East Walker River

The East is running at about 218 cfs today and the water clarity is pretty good. The reports we've been receiving from the "Mile" section of the river have not been any good at all, however, we have received some pretty decent reports from the lower section past the Hwy 182 bridge. The fish still haven't seemed to moved back into the mile yet but there seems to be plenty of good fish down below. Most of the action on the lower section has been with dry/dropper rigs as well as straight nymphing. We have had a couple good reports on streamers as well, mostly early in the day. The water temps have decreased to a point where it's just fine to fish throughout the day as opposed to just early and late. Some patterns to try: dead drift crayfish, sculpzilla, double bunny, Dali Lama, chubby chernobyl, rubberleg stimulator, foam hopper, perdigon, fast water prince, flashback emerger, silver streak, rainbow warrior, darth baetis, zebra midge.

Sceirine Ranch

We haven't had any news back from the ranch lately but it's likely much like the Cali side of the river, as things clear up over the next couple weeks things should start to get really good down there.

Hunewill Pond

The pond fished ok this week, there is still a very limited couple of areas that are fishable but the fish in those areas are very active. Small leech patterns, and small nymphs are the ticket, not too deep so you don't get into the weeds too much. Now that the weather and water temps are dropping the weeds should stop growing and start going away so the fishing should just keep getting better and better throughout the rest of the season.

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

Sounds like the fish in the Reservoir are starting to move out of the channels and spread out throughout the lake. We've finally started to get some good reports from anglers trolling crawlers, Thomas Bouyants, speedy shiners and Rapalas while the bait fishing up in the channels has slowed quite a bit. We didn't hear of anyone bait fishing off of Rainbow Point but this might be a better bet than up in the channels. All this being said, the shore fishing is likely to start getting better within the next couple weeks as well.

Kirman Lake

We had a couple very good reports from Kirman this week, anglers fishing from tubes with leech patterns and scud patterns reported having very good success on brookies up to almost 20 inches. Anglers also reported seeing another angler, not in their group, who appeared to land a cutthroat that was well over 25" long! It sounds like there might still be a few cutty's roaming around up there and some very good brookies!

Twin Lakes

The Twins seemed to have toughened up a bit but there are still some decent numbers of fish being caught. It seems like bait anglers are doing the best with pinched crawlers, mice tails and power bait, there's been a few anglers getting some fish early and late in the day casting Thomas Bouyants, Kastmasters and mini jigs. Haven't heard much from the fly angelrs lately but sinking lines with leeches, buggers and soft hackles are always a good bet.

West Walker River

The West is still producing some god fish here and there, dry/dropper rigs are still getting bit as well as baits like salmon eggs and mini crawlers and lures like Mepps and Panther Martins. The water on the West is very low, typical for this time of the year, but there are plenty of fish hiding in the deeper pools and slots, put on your Ninja booties, be sneaky and you should be able to get some action.

Virginia Lakes

The Virginias are still providing some good action, especially for the float tube anglers. Fly anglers fishing sinking lines with matukas, Twin Lakes Specials, buggers, soft hackles and pheasant tail nymphs are doing well, bait anglers fishing pinched crawlers, inflated crawlers, mice tails and garlic power bait are doing well and lure anglers fishing early and late in the day with Thomas Bouyants, Kastmasters and tiny Rapalas are also doing well.

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