East Walker River

The East is running about 125 now and with this warmer weather it's very important to keep an eye on the water temperatures and give those fish a break when the gets up to 70 or so. We've still been getting some very good reports in the mornings and late evenings when the water is cooler. I'd say early morning until around 10 has been ok, then after 7pm or so it starts to cool down again. Dry/dropper rigs seems to be the best thing going lately though we did get one good report from the Nevada side on streamers. Some patterns to try: perdigon, zebra midge, hare's ear, psycho prince, chubby chernobyl, rubber leg stimulator, foam hopper, sculpzilla, ziwi, dead drift crayfish.

Sceirine Ranch

The ranch is also still fishing well with much of the same patterns as listed above. It's probably best to reserve half day sessions in the morning as opposed to full days for the next 5 or 6 weeks.

Hunewill Pond

We didn't have anyone on the pond this week but I think we might have some clients during the upcoming week, we'll let you know what we find out as soon as we can.

Below is the report from June 07, 2026 for reference:

We received a couple of complaints about the weeds on the pond this week so I took some time this morning and went out there myself to have a go. There are definitely a lot of weeds in the pond right now, launching my tube was a little difficult as there are some thick matts of weeds up against the North shore, likely from the wind blowing the weeds up there after mowing. Once I got out 20 or 30 feet I noticed it was really too weedy to fish, my plan was to just kick around the pond looking for some water that was somewhat weed free. As I moved towards the West side of the pond I ran into a pretty good clearing and started throwing some casts with a small leech pattern and a soft hackle dropper, first or second cast I got hit, a couple casts later I hooked and landed a nice 16" rainbow. I fished this area for a half hour or so and landed 2 more fish, farmed 3 or 4 and got hit several more times without hooking up. I moved on to see what kind of shape the rest of the pond was in, as I kicked over to the South side it was very weedy, too weedy to really bother fishing then when I got over to the East side I ran into another much larger clear area and in short order was able to catch a couple more 14" to 16" bows and farm several more. All in all I'd say there is about 10 or 15% of the pond that is fishable, I did hook up some weeds now and then but it wasn't that bad in the more clear areas. That being said I would let you know that if you're willing to tolerate these conditions you should be able to have a pretty good time on the pond. I'll try to keep a close eye on the conditions and if it gets bad enough that there are no clear areas to fish I'll let you know.

Bridgeport Reservoir

The Reservoir has been fishing very well this past week with lots of very good reports coming in with good numbers of fish and very good quality. There are a few fish being caught trolling but bait fishing or fly fishing up in the channels has been the best way to get those rods bent. There's also still some fish being caught off of Rainbow Point. The East Walker channel and the Buckeye Bay channels have been producing the best. Power bait, mice tails, pinched crawlers and inflated crawlers have all been doing the trick.

Kirman Lake

We didn't hear any news from Kirman this past week, if we hear anything this coming week we'll let you know.

Twin Lakes

We've had some very good reports come in from the Twins the last couple days, mostly bait fishing from the shore. The trollers have been picking up a few trolling deep with kastmasters and small Rapalas while the bait anglers have been doing well with garlic power bait and pinched crawlers. Some of the fish we've seen this week have weighed in at 3+ pounds.

West Walker River

We've had some pretty good reports from the West the last couple days as well, not huge numbers of fish necessarily but enough action to keep anglers happy and some pretty good sized fish are coming in as well. Sounds like bait has been working well like power eggs, salmon eggs and night crawlers. Early and late in the day spinners like Panther Martins and Blue Fox lures have been good. We haven't talked to too many fly anglers lately but this is the time of year to run hopper/dropper rigs.

Virginia Lakes

We had a couple slow fly reports come in from the Virginias but were told from those anglers that the bait fishermen were doing very well launching power bait from the shoreline! Kind of the opposite we'd expect this time of the year but that's fishing. If you still want to give the fly fishing a go try small leech patterns with soft hackle droppers, and maybe cruise the shoreline with an intermediate line, for lures I would go with mini jigs like Hook Up Baits and Sierra Slammers.

Random Information

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July 27, 2026 - Monday Night Trap Shoot - Bridgeport Gun Club Trap Range - 4:00pm

July 31 - Aug 01, 2026 - Fish Fest - Lower Twin Lakes Resort - www.twinlakesresort.com

Aug. 3, 2026 - Monday Night Trap Shoot - Bridgeport Gun Club Trap Range - 4:00pm

Aug. 8, 2026 - Friends of Bodie Fest - 11am - 6pm

Aug. 10, 2026 - Monday Night Trap Shoot - Bridgeport Gun Club Trap Range - 4:00pm

Aug. 15, 16, 2026 - Bridgeport Ranch Royale Roping - Centennial Arena

Aug. 17, 2026 - Monday Night Trap Shoot - Bridgeport Gun Club Trap Range - 4:00pm

Aug. 2, 2026 - Live Music - The Sawtooth Rangers - 4-7pm - Big Meadows Brewing Co.

Aug. 24, 2026 - Monday Night Trap Shoot - Bridgeport Gun Club Trap Range - 4:00pm

Aug. 31, 2026 - Monday Night Trap Shoot - Bridgeport Gun Club Trap Range - 4:00pm

Sept. 1, 2026 - Dove Season Opener

Sept. 5, 2026 - Fishin' Mission Foundation Western Night Concert & BBQ

Sept. 7, 2026 - East Walker River Clean-up Day

Sept. 7, 2026 - Monday Night Trap Shoot - Bridgeport Gun Club Trap Range - 4:00pm

Sept. 13, 2026 - Pre Thanksgiving Prize Shoot - Bridgeport Gun Club Trap Range 10:00am - Last Shoot of the Year

Sept. 20, 2026 - Range Clean Up Day - Bridgeport Gun Club Rifle Range - 10:00am

Sept. 26, 2026 - Ridge Rambler 5K & Half Marathon