Western Nevada Fish Reports

River Flows @Boca 317 cfs ??@ Farad 335 cfs @Reno 304 cfs The Truckee is still worth fishing but cooling water has slowed down the fishing a bit. You will need to fish slow and deep to have a shot at catching some fish. We've been having our best success fishing at the heads of deeper pools and dead drifting nymphs and streamers. Some overcast afternoons

Gene St. Denis: Not much fishing. When I fish there, I've been fishing 50-200 feet deep at Ski Run Shelf and Camp Richardson. Trolling with silver Herring Dodger flasher blades and minnows. 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 very good to excellent. Everyone is catching limits. We have been trolling 80-200 feet deep. We locate the fish on the fish finder and then troll in a "Figure Eight" pattern, bouncing the bottom. I've been fishing at Cal-Neva, Dollar Point and Sugar Pine Points.

Jim Hartfiel of Just Rite Fishing at Pyramid Lake at (775) 575-7850 (home) or (775) 813-3411 (Cell): Friday we went north, boated 10 fish and kept 2 keepers. Saturday, we went south, boated over 10 fish and lost several due to the barbless hooks. Sunday, I stayed home and goofed off. I've been trolling 40 feet deep in 50 feet of water.

Chris and Jeri Grellman of Sparks of Hog Charters (358-5199): We went to Idaho for the holiday and both came back with a bad cold. We are just saying inside and nursing our colds.

Tim Wilson of the Pyramid Lake Marina and RV Park at (775) 476-1156: Fishing has really picked up with the colder weather. The south end of the lake has been real good the last few days. They are catching some nice fish. Go deep for the bigger ones but don't go over 40 feet deep. Fly fishing is picking up, mostly at the South Nets,

George and Carla Molino of the Pyramid Lake Store at (775) 476-0555: The fishing has been pretty good from Indian Head down to Popcorn. We had good weather over the weekend and lots of people. Most of the fish are in the throw-back size but there are also some nice ones being caught.

Valerie, Linda and Patsy at Crosby's Lodge at (775) 476-0400: The fishing is picking up. Last week, the biggest Cutthroat was 11-pounds, 12.8 ounces (31 3/4 inches). It was caught by Steve Barbato of Sparks with a green/black lure at Popcorn. There was also a 10, a 9, two 6's and two 5's turned in. The boats are using frog-colored Lyman and Flatfish lures.

The Trophy Section of the East Carson River, from Hangman's Bridge downstream to the Nevada stateline, is now open, year round, with special restrictions. Dave Kirby reported that the fishing has been on the slow side with some ice forming along the edges of the river.

Norm Budden and Marty Martinez of Carson City fished in their chest waders on Tuesday 9-10:30 a.m., until a strong wind began to blow. Budden caught 3 cutthroat trout (2 were tagged) and Martinez got skunked.

Boulder is low, but the fishing is great. While the aquatic vegetation makes things a bit challenging, anglers that can get out past the vegetation are still pulling in 14-inch rainbow.

Substantial fish kill over the summer. Recently stocked and warm water fish still in fair numbers.

Angler report fair fishing for rainbow and brown trout in 15 inches in length. Good fishing for smallmouth bass to 8-10 inch inches in length. Dark patterns work the best in the turbid water. Fishing is always good in the stream high numbers of brown trout. Be stealthy when you approach the steam there is no cover.

Chris Healy, regional public information officer for NDOW, reports the Truckee is fishing great. Chris says try using a weighted October Caddis pupa size 10 trail it with a twenty incher size 8 or 10 . His philosophy is big flys equal big fish. Pheasant tails been have also been working as well as Copper Johns. Lure fisherman try using Panther Martins in yellow and

The Carson has not been fishing very well this year due to the flows but some anglers have had some luck near the broken dam in Gardnerville. Try using Casmasters in gold and if fly fishing try a gold ribbed hares ear or a prince nymph in size a 12 to 14.

Closed opens January 1.

Tiger trout are showing up in numbers. Shore anglers have been reporting some action where they can find open water around the aquatic vegetation that chokes the shoreline. Try using white spoons or black and yellow Panther Martins. Local Fly angler Austin Willis reports fishing remains good on the fly using black leach patterns in sizes 6 and 8. The chironomid patterns are still successful

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Fair to good fishing for small crappie and yellow perch.

Fishing has slowed but remains good for walleye on the reservoir side of the dam as well as on the downstream side of the Pitt-Taylor Dam. Wiper fishing is sporadic and slow. Yellow perch and channel catchfish are still showing up. Try using yellow crappie jigs also some action on deep diving lures. Try a deep diving Fin Fin and Repala's. Bait fisherman have had