Shasta Lake Trout Fishing

This episode from Shasta Lake in northern California shows how bites can be generated when the trout do not want to cooperate.
Shasta lake trout fishing. The big trout will be in the top 10 of the lake and will be cruising up the lake arms towards the head waters. Both brown and rainbow trout hunt in shallow water at this time putting them with reach of shore fishermen. 2021-03-29 Trout fishing and salmon on Lake Shasta catching Browns trolling 45 ft deep.
Lake Shasta Fishing Report by Matt Atkins Guide Service Location Main body Morning temp- 52 Afternoon temp-58 Water clarity- 4-7. November marks the start of trout seasonon the lake as water temperatures have cooled enough for big browns and rainbows to be caught with gusto. Rainbows and salmon are deeper about 60 to 80 ft deep.
Its no secret that Shasta Lake holds a big population of trophy trout such as rainbows and German Browns. The fall and winter months are when anglers in-the-know start to look forward to fishing in Shasta Lake in earnest as those trophy catches start to appear with regularity. 4 to 10 lbs.
To find this out. 2021-02-14 Robert Hower avid fisherman suggests fishing the main body of Shasta Lake. Healthy plants of rainbows browns and two salmon species keep Shasta Lake salmonid.
Many consider late winter just before the lake temperatures begin to warm to be the best time for trout fishing on Shasta Lake. For the past six months the fish have been fed four times per day by battery-powered solar-charged automated feeders with oversight from site manager Steve Brown and Merle Anderson Rotary. Catching fish on northern Californias largest reservoir is most often considered a small bonus considering all of the great things youll see throughout the day.
2017-11-19 The Optimizer Spoon. Shasta Lake is the largest reservoir in California and holds the largest populations of trout I am aware of in the western US. The chances of catching a big trophy size rainbow trout in Shasta Lake especially in the summer months is an.