Western Nevada Fish Reports

Catch and release day aside from three I kept for friends. Ran across to north side for fair action early then bite faded so we came back south. Got into quick flurry that included this mid teener that pulled hard!! Still smoky but dead calm out there!

A tad cooler, but still hot, and some days lots of smoke on the Truckee River. Sad for communities affected by the fires. I think most of Northern California is under a blanket of smoke. Some days are better than others in the Tahoe/ Reno area depending on which way the winds are blowing. The fishing is good in the mornings on the Truckee River. Crayfish, stones,

Tahoe Topliners checked in. Nice string of Lakers. Bite is strong for about an hour then tapers!

Morning is the best time on the Truckee River. Give yourself a break, it’s about 95’ish on the lower river in the afternoons.  100 in Reno. Nice and cool and really good solid fishing in the morning.  Hot and smoke in the afternoons. Kinda the way it is in the summer on the Truckee River. Crayfish, nocturnal stones, caddis and baetis should be in the nymph box.  Get

Join NDOW staff and volunteers for our first GO FISH clinic at Lahontan Reservoir on Saturday (7/28) from 4pm-8pm. Fishing has been excellent for carp in the afternoons and both white and wiper hybrid bass in the evenings. We’ll have all the needed loaner equipment and tackle, NDOW swag, tackle giveaways, fly giveaways, and free advice from local fly fishing guides and NDOW staff. Just

The big Fish barrage continued yesterday.  When lunker hunting 1-3 bites is good. We got 5 on and got the first 3.  A 13 lb released a 3 lb Rainbow then a 16 lb Laker that was taken for dinner.  Stretch em down and tight.  These things are pulling good as they are herding balls of Kokanee and chubs against structure!  

Poles were dancing early then we looked for Kokanee but got call from a buddy that got a 20 lb, 13 lb, 9 lb and 5 lb fish I pulled lines and bolted to the location. Im not one to chase radio fish or another’s action but glad I did today because as soon as we dunked lines we stretched tight on this lunker! Few pics

 The early morning bite has been most productive off the Cal/Neva point and the Tahoe City shelf area. Average mackinaw has been in the 1-4 lb range with a few in 13 to 15 lb range. Toplinning on the east or the west shore have shown some 104 lb rainbows. The kokanee have been showing up in various places on the lake, but only in

Looks like fishing is good at Lahontan Reservoir. Check out the 15 lb. wiper Dante Ray caught last week! He says he caught other fish this day too. One of them even bigger than this using crankbaits and swimbaits.

Good solid fishing on the Truckee River.  Flows have been bumped up a bit, but not much change since last week.  Get out in the mornings and you’ll get some fish.  Afternoons maybe not so much. It is hot, around 90’ish every afternoon in the Hirsch.  Very nice in the mornings. About water temps.  Temps will get warm above the outflow of the Little Truckee River.

Fishing has been great over the past week for variety of species throughout the lake. Stripers have been seen boiling in the marina and coves around the lake, biting on Sardines, lugworms, chicken liver, and some lures like kastmasters. Catfish are also biting off shore and down deep towards the island, typically caught using chicken liver and anchovies. Bass have been biting as well

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,