Western Nevada Fish Reports

Fair fishing for rainbow and brown trout to 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.

The Truckee is fishing great. Jan Nemic reports the upper river is producing some nice 14'' to 16'' inch fish. Try using a weighted October Caddis pupa, or a small Cray fish as Trailer, dead drifting both. Pheasant tail have been have been working as well as Copper Johns. Lure fisherman try using Panther Martins in yellow and black. Check out the USGS website for

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 Novemb

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.

Gene St. Denis: 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. ?Į

Gene St. Denis: Trolling for Mackinaw 60-150 feet deep with flashers and minnows at the Cave Rock Shelf. Some fishermen are toplining along the shore.

Valerie, Linda and Patsy at Crosby's Lodge at (775) 476-0400: It's still pretty slow out here. It's been very quiet. The biggest fish of the week was 7-pounds, 8-ounces (28.5 inches) caught by George Goodspeed of Gardnerville at the Pyramid from a boat with a white fly. We also had a 7-pounder and a 6-pounder checked in. That's all. ?Į

George and Carla Molino of the Pyramid Lake Store at (775) 476-0555: The fishing is up and down. It is definitely slow for October. About 20 percent of the fishermen are doing good, the other 80 percent are struggling. It would be interesting to know how many fish are being hooked and then caught with the new barbless hook requirement. George (Cutthroat Charters) did very

Tim Wilson of the Pyramid Lake Marina and RV Park at (775) 476-1156: About the same as last week. Fly fishermen dragging a black Leech on the bottom are catching some smaller fish (2.5-3 pounds). They are picking up some big ones fishing deep from boats (80-100 feet). The watermelon Apex lure is knocking them dead. Shore fishermen are catching fish but it is slow.

Chris and Jeri Grellman of Sparks of Hog Charters (358-5199): Fishing has been slow and not really sure why as October should be one of the better months. ?Į

Jim Hartfiel of Just Rite Fishing at Pyramid Lake at (775) 575-7850 (home) or (775) 813-3411 (Cell): Just like Chris said: Fish is slow and no one really knows why.

Todd Sodaro and Chad Machado of the Carson River Resort (877-694-2229): Fishing is still doing good. The water is the same as it has been for the last two months. They are catching 9-14 inch rainbows. Saturday, a lady fishing the "Catch and Release" section caught 10 rainbows, up to 20 inches, on a red bodied Copper John. Gene Longoria of Stockton caught a 3.5

The river is super low and clear. It is virtually a trickle. ?Į

Missy Swain and Shirley at Burke's Market at Silver Springs (775-577-2750): Same as before: We advise you not to launch a boat, and encourage you to fish from shore. The water is so low, the reservoir looks more like a stream. The fishing is phenomenal and going like "Gang Busters."?Į