Nevada Fish Reports

Anglers are catching a few rainbow trout and tiger trout right at sunrise using night crawler pieces and PowerBait. Fly-fishers are catching their fish on olive Woolly Buggers and various nymph patterns. Bass are catch-and-release through June 30. Crappies are biting on chartreuse tube jigs.

Trout action has slowed over the past week in response to rising water temperatures, but bass and crappies are still biting throughout the day. Lures have been working best for most anglers, with various green colorations working best. Water will be low through the summer, so use caution along the shoreline.  

Black bass anglers are having luck with pencil poppers and Rat-L-Traps thrown near dense vegetation. Rainbow trout action has slowed, but fish can still be found cruising shaded areas just offshore. For a striped bass bite, try using anchovies just below Big Bend State Recreation Area.

Panther Martins are the go-to lure for rainbow trout anglers at Willow Beach this week. Some trout are in the 2-pound range. Striped bass up to 10 pounds have been caught by boaters trolling swimbaits and umbrella rigs below Willow Beach. On the lake, black bass are hitting lures in about a foot of water.

Action slowed this past week as temperatures pushed beyond 110 degrees. Anglers are catching bluegill and catfish on cloudy mornings. The bluegill action has picked up with mealworms and chartreuse grubs working best.

Stripers are attacking Kastmasters, topwater lures and crankbaits in shad patterns thrown from both shore and boat. Anglers are reporting the most boils in  the Overton Arm. In the shallows, black bass are hitting a variety of lures. Try Rat-L-Traps or soft plastics in purple and green pumpkin. Bluegill and green sunfish are taking small pieces of night crawlers in the Government Wash area.

The lake has very low water levels and there was a trout die off last summer, so no trout in this lake.   NDOW salvaged approximately 3,000 blue gill and several hundred black bass this past week that were taken to other appropriate waters in the state. Expect this small impoundment to dry up this summer.

No change here as trout fishing in the collection ditch continues to be good depending upon the day and location.  Bass fishing is fair to good and picking up.  Trout are being caught with leech patterns, balanced leeches, crystal buggers, #14-16 hare’s ears, and #16-18 PT nymphs.  Other flies working include the usual small nymphs, olive soft hackles, red or blue copper Johns, and prince

Algae is starting to grow with the hot sunny weather.  The outflow continues to be about 100 cfs and expect the water level to drop throughout the summer due to the extremely dry conditions. Very little change here as fishing continues to be good for trout, perch and bass. Surface water temperatures are in the 60’s and the algae is starting to grow. Expect buggers,

With surface water temperatures in the 60’s, fishing for trout has been fair to good and bass fishing has been good.  For the bait anglers, worms seem to be working better than PowerBait for trout.  Spin fishermen should be using black spinners with gold blades.  Fly rodders were having good luck with purple, black or olive wooly buggers.  Since Wilson often fishes similar to South

The road is open and the lake is ice free.  The parking lot is free of snow, though anglers may encounter some snow on the back side of the lake.  Fishing has been slow but with warming water temperatures expect it to pick up.  This lake was stocked with just under 1,500 trout last week which should also help to improve fishing success.

Fishing for both trout and bass continues to be fair to good depending upon the day.  Algae and plant growth is coming on quickly.  Surface water temperatures are well on their way into the 60’s and the bass bite has picked up, especially largemouth bass using crankbaits and spinnerbaits.  Anglers are also having success with both worms and PowerBait catching trout averaging 15 to 18

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.   

Cold Creek Reservoir is now at minimum pool due to outlet structure repair being done by Kinross.  There is very little water and is mostly ice free.  

Work is being done to put in an improved boat ramp at Comins which is affecting access to the lake.  Do not expect to be able to launch a large boat for the foreseeable future as volunteers and contractors are cutting brush and moving dirt to prepare for the boat ramp. This is taking place where people have usually launched boats and that area is

The water level is down as water is being taken out for irrigation. Fishing continues to be good.  Anglers will do well on nightcrawlers, spinners, and PowerBait. Fly rodders should be using olive or black wooly buggers, black leeches, red copper Johns, GR hares ears, PT nymphs and prince nymphs.  Illipah has been stocked with approximately 24,000 rainbow trout this spring.