Nevada Fish Reports

Fishing is good with warming surface water temperatures.  Worms or PowerBait fished off the bottom using a slip sinker have been working.  Bobber fishing is 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 should be

Fishing for bass continues to be good while fishing for trout is fair for numbers and good for size.  Algae and aquatic plants are coming on strong.  Surface water temperatures are in the mid 70’s.  The warmer temperatures is helping the bass bite, but slowing the trout.  Fish deeper water for trout and structure for bass.  Spinner baits, blade baits, soft plastics have all been

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.   

The work on the dam is complete here and the water level has come back up.  Cold Creek was stocked with approximately 2,400 trout a few of weeks ago. No word on how the bass fared during the water draw down.  

It has been busy at Comins Lake, with folks catching 16 to 20 inch trout.  Bass fishing has been consistent through June with people hooking into 10 to 12 inch Largemouth with the occasional 16 inch fish.   Anglers shouldn’t be surprised if they catch a Bluegill from time to time but we are asking that those fish not be harvested since they are the founder

Water levels have remained relatively stable this year allowing anglers to have pretty good fishing, though expect it to start dropping once haying is done and the fields are being irrigated.  There are large vegetation mats on the south end of the reservoir that are producing sizable insect hatches. Fish the edges from a boat or float tube.  Rainbow Trout will be the dominant species

Trout continue to take PowerBait in rainbow or green with glitter and night crawlers fished below a bobber. Fly-fishers found good action over the holiday weekend near sunset along the dam. Trout and bass are hitting flies on the surface. Among those are emerging dragonflies and damselflies. Bass are taking soft plastic and spinnerbaits. Small crappies have been hitting off the dam as well.

Aquatic vegetation continues to be a problem for shore anglers and water levels remain low. However, boaters continue to do well for rainbow trout, and bass are hitting soft plastics in green or brown. Both species are most active during the morning hours.

Catfish are biting on anchovies and chicken-liver bait near the state line.  Look for catfish and stripers just above the cattails. Stripers also are biting from below Davis Dam through Casino Row. Use plastics for largemouth bass along submerged shelves.

Anglers saw good action over the holiday weekend. With light winds, anglers caught stripers, black bass, and rainbow trout. Trout are hitting worms and PowerBait at Willow Beach. The fish are holding near the bottom where temperatures are the coldest. Stripers are cruising up and down the river about 40 feet from shore, giving kayaks and boaters some of the best opportunities. Anchovies and swimbaits

Sunfish action continues to be good in most of the ponds with the fish taking mealworms and chunks of night crawlers. The best action takes place during the morning hours before daytime temperatures reach triple digits. Catfish plants are on hold until late August when daytime temperatures begin to drop.

Fishing off the bottom with anchovy pieces is bringing stripers as large as 5 pounds and catfish in the 3-pound range. Striper boils are popping up in the late afternoon across the Boulder Basin and in the Overton Arm. Black bass are hitting on plastic worms, also in the Overton Arm. Anglers are finding the best action in the early mornings and at sunset.