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Pyramid Lake Fish Report

by DON QUILICI

Valerie or Linda at Crosby's Lodge at (775) 476-0400 reported: Our two-weekend derby was a huge success. We had a total of 498 fishermen. The winner ($4,000) was Peter Thompson of Reno with an 11-pound, 15.2 ounce (29.5 inches) Cutthroat. He is a fly fisherman who fishes at the North Nets. Second place ($2,000) was Dan Whitmore with 11-pounds, 12.8 ounces. Third place ($1,000) was

Pyramid Fish Report

by DON QUILICI

Chris and Jeri Grellman of Sparks of Hog Charters (358-5199): Chris got a 10.4 pounder in the Crosby derby, he finished in seventh place and won $500. Fishing on Saturday was good but Sunday was real slow and the weather was real cold.

Topaz Lake Fish Report

by DON QUILICI

Chuck Fields at the Topaz Lake Marina (775) 266-3550 reported: The ice is all gone but we got about an inch of snow last night that should melt quickly today (Monday). The fishing was great over the weekend with almost everyone catching and releasing limits, and then some! The average size was about 1.5 pounds and there were no big fish or any tagged fish

Hinkson Slough

by DON QUILICI

Elmer Bull reported that the trout fishing is still pretty darn good but no bass showing up yet.

Lahontan Reservoir Fish Report

Lahontan Reservoir

by DON QUILICI

Missy at Burke's Market (Closed on Mondays) at Silver Springs (775-577-2750): No ice is left on the reservoir and the fish are beginning to come to life. Some fishermen have been out but we have had no reports.

Fort Churchill Cooling Ponds Fish Report

Fort Churchill Cooling Pond

by DON QUILICI

Elmer Bull of Yerington reported: They are catching quite a few catfish but the bass fishing is still poor.

Walker Lake Fish Report

by DON QUILICI

Gene Phelps of Carson City reported: Fishing again last Friday, twice last week, nary a bump. Almost impossible to cast a lure, moss is blooming like crazy. Hardly anyone fishing at Walker, we saw two boats, no shore fishermen at all.

Pyramid Lake Fish Report

by TRUCKEE RIVER OUTFITTERS

Fly Fishing here has really picked up of late. The fish are still in a little deeper water and the beaches that offer casting into 10 to 15 feet of water have been the best. One angler caught and released 16 fish of which 9 were over 24 inches from his float tube one afternoon last week. Bloody Mary's and Olive martini's along with Crystal

Truckee River Fish Report

by TRUCKEE RIVER OUTFITTERS

The Nevada side of the river has been fishing pretty good. There have been some really big fish caught as of late including a 28 inch 10 pound Brown Trout on a streamer. Most anglers are catching fish on Czech nymphs and small bead head nymphs fished in slower deeper pools right on the bottom. The water is cold and the fish are lethargic. Afternoons

Lake Tahoe Fish Report

by DON QUILICI

North Shore:?Į?ĮGene St. Denis of Blue Ribbon Charters and Tahoe Trophy Trout at South Lake Tahoe, Calif. (530-544-6552): Fishing has been good to excellent dependent on the day. We have been trolling at 150-300 feet with silver Herring Dodger flasher blades and live minnows in a "Figure Eight" pattern. I've been fishing mostly at Cal-Neva Point and Dollar Point. I've been locating the fish by

Lake Tahoe Fish Report

by DON QUILICI

South Shore: Gene St. Denis: Fishing has been slow to good. I've been trolling at Ski Run Shelf at 150-280 feet with silver Herring Dodger flasher blades and live minnows. The jiggers are jigging in water 160 feet deep with Crippled Herring Jigs, tipped with a live minnow.

Lake Tahoe Fish Report

by DON QUILICI

East Shore: Gene St. Denis: Toplining with Rapala lures has been good to excellent, dependent on the day, for mostly rainbows and some Macks (2-6 pounds) at Deadman's Point, Logal Shoals and Zephyr Cove. Shore fishermen at Cave Rock have been having good action for 10-20 inch rainbows with worms, Power Bait or live minnows.

Lake Tahoe Fish Report

by DON QUILICI

Chuck Fields at the Topaz Lake Marina (775) 266-3550 reported: The lake just opened up this last weekend. There is still a little ice left, but it is mostly open. Our Marina is now open to launch boats. ?Į?ĮThe weather was bad over the weekend, so we did not have any fishermen out here. ?Į?ĮThere are a couple of boats out there today (Monday), but

Pyramid Lake Fish Report

by DON QUILICI

Linda at Crosby's Lodge at (775) 476-0400 reported: Our two-weekend derby has had a huge turn-out. We have 433 fishermen signed up (Monday), and we will hit 500 for sure by next weekend.?Į?ĮSaturday, we had rain but no wind and everyone was fishing.?Į?ĮThe current derby leaders are: Peter Thompson of Reno with an 11-pound, 15 ounce Cutthroat. He is a fly fisherman who fishes at

Pyramid Lake Fish Report

by DON QUILICI

George Molino of the Pyramid Lake Store at (775) 476-0555 reported: We are in the derby but not doing much. We caught fish but nothing big. We caught and released 16 which included a couple of 23-inchers, but that was it. We talked to some other boats, and they reported the same.

Pyramid Lake Fish Report

by DON QUILICI

Chris and Jeri Grellman of Sparks of Hog Charters (358-5199): We are entered in Crosby's derby but I think that all we did was each pay $75 for a hat. We fished hard on Saturday, caught and released 9 fish but nothing bigger than 21 inches. Sunday, we caught and released 13 with the biggest being 22 inches. We were marking a lot of big

Squaw Creek Reservoir Fish Report

Squaw Creek Reservoir

by DON QUILICI

Andy at The Gilly Sporting Goods Store: A fisherman told me that the reservoir is ice free on one side. He caught 10 fish in 4 hours with a Woolly Bugger fly.

Truckee River Fish Report

by DON QUILICI

Andy at The Gilly Sporting Goods Store: I had a report of a big brown caught on a spinner and that a couple of fly fishermen did very well, but no details.

Hinnkson Slough Report

by DON QUILICI

Elmer Bull reported: The fishing was real good. In about an hour of fishing, we caught three trout about 14 inches. We saw quite a few fish caught and everybody seemed pretty happy. We caught our fish on Vibrax spinners and Panther/Martin lures. The fly fishermen were using brass bead heads and they were doing well. A fly fishing club was there and I could

Hinkson Slough Report

by DON QUILICI

Nate Johnston of Douglas County reported: Got there at 7:30 a.m. (Saturday), and fished from shore and my pontoon until 3 p.m. Lots of people catching few fish. I did well all day with a little Mayfly Nymph that I tie (3 fish), and a big wire-bodied Midge Pupa (red, Beadhead, size 10) (6 fish). Only one of the fish was a dink, the rest were

Fort Churchill Cooling Ponds

Fort Churchill Cooling Pond

by DON QUILICI

Elmer Bull of Yerington reported: Fishing was very slow on Opening Day. We saw lots of fishermen, but only saw one bass and a few catfish being caught.

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