Camping at Antlers (Shasta Lake, Ca) near Lakehead

Antlers is a practical base for whatever you came to Shasta Lake to do: the adjacent launch and nearby marinas put boating, swimming and water-based fishing within easy reach, while day trips can take you to Lake Shasta Caverns or into the wider Shasta Trinity National Forest California's largest, with five wilderness areas, hundreds of mountain lakes and more than 6,200 miles of streams and rivers; snow-capped Mount Shasta is visible on clear days. Anglers will find a long species list in the lake (rainbow and brown trout, several bass species, Chinook salmon, sturgeon and panfish among others); trout fishing is often best in spring on the McCloud Arm, the Sacramento Arm, Big Backbone Creek and Little Squaw Creek, moving deeper in summer (effective baits include live minnows and marshmallow/egg combinations; common trolling lures are Kastmasters, Rebels, Thinfins, Z-rays and Rapalas), while bass fishing tends to be good year-round and strongest in spring and early summer using live bait, rubber worms and spinnerbaits.