Western Nevada Fish Reports

Finally made it back to the lake, Pyramid Lake. Good, good fishing happening out there right now. March is always a good month at the Mid. From now into May, it’s game on. Find a beach with some wind coming in on you and you should find some fish. This is the time of year for big numbers of fish, and big fish too. Also, this

Tim and Patrick hit Pyramid lake today! "Hi Guys.... Christened the new Redington (Behemoth) reel today... Love it and thank you for setting me up with it and new backing and new SA MPX fly line!!! Patrick and I caught 6 or 7 each today at 'Shot Dog' and then later at the 'South Nets' on mahalos and snow cone midges -- all were 'cookie cutters'

The Truckee River is running big, and should stay big for the foreseeable future, as more weather is headed our way. We received some big snows up top and that should help us out and get us through this summer. Yes, we will have water all summer in the Truckee River. Boca is filling rather nicely, and Stampede has come up about 15 feet in

It’s that time of year again at Pyramid Lake when the fishing is off the hook, and the Lahontan cutthroat trout are on the feed. March is a top producing month at the big pond, and April can be very productive as well. The entire season has fished better than normal this year, even with the cold water temperatures during February. With an active weather

Fishing is good. Best reports around Wino, Separator, and Blockhouse. A 7wt rod with a 250 grain shooting head is best to get a tui chub or bugger down. For a good yo-yo action, add a tadpole approximately 2ft behind a bugger. To get Lohanton Cutthroat trout on the bite, fish balanced leeches under an indicator in the chop. Pay close attention, as the takes

The river looks a bit big today, but should settle when the rain turns too snow tonight. 2-4 feet over the next few days. Time too hunker down and keep the fire stoked and the babies warm and fed. Very blessed too be a Dad.

Ginger from Topaz Lake checked in with a Derby update. Ginger said, “Hi everybody! We have had a slow week fishing wise probably because of the weather. We only had 27 fish over 2 lbs turned in this week and no tagged fish. Our biggest fish of the week was 5lbs 5oz and 24in turned in by Greg Rondy. Our 2nd biggest was Haul Schlak

Retired outdoor writer Don Quilici checked in. Visiting fisherman Nick Roberts caught this fish over the weekend at Pyramid – 23 pound cutthroat. With Chris Donaldson, Brandon Donaldson, James Farmer and Vic Gierhart.

Captain Hans Moxley checked in from Lake Tahoe. Today it was a little bumpy on the lake today. but we got what we came for. A great time and some great fish! What a great group of people!

We got a late report from Valerie Taylor from Crosby Lodge (Sutcliffe, NV). The fishing at Pyramid Lake has been ok. We did have some nice whoppers reported. Notable Catches: 2/23/16 Dick Bertoncini of Sutcliffe, NV - 15 lbs .8oz 33in -Jigging from a raft at the Marina using a red jig. 2/28/16 Max Berry of Hawthorne, NV - 10 lbs 8.8oz 29.75in - shore fishing at Popcorn

Hello everybody! The derby for week 9 was really good with 41 fish over 2lbs turned in. That makes 569 fish overall for this year’s derby. 1st place was Lucas Cunningham of Reno NV with  4lb 11oz and 21in. 2nd place was Ron Williams of Sparks with 3lbs 8oz and 18in.  There no tagged fish turned in for this week but there are plenty more out

Guide Hans Moxley checked in and the weather was much improved today compared to Saturday. We had a really nice day on the Lake Tahoe. The fishing was ok we got 1/2 limits (2) Lake Trout for our group of anglers.If you would like to go fishing on Lake Tahoe please give Hans Moxley a call at (530) 546-2221 to get in on

Guide Hans Moxley checked in from Lake Tahoe. The weather was CHOPPY on the lake today. Yes, we did miss a few, but... these fish were hiding from us today. still, we had fun trying.If you would like to go fishing on Lake Tahoe give Hans a call at (530) 546-2221.

Hans Moxely checked in this afternoon from Hooked Up Sportfishing in Carnelian Bay, CA. Captain Hans said, "The bite was awesome this morning! However, we only wanted a few for the dinner table so we did a little catch and release as well! Way to go girls!" If you would like to go fishing on Lake Tahoe with Captain Hans Moxley give him

2-23-16, 9 pm, From Pyramid Guide John Fochetti: "Finally got my buddy Bucko back up here and he landed this 22 pound slab of a fish." John Fochetti and Jan Nemec have their up coming 2 DAY Comprehensive Pyramid Clinic on March 9th & 11th. There's only 2 spots left... so call the shop to reserve the final seats! 775-781-7112

Ginger Buzzard checked in with an update from Topaz Lodge Trout Derby. We had a front move through this week that was quick. The fishing has continued to be good here at Topaz Lake. The biggest fish of the wee was 4lbs 12oz 23"long caught by Wayne Stockton of Yerington Nv and the 2nd biggest was 3lbs 14oz 22"long caught by Gary Nelson of Topaz Ranch

Liz from the Angler's Edge checked in this evening with an report from Hinkson Slough. We got an angler update from Richard D. at Hinkson Slough. I fished Hinkson for 2 hours on Monday with Dave P. It was a beautiful cloudless Nevada morning. We did see two others fishing among the reeds. Fishing was slow but we managed one

Valerie Taylor from Crosby Lodge (Sutcliffe, NV) on Pyramid Lake checked in late Sunday night. It’s still quiet on the home front. However, the fish that are being caught have been very nice sized. Here are some honorable catches recently: 2/17/16 - Sean Bottomley of Nevada City, CA - 10 lbs 10.4oz 29in - fishing from shore at Pelican Point using a black fly 2/21/16 -

Captain Hans Moxley checked in from Hook Up Sport Fishing in Carnelian Bay, CA. The weather has settled down and we were able to get out and go fishing today. Today we had 3 anglers catch limits of Lake Trout.If you would like to go fishing on Lake Tahoe call Hans Moxley at (530) 546-2221 to get in on the action.

Ok, not too bad, 30″ inches or more in some spots from the last storm. Ridging again for the next week or so and the weather and the fishing should be pretty consistent again. Flows on the Truckee River have been hovering almost into the 600’s all week. 500 cfs today here in Hirschdale. Nice big flows once again. Good for the trouts and the