Mineral County Fish Reports

Fishing has picked up according to Kari Wright Walker Lake Biologist. Anglers have reported loads of success for boaters using spoons in colors orange and white and silver and green. Try jigging the spoon as well as casting and trolling. Bank anglers using powerbait have seen little to no success. The State Park Boat ramp and the Sportsman Boat ramp both require 4x4 vehicles due

Fishing has picked up according to Kari Wright, Walker Lake biologist. Anglers have reported loads of success for boaters using spoons in colors orange and white and silver and green. Try jigging the spoon as well as casting and trolling. Bank anglers using powerbait have seen little to no success. The State Park Boat ramp and the Sportsman Boat ramp both require 4x4 vehicles due

Fishing has almost slowed to a halt, although a few anglers are finding cutthroat by trolling down to 25 feet.

Fishing has almost slowed to a halt, although a few anglers are finding cutthroat by trolling down to 25 feet.

Fishing has almost slowed to a halt, although a few anglers are finding cutthroat by trolling down to 25 feet.

Fishing has almost slowed to a halt, although a few anglers are finding cutthroat by trolling down to 25 feet

Fishing has slowed to an almost halt, although a few anglers are finding cutthroat trolling down to 25 feet.

Fishing has slowed to an almost halt, although a few anglers are finding cutthroat trolling down to 25 feet.

Fishing has slowed to an almost halt, although a few anglers are finding cutthroat trolling down to 25 feet.

Boat anglers are generally finding fish 25 feet below the surface and are doing well locating fish and fishing frog or trout colored torpedoes.

Boat anglers are generally finding fish 25 feet below the surface and are doing well locating fish and fishing frog or trout colored torpedoes

Wallowa Lake has been fishig well for stocked trout the last few weeks. Try fishing near the river mouth (but stay in the Lake since area streams do not open until Sat. May 27th). Two different anglers reported catching 20" trout using green woolly buggers.

Don Hettrick, Bob McCulloch and Don and Elaine Quilici, all of Carson City, fished in their chest waders at the far south end of the lake, last Thursday morning. Spincasting with lures was very slow with about one fish per hour. The cutthroat were in the 2-pound class. Lots of moss.

Boat anglers are generally finding fish 15 feet below the surface and are doing well locating fish and fishing frog or trout colored torpedoes. Contrary to popular opinion that the lake is dead, the fish and fishing at Walker Lake is still very worthwhile. Most anglers contacted in late December had fish. The cutthroat are robust and worth fishing for.

Gene Phelps of Carson City reported: Fishing again last Friday, twice last week, nary a bump. Almost impossible to cast a lure, moss is blooming like crazy. Hardly anyone fishing at Walker, we saw two boats, no shore fishermen at all.