Western Nevada Fish Reports

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

Captain Mike of Tahoe Topliners checked in.  Was explaining to my group how its weird how last couple days the normal fish wont eat. I said well sometimes it’s because the big boys are around. If we waiting for a strike for any fish kets put out the big stuff and try for hog..... misses one Straight away then got this critter immediately after!