Here s where to go to catch Alaska-sized trout in the Mt. Shasta area
Contributed by the Mt. Shasta Rotary
Mt. Shasta Area Newspapers
On a pristine morning at Lake Siskiyou last week, Mt. Shasta Rotary and a group of 20 volunteers released 900 Alaska-sized rainbow trout from the fish pens near the marina, the third straight spring with a successful release.
Most of the trout range 17 to 23 inches, with a sprinkling smaller and larger, including individuals in the 5 to 7 pound range.
“Our goal is to provide an opportunity for local children and their parents that they can’t find anywhere else,” said Mt. Shasta Rotary President-elect Tom Stienstra, program chairman. “It costs thousands of dollars to go to Alaska to catch fish like these. Yet here they are, right in our backyard.”