Reflection Lake is a lake in California, near Shasta County.
Reflection Lake in Shasta County is a lake in California and covers about 8.8 acres.
The small size of this water makes quiet casts and short moves more useful than carrying a pile of tackle; check a protected pocket, then work the bottom where the bank turns steep.
Fish listed for Reflection Lake include Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Sacramento Pikeminnow, Sacramento Sucker, and Rainbow Trout.
The first rainbow trout pass on Reflection Lake should cast a small spoon, inline spinner, light jig, or fly through cool water.
While looking for brown trout on Reflection Lake, work a small minnow bait, spoon, or streamer along cool breaks and moving water.
Start where two things meet: weeds and open water, rock and mud, a point and a drop, or clear water and dirty water; fish that edge at more than one depth before leaving it; check the downwind corner for food, then try a natural color before a loud pattern.
Early in the year, protected water and the first warm afternoon can be the best clues; as the water heats up, check deeper edges without assuming every fish is on the bottom; cooling fall water often makes points and firm banks useful again; look along a shallow shelf, then save the heaviest tackle for deep cover.
A light spinning rod, thin line, a few small spoons, inline spinners, and jigs cover the listed trout; carry one slightly heavier setup when other fish or windy water call for more control; repeat the depth that gives the first bite; keep the first route short.
Record the wind, water color, depth that gave up a fish, and cover after a bite; those four notes are more useful on the next trip than a long list of spots that did not produce; test the quiet side before the windy side, then test a point before fishing a featureless bank.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.