Shasta Lake Trout Trolling and Kokanee Fail

[@830pc209]

Great footage of the eagle snatching up that trout.

[@johnspecht7449]

I used to fish Lava Lake, outside of Bend, Oregon. When the Bald Eagles were nesting or were showing their kids how to fish, it was almost impossible to let your catch go without feeding the eagles. We were all catch and release and it was funny to watch us try to hide our release so they could get away.

[@stingray4540]

Shasta’s a huge lake to be exploring with a kayak. Nice size rainbow though, and browns are always fun.

[@coyakbrian3411]

Any day I get to peddle is a good day! Thanks for sharing

[@davidbrazell3866]

That point has collected a lot of downrigger balls and trolled gear. Lol

[@jcarney910]

I used to live about a mile from the base of Shasta. It's a very beautiful lake.

[@SG-ig2th]

CRAZY how low the water is! That’s a fun lake to drop shot for those hybrid bass they have

[@ericsaliba678]

That eagle is always out begging for food. He’s a common sight and we always throw him a bite.

[@chubbrock659]

Those eagles are smart! I went on an excursion in Alaska on a remodeled fishing boat and hundreds of eagles would swoop down waiting for the captain to throw some fish up to them. Had them literally trained to follow the boat for food.

[@macsmith2092]

Thanks for sharing. Love the videos.

[@spencerb891]

I lol’d at the eagle. Had that happen many times

[@ShenpaiWasTaken]

The editing for that trout was hilarious. Still looks like a fun time out on the water. Those are some nice sized trout.

[@AlpineForge9600]

Amazing contrast, I was in the area in the late 90s the lake was so full they had to let some flow over the top of the dam creating an amazing man made waterfall thousands of people came to see it

[@spiltmilt]

We are going to need 20 years of above average rain to recover. It's wild.

[@reapergrim76]

Awesome stuff! 👌

[@TiredAmerican247]

Browns get HUGE there.

[@johnspecht7449]

That is su a big lake. Hard to target a specific species. Thank you for the video again.

[@martinb.pescandoymas]

Nice fish.

[@ryanjones2067]

Why not run two down riggers? Wouldn’t that increase your chances of a hook up and maybe balance your kayak better? Or would the lines get all tangled up when you turn?

[@spiltmilt]

Mostly because I think it's not needed. The kayak isn't really out of balance with the downrigger on there and track very well. Also I like running dropper weights and downriggers as usually one of the other will out perform the other.

[@ChipDarby13]

Glad that eagle put the poor trout out of it’s misery 🫢

[@kirkesplin7292]

You've mentioned water temps they prefer, and I was wondering what temp you notice they prefer? Such as if you showed up at a lake and water temp was X, how do you go about deciding depth to target?

[@spiltmilt]

Trout and kokanee generally prefer 55-58 F water. I have a camera with a sensor I can drop to varying depths to determine the ideal depth.

[@Nik-gh6gz]

Every lake is different based on many different factors. You can always buy a thermometer that is meant for recording water temps at depth and send it down on your downrigger. I believe they sell them on amazon for a couple bucks. So you could mark fish on the fish finder, then measure the temp you are marking them at and troll at that depth. However, Factors like bait/food, oxygen, currents and time of year levels can be more important than depth.

[@stanthefishermaniii5476]

What lake access are you fishing , I lived here six months and I haven’t had any luck catching a rainbow yet . Or a Kokanee . I mostly just catch bass . But I really want catch some trout. I appreciate any help .

[@stanthefishermaniii5476]

This looks like it’s right around the corner from my house in jones valley

[@spiltmilt]

This is at the dam.

[@stanthefishermaniii5476]

I fish there all the time about to go right now butmy wrist is broke so i probably shouldn’t be kayaking . How for were you from the damn and the shore im going to go to have to fish off shore . But i w ant a rainbow only managed to bcatch one record breaker brown .

[@stanthefishermaniii5476]

What side did you go to after you launched ?more towards the damn or more to the right where lake opens up ?

[@spiltmilt]

The Dry Creek side

[@zacajawea1]

How fast are you trolling?

[@spiltmilt]

1.2 to 1.5 mph

[@zacajawea1]

@@spiltmilt thank you. I was there last week and was trolling between 2mph and 3mph and got skunked

[@johnbruner9684]

Maybe a quick trip to Trinity Lake?

[@jefftaylor3241]

Unfortunately most the lakes in California have parasites. It does make for an ugly trout.

[@adriangarciafishing7498]

You should try Power eggs garlic flavor

[@AnglingwithAyden]

Love the videos. But no need to virtue signal for Ukraine. I come to watch videos to stay away from politics. You may think you gain viewers by being political but in this case you lost my subscription. Tight lines.

[@spiltmilt]

Bye and don’t come back now