Elko County Fish Reports

Last weekend’s Angel Lake Kid’s Fishing Derby was a huge success with approximately 135 participants plus parents and other family members.  The weather was perfect and quite a few fish were caught with our creel clerk measuring almost 100 fish.  In addition to the winners below receiving a USFS fishing rod, there was a random drawing for the rest of the participants with everyone walking

Very little change here as surface water temperatures are now in the 70’s and while the water is relatively clear for this time of year, phytoplankton is growing staining the water and weeds are coming on strong in the shallow water.  With the warmer surface water temperatures, trout are moving into deeper water and the bass fishing has been good. Early morning shore fishing for

Jiggs has been stocked with approximately 2300 trout, 300 of which are surplus brood stock averaging around 12 inches.  Anglers have been catching some blue gill and trout.  Best tactic for fly fishermen seems to be using a sink tip or intermediate sink line with a brown or black leech pattern.  A few bass are showing up in the creel, though they are still spawning

Not much has changed here as fishing continues to be good at the collection ditch for 13 to 16-inch trout with the occasional large trout being taken. Fishing seems to improve on rainy or windy days.  Wet flies have been performing better than the dries right now though there has been a Mayfly hatch on the warmer days.  These include the usual small nymphs such

The lake was spilling earlier this week, but its slowing down.  Algae is growing and the water is getting murkier. Surface water temperatures are in the mid 60’s.  Depending upon the day and the weather, fishing ranges from good to excellent for 15 to 18 inch fish with some 20+ inch fish every once in a while.   Shore anglers continue to do well by the

The reservoir is full!  NDOW and Barrick planted the reservoir with 5,000 five to six-inch catfish and 5,000 15-inch catfish on Friday, May 31. Expect the fishing for catfish to pick up as the water temperature starts to move above 60 degrees. Crappie from Chimney Creek Reservoir were stocked last week, but anglers are being asked to return any crappie they catch back to the

The spilling is starting to subside and NDOW plans to stock the lake in about a week.  The water going over the spillway will probably quit sometime in the next week or so.  The water is still fairly clear, but algae is starting to grow.  Fishing is good for 12 to 15-inch fish that are in good shape. The same presentations, flies, baits and lures

The road to Angel Lake is open but the lake is still mostly covered in unsafe ice.  It is going to be a week or two before you can fish here.  

Fishing is starting to pick up with several anglers reporting good fishing the past couple of weeks using flies, bait or spinners. Over the past few weeks SF has been stocked with approximately 55,000 rainbow trout. Fishing small PT’s, hares ears or chironomids under a strike indicator have all worked.  Snail patterns and black leeches with some red flash should also be effective.  Like most

Jiggs was stocked last week with approximately 2300 trout, 300 of which are surplus brood stock averaging around 12 inches.  The same presentations as at South Fork should work well here.  The shoreline is still muddy and anglers are being asked to keep their vehicles on the roads.

Harrison Pass is open!  In addition, Secret Pass will be closed on Sunday, May 5 as a railroad crossing is installed on SR 229.  Other than that, not much has changed here as fishing continues to be good at the collection ditch for 13 to 18 inch trout with the occasional large trout being taken.  Small brightly colored spinners were doing well.  Wet flies have

Fishing is good here and the dock is in the water.   The usual PowerBait and worms for bait anglers have been working.  For fly fishermen, this is chironomid season, so midge larva and emerger patterns as well as hares ears,  and PT nymphs.  Black or olive wooly buggers were taking fish as well. Anglers should be aware that many of the shorelines are muddy and

The reservoir is full!  NDOW plans on planting the reservoir with crappie later in the spring when conditions improve.

The lake is spilling hard and the water temperature is in the high 50’s and turbid.   Fishing is good for 12 to 15 inch fish that are in good shape. The same presentations, flies, baits and lures as used at South Fork, should also work well here.  The county road is rough with lots of potholes while the BLM road is fair with a few

Very little change here as fishing at South Fork Reservoir is still slow to fair, with boaters doing better than shore fishermen.  Over the past couple of weeks SF was stocked with approximately 25,000 trout.     Fly fishermen fishing chironomids (midge larvae) are having the best luck.  Most of the trout being caught from shore have been in the backs of coves, along Jet Ski