Shasta Lake is getting another dose of very wet weather again this week. With all the rain, the lake could have possibly filled by now if water managers would have allowed it to do so.  It's way too early in the year to top off Shasta Lake so releases from Shasta Dam have remained very high all week.  We're experiencing...
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At the time of this report, Shasta Lake is sitting at roughly 35' feet from full pool and is seeing an inflow of around 45,000 cfs.  Last Saturday's storms fed Shasta at one point, over 100,000 cfs of water into the lake giving it a significant weekend rise.  BOR water managers have been releasing additional water from Shasta Lake via...
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Well 2017 has officially arrived and as usual, January brings tournament bass fishing season to Shasta Lake.  Shasta Lake is looking very good and water levels are above average for this time of the year.  The boat ramps are seeing some good activity from bass anglers and on any given day you will see several rigs in the parking lots...
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The Sacramento River is receiving a boost of water releases from Keswick Dam this week, presumably because of the amount of rainfall the region has received since October.  As Shasta Lake reaches 45' feet below full pool, water managers began to release 10,000 cfs on the 21st from 5,000 cfs which has essentially taken the flows back to the summer...
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The Shasta Lake spotted bass bite has turned on and local bass anglers have dusted off their gear and once again converged on the lake.  Shasta Lake has already hosted a few bass fishing tournaments, the most recent being the Unhooked Bass Anglers tournament on the 10th. Top anglers are now coming in with bag limits weighting in the high...
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This last week has progressively revealed a slowdown on the Sacramento River steelhead fishing for me, but we are still catching some very good fish. Fishing hard all day has paid off by day's end and we are coming in with 10-15 Steelhead hooked.  These steelhead, mostly wild, are absolute rockets when hooked on plugs and are not easy to...
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