Nevada Fish Reports

The Bruneau River has dropped rapidly and is now very fishable. Fish are hitting both dries and nymphs. With the poor snowpack and the unusually warm dry spring and beginning to summer, anglers should take advantage of early summer conditions while they can. Expect very low stream flows later this summer. As of July 8, the Bruneau River was flowing at 16.5 cfs.

The lake level is good, though starting to draw down with irrigation. Surface water temperatures have climbed into the mid to high 60’s and the weeds are growing making shore fishing difficult, but not impossible yet. With the warmer water the bass have become active and fishing for them is good using soft plastic dark colored grubs and spinnerbaits. Worms seem to be the presentation

Lamoille Creek is still a bit high but becoming fishable in spots and fishing in the beaver dams should be good. Once flows drop NDOW should be stocking the creek, probably in the next few weeks. Small nymphs and dry flies should both work. The upper half of Lamoille Canyon has mostly brook trout and tiger trout, while the lower half has mostly wild rainbows.

Flows in the upper stretch of the river right below the dam are good as water is being drawn out for irrigation. Fishing has been good using dry flies such as caddis flies, small stoneflies and Mayflies. Drifting nymphs under a dry flie or indicator as well as swinging small buggers and streamers should also be good. Grass hoppers are out so hopper and Chernobyl

With the warmer temperatures the bass bite at Ruby Lake NWR continues to be good, though it is taking approximately 10 bass to catch a keeper. Minimum keeper size is 10 inches. Many anglers report catching as many as 50 bass days per angler but limits of 10 bass per angler are hard to come by. Soft plastic grubs in blue, black or purple seemed

Surface water temperatures have moved to around 70 degrees and algae is growing and staining the water. With the warmer surface water temperatures, the trout are moving into deeper water. Anglers continue to report good fishing for trout from boats or float tubes, while shore anglers report fair fishing in the mornings. Bass fishing is good and a few wipers have been showing up in

Very little change here as continue to report good fishing for chunky 13-to-16-inch trout and smaller bass as the surface water temperatures climb higher to around 70 degrees. The best trout fishing is from a float tube or a small cartop boat or canoe as the boat ramp is unusable. Fly fishermen seem to be having the best luck using leech, wooly buggers and chironomids.

Anglers continue to report good fishing for both rainbow and tiger trout on small black or olive crystal or wooly buggers as well as black leeches. Chironomids, pheasant tail nymphs, gold ribbed hare’s ears and soft hackles under an indicator or dry fly should also work. Spin fishermen should try small gold or silver spinners. Bait anglers should have some luck with worms under a

Surface water temperatures have moved into high 60’s to low 70’s and fishing for bass has been good. With the warmer temperatures and sunny days, the algae and the weed beds at the south end of the lake are growing. Fishing has been fair to good for 15-to 20-inch trout for spin, bait and fly rodders from boats or float tubes but just fair for

Due to a poor snowpack, Kingston Creek is flowing well below normal and is experiencing late summer conditions early in the summer. Fishing is difficult except in the pools. As of July 8, Kingston Creek was flowing at 2.2 cfs which is about 15% of normal.

Cave Lake is lowered to minimum and unfishable. Fish stocking will resume once the dam repairs are completed. Cave Lake is closed to fishing due to shorelines that are very soft and dangerous due to the complete saturation of the soil as the lake is drained. By draining the lake, it should shave a couple of years off the re-building of the dam and cut

Due to a poor snowpack, Cleve Creek is flowing well below normal and is experiencing late summer conditions early in the summer. Fishing is difficult except in the pools. As of July 8, Cleve Creek was flowing at a very low 1.6 cfs which is about 14% of normal.

Very little change here as the water level is good and anglers can expect to catch hatchery size, 8-to-10-inch rainbows. Fishing for Largemouth Bass will be slow because the drawdowns over the last few winters but there are a few bass left in the reservoir. To help the bass fishery, anglers can return any black bass to the reservoir. NDOW will continue to work to

Not much change here as surface water temperatures are in the high 60’s to 70 degrees and fishing is fair to good for quality 15-to-18-inch rainbow trout and good for bass. Although not as common, anglers will be to catch Brown Trout and Tiger Trout in the lake. These fish are currently running between 12 and 16 inches, however there is potential to hook into

Due to a poor snowpack, Steptoe Creek is flowing well below normal and is experiencing late summer conditions early in the summer. Fishing is difficult except in the pools. Dry flies are the way to go now. As of July 8, Steptoe Creek was flowing at a very low 2.2 cfs which is about 15% of normal..