Eastern Nevada Fish Reports

The water level is down about a foot and will continue to drop through the irrigations season.  This is normal.  Aquatic vegetation is building so shore fishing is becoming more difficult. Best results are from a float tube or small cartop boat.  Expect good fishing for both trout and bass though trout fishing will be slowing with the warmer temperatures.  The usual worms and PowerBait,

The lake has very low water levels and there was a trout die off last summer, so no trout in this lake.   NDOW salvaged approximately 3,000 blue gill and several hundred black bass this past week that were taken to other appropriate waters in the state. Expect this small impoundment to dry up this summer.

No change here as trout fishing in the collection ditch continues to be fair to good depending upon the day and location.  Bass fishing is fair and picking up.  Trout are being caught with leech patterns, balanced leeches, crystal buggers, #14-16 hare’s ears, and #16-18 PT nymphs.  Other flies working include the usual small nymphs, olive soft hackles, red or blue copper Johns, and prince

Algae is in full bloom with the hot sunny weather.  The outflow continues to be about 100 cfs and the water level has dropped a foot in the last 10 days.  Expect poor fishing conditions starting in mid to late July.  Very little change at this time as fishing continues to be good for perch and bass and fair to good for trout. Surface water

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With surface water temperatures in the high 60’s, fishing for trout has been fair to good and good for bass.  For the bait anglers, worms seem to be working better than PowerBait for trout.  Spin fishermen should be using black spinners with gold blades.  Fly rodders were having good luck with purple, black or olive wooly buggers.  Since Wilson often fishes similar to South Fork,

Fishing is picking up with warming surface water temperatures.  Worms or PowerBait fished off the bottom using a slip sinker has been working.  Bobber fishing will be picking up as the surface water continues to warm.  Good flies for stripping include small leeches, crystal buggers, slumpbusters and wooly buggers.  Nymphs such as PT’s, hares ears, zebra midges, soft hackles and chironomids fished under an indicator

Fishing for bass continues is good while fishing for trout is fair to good for numbers and good for size.  Algae and aquatic plants are coming on strong.  Surface water temperatures are in the low 70’s.  This is about two weeks earlier than normal. The warmer temperatures is helping the bass bite, but slowing the trout.  Spinner baits, blade baits, soft plastics have all been

The work is complete here and the water level has come back up.  Cold Creek was stocked with approximately 2,400 trout a couple of weeks ago.  Expect it to be fishing similar to South Fork.  Best place for trout will be in the deeper water or where the cool water from the creek flows in.  

Work is being done to put in an improved boat ramp at Comins which is affecting access to the lake.  Do not expect to be able to launch a large boat for the foreseeable future as volunteers and contractors are cutting brush and moving dirt to prepare for the boat ramp. This is taking place where people have usually launched boats and that area is

The water level is down as water is being taken out for irrigation. Fishing is fair to good.  Anglers will do well on nightcrawlers, spinners, and PowerBait. Fly rodders should be using olive or black wooly buggers, black leeches, red copper Johns, GR hares ears, PT nymphs and prince nymphs.  Illipah has been stocked with approximately 24,000 rainbow trout this spring.

The lake has very low water levels and there was a trout die off last summer, so no trout in this lake.   NDOW salvaged approximately 3,000 blue gill and several hundred black bass this past week that were taken to other appropriate waters in the state. Expect this small impoundment to dry up this summer.

No change here as trout fishing in the collection ditch continues to be good depending upon the day and location.  Bass fishing is fair to good and picking up.  Trout are being caught with leech patterns, balanced leeches, crystal buggers, #14-16 hare’s ears, and #16-18 PT nymphs.  Other flies working include the usual small nymphs, olive soft hackles, red or blue copper Johns, and prince

Algae is starting to grow with the hot sunny weather.  The outflow continues to be about 100 cfs and expect the water level to drop throughout the summer due to the extremely dry conditions. Very little change here as fishing continues to be good for trout, perch and bass. Surface water temperatures are in the 60’s and the algae is starting to grow. Expect buggers,

With surface water temperatures in the 60’s, fishing for trout has been fair to good and bass fishing has been good.  For the bait anglers, worms seem to be working better than PowerBait for trout.  Spin fishermen should be using black spinners with gold blades.  Fly rodders were having good luck with purple, black or olive wooly buggers.  Since Wilson often fishes similar to South

The road is open and the lake is ice free.  The parking lot is free of snow, though anglers may encounter some snow on the back side of the lake.  Fishing has been slow but with warming water temperatures expect it to pick up.  This lake was stocked with just under 1,500 trout last week which should also help to improve fishing success.

Fishing for both trout and bass continues to be fair to good depending upon the day.  Algae and plant growth is coming on quickly.  Surface water temperatures are well on their way into the 60’s and the bass bite has picked up, especially largemouth bass using crankbaits and spinnerbaits.  Anglers are also having success with both worms and PowerBait catching trout averaging 15 to 18

Cave Lake is sitting approximately 15 feet below normal water level.  Fishing has been good here using worms, PowerBait or small spinners.  Fly rodders should be using small nymphs, chironomids or buggers.  Cave Lake was stocked with approximately 5,000 rainbow trout this spring.   

Cold Creek Reservoir is now at minimum pool due to outlet structure repair being done by Kinross.  There is very little water and is mostly ice free.  

Work is being done to put in an improved boat ramp at Comins which is affecting access to the lake.  Do not expect to be able to launch a large boat for the foreseeable future as volunteers and contractors are cutting brush and moving dirt to prepare for the boat ramp. This is taking place where people have usually launched boats and that area is

The water level is down as water is being taken out for irrigation. Fishing continues to be good.  Anglers will do well on nightcrawlers, spinners, and PowerBait. Fly rodders should be using olive or black wooly buggers, black leeches, red copper Johns, GR hares ears, PT nymphs and prince nymphs.  Illipah has been stocked with approximately 24,000 rainbow trout this spring.