Western Nevada Fish Reports

Valerie at Crosby's Lodge at (775) 476-0400: Fishing has slowed down a little but they are still catching a lot in the slot limit, both from shore and boats. The biggest fish of the week was 12-pounds, 9-ounces. It was caught by Stephen Piscotty of Pleasanton, Calif. at Pelican Point with a green spoon. We also had two 11-pounders, two 10-pounders and a 6-pounder turned in.

George and Carla Molino of the Pyramid Lake Store at (775) 476-0555: Good weather and good fishing. A lot of fish being caught from shore and boats. George (Cutthroat Charters) has been doing really good. They have been catching and releasing 20-25 fish per trip, with some 7-8 pounders being turned loose. The customers are happy. The fly fishermen have moved to Pelican and Wino Beach and we

Chris and Jeri Grellman of Sparks of Hog Charters (358-5199): Went out in the new fishing boat. Chris and Jim Hartfiel did "pretty fair": They caught and released 20 fish in 4 hours.

Jim Hartfiel of Just Rite Fishing at Pyramid Lake at (775) 575-7850 (home) or (775) 813-3411 (Cell): I was out with Chris in his new boat yesterday (Sunday). We did our best on frog-pattern or white/red nose Apex lures. We trolled 30-37 feet deep in 60 feet of water. The fly fishermen were doing well at Pelican Beach with Woolly Bugger flies. Quite a few 9-10

Elmer Bull of Yerington reported the bass fishing is doing pretty well as is the catfishing.

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