Western Nevada Fish Reports

JUMBO ALERT , Brought my lil girl and first mate to help today. My good luck charm!

Heating up here on the Truckee River. Figured the heat of summer would kick in at some point. High’s are near 90 here in the Hirsch, and just plain hot in Reno. The river is fishing well in the mornings and shitty mid-day. Like I always say this time of year, take a break and come back right before dark. Mudbugs and stones and pmds, and lots

Stripers have been starting to boil throughout the lake and in the canal by the front booth over the past week and been biting on some lures and baits like sardines, chicken liver, and lugworms. Catfish have also been biting out on the lake and also from shore in front of the boat shop. Bass have also been pretty active with the warmer water and

South Lake Tahoe, native Robert Varik grew up trout fishing with his father, and is now well known in the west coast angling community for catching trophy lake trout, rainbows and browns on Lake Tahoe and other high sierra waters. Rob's catches are all the more impressive in that he fishes in a 12 foot aluminum fishing boat and a Hobie kayak. Using what he

Changed things up today. Trolled straight for the little Truckee arm picking up Kokanee after Kokanee along the way. Hit the shallows in the Truckee for a bunch of dink cutthroats and 5 pansized native rainbows. Turned around and trolled back to ramp to finish our limit of Kokanee.  Ya don’t have to fish with the pack of boats to catch 50 kokanee by 10am. Save yourself some frustration and

Fish have been biting all around the lake on and off shore. Stripers are starting to boil throughout the lake and have been biting sardines, lugworms, and lures. Best spots from shore have been along the canal by the front booth and along the rip rap in front of the boat shop. Catfish have also been biting well on anchovies and mackerel out on

Good solid fishing here on the Truckee River.  Super nice weather and really good fish’n. Flows are great and the bugs are out. June is always a good month when we have normal flows. We got lucky and and had some rain and we saw some serious green drake action. Just have to be on the river at the right time and get lucky. Nymph during

Good fishing and nice weather on the Truckee River.  Flows are near normal or below actually, bugs are out and temps are in the mid-70’s. Really nice up here right now. Good easy wading down through the whole river with these flows. Good for you old timers. I’m sure flows will come back up for the rafters up near Tahoe City soon. Yellow stones, golden stones, baeits,

Fishing over the past week has been great for bass, stripers, and catfish both off shore and around the lake. Small striper boils are starting to be seen around the lake and anglers have been catching them using baits like sardines, lugworms, and smaller lures. Best spots from shore have been along the canal by the entrance booth and along the rip rap in front

Early on bite was slower with few Brown Trout.  I didn’t get pics but this mid day run we did well!

Fishing for all species has been picking up with the warmer weather and anglers have been having great luck all over. Stripers are still biting very well, mainly on Sardines, Lugworms, and chicken liver. Catfish have also been caught using the chicken liver and cut bait like anchovies or mackerel. People have been catching both Largemouth and Smallmouth bass using more reaction baits such as

Kinda on fire. I only say that a few times a year. Yes, the Truckee River is fishing very well right now. Flows have dropped to just about average and the water is warming. Bugs and fish galore. I did have one bad day last week. We fished streamers all day, some days they just don’t chase. If you nymph, or throw the dry dropper, you’ll

Had nice Mackinaw run Today. Kept few for dinner highlighted with this 10 lber!

The lake level is still high and there was a large algae bloom over the last couple of weeks. The lake has a nice green tint to it, but the shore anglers have been doing well with Green or rainbow Powerbait.

Really good fishing on the Truckee River.  The sun finally came out after about 2 weeks of rain. Flows are slowly coming down again. It’s ridiculously beautiful up here with all the green and the trees and bushes and things. Birds are chirping, deer are out, and the fish are healthy. Now we’ll get right into summer. The whole river should explore with bugs this week with the

Anglers have been having another great week for multiple species throughout the lake. Stripers have been biting well on sardines and lugworms in the canal by the entrance booth, far end of the rip rap in front of the boat shop, and coves around the lake. People have also been catching catfish on anchovies, sardines, and chicken liver mainly in coves

Good fishing here on the ole Truckee River. Rain, sun, thunderstorms, wind, kinda the whole mix. People been asking about the fishing with these t-storms. Well, a hell of a lot better than sun and 100 degrees. Seriously though, trouts like low light. Rain is good. Get yourself a good rain jacket. Flows have dropped down to around 900 cfs here in the Hirsch and just a

"That's not a carp, that's not a carp!" - Travis Hawks, NDOW fisheries biologist. Today our fisheries biologists electroshocked Lahontan Reservoir in search of white bass. At first they came across a lot of carp.... but then they found this 17.8 pound wiper. What a giant! Not long after they shocked another 17.4 pound wiper. After measuring them, both fish were safely released! Go catch

Despite the weather, fishing has been great over the past week on and off shore. Anglers have been catching a lot of stripers using sardines and lug worms, fishing in coves throughout the lake and also in the canal by the entrance booth. The rip rap in front of the boat shop has also been a good place to catch stripers and

Fishing is really really good on the Truckee River.  I don’t say that too often, but it’s really darn good right now. Flows are still somewhat high, but there’s lots of hungry healthy fish willing to take a fly. The Truckee River is not usually a numbers river, but if you’re nymphing you can rack up some numbers right now. Late spring and early summer is a