Shasta Lake King salmon bite surges in June!

We had a great June on Shasta Lake, making for one of the best June fishing schedules on record. We were very busy and our clients experienced some really great days of fishing for trout and landlocked King salmon. Water conditions fluctuated greatly, but it definitely leaned in our favor most of the month. We have another great month scheduled on Shasta Lake and although we will be fishing clients just about every day, we do still have a few dates that remain unscheduled.

Gracie Goodwin got a personal best Shasta Lake King salmon, but as you can see by her expression, she wasn’t quite ready to go hands on with her King in this picture. She won’t soon forget this fish and keeps telling a story of how well it fought.

We will continue to fish Shasta Lake through mid August, but we are really filling our Sacramento River King salmon fishing trip slots as well. We are seeing a lull in the trout fishing as we wait for the Shad concentrations to develop in the lower lake. Browns have been a bit scarce as well, but we are seeing a lot of King salmon bites as we shift towards targeting them until the trout bite blows up in July like we are accustomed to.

Some of our clients are getting into some nice King salmon, but we’re really looking forward to another years growth. 2021 will be a really good year for King salmon on Shasta Lake!

I will likely hold down the majority of Shasta Lake trips and Justin and Jeff Brady will pick up the river salmon trips as we get deeper into July. The Sacramento River opens to salmon fishing below Red Bluff on July 16th this year and we’re expecting some good fishing through December 31st. August 1st is the up river opener and after that we’ll be fishing anywhere between Anderson and Corning. Jaynie has been working in the office and has been feverishly booking Shasta Lake fishing trips along with Sacramento River King salmon fishing trips. Its going to be a crazy summer, but our fishing team will be ready to get our clients out on the water and into some good fishing.

Captain Jeff Goodwin