This mornings trout/steelhead fishing opener on the Sacramento River started out much slower than anticipated.  We launched at first light and wet some lines just above the Posse Grounds boat launch.  We hooked a few rainbows during the first few drifts, but I soon began to lose patience with the slow pace.  We fished all the way down below the...
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The rainbow trout and steelhead fishing in Redding is very good now and will only get better beginning August 1st when the river opens above the SR 44 bridge.  We drifted cured eggs and Dick Nite spoons today, and the Dick nite Spoons were again the top performer!  Drift the Dick Nite Spoons like you would drift bait and hang...
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Hot sun and big rainbows continues to be what you can expect to find when fishing Shasta Lake.  Todays early bite was short lived, mainly because the trout had moved a bit from where I had last fished for them.  After a few descent rainbows were caught, there was a pretty defined lull in the bite and it wasn't until I...
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Mixed reports from other sources are saying Whiskeytown Lake fishing is slow.  I'm here to tell you that it just isn't so.  We had limits by 8:30 today and that was after losing several Kokanee in the process.  Surface temps started at 79 degrees in the Whiskey Creek arm, but we fund some cooler water down at the cold water...
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Shasta Lake is the size of SF Bay, and for some, it can be a little intimidating when they first begin to fish it for one or more of its many species.  I get asked all the time how to fish Shasta for trout and many of my clients fish with me just to learn how to fish Shasta before heading...
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Shasta Lake rainbow trout fishing was off the hook today and we had full limits by 8:30 am.  Honestly, I was busy netting fish and getting lines back down in the water from start to finish. Bob, John, and Chris had a great time and described the fishing as, "the best they have ever experienced".  Before I could get the second...
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