Western Nevada Fish Reports

Truckee River TRUCKEE RIVER FLOWS @ Boca 285 cfs @Farad 298 cfs @Reno 281 cfs Last weeks warming trend really improved the fishing on the Truckee. The fish are still in their slower water Wintertime hangouts but the warmer weather has helped to spur on a little bug activity that gets the fish feeding in the afternoon. The best bet is to dead drift small nymphs deep

HINKSON SLOUGH The fishing hasn't really picked up at the slough yet, but warmer days should get the fish active. There are fish being caught on large midge imitations and small Wooly Buggers. A few anglers have reported good success fishing from pontoon boats or float tubes and slowly retrieving a pair of nymphs near weedy areas. BEST FLIES FOR HINKSON SLOUGH: Hinkson Monster Midge 12, Chironomid

Truckee River Flows @Boca 301 cfs @Farad 306 cfs @Reno 245 cfs The Truckee has picked up a little bit and there are a few nice fish being caught. The key to hooking up is to fish slow and deep with a wide variety of different nymphs and streamers. Presentation is more important than having the perfect fly. The fly must be right in the

Gene St. Denis: When I fish there, I've been 80-200 feet deep at Ski Run Shelf and Camp Richardson. Trolling with silver Herring Dodger flasher blades and minnows, and bouncing off the bottom in a serpentine pattern. Macks are small, 2-7 pounds.

Gene St. Denis of Blue Ribbon Charters and Tahoe Trophy Trout at South Lake Tahoe, Calif. (530-544-6552): Fishing has been good to excellent. We have been trolling 100-200 feet deep. We locate the fish on the fish finder and then troll Dodgers and a live minnow in a "Figure Eight" pattern, bouncing the bottom. I've been fishing at Cal-Nevada Point, Dollar Point and Sugar Pine

Valerie, Linda and Patsy at Crosby's Lodge at (775) 476-0400: Lots of guys were out there fishing but no one weighed anything in. ?Į

George and Carla Molino of the Pyramid Lake Store at (775) 476-0555: Fishing is still good. The fish are scattered all over the lake. A couple of nice fish are being caught every day. The biggest fish on our board is a 9-pound, 12-ounce keeper that was caught on the 28th by Larry Weis of Reno. He was fishing from shore, south of Blockhouse, with

Tim Wilson of the Pyramid Lake Marina and RV Park at (775) 476-1156: Pretty much the same as last week: The fish are scattered and are being caught anywhere from 5 to 90 feet deep. The south end continues to be the best fishing. The fly fishermen are starting to catch a few, now. ?Į

Jim Hartfiel of Just Rite Fishing at Pyramid Lake at (775) 575-7850 (home) or (775) 813-3411 (Cell): We went out Friday and Sunday, when most people in their right minds would have stayed on shore. The wind was terrible and the fishing was slow. We are still trolling 12 feet deep in 20 feet of water.

Diane at the Topaz Lake General Store: We had a record breaking crowd of anglers waiting for sunrise. Anglers came from as far away as California, Texas and Washington, along with lots of locals. One angler said he counted 78 vehicles parked along Topaz Lake Road. We had 19 tagged fish from $50 to $1000 caught, and gave away over $4000.00 on opening day.

We had 35 fishermen in our Marina Derby, which was won by Tom Garcia of Topaz Lake. He caught a 4-pound rainbow while trolling a Needlefish lure. It was a nice opener with lots of people and good weather. You can launch a boat from the county campground. A lot of 3-pounder were caught by boats trolling with Cowbell flashers and nightcrawlers. One group of

Don Hettrick of Carson City caught a 3-pound, 5-ounce Cutthroat (20 inches) from shore with a Chartreuse/black dot lure on Jan. 1.