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Western Nevada Fish Reports


Big Truckee Good

by MOUNTAIN HARDWARE & SPORTS
There is actually a recorded flow coming from Lake Tahoe now at Tahoe City, 1.2 CFS! Current flows are great right now and with the warmer temps returning next weekduring the day it will beis a great time to get out and fish the Big Truckee! Today it will be rain and then turning into snow on Thursday and Friday and temps will

Topaz Debry Update

by TOPAZ LODGE STAFF
Good Morning!! Sorry it took me so long to get you this report I had a tough time downloading the photos. There were 2 tagged fish for the week . 54 trout over 2lbs. That makes 493 total for the year. Big Fish of the Week 1st place was Shad LaFantise of Walker a 3lb 15oz. 2nd place was Christa Gafford of Brookside Wy. Hers

Truckee Fishing Good

by MATT KOLES
Well shit, another dry month in the middle of winter. Good for fishing, bad for our snowpack. Good news is we are still at around 100% of average. If we can get a few feet of fresh this week, that’ll put a band aid on February. We still will have more water this summer in the Truckee RIver than the last 2. Boca is filing up

Lakers are Biting

by HANS MOXLEY
Today Hooked Up Sportfishing went out on two trips one in the AM an done in the PM. The morning fishing was a bit slow but we still managed to catch 2 Lake Trout. The afternoon today had good fishing until the wind came up in the PM. Looks like the McDuff’s will be having trout for dinner. If you

Starting to Pick Up

by CROSBY LODGE
Valerie Taylor from Crosby Lodge (Sutcliffe, NV) checked in with an update from Pyramid Lake. We have had nice weather in Northern Nevada lately and the fishing has started to pick up. We had some great catches this past week at Pyramid Lake. Notable Fish 2/13/16 - Nick Beeson of Reno, NV - 20 lbs 4.oz 34in - fishing by boat at Monument Rock with

Truckee is in Amazing Condition

by LIZ WEIRAUCH
Chris D. Hit the Truckee on the CA side. "Baetis size 18 and a SJ worm. River was amazing condition. Clear with a light green tint. 380-400 CFS. It's going to be one nice weekend!!! Get out there and enjoy it! (I'm hoping that I can carp a bit )

Larger fish but not big numbers

by TAHOE FLY FISHING STAFF
Pyramid Lake has been producing some good action for larger fish but not yet the numbers game that we will see in the Spring. Chironomids under an indicator are doing best with stripping a close second! The fish are now in the shallows as the storms mix it up, look for windy days or rain to turn the bite on. We carry a good assortment

Fishing Really Well

by RENO FLY FISHING OUTFITTERS
Pyramid has been fishing really well for the first part of February. The water is at its wintertime low of 42 degrees but it has not hurt the fishing lately. There have been some 20 fish days out there and also some big fish caught. There are some early schools of Summit Lake strain Cutty’s cruising the shallows already. Seems a little strange since we

Flows are Awesome

by RENO FLY FISHING OUTFITTERS
The flows on the Truckee are awesome. The river is flowing at its normal flow for this time of year just about all the way from Truckee through Reno. The fishing has been as good as can be expected given all the variables. The canyon section in California has been the best mainly due to a higher number of fish in this section after the

Great Weather and Fishing

by TOPAZ LODGE STAFF
The Topaz Trout Derby continues and this week was a great week for fishing. Ginger Buzzard checked in from the General Store at Topaz Lodge to report in on the recent happenings. Last week did pretty well. Our biggest was 4 pounds 6 ounce and the 2nd biggest was 4 pounds 3 ounces both were also tagged. We had a total of 5

Lake Tahoe producing Lakers

by HANS MOXLEY
Super Bowl Sunday was a good day for fishing. The morning trip was O.K. The weather was fantastic. We caught some nice fish, just seem to be one short. Great job guys, a lot of fun !!If you want to go fishing on Lake Tahoe give Hooked Up Sportfishing a phone call at (530) 546-2221.

Pyramid Lake Update

by CROSBY LODGE
Valerie Taylor from Crosby Lodge at Pyramid Lake in Sutcliffe, NV checked in on Sunday. The fishing has been a tad slow lately. However we have had some decent fish this past week. WHOOPERS 2/3/16 - Travis Edgar of Fernley, NV - 10 lbs 15.2oz 29.25in - fishing by boat at Pelican using a flat fish 2/4/16 - Bob Herman of Gardnerville, NV - 10

Flows are Great

by MOUNTAIN HARDWARE & SPORTS
Current flows are great right now and with the warmer temps during the day it is a great time to get out and fish the Big Truckee! From Glenshire down to State Line it has been pretty good for this time of year and the trout being caught look healthy. As we move on to March look for spawning Rainbows and try to

Lake is fishing Well

by RENO FLY SHOP
The lake has been fishing really well. So well in fact that the last month has surprised even some of the ‘old timers’. We can’t even imagine what this spring is going to be like.
The recent storms have brought a bunch of fresh water to the lake and with it a fair amount of mud and floating and debris. The southern end of the lake

Truckee River Fish Report

by RENO FLY SHOP
The recent high water did wonders for the river. This was the highest flow event that we have seen since July 2012 at the Farad Gage. CURRENT CONDITIONS OF THE TRUCKEE RIVER AT FARAD While the river was high this brought a great ‘flushing’ flow to the system. Fish were able to move around and had access to an abundance of new food sources that were mobilized

Lake Tahoe Mackinaw Report

by HANS MOXLEY
Hooked Up Sportfishing out of Carnelian Bay, CA checked in with a fishing update for Lake Tahoe. Today we have good fishing today. We caught 3 Macks for our group of 2 anglers. The fishing was hot one minute and then gone the next. The good news is that Mackinaw is what’s for dinner! Yum!If you are interested in fishing

Three Spots in Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area set to open next Saturday

by LIZ WEIRAUCH
HINKSON SLOUGH, NORTH POND and BASS POND Open up Saturday, February 13, 2016. NDOW has stocked them up well. The COOLING Ponds received almost 4,000 fish, Hinkson received 1,500 fish. Come into the shop and get your Sheepcreek specials, zebra midges, Hinkson Slews, and buggers to have a great day out there! Temps forecasted for Saturday is a mostly Sunny 53 degrees with a ENE

Big Truckee Update

by MOUNTAIN HARDWARE & SPORTS
Current flows are starting to come down as a lot of rain fell all day last Friday. River peaked at 2450 CFS on Saturday! Good for the river as it hasn't seen flows like those for years now. As water comes back into shape Hirschdale and the larger pools around the diversion dam and stateline have been the spots. Streamers, Baetis,

Pyramid Lake Fish Report

by LIZ WEIRAUCH
Pyramid Lake is in it's doldrums ... this does not mean fish aren't being caught, it just means you work a bit longer. Spawn will be starting in about 6 - 8 weeks and the fish will come in close to the shore, cruising like a wolf pack. We've gotten several calls from people wanting to float tube Pyramid... a word

Truckee River Update

by LIZ WEIRAUCH
Reports from NDOW shocking survey on the Truckee River was a pleasant surprise. The survey's confirmed that the river did lose a high percentage of the larger fish, though some larger fish were measured. The pleasant surprise was the amount of the newer generations that did survive the warm waters. Knowing that brown trout survive slightly higher water temperatures, they see a

Spring Predictions

by MATT KOLES
I have not been out to Pyramid Lake in a bit. The fishing has been solid at the lake the last month though. Take a look at Instagram, seems like everyone is out there roping big fish. I’ve been busy on the river around the house here, but will get back out there. This spring will probably go nuts out there.

Big Flows this past Weekend

by MATT KOLES
Things got real big over the weekend. Flows on the Truckee River got up over 2,000 cfs here in the Hirsch, and over 3,000 through Reno pretty much overnight on Friday. Heavy, heavy rains. We haven’t seen flows that big since winter 2012. Flows like that are usually a fairly common occurrence every winter, we just haven’t had those pulsing flows in a while- been no
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