Sacramento River (Redding — Trophy Trout)
Redding · near Redding · Shasta Cascade
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Trout year-round · salmon fall · steelhead winter
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA license (16+) required. The tailwater below Shasta/Keswick dams at Redding is a world-class wild rainbow trout fishery, fishable year-round from drift boats. Fall brings big king salmon runs. Steelhead Report Card needed for steelhead.
What is here
- Features
- World-class wild rainbow trout tailwater · Big fall king salmon runs · Year-round drift-boat fishing · Trophy 'redsides' rainbows
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- No
Fishing detail
- Water type
- river
- Water
- fresh
- Methods
- Fly · Drift · Bait
- Boat
- both
- Target species
- Wild rainbow trout (trophy) · King salmon (fall run) · Steelhead · Sturgeon (C&R, lower)
- Intl tip
- License required (Steelhead Report Card for steelhead). The Redding tailwater is world-class wild-trout water — hire a drift-boat guide to learn it. Nymphing is deadly; fall salmon and winter steelhead add variety. Fishes year-round. Combine with Shasta Lake and Mount Shasta. Big, powerful water.
The guide
The Sacramento River through Redding is one of the finest wild-trout tailwaters in the western United States — a big, cold, pow…
In the Guidebook
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Getting there
- Coordinates
- 40.586, -122.391