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Douglas County Fish Reports


Lake Tahoe North Shore Report 03-22-2007

by DON QUILICI
LAKE TAHOE - North Shore: Gene St. Denis of Blue Ribbon Charters and Tahoe Trophy Trout at South Lake Tahoe, Calif. (530-544-6552): Fishing has been very slow. The bite is non-existent to slightly good, at best. Last week, on a day by day basis, we caught 5 Macks, we got skunked, we got 2, we got skunked, we got 3, we got 4, we got

Topaz Lake Report 03-15-2007

by DON QUILICI
Chuck Fields at the Topaz Lake Marina (775-266-3550) reported: It's been good. Lots of limits, lots of fish. Most of the action was on the south end of the lake, trolling with nightcrawlers. The hot action was trolling from west to east on the south end. They were trolling high in about 40 feet of water. The shore fishermen down there, also did well. I

Topaz Lake Report 03-15-2007

by DON QUILICI
Diane at the Topaz Lake General Store reported: Kathy Amundson caught a 5.7 pound (22-inch) tagged rainbow, while trolling about 100 yards from the Topaz Lake Marina. It was worth $100. In addition, David Banner caught a 7-pound (25.5 inch) rainbow from shore on the south end. There were also 3 fish over 4 pounds that were reported.

Topaz Lake Report 03-15-2007

by DON QUILICI
George and Debbie LaMonica of Douglas County trolled on Friday for six hours until the wind came up. They caught a total of four rainbows in the 1-1.5 pound class. The were trolling lures in about 15 feet of water on the southwest side of the lake.

Carson River Report 03-08-2007

by DON QUILICI
East Carson River: Dave Kirby reported the Trophy Section from Hangman's Bridge downstream to the Nevada stateline, opened year-round, on March 1. One local angler fished it last Saturday. He needed snowshoes but caught and released 3 rainbows and 1 brown, up to 22 inches.

Lake Tahoe Report 03-08-2007

by DON QUILICI
Gene St. Denis of Blue Ribbon Charters and Tahoe Trophy Trout at South Lake Tahoe, Calif. (530-544-6552): Fishing has been excellent with limits for all. It's the best it has been for a long, long time. We have been trolling at 150-300 feet with silver Herring Dodger flasher blades and live minnows in a "Figure Eight" pattern. I've been fishing at Cal-Neva Point and Dollar

Lake Tahoe Report 03-08-2007

by DON QUILICI
South Shore: Gene St. Denis: Fishing has been slow to good. I've been trolling at Ski Run Shelf at 150-280 feet with silver Herring Dodger flasher blades and live minnows. The jiggers are jigging in water 160 feet deep with Crippled Herring Jigs, tipped with a live minnow. The Macks are running 2-7 pounds.

Lake Tahoe Report 03-08-2007

by DON QUILICI
East Shore: Gene St. Denis: I've plowed out one side of the Cave Rock Ramp. If you want to use the other side, you will have to plow it out yourself. Toplining with Rapala lures in 15-25 feet of water has been slow to good for rainbows, Macks and browns at Deadman's Point, Logal Shoals and Sand Harbor.

Topaz Lake Report 03-08-2007

by DON QUILICI
Chuck Fields at the Topaz Lake Marina (775) 266-3550 reported: It was a good weekend, but no big fish nor any tagged fish were caught. The fish are averaging about 1.25 pounds. The boaters are catching their limits out in the middle of the lake. They are trolling about 15 feet deep with flasher blades and nightcrawlers. The shore fishing has been a little slow. A shore fisherman

Lake Tahoe (North Shore) Fish Report

by DON QUILICI
Gene St. Denis of Blue Ribbon Charters and Tahoe Trophy Trout at South Lake Tahoe, Calif. (530-544-6552): Fishing has been good to excellent dependent on the day. We have been trolling at 150-300 feet with silver Herring Dodger flasher blades and live minnows in a "Figure Eight" pattern. I've been fishing mostly at Cal-Neva Point and Dollar Point.

Lake Tahoe (South Shore) Fish Report

by DON QUILICI
South Shore: Gene St. Denis: Fishing has been slow to good. I've been trolling at Ski Run Shelf at 150-280 feet with silver Herring Dodger flasher blades and live minnows. The jiggers are jigging in water 160 feet deep with Crippled Herring Jigs, tipped with a live minnow. The Macks are running 2-7 pounds.

Lake Tahoe (East Shore) Fish Report

by DON QUILICI
East Shore: Gene St. Denis: Toplining with Rapala lures has been good for mostly rainbows and some Macks at Deadman's Point, Logal Shoals and Zephyr Cove. Shore fishermen at Cave Rock have been having good action for 10-20 inch rainbows with worms, Power Bait or live minnows.

Topaz Lake Fish Report

by DON QUILICI
Chuck Fields at the Topaz Lake Marina (775) 266-3550 reported: There is no snow and the trees are barely moving in the wind (Monday morning) but we are supposed to get hit hard later today. A lot of fish were caught over the weekend with lots of limits for lots of people. Shore fishermen were not doing that bad with nightcrawlers. Biggest fish was 5-pounds, 6-ounces. It

Lake Tahoe Fish Report

by DON QUILICI
Gene St. Denis of Blue Ribbon Charters and Tahoe Trophy Trout at South Lake Tahoe, Calif. (530-544-6552): Fishing has been good to excellent dependent on the day. We have been trolling at 150-300 feet with silver Herring Dodger flasher blades and live minnows in a "Figure Eight" pattern. I've been fishing mostly at Cal-Neva Point and Dollar Point. I've been locating the fish by starting

Lake Tahoe Report

by DON QUILICI
South Shore: Gene St. Denis: Fishing has been slow to good. I've been trolling at Ski Run Shelf at 150-280 feet with silver Herring Dodger flasher blades and live minnows. The jiggers are jigging in water 160 feet deep with Crippled Herring Jigs, tipped with a live minnow. The Macks are running 2-7 pounds.

Lake Tahoe Fish Report

by DON QUILICI
East Shore: Gene St. Denis: Toplining with Rapala lures has been good to excellent, dependent on the day, for mostly rainbows and some Macks (2-6 pounds) at Deadman's Point, Logal Shoals and Zephyr Cove. A couple of browns were caught. Shore fishermen at Cave Rock have been having good action for 10-20 inch rainbows with worms, Power Bait or live minnows.

Topaz Lake Fish Report

by DON QUILICI
Chuck Fields at the Topaz Lake Marina (775) 266-3550 reported: The ice is all gone but we got about an inch of snow last night that should melt quickly today (Monday). The fishing was great over the weekend with almost everyone catching and releasing limits, and then some! The average size was about 1.5 pounds and there were no big fish or any tagged fish

Lake Tahoe Fish Report

by DON QUILICI
North Shore:?Į?ĮGene St. Denis of Blue Ribbon Charters and Tahoe Trophy Trout at South Lake Tahoe, Calif. (530-544-6552): Fishing has been good to excellent dependent on the day. We have been trolling at 150-300 feet with silver Herring Dodger flasher blades and live minnows in a "Figure Eight" pattern. I've been fishing mostly at Cal-Neva Point and Dollar Point. I've been locating the fish by

Lake Tahoe Fish Report

by DON QUILICI
South Shore: Gene St. Denis: Fishing has been slow to good. I've been trolling at Ski Run Shelf at 150-280 feet with silver Herring Dodger flasher blades and live minnows. The jiggers are jigging in water 160 feet deep with Crippled Herring Jigs, tipped with a live minnow.

Lake Tahoe Fish Report

by DON QUILICI
East Shore: Gene St. Denis: Toplining with Rapala lures has been good to excellent, dependent on the day, for mostly rainbows and some Macks (2-6 pounds) at Deadman's Point, Logal Shoals and Zephyr Cove. Shore fishermen at Cave Rock have been having good action for 10-20 inch rainbows with worms, Power Bait or live minnows.

Lake Tahoe Fish Report

by DON QUILICI
Chuck Fields at the Topaz Lake Marina (775) 266-3550 reported: The lake just opened up this last weekend. There is still a little ice left, but it is mostly open. Our Marina is now open to launch boats. ?Į?ĮThe weather was bad over the weekend, so we did not have any fishermen out here. ?Į?ĮThere are a couple of boats out there today (Monday), but

East Carson River Fishing Report

by TRUCKEE RIVER OUTFITTERS
Flows are 31 CFS. It has only dropped 1 CFS in the past week. This bodes well for the fly fishing. Fish should be settled in to the deeper runs and pools now and eating whenever they get the chance. There are still some small Golden Stones around and fish seem to still be keying in on them. Fish them as a dry with a
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