At Salt Creek inlet, access is good on either side of the inlet. Lakeshore Drive, in the Lakehead area, follows the shoreline of the Sacramento River arm for about eight miles. There is some private property along this road. Please respect the owner s rights. Gilman Road follows the McCloud arm for about ten miles.
Numerous opportunities occur to get to the shoreline.
There is also a shoreline trail between Hirz Bay and Dekkas Rock Campgrounds. The Sacramento River Arm, Dry Fork, Little Squaw Creek and Big Backbone Creek will usually produce some rainbows. Fishing for rainbows is usually good at Shasta Dam when the releases are high. Remember that tying to the buoy line is illegal. During early spring, before the water temperatures start warming up, bank anglers can usually catch rainbows, brown and chinook salmon in the areas listed above.