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Comins Lake Continues to Fish Well

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

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

Reservoir is Full and Fishing is Good

Illipah Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

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.

Lake is Spilling

Wild Horse Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

The lake is full and spilling and the water is stained but not too badly. Surface water temperatures are in the low to mid 50’s. While fishing has ranged from good to excellent this spring, it has slowed a bit, to just good. The usual PowerBait and worms for bait anglers have been working. For fly fishermen, this is chironomid season, so midge larva and

Fishing Has Been Fair to Good

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Cave Lake is ice free and fishing for nine to 12 inch fish has been fair to good. Surface water temperatures are in the high 40’s but should cross into the 50’s soon if they haven’t already done so by the time you are reading this. The lake was stocked with approximately 3400 trout averaging around 11 inches. Most anglers are having luck with small

10-12 Inch Trout

Cold Creek Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Fishing here is fair to good for 10 – 12 inch trout and fair for bass. The lake was recently stocked with 2,000 rainbow trout averaging 11 inches last week. The usual worms, PowerBait, small spinners and flies should all work. Expect muddy road conditions to get here.

Reservoir Continues To Fill

Illipah Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

The reservoir continues to fill with spring runoff and is turbid at the inlet end. The lake is ice free, approximately 85% full and fishing is fair to good. The usual spring time flies of wooly buggers, prince nymphs, hares ears and chironomid patterns should all work. Small spinners, PowerBait and worms should be effective as well. The lake is turbid so spin fishermen may

Catfish and Trout Fishing Have Been Fair

Jakes Creek Reservoir (Boies Reservoir)

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Very little change here as fishing is fair to good. Trout fishing is fair to good, bass fishing is slow to fair, and fishing for catfish has been fair. Some catfish in the one to three pound class (great eating size) have shown up in the creel. The preferred bait for them here appears to be shrimp. The usual PowerBait and worms as well as

Recent Trout Stocking

Jiggs Reservoir (Zunino Reservoir)

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Jiggs was stocked last week with approximately 2300 trout, 300 of which are surplus brood stock averaging around 12 inches. The same presentations as at South Fork should work well here. The shoreline is still muddy and anglers are being asked to keep their vehicles on the roads.

Harrison Pass is Open!

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Harrison Pass is open! In addition, Secret Pass will be closed on Sunday, May 5 as a railroad crossing is installed on SR 229. Other than that, not much has changed here as fishing continues to be good at the collection ditch for 13 to 18 inch trout with the occasional large trout being taken. Small brightly colored spinners were doing well. Wet flies have

Fishing is Good

Wild Horse Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Fishing is good here and the dock is in the water. The usual PowerBait and worms for bait anglers have been working. For fly fishermen, this is chironomid season, so midge larva and emerger patterns as well as hares ears, and PT nymphs. Black or olive wooly buggers were taking fish as well. Anglers should be aware that many of the shorelines are muddy and

Reservoir is Full

Willow Creek Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

The reservoir is full! NDOW plans on planting the reservoir with crappie later in the spring when conditions improve.

Lake is Spilling Hard

Wilson Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

The lake is spilling hard and the water temperature is in the high 50’s and turbid. Fishing is good for 12 to 15 inch fish that are in good shape. The same presentations, flies, baits and lures as used at South Fork, should also work well here. The county road is rough with lots of potholes while the BLM road is fair with a few

South Fork Reservoir Fishing Report

South Fork Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Very little change here as fishing at South Fork Reservoir is still slow to fair, with boaters doing better than shore fishermen. Over the past couple of weeks SF was stocked with approximately 25,000 trout. Fly fishermen fishing chironomids (midge larvae) are having the best luck. Most of the trout being caught from shore have been in the backs of coves, along Jet Ski

Cave Lake is Ice Free

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Cave Lake is ice free and fishing for nine to 12 inch fish has been fair to good. 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

Fishing Has Been Fair

Cold Creek Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

The lake is ice free and fishing has been fair. The lake was recently stocked with 2,000 rainbow trout averaging 11 inches. The usual worms, PowerBait, small spinners and flies should all work. Expect muddy road conditions to get here.

Lake Continues To Fish Well

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Comins Lake continues to fish well as we move into May. Anglers are catching trout averaging16 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.). Water temperatures are sitting in the low

Fishing Has Been Fair to Good

Illipah Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

The reservoir continues to fill with spring runoff and is turbid at the inlet end. The lake is ice free and fishing is fair to good. The usual spring time flies of wooly buggers, prince nymphs, hares ears and chironomid patterns should all work. Small spinners, PowerBait and worms should be effective as well. The lake is turbid so spin fishermen may want to use

Wildhorse/Southfork Stillwater Outing

Wild Horse Reservoir

by RENO FLY FISHING OUTFITTERS

Hey folks we still have a couple of spots open for our annual Stillwater Outing. Last year we hammered Rainbows and Smallmouth Bass at Wildhorse Resovoir. The lake is once again in Great shape and should be fishing very similar to last year. We had anglers with 30-40 fish a day on this trip. This is our favorite outing of the year and 90% of

Still 50 Percent Covered in Ice

Wild Horse Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Wildhorse is still about 50% covered with ice, as of Thursday, April 18, and the shorelines are very muddy. With the warmer temperatures expect the lake to be completely ice free soon. Fishing had been good through the ice and expect it to continue this spring. The usual PowerBait and worms for bait anglers and for fly fishermen this is chironomid season, so midge larva

Lake is Starting To Open Up

Jakes Creek Reservoir (Boies Reservoir)

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Jake Creek is mostly covered in very unsafe ice. More of the lake is starting to open up with the warmer temperatures and there is open water for fishing, though there is no recent report on fishing conditions. Expect 4WD conditions to the reservoir once you left US 93 due to mud from snowmelt and rain.

Jiggs is Now Ice Free

Jiggs Reservoir (Zunino Reservoir)

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Jiggs is now ice free and there has been a winter kill observed here with dead bass and bluegill seen floating in the water. Hopefully it was a small one. NDOW will be performing a fish survey here over the next couple of weeks, when shore conditions improve enough to launch a boat, in order to try to determine the extent of fish mortality. The

13 to 18 Inch Trout Being Caught

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Very little change here as the collection ditch is ice free with the warmer temperatures. Fishing continues to be good at the collection ditch for 13 to 18 inch trout with the occasional large trout being taken. Small brightly colored spinners were doing well. Wet flies have been performing better than the dries right now. These include the usual small nymphs such as PT’s, hares

Some Anglers Limiting Out

South Fork Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

South Fork is completely ice free and fishing has been fair, though occasionally anglers report catching a limit of fish. When anglers do report catching trout, they are averaging 16 to 18 inches with an occasional fish over 20 inches. Fly fishermen fishing chironomids (midge larvae) are having the best luck. Most of the trout being caught have been in the backs of coves, along

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