Western Nevada Fish Reports

Fishing is slow and flows are barely readable.

Boat fishermen going deep have reported fair to good success on rainbow and brown trout. Although fishing has slowed, shore anglers have reported some success in the early morning.

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. Some calibatis surface action try using may fly pattern. The chironomid patterns are

Boat ramps are a challenge due to low water conditions. The lake has many hazards with the low water conditions, boaters be careful. Wiper action is still good with new State record occurring once again. Reports of Some black bass and walleye are showing up as well in several location near the dam. Try using spinner baits in white and Slugo's in white. Fly fisherman try

Fishing has picked up, still low but slowly stating to fill up. Should be receiving stocking soon. Check out up to date stocking report.

Great fishing at catnip, lots of success with a potential to catch 14" to 19'' fish. Closes November 15.

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

Fishing has almost slowed to a halt, although a few anglers are finding cutthroat by trolling down to 25 feet.

The Truckee continues to be a good bet for some excellent fishing. Dead drifted nymphs and streamer fishing have been the two most productive methods. There are some hatches of Blue Winged Olive mayflies happening in the afternoons, but the dry fly fishing has been sporadic. The most successfull anglers are those that are moving around a lot and trying different water. If you keep

The Truckee is fishing good right now and river flows are at 320 cfs in Reno. The best fishing success will come from dead drifting nymphs. Fish are responding well to a wide variety of nymph patterns but some of the best have been Morrishes Deep October Caddis 6, Two Tone Hunchback Nymphs 18-20, Bead Head Micro Mays 16-18 and Copper Johns 16-20. Streamers will work