tackle to see what kind of a trout bite we could find on the main body of Shasta Lake.  As most of you who follow my reports know, I've been spending most of my time the past month on the McCloud...
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Today we fished Shasta Lake on the McCloud arm near Hirz Bay again and found some nice browns along the shoreline.  Mixing it up a bit with trolling speeds, but the best colors today were white or contained white on the Optimizer spoon.  We trolled a good number of baits behind the boat in the prop wash and had success on...
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Kokanee fishing on Whiskeytown Lake during the winter is not frequented by area anglers during the winter months.  Although Kokanee can be caught this time of the year, they are normally small and often times the bite is slow.  I ventured out to Whiskeytown on a scouting trip just to see how our class of 2018 is shaping up.  I was...
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Shasta Lake has been producing both rainbow and brown trout this week.  I've been on the McCloud Arm every trip the past few months, so I cant speak too much for the rest of the lake.  I've been focusing on the brown trout and have found some nice multi pound specimens trolling above 3.5 mph and using Church Tackle side...
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We've been on Shasta Lake for most of the past week and we've seen some good days and some not so good days.  We've caught some nice rainbows and browns with the bigger fish coming earlier last week.  Although yesterdays wet weather never materialized, the trout responded to the low pressure system and turned off the good bite.  We managed to...
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Today I fished Shasta Lake with Stan Kulak of Trinidad Tackle.  We trolled #3 Optimizer Spoons and found a pretty good morning bite.  We hooked several multi pound browns, and of course, hooked a giant that got away!  I'm catching less than 10 fish per trip, but I am targeting bigger fish so thats not unexpected.  Its the slowest time of...
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