Western Nevada Fish Reports

The NDOW has been planting trout in Hinkson Slough and North Pond. The  Area will be open on the second Saturday in February. There are some special regulations for the area. I would recommend to go on the Nevada Department of Wildlife web site to learn the size, bag limits and gear restrictions. Also, included in this area is the Fort Church Hill cooling Ponds.

It appears that Washoe Lake is in recovery mode. As you can see from our picture, there is water in Washoe Lake. The drought has taken its toll on the lake which was virtually empty for some time. However, the rainfall this Fall and Winter, combined with snowmelt, has resulted in a lake that is nearly full of water. Washoe Lake was regularly stocked prior to

Last week we had 102 fish over 2lbs and 1 tagged fish. The biggest fish of the week was caught be Steve Nielsen of Gardnerville NV weighing in at 4lbs 2oz 21in long and the 2nd biggest was caught by Travis Moreno of Gardnerville Nv weighing in at 4lbs 21 ½. The water has come up 8ft with all these storms and the fish are beautiful

Fishing Guide Hans Moxley checked in from Lake Tahoe today! Now that was some awesome fishing !!!!! Sure was cold out there with the north wind and freezing temperatures, but we had a blast shivering together Thanks guys !!

During the week regardless of the weather we weighed in 102 fish most over 3lbs still only one tag for the year but there are a lot out there. Look forward to seeing everybody on the lake and have a nice and hopefully sunny week. Last weeks report is the biggest fish of the week was caught by Gary Dykes of Topaz Lake with a 4lb

Spoke this morning to the Tribal Office of Pyramid Lake, and rumors and hearsay about opening soon, are false. NDOT is working on the roads and they are pretty bad. With the incoming storm, even this is causing a delay, of course. The tribe is still looking at 5 - 6 weeks before reopening. We'll keep updating as we check in with them and hear

On opening day the weather cooperated and gave most of us a nice day to fish and bring in the new year. I fished with friend Tom Blotter from Minden. We were on the lake at 6 am and started fishing right at 6:16 am. We trolled with fire tiger and my new favorite pattern of Rapala, a hot steel color. Tom and I long

The above photo is from this morning here in the Hirsch on the Truckee River. The river in the photo is at just about 4,800 cfs. I took a photo on Sunday afternoon at the same spot at 4,800 cfs as well. Late Sunday night the river rose to just over 8,000 cfs. The river is just up over 3,000 cfs right now Monday evening.

Week 2 for the derby had 80 over 2lbs fish turned in and no tagged this week. Not many fisherman on the lake due to the weather but almost all that were caught their limit. The biggest fish of the week was John White of San Jose with 4lbs 2oz 22in long and 2nd biggest was John Hodges of Gardnerville NV with a 3lb 14oz rainbow

We had a successful day, I fished with my friend Tom Blotter from Minden. We caught 19 fish with a few over the two pound range. We also caught something unexpected. A boat! As we were trolling, we went by a fellow angler that was in trouble. His boat motor had stopped working and had only his trolling motor to keep him from crashing into the

WOW !!! Fantastic bite on the fish today What a great way to spend your birthday Thanks so much

If you're looking for something to do on New Year's Day other than sitting on the couch watching football, you should try heading out to the season opener at Topaz Lake. The lake has been closed to fishing since September 30, but it will be open for fishing again on Jan. 1 in one of Nevada's more unique ways to celebrate New Year's Day. "To most

Fishing Conditions and Hatches: Fishing has been about average for this time of year, with the colder water now the bite seems to be best about 9-11 a.m. and then from 2-4 p.m. Still some trophy fish being landed with a couple in the 20 lb. range landed last week. Nymphing is starting to pickup on the days with some wind and clouds, fish the drop

The lake has been fishing well through the season. I spoke to a friend and fellow angler Jerry Dow from Carson City. he was fishing with friends off the shore between Warrior point and Sutcliff area. Jerry was using a number one rainbow patterned Torpedo spoon and 6 pound test line. The result was a 16 pound cutthroat trout, which took him 45 minutes to

Cold is the word, around -15 the other night here in the Hirsch on the Truckee River. High’s have been in the 20’s. Temps should get back into the 40’s by weeks end. A little anchor ice/ shelf ice in some spots along the river but despite the cold temps not much. So that being said you can go out and get some fish right now. Probably

WITH THE SIGNIFICANT HIGH FLOWS DISREGARD WHAT IS WRITTEN BELOW UNTIL FLOWS COME BACK INTO BETTER SHAPE! IF YOU MUST FISH, GOOD LUCK AND USE YOUR HIGH-WATER TACTICS TO TRY AND BE SUCCESSFUL. FLOOD LIKE STAGES OF THE RIVER USUALLY HAPPEN IN THE SPRING BUT SOMETIMES EVENTS LIKE THESE HAPPEN DURING WINTER. FLOWS BUMP UP CONSIDERABLY BELOW PROSSER OUTFLOW AS THEY ARE DUMPING 507 CFS

Topaz Lake opens in 2 short weeks (okay, plus one day... geeze). Weather Forecast is for the 31st (yah, no forecast out for the 1st yet), according to my handy dandy InAccurate weather, is a sunny 51 degrees with a 15% chance of precipitation. We have a FEW openings in the rod repair department... if you have something that you forgot about last season, get it in!

The picture above is at about 2,400 cfs on Saturday afternoon. Saturday night the Truckee River rose to almost 4,000 cfs here in the Hirsch-which is flood stage. Crazy, the river rose to flood stage in less than 24 hours. It’s dropping fast now, and under 1,000 cubes here. Looks like we have another AR type event, Tuesday-Friday. Snow levels look to be high again,