Shasta Lake - CA

Wet, wet, wet, and very cold and windy!

4+ lb rainbow caught trolling a custom "hot lava" #3 Optimizer today.

Beautiful rainbow trout caught with a #4 www.optimizerlure.com trolled close to the surface.

This Shasta Lake brown trout was caught with a www.bayratlures.com trolled at about 15' deep.

Champion, Alex Niapas of Angels Camp displays a pair of giant swimbait fish. Photos courtesy of the Wild West Bass Trail.

Alex Niapas holds the big one! Photos courtesy of the Wild West Bass Trail.

Still catching lots of rainbows, but the browns are gonna be ripping up our baits real soon!

Shasta's amazing spotted bass fishery is on full display this week.

Matt came our from Virginia to work on the fire recovery efforts and snuck in a day of fishing on Shasta Lake. Looks like he found what he was looking for!

Dave Smith with Shasta spot. Courtesy of Frank Galusha