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Bluegill Fishing Good!

Bilk Creek Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Fishing for both trout and bass has been good. Spinner baits and top water plugs are the best bet for bass. For trout powerbait, small spinners, and cast masters are working well. Fly anglers are catching fish on bead headed nymph and leach patterns. Bluegill fishing had been good. Anglers are catching bluegill near flooded vegetation using rubber jigs and small spinners.

Fishing Fair to Slow for Walleye!

Chimney Dam Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Fishing is fair to slow for walleye, crappie, wiper and catfish. A few walleye are being caught slowly trolling minnow imitations or worm harnesses. Trolling faster with rapala minnow imitations is a good method for walleye as well. For crappie use bright colored jigs in the flooded vegetation. The few that fly fish Chimney, tend to stick with the chartreuse and yellow Clouser minnows. Note

Fishing has been Slow.

Rye Patch Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Fishing has been slow. Some wipers are being caught below the dam. Fishing will just continue to improve with good water conditions. Spin Fisherman are finding that Rapala minnow imitations are working well. Fly Fisherman are picking up the occasional bass on chartreuse woolly buggers and clouser minnows.

Cookie Cutter Macks!

by MIKE NIELSEN

Captain Mike from Tahoe Topliners check in. We got invaded by bunch of cookie cutter macks yesterday. Never did get a brown trout but today we aim to make adjustments!

Pyramid Lake Fly Fishing Report

by RENO FLY SHOP

Fishing at the lake has still been good one day and slow the next. On good days we’re getting into half a dozen to a dozen fish and on poor days were getting only a few shots. You definitely have to be on your game so that you don't miss opportunities. Retrieving flies has been the most effective way to fish, but we are still getting

Truckee River Fly Fishing Report

by RENO FLY SHOP

The Truckee River is flowing around 900 CFS at the Reno gauge. This is just about average for this time of year, but that will change soon as a cool end to April has slowed down snow melt. Runoff will continue to ramp up as temperatures rise and the overnight temperature in the Sierra Nevadas is above freezing. We will see an increase in flow on

16 Pound Rainbow!!

Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Look at the 16 pound rainbow this youngster caught at the Mason Valley Fishing Derby over the weekend! It’s just 8 ounces short of the state record.

Good Weather Good Fish'n!

by MATT KOLES

Good weather, good fish’n here on the Truckee River. Gotta love spring. Great weather, plenty of fat healthy fish, and the Giants are playing good baseball, couldn’t get any better. Plenty of water in the river too. I’ve still been floating down on the Nevada side, streamer fishing mainly in the Nature Conservancy section. Slow streamer fishing, but still getting or moving a fish of a lifetime

Lake Tahoe Fishing Report

by DOUG BUSEY

The mackinaw bite has been very good fishing the Cal Neva Carnelian Bay area. 150 to 240 feet of water has been most productive. Average size has been 2 -6 pounds. For those new to the area, all motorized watercraft require an inspection for AIS prior to launching into Lake Tahoe, Fallen Leaf Lake and Donner lakes. This is to prevent invasive species like the

Truckee River Fishing Report

by MATT KOLES

Good spring fishing on the Truckee River. The season trout opener was Saturday, though most folks fish year round these days on the bigger rivers. The Truckee River is open from Lake Tahoe all the way down now. Flows are nearing 1000 cfs here in the Hirsch. Getting closer to normal, though you never know what normal is in the spring with run off and everything. Most

Truckee River Fishing Report

by MOUNTAIN HARDWARE & SPORTS

Flows are High as they are releasing quite a bit of water out of Tahoe. These flows look like they will drop throughout the weekend but by how much is still TBD! Use Your EARLY SPRING and HIGH-WATER Techniques. With the current flows and water temps, one will start looking to fish areas where fish can escape the high flows that exist now. Trout this

Flows are dropping

by MATT KOLES

Flows continue to drop and the water is crystal clear on the Truckee River. With the flows dropping it opens up the whole river including the Nevada side. Good, because that opens up a lot of river for me to guide and when most of those fish haven’t seen a fly on a few months, it’s game time. 1,450 k here in the Hirsh. Down from 4,400

Pyramid Lake Fishing Report

by PYRAMID LAKE STAFF

Catfish and stripers have still been biting well throughout the lake and off shore, mainly on frozen baits between 20-60ft deep. Stipers have been biting most on sardines, lug worms and nightcrawlers off the rip rap(rocks by boat shop) and along the channel by the entrance booth. Catfish have been biting well in the coves around the lake mainly on chicken liver, sardines, and

Lake Tahoe Fishing Report

by DOUG BUSEY

The Cave Rock launch is open and clear, that being said you need to watch out for "Ice Build Up " first thing in the morning on the boat ramp from folks not draining the trailer before pulling out all the way. Trout fishing has very good to awesome on Lake Tahoe at the north shore, Cal Neva Point, Tahoe City Shelf, and over by

Topaz Lake Fishing Report

by DOUG BUSEY

The Topaz Lodge derby is over and the final results have not come in as yet. The lake level has actually come up. I did not think they could put more water in it. There has been some cloudy water on the south end of the lake, due to the inlet was opened a few times last week. Make sure to watch for floating debris

Big Truckee River Fishing Report

by MOUNTAIN HARDWARE & SPORTS

Flows are High as they are releasing quite a bit of water out of Tahoe AND Boca. These flows will go up through the weekend! Use Your WINTER and HIGH-WATER Techniques. With the current flows and water temps, one will start looking to fish areas where fish can escape the high flows that exist now. Trout this time of year, with the water flow being

Tahoe Fish Report

by MIKE NIELSEN

Fishing guide Mike Nielsen checked in with an update today from Lake Tahoe. We had an up & down bite but we continue to produce target species!

Lake Tahoe Fishing Report

by DOUG BUSEY

Fishing has been a little slow due to weather. With our sunny days, I would get on the lake a first light and fish the Tahoe shelf area located just off of Tahoe City. The Carnelian Bay to Cal/Neva area should also be productive. Starting in 120 and progressing into deeper waters as the sun rises. Flashers or a dodger with a live minnow is

Topaz Lake Report

by DOUG BUSEY

The lake level is way up and has a little stain on it from our recent storms. I fished last week with Rapalas and caught six rainbows in a four hour period. All fish were in the 14 to 17 inch class. The shore action has been a little slow, which may be due to the weather of last week. I have seen some anglers ignoring the

Topaz Lodge Fishing Derby

by DOUG BUSEY

Week 10, 1st place Ron Domoe with a 5.6 lb 25" rainbow. 2nd place Terry Ryan from Wellington NV with a 4 lb 10.9 oz rainbow 22'. Week 11, David Kerkhoff from Topaz CA with a 5 lb 12.2 oz rainbow. 2nd place was Elliot Ervin from Carson City NV with a 2 lb 5.3 oz rainbow. So far this year, 248 trout have weighed in 2 lbs or larger.

Pyramid Lake Fishing Report

by MOUNTAIN HARDWARE & SPORTS

FISHING DECENTLY BUT WITH THE ONSET OF SOME WEATHER IT SHOULD IMPROVE. Look for the bait balls and be ready to strip or jig bait fish patterns! Both boaters and Shore fishermen having limited success. Jigging and trolling through bait balls will be the most productive technique. Some very large Cutties have been caught this time of year, so it’s feast or famine! BE CAREFUL

Truckee River Fishing Report

by MOUNTAIN HARDWARE & SPORTS

Flows remain steady with an increase of flow coming out of Boca but overall hasn’t changed much. Use Your WINTER Techniques. With the current flows and water temps, one will start looking to fish SLOWER water now. Trout this time of year, with the water flow being MODERATE and COLD, will be found in the usual places such as seams behind large boulders, back eddies,

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