Eastern Nevada Fish Reports

The lake is full and fishing for tiger trout has been good.  Fishing the outflowing creek can be productive for brook trout as well. Worms or PowerBait fished just off the bottom should work.  Flies to try include beetles, ants, black Adams, Griffith’s gnats, yellow or red humpies, yellow or red stimulators and small crystal buggers.  The lake was stocked with 3400 trout July 11

Last weekend’s Angel Lake Kid’s Fishing Derby was a huge success with approximately 135 participants plus parents and other family members.  The weather was perfect and quite a few fish were caught with our creel clerk measuring almost 100 fish.  In addition to the winners below receiving a USFS fishing rod, there was a random drawing for the rest of the participants with everyone walking

Very little change here as surface water temperatures are now in the 70’s and while the water is relatively clear for this time of year, phytoplankton is growing staining the water and weeds are coming on strong in the shallow water.  With the warmer surface water temperatures, trout are moving into deeper water and the bass fishing has been good. Early morning shore fishing for

Fishing for nine to 12-inch fish has been fair to good at Cave Lake.  Most anglers are having luck with small worms, though PowerBait is also catching fish.  Fly rodders should be using small olive or black bead head crystal buggers, small olive wooly worms, hares ears and prince nymphs.  On warmer afternoons if a hatch is seen, small Adams, black ants, Griffith’s gnats, renegades

Fishing here is fair to good for 10 to 12-inch trout and fair for bass. The usual worms, PowerBait, small spinners and flies should all work.  

Trout fishing is slowing with the warmer water temperatures as the fish head to the deeper water in the middle of the lake making shore fishing slow.  Bass fishing is fair to good using minnow imitations and soft plastic grubs.  For trout  anglers should try Panther Martins, spoons, PowerBait, salmon eggs, and night crawlers. Fly fisherman should use wooly buggers, leech patterns, and nymphs patterns

Trout fishing has been fair to good, though mid to late in the day is slow due to warmer surface temperatures.   The usual flies of wooly buggers, prince nymphs, hares ears and chironomid patterns should all work.  When hatches are seen fly rodders should try BWO’s, PMD’s, Adams, renegades, damselfly dries and terrestrials. Small spinners, PowerBait and worms should be effective as well.

Jiggs has been stocked with approximately 2300 trout, 300 of which are surplus brood stock averaging around 12 inches.  Anglers have been catching some blue gill and trout.  Best tactic for fly fishermen seems to be using a sink tip or intermediate sink line with a brown or black leech pattern.  A few bass are showing up in the creel, though they are still spawning

Not much has changed here as fishing continues to be good at the collection ditch for 13 to 16-inch trout with the occasional large trout being taken. Fishing seems to improve on rainy or windy days.  Wet flies have been performing better than the dries right now though there has been a Mayfly hatch on the warmer days.  These include the usual small nymphs such

The lake was spilling earlier this week, but its slowing down.  Algae is growing and the water is getting murkier. Surface water temperatures are in the mid 60’s.  Depending upon the day and the weather, fishing ranges from good to excellent for 15 to 18 inch fish with some 20+ inch fish every once in a while.   Shore anglers continue to do well by the

The reservoir is full!  NDOW and Barrick planted the reservoir with 5,000 five to six-inch catfish and 5,000 15-inch catfish on Friday, May 31. Expect the fishing for catfish to pick up as the water temperature starts to move above 60 degrees. Crappie from Chimney Creek Reservoir were stocked last week, but anglers are being asked to return any crappie they catch back to the

The spilling is starting to subside and NDOW plans to stock the lake in about a week.  The water going over the spillway will probably quit sometime in the next week or so.  The water is still fairly clear, but algae is starting to grow.  Fishing is good for 12 to 15-inch fish that are in good shape. The same presentations, flies, baits and lures

The road to Angel Lake is open but the lake is still mostly covered in unsafe ice.  It is going to be a week or two before you can fish here.  

Fishing is starting to pick up with several anglers reporting good fishing the past couple of weeks using flies, bait or spinners. Over the past few weeks SF has been stocked with approximately 55,000 rainbow trout. Fishing small PT’s, hares ears or chironomids under a strike indicator have all worked.  Snail patterns and black leeches with some red flash should also be effective.  Like most

Cave Lake is ice free and fishing for nine to 12 inch fish has been fair to good.  The lake has been stocked with approximately  8000 fish between 10 and 11 inches this spring. Most anglers are having luck with small worms, though PowerBait is also catching fish.  Fly rodders should be using small olive or black bead head crystal buggers, small olive wooly worms,

Fishing here is fair to good for 10 to 12-inch trout and fair for bass. The lake was stocked with 2,000 rainbow trout averaging 11 inches earlier this spring.   The usual worms, PowerBait, small spinners and flies should all work.   

Comins Lake continues to fish well with surface water temperatures in the mid 60’s.  Anglers are catching trout averaging 16 to 20 inches on a variety of tackle.  Panther Martins, spoons, PowerBait, salmon eggs, and night crawlers should all do well for the majority of bait fisherman.  Fly fisherman should use wooly buggers, leech patterns, and nymphs patterns (midges, beaded pheasant tails…etc.).  Comins was stocked

The reservoir is full and fishing has been good.  The water is clearing.  The usual springtime flies of wooly buggers, prince nymphs, hares ears and chironomid patterns should all work.  Small spinners, PowerBait and worms should be effective as well. Illipah was stocked with 7500 trout this spring.