Western Nevada Fish Reports

South Shore: Gene St. Denis: I've been fishing at Camp Richardson and Ski Run Shelf. Trolling at 45-60 feet at Camp Rich and then going deeper to 150-240 at Ski Run, with silver Herring Dodger flasher blades and live minnows.

East Shore: Gene St. Denis: Toplining is dead slow to good, dependent on the day. I'm toplining Rapala. Rebel or A/C lures in 15-25 feet of water for rainbows, Mackinaw and browns at Deadman's Point, Logal Shoals and Sand Harbor. Getting 0 to 4 fish per trip. The shore fishermen at Cave Rock are catching 0-4 rainbows with an occasional small Mack. ?Į

Andy at the Gilly Sporting Goods Store in Sparks at 358-6113: The fish are still biting well. The fly fishermen at The Nets are using Nymphs, Cooper Johns and Pheasant Tails. I had a report of an 8-pounder out there.

Carla Molino of the Pyramid Lake Store at (775) 476-0555: Fishing has been pretty good for fly rods. Pelican Point turns on and off for fishing success. The Nets is the best fly fishing location, but trying to find a spot to fish is hard at times because of all the fishermen. The boat fishing has been spotty. The best fishing has been out in

Tim Wilson of the Pyramid Lake Marina and RV Park at (775) 476-1156: Fishing has been a little slow but it is picking up. The majority of the fish are being caught at about 30 feet deep, close to shore, with the standard lures: Apex and Flatfish. Fly fishing has been decent with Woolly Buggers and lots of Nymphs and Cooper Johns.

Jeri Grellman of Sparks of Hog Charters (358-5199): Chris had a client out on Friday, who lost a 10-pounder right at the back of the boat. They were trolling deep water near Spider Point. On Sunday, Chris took a friend out and they caught and released 20 cutthroat, with the largest being 23 inches.

Andy at The Gilly Sporting Goods Store: It is doing well for fly fishermen in the late afternoons.

East Carson River: Lots of fishermen over the weekend but no reports by any of the fishermen. ?Į

Chuck Fields at the Topaz Lake Marina (775-266-3550) reported: Not a lot of people out here since the Topaz Lodge burned, because there is no place to eat. There have been some limits caught, but most of them are out of boats, trolling with nightcrawlers. The boats are spending an entire day on the lake to catch a limit. One boat had 10 fish with

Elmer Bull: My daughter and fished on Easter afternoon for a couple of hours. There were no other fishermen. We got skunked, while spincasting with lures and spinners.

Shirley at Burke's Market at Silver Springs (775-577-2750): Everyone has been pleased with the fishing out here. One fisherman with minnows got into a school of Walleye on Saturday that were 17-21 inches. The fishing has been good at Beach No. 7 and between Beach Nos. 4 and 6 for Catfish, Wipers, White Bass and Walleye. There was a 7.75 pound Walleye reported but the fisherman

Elmer Bull: A few small catfish being caught, but still no bass.

The lake has been fishing really good for a month or so now. The fish are still spread around the lake and fish are being caught from Monument Rock to Anderson Bay. The nets area is very crowded. The South nets is very shallow and not fishing very well on clear calm days. On days when the wind blows into the beach the fish move

Flows are around 500 cfs and fluctuating daily due to run-off. It should be pretty good in a couple of weeks. For more information call of email the Reno Fly Shop at (775) 825-3474 info@renoflyshop.com