1/2/23- Shasta Lake is in great shape and is on the rise from 143 feet below full pool! I just started fishing the lake again today and found success my first hour of the day. Mostly rainbow trout were caught along with a nice 3 lb Spotted bass as a bonus fish! I fished the main body in the Dry Creek area early in the morning and found success in the entrance area of Dry Creek Arm. The area between Dry Creek and Big Backbone produced a few trout as well before pulling our gear and running over to the Sac Arm where we found more great water and more rainbows willing to bite. Most of our trout were caught between 10"‘ and 20’ with somewhere in the n=middle being best. Small spoons in Shad patterns trolled at 2.8 mph was our top presentation. I’ll be fishing Shasta a lot this winter into spring before breaking away for our Striped bass season on the Sacramento River in April/May.

Check back weekly for more Shasta Lake fishing info and catch results!1/2/23