Red hot fishing at Shasta Lake
by Jeff Goodwin, JULY 13, 2017
Shasta Lake

Shasta Lake trout fishing is wide open right now and todays crew proved it!  We had over 20 fish hooked before noon, and 18 of the best rainbows were harvested.  All our fish were caught between 45'-55' feet and most came on small UV dodgers and white or chrome finish spoons!  Everyone had a great day and got to do battle...
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Fast action wild rainbows!
by Jeff Goodwin, JULY 12, 2017
Sacramento River - Lower

The Sacramento River in Redding, Ca. is hosting some very good wild rainbow trout fishing.  Even with Redding's most productive trout fishing waters closed until August 1st, our clients are having some great days of fishing for our supercharged wild rainbow trout.  We are primarily drifting Dick Nite spoons with spin gear now and have found it to be one of our...
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Shasta rainbow bite is on!
by Jeff Goodwin, JULY 11, 2017
Shasta Lake

Shasta Lake rainbow trout fishing has really taken off and we're catching double digits daily.  We are trolling with downriggers down to 100' feet with small dodgers and spoons trailing on a 24" leader, Most bites are coming at 45'-55' early in the morning and we're dropping down deeper as the sun comes up over the surrounding mountains.  These rainbows are averaging...
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Trinity and Whiskeytown Lakes are producing limits of big kokanee
by Jeff Goodwin, JULY 7, 2017
Whiskeytown Lake

Some of the lakes near Redding, Ca. are fast becoming known as the finest land locked salmon lakes in California. With bumper crops of Kokanee salmon in Trinity and Whiskeytown Lakes this year, anglers are out spending quality time with friends and family fishing for these silver bullets of the deep. Trinity Lake has a ten (10) salmon daily limit...
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Shasta Lake trout laying low
by Jeff Goodwin, JULY 3, 2017
Shasta Lake

I've been fishing Shasta Lake for rainbows and Kings this past week and although finding fish is not very hard, getting them to bite is another story.  I've fished a lot of water on Shasta and haven't had much to show for my efforts at the end of the day.  Now when I say a day of fishing, what I...
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Trinity Lake salmon fishing report
by Jeff Goodwin, JUNE 28, 2017
Trinity Lake

Summer salmon fishing has really taken off the past few weeks here in the Redding area and anglers are seeing some of the biggest Kokanee salmon in years.  I had heard that even Trinity Lake, which is known for small Kokanee, has been containing some larger than normal Kokanee this year.  I had a short break in my schedule from...
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