Western Nevada Fish Reports

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: It is windy today (Wednesday) and there is a handful of fishermen out there. There was an 11-pound, 13-ounce cutthroat caught on the 23rd at Blockhouse with a yellow spoon from shore by Steve Parker, and on that same day, a 9-pound, 1-ounce cutthroat was caught on a white Flatfish lure trolled at Indian Head

George and Carla Molino of the Pyramid Lake Store at (775) 476-0555: Fishing has been pretty good, it is not as good as before, but it is till good. The fish are scattered all over the lake. A couple of nice fish are being caught every day. George (Cutthroat Charters) was out on Sunday, and they caught and released more than 15 fish.

Chris and Jeri Grellman of Sparks of Hog Charters (358-5199): Chris and his daughter caught and released 13 fish on Saturday. Most of the fish were in the slot limit. They were trolling on the south end and reported that the weather was very cold. The fish were hitting Apex lures at a depth of 12 feet in 20 feet of water. His daughter lost

A report of good fishing from shore at Sand Point with lures. Also, boat fishermen are reported to be catching some nice sized Cutthroat.

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

Jim Hartfiel of Just Rite Fishing at Pyramid Lake at (775) 575-7850 (home) or (775) 813-3411 (Cell): Chris (Hog Charters) and I have the same report: We are doing controlled downrigging at 12 feet deep in 20 feet of water on the west side. We are catching fish but nothing super big.

Chris and Jeri Grellman of Sparks of Hog Charters (358-5199): Biggest fish were in the 4-5 pound range (19-24 inches).?Į

Tim Wilson of the Pyramid Lake Marina and RV Park at (775) 476-1156: The wind is blowing a little bit but it is nice (Monday morning). The fishing has been spotty but they are getting fish all over the lake. No pattern, but the south end is the best place right now. Quite a few fish being caught up to 6-7-10 pounds. The fly fishermen

George and Carla Molino of the Pyramid Lake Store at (775) 476-0555: It's in the 40's right now (Monday morning) and we've got a few fishermen out already. The fishing is good but scattered all over the lake. Most fishermen are happy whether they are fishing with flies, lures or from boats. Nothing big has been reported.

Valerie, Linda and Patsy at Crosby's Lodge at (775) 476-0400: Most fishermen are catching fish, but nothing big. The biggest fish of the week were an 8-pound, 6-ounce at Blockhouse from shore with a TOR-P-DO lure and an 8-pound, 6-ounce at Spider Point from shore with a TOR-P-DO lure.

Here's my annual reminder that Topaz Lake, located along U.S. 395 at the Nevada-California Stateline will open its fishing season, one hour before sunrise on Tuesday, Jan. 1. If you like to fish for trout, if the weather cooperates and if you don't have anything else planned for that day, this could be a fun way to start the new year. Plus, as a bonus,

Norm Budden, Marty Martinez and Bob McCulloch of Carson City fished mid-week in their chest waders at the far south end of the lake. McCulloch caught and released 12 cutthroat (his largest was 3-pounds, 4-ounces) (26 inches), Budden caught and released 11, and Martinez got skunked, again. They were using various colored TOR-P-DO lures.

FLOWS: @ Boca 346 ??@Farad 353 ??@Reno ??346 Fishing on the Truckee has been getting tougher due to colder water temperatures and storm systems. Fish are being caught, mostly by anglers dead drifting small nymph and midge imitations under indicators. A few fish are coming to streamers but nymphing has definitely been the most productive method. You need to concentrate your efforts on slower water areas