Eastern Nevada Fish Reports

All ice is off the lake.  Although water is no longer leaving the lake, the lake is at capacity.  Anglers have been catching quality rainbow trout over 16 inches off a variety of bait, lures, and flies. Anglers should do well on Power Bait, Mepps, Panther Martins, and nightcrawlers.  Fly fishers will do well on smaller nymphs and emerger patterns.  Comins was recently stocked with

All ice is off the lake and the reservoir is sitting at approximately 95% of capacity.  Anglers should do well on Power Bait, Mepps, Panther Martins, and nightcrawlers.  This time of year fly rodders should be using black or olive wooly buggers as well as chironomids, hare’s ears and PT nymphs. 

Fishing has been fair to good at the collection ditch depending upon the day and the experience of the angler. The water is turbid, so for the most part sight fishing is out.  Small spinners and minnow imitations were producing some fish for spin fishermen, but fly rodders were doing better.  Fly rodders should be using hare’s ears, pheasant tails, prince nymphs, midge patterns, eggs

At last report, the ice was receding providing open water for fishing, but the majority of the lake was still ice covered.  Fishing the  open water had been productive for fly fishermen using nymphs, chironomids and stripping buggers.  No report of bait or spin anglers hitting the water, though right after ice out fishing can be good for all types of gear.

Due to a damaged outflow structure, the lake has completely drained.  Barrick Gold is working on repairing the outflow valves of the dam with the expectation that we may be able to capture snowmelt later in the spring.

The road to Wilson is rutted and the lake is approximately 50% of capacity and ice free.  No recent word on angling success.

South Fork is now ice free and fishing has started to pick up. Last weekend several anglers reported good luck both on the west side at Jet Ski Beach and in the main boat ramp cove on the east side of the lake.  The fish being caught were averaging between 16 and 20 inches with a number of them coming in over 20 inches.  Most

Cold Creek is ice free and fishing should be good.  Anglers should do well on Power Bait, Mepps, Panther Martins, and nightcrawlers.  Flyfishers will do well on nymphs and emerger pattern

Unsafe ice with open water in the north lake and the extreme south end of the lake that is fishable.  However, the ice has come back to cover more of the lake, but it is still unsafe.  Anglers report catching limits in the open water using worms, though PowerBait should also work.  Fly fishermen should be using wooly buggers, prince nymphs, damsel fly nymphs, hares

As of last week Illipah Reservoir was starting to open up with open water along the western and eastern shorelines.  With the warmer temperatures and the wind on Thursday, it should have opened up quite a bit more.  The best angling opportunities are going to be from the western shoreline.   Fishing off the receding ice edge could produce quality trout.  The reservoir is sitting at