Eastern Nevada Fish Reports

The road is open but the lake is still mostly ice-covered. Anglers are fishing about 4 feet of open water from the shoreline. Take caution with remaining snow and ice on and around the lake.  The annual Angel Lake Kids Fishing Derby is scheduled for July 8, 2023. Contact nicole.hamblin@ndow.org for details.

Wilson Reservoir is completely full and spilling as of the end of April. Water temps are in the 50’s and water clarity is fair. Trout fishing should be fair to good. Shore anglers should have success fishing rooster tails, spoons, Rapalas, or bait fishing an inflated worm a couple feet off the bottom. Trout will be actively feeding in the shallows throughout the day.  Anglers

Cold Creek Reservoir is filling up nicely. The main reservoir is filling up and backing into the middle pond.   Anglers can expect to catch 8-to-10-inch rainbow trout and tiger trout. Angler Information

Fishing has been slow since ice off for trout. The lake is a brackish color from leaching of tannins from the surrounding vegetation as well as from siltation coming in from Steptoe Creek. Despite slow catch rates anglers can expect to catch 14-to-18-inch Rainbow Trout and the occasional Brown Trout and possibly a Tiger Trout. Largemouth Bass in the 10-to-12-inch range will be caught, however,

Illipah Reservoir is 100% open water and ~80% of capacity. Angling should be decent, however the water is murky with recent snowpack runoff.  Rainbow trout averaging 9 inches were stocked 05/11/23. Anglers can expect to catch 8-to-10-inch rainbow trout using a variety of night crawlers, PowerBait, and spinners.

Harrison Pass is open. Access to Ruby Lake is open, with the county road being dry with only a few rough spots. Water is slightly turbid. Recent stockings on rainbow, brow and tiger trout. Try woolly buggers and other small streamers, or small spinners and Panther Martins. Artificial lures only.

Due to continued high run off from above average snowpack, water clarity remains poor.  Fishing for trout will be poor to fair in these reservoir conditions, and will remain so until the reservoir clarity improves with reduced spring runoff. Clearer water can be found towards the middle of the lake for boat anglers. Anglers wishing to target trout in these conditions should focus on bright

Trout fishing has been good with fish averaging 16″-18″. Shoreline anglers are doing well, and boating anglers are catching limits. Worms, PowerBait and spinners are enticing fish, as well as midge patterns, hares ears and a variety of nymphs for the fly anglers. With water temperatures are in the high 50’s bass fishing should be picking up. Both the main boat ramp and the Coyote

Wilson Reservoir is completely full and spilling as of the end of April. Water temps are in the high 40’s and water clarity is fair. Trout fishing should be fair to good. Shore anglers should have success fishing rooster tails, spoons, Rapalas, or bait fishing an inflated worm a couple feet off the bottom. Trout will be actively feeding in the shallows throughout the day.

Cold Creek Reservoir is ice free and filling up nicely. The main reservoir is filling up and backing into the middle pond.  Water temperatures are in the mid-30s.   Anglers can expect to catch 8-to-10-inch Rainbow Trout and 8-to-10-inch Tiger Trout.

Comins Lake is ~75% covered with ice. Ice conditions should be considered unsafe, and anglers are advised not to access iced up areas of the lake. Anglers will be able to fish off the dam, northern and western shorelines of the north lake area.  The south lake float tube launch is opening up and the southern 1/3 of Comins Lake is open to fishing.  Anglers

Illipah Reservoir is 100% open water and ~75% of capacity. Angling should be decent, however, the water is murky with recent snowpack runoff.  Anglers can expect to catch 8-to-10-inch Rainbow Trout.  A variety of night crawlers, PowerBait, and spinners should produce trout for anglers.  The road into Illipah Reservoir does have some minor ruts but otherwise access is good.