Shasta Lake - CA

First fish, first pass, first rod in the water! Its time to get your Shasta Lake fishing trip booked!

Tammy with a monster Shasta Lake German brown she caught today while fishing with me!

A lone houseboat beside an almost dry section of the Shasta Lake reservoir which was at less than 20 percent capacity during a severe drought in 2015. (MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)

Shasta Dam holds back California's largest water reservoir and it could get even bigger under a federal plan to raise the height of the dam. George Rose/Getty Images

Tommy and Charlotte told me they had very little fishing experience, but they did a great job and had their limits by 11:30.

Charlotte's supercharged rainbow she caught on Shasta Lake today.

Trolling for Shasta Lake trout and salmon is my preferred method for catching these great fish year round.