Western Nevada Fish Reports

Fishing is still remaining good here on the Truckee River in Truckee-Reno-Tahoe going into the last part of August. Doug O and I just had our nymphing class this last weekend, hopefully you guys that attended enjoyed it. LOOK FOR ONE MORE IN OCTOBER. It is the most comprehensive nymph class you will find. It's a little warmer than last week up here, smokey

The flows continue to be consistent with our reports over the last couple of months. Most of the water in the Truckee is still coming out of Lake Tahoe and not so much the other tributaries of the Truckee. What that means is there is more water in the upper stretches of the Truckee between Tahoe City and Boca Bridge. Then it levels out until

We've had a huge shift in the weather over the last week here on the Truckee River in, Truckee-Reno-Tahoe. Highs in the 70's in Truckee, 80's in Reno, and overnight lows back in the 40's in Truckee. We really needed some cooler weather to lower the water temps. Water temp is a nice 58 degrees here in Hirsch at start time. I've had to put

The flows have remained very consistent on the Truckee over the past couple of weeks, except for a little run-off from a couple of thunder storms last week. Most of the water is still coming from Lake Tahoe and entire California side is in great shape. There are still some bugs around like Golden Stones and Caddis but this is Crayfish season. Nymphing with a

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) -- A California man has landed the biggest Kokanee salmon ever caught at Lake Tahoe, breaking a record that stood for four decades. Bill Bush of Nevada City reeled in the 5 pound, 2 ounce Kokanee last weekend on the south end of the lake near Baldwin Beach. The record dated to Aug. 1, 1973, when Dave Bournique of South Lake Tahoe

Thankfully we cooled off a bit here on the Truckee River in the Truckee-Reno-Tahoe area. Afternoon t-storms cooled things off this last week and again blew the river out through Reno and on the East side. August can be full of afternoon thunderstroms, awesome at times, but it can and will blow the river out, not to mention the lighting that comes with it. We've

Fishing is good here on the Truckee River in Reno-Tahoe-Truckee, that is, if you get on it early. Mornings to mid-mornings are best, as it is hot again in the afternoons. It is about 90 every afternoon in the Hirsch, and hotter down through the canyons into Reno. If you come and fish go early, if you book a trip your best bet is to

The Truckee overall is in great shape. Even more of the water in the system is coming from Lake Tahoe now and this has helped the upper stretches of the river. The California side is probably the place to focus for a while as Reno continues to be very hot and the water in the river on the Nevada side is pretty low. There are

The Truckee River has been firing again this week in the Reno-Truckee-Tahoe area. Both sides California, and Nevada the fishing in on. Fish are in all their fishy spots, which this time of year is the faster oxygenated water. Daytime temps are back in my threshold of mid 80's to lower 90's, while nightime temps are back in the upper 30's. Big golden stones, crays,

Mackinaw are taking 2-oz jigs tipped with minnow in 100 to 160 feet of water. Kokanee bite tapered but should start coming back.Mike Nielsen (530) 721-0593