Nevada Fish Reports

Wilson is approximately 50% open water and very thin, unsafe ice on the rest of the lake.  Expect 4WD conditions with the weather we have had.  No recent report from any anglers here.  Anglers should expect similar fishing conditions as at South Fork and should use the same presentations.  Like South Fork, with the predicted warm weather it won’t be long before this lake is

The road is closed, and the lake is ice covered.  There will be no fishing reports for this lake until late spring or early summer depending upon the winter.

The wind and warmer temperatures have opened up a large amount of water and there is now more open water than ice.  There is also a ring of water around the ice in the north end of the lake and the ice is gray and rotten.  Stay off the ice! Anglers are having success with both worms and PowerBait with fish averaging 15 to 18

Cave Lake is sitting approximately 15 feet below normal water levels and is fluctuating.  While there is approximately 8 to 10 inches of safe ice, anglers are encouraged to use caution and drill test holes.  If the ice is not in contact with the surface water of the lake, access on the ice is discouraged.  Fishing has been fair to good for trout.  The best

Cold Creek Reservoir is now at minimum pool due to outlet structure repair being done by Kinross.  There is very little water and it is covered in unsafe ice. It’s not worth the trip.  Once repairs are complete, pray for the rest of the winter to bring precipitation to help fill the lake.   

Comins Lake is starting to open up a bit in the north lake and in portions of the south.  Anglers can still access safe ice but need to be extremely careful and drill test holes. With the forecast warmer temperatures, it won’t be long before ice fishing is done here.   Fishing has been good for 14-to-18 inch trout and northern pike.  Worms seem to work

As of last week, Illipah has approximately 10 to 12 inches of ice and fishing had been fair to good.  Temperatures in the area are forecast to be in the 40’s off and on over the next 10 days, so expect the ice to start degrading. Black or olive jigs tipped with worms jigged slowly have been working as have just hooks with a worm

Ice fishing has been good over the past few weeks, but sunny days and warming temperatures will soon start thinning the ice. Please check with the folks at Spring Valley State Park (775-962-5102) for current ice conditions. Anglers have broken a few holes through the ice along the dam. Weather is expected to be sunny for the rest of the week.

 Ice covering the reservoir has thawed completely, though anglers may find ice along the shoreline in the morning hours. Rainbow trout are taking worms and rainbow-colored PowerBait. The campgrounds and facilities are open. The weekend weather forecast calls for sunny days with nighttime lows near freezing.

 Striped bass are taking a variety of glide baits, swimbaits and anchovies thrown by shore anglers. A 17-pound striper was caught using anchovies below Casino Row. Anglers are catching stocked rainbow trout all along the river. Green and orange PowerBait, spinners and night crawlers are catching the fish.

Willow Beach boaters are catching large stripers about a mile downstream from the marina. One lucky angler caught a 32-pound striper while trolling a swimbait. Rainbow trout are biting chartreuse-colored spinners and PowerBait fished off the pier. At the southern end of the reservoir, smallmouth up to 4 pounds are hitting soft plastics. Striper action is hit and miss, but boaters are reporting some shad

High winds have kept many anglers off the lake. Reports of black bass action are coming in from the northwest area of the Boulder Basin. Largemouth are showing a preference for chrome crankbaits and smallmouth are hitting walking baits. Stripers are averaging 1-3 pounds, with anchovies being the bait of choice. The crappie bite is beginning to pick up in the Virgin Basin. Crappie jigs