Western Nevada Fish Reports

Gene St. Denis: Fishing has been good early in the mornings. I've been fishing 50-200 feet deep at Ski Run Shelf. Trolling with silver Herring Dodger flasher blades and minnows. Bouncing off the bottom in a serpentine pattern.

Gene St. Denis: Cave Rock landing is dead for fishing, right now.

George and Carla Molino of the Pyramid Lake Store at (775) 476-0555: Boats are doing well on the north end or over on the east shore. The shore fishing has been slow unless fishing in deeper water. Nothing super big being caught.

Chris and Jeri Grellman of Sparks of Hog Charters (358-5199): Jeri: Chris was out on Sunday and they caught and released 15 cutthroat, while trolling Apex lures.

Todd Sodaro and Chad Machado of the Carson River Resort (877-694-2229): Fishing was spectacular over the weekend. The state and county both stocked 1,000 pounds of rainbows. Bob Angel of Novato caught a 4.5 pound (22-inch) rainbow on a nightcrawler, Devon Rackle of San Jose caught a 3.5 pound rainbow on a Panther/Martin lure and Art Shallock of Novato caught a 3.5 pound rainbow on

Girish Pandit, Production/Operations Manager for the Nevada Appeal, caught 4 rainbows on Saturday and another 4 on Sunday. He was using a small white plastic grub with a tail.

Dave Kirby: On Sunday, Julian Martin of Carson City caught a 5-pound rainbow on a No. 16 Scud fly.

Chuck and Linda Fields at the Topaz Lake Marina (775-266-3550): Not a lot going on, even with Free Fishing Days. I think it probably had to do with the Carson Valley Days celebration. Hardly anyone was fishing. The few fishermen that were here were catching some from shore at the south end, but nothing big (about 1 pound).

George LaMonica and Debbie Nedd of Douglas County fished the southwest end, near the "Icy" sign, on Saturday with worms and Power Bait. George caught a 2-pounder. Debbie caught six trout (1.5 pounds to 3 pounds). Her 3-pounder was the largest the game warden has seen since Opening Day on Jan. 1.

Elmer Bull reported: Saturday afternoon, there was only one fisherman. I think that all of the high school graduations kept everyone at home for the weekend.

Flows are around 220 CFS. The East Carson is fishing really good and will only get better over the next month or so. Look for Grey Drakes and Caddis in the evenings. Nymphing with small bead head nymphs in the mornings has been effective as well.

Gene St. Denis: Fishing has been good early in the mornings. I've been fishing 50-200 feet deep at Ski Run Shelf. Trolling with silver Herring Dodger flasher blades and minnows. Bouncing off the bottom in a serpentine pattern. Our biggest Mack was 12-pounds.

Andy at the Gilly Sporting Goods Store in Sparks at 358-6113: Is good for everyone: Fly fishermen, shore fishermen, spincasters, trollers and jiggers, just about everywhere.

George and Carla Molino of the Pyramid Lake Store at (775) 476-0555: It is very windy today (Monday). Fishing has been fair for boats but the shore fishing has really died off except for the float tubers who are getting further out in the water. Nothing exceptional is being caught, the biggest have been 7-8 pounds.

Chris and Jeri Grellman of Sparks of Hog Charters (358-5199): Jeri reported: Chris helped save a friend's boat that was sinking on Saturday. Everything turned out OK. He caught a total of 6 Cutthroat that were all in the slot limit. Overall, it was a slow day of trolling.

Andy at The Gilly Sporting Goods Store: Nothing is happening even though everything (water temp, clarity, flow, etc.) is perfect, right now.

Todd Sodaro and Chad Machado of the Carson River Resort (877-694-2229): Fishing was spectacular over the weekend. Sunday, Brett Charbenneau of Incline Village caught a 5.5 pound rainbow on a Panther/Martin lure, and Jason Dinkel of Stockton caught a 17-inch brown on a Yozuri lure. ?Į

Dave Kirby: There are lots of fish, right now, and not a lot of fishermen. I saw plenty of fish in the holes on Saturday afternoon. There will be a plant of big fish on Wednesday, June 6, by Alpine County. Those large rainbows come from that private hatchery up by Susanville.

Chuck and Linda Fields at the Topaz Lake Marina (775-266-3550): It is very windy and the lake is very rough (Tuesday morning). Fishing has slowed down. Not a lot of people out other than jet skis and water skiers. That seems to be the trend at this time of the year. The ones fishing are still catching fish but it is taking all day to

Elmer Bull reported: Bass fishing was still pretty good last week on plastic or rubber worms. The trout fishing has tailed off pretty bad.

Last Thursday, Don Hettrick of Carson City, Rich Bachle of Fernley and I spent the morning fishing at Lahontan Reservoir in "Don H's" boat. And, as is typically the case whenever the three of us fish together, it is a memorable experience. Last week was no exception. Don H and I met Rich at the North Boat Ramp at 7 a.m. and our adventures began