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Moderate Rainbow Action in Early Morning

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Anglers are having moderate success for rainbow trout early in the day using spinners and worms fished below a bobber. Fly-fishers are using worms, gnats, and Woolly Buggers for trout and crappie. Some areas may have weeds to contend with.

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Crappie and Bass Action Picking Up

Echo Canyon Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Fishing with grubs, worms and crawdad imitations is working well for bass. Crappie and bass action picks up as temperatures warm up throughout the day. Anglers have been catching crappie on green and brown jigs, and on night crawler pieces fished below a bobber.

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Striped Bass Bite is Hot

Colorado River - Laughlin

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

This stretch of the river has been hot for striped bass. The average fish has weighed about 2 pounds, and anchovies are a top choice for bait. Lures are working too. Some anglers have been catching fish with the Rapala X-Rap and jointed trout imitations. Catfish have been hitting well around Big Bend and further south.

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Fishing in The Coves Has Been Good

Lake Mohave

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Anglers continue to find success for black bass, bluegill and catfish in coves throughout the center portion of the lake. Various plastic imitations have been catching striped bass and black bass. Look for the bluegill in coves north of Cottonwood Cove. They are biting on night crawler pieces and small diving jerkbaits.

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Las Vegas Urban Ponds Fishing Report

Las Vegas Urban Ponds

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Bluegill, bass, and catfish are slow to take lures or bait. Catfish are being hooked on stink baits in the morning or at sunset. Processed stink baits are generally a good bet. Bluegill like meal worms and grubs. Spinnerbaits are still fooling bass at Floyd Lamb in the morning hours.

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Stripers Hiding in Drop-offs and Deep Water

Lake Mead

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Anglers have shifted to fishing at dawn and dusk to beat the heat. Stripers are hiding near drop-offs with deep water and waiting for bait fish. Though you may see some boils early in the morning. A Zara Spook, Jumpin’ Minnow, Sassy Super Fluke or similar bait will catch boiling stripers. Black bass are active in many coves throughout the Government Wash area. Water levels

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Anchovies Working Best

Colorado River - Laughlin

by RUSTY

Further down river, in the upper big bend area, fishing from his boat using anchovies Ben Aleman and Cheyenne Mace brought in a nice stringer of stripers. Some of the types of baits that are working is squid, shrimp, sardines or mackerel. They all tend to produce fish. Anchovies seem to bee anglers choice and hold a good track record of catching a lot of

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Evenings Have Been Most Porductive For Anglers

Colorado River - Davis Dam

by RUSTY

The evenings are proving to be a more productive time to be out fishing the Colorado river. Below the Davis Dam the casino area is doing ok with the Arizona side producing a little better in the morning. The high school fishing club which accepts all ages and skill levels and mentored by Gary Regan had a recent outing near the Davis camp area. While

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Truckee River Fishing Report-7-21-19

Truckee River

by MATT KOLES

Sliding right through summer on the Truckee River. Fishing has been good in the morning. Shitty in the afternoons. Good at dark again. That’s the pattern right now. Forecast is for things to heat up next week. 100’s in the valley, and I’m betting 90’s in the Hirsch. No, I will not take you out in the afternoon until it cools. If you want a death

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Topaz Lake Angler Report

Topaz Lake

by FISH REPORTS STAFF

Anthony checked in with us with a fishing report from Topaz Lake: Fished Topaz today for a few hours. Got on the water around 11am and trolled around for a bit. Landed 5 nice rainbows; one was about 20 inches and 4-5 pounds. Had half a dozen come off before landing them. Down riggers at 40ft. Rapala behind a flasher for one set up other was

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Mac Limits by 6:45am!!

Lake Tahoe

by MIKE NIELSEN

The team got em good and by 6:45am! Goofed around after for bit!

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Hooked Up Sunday Report

Lake Tahoe

by HANS MOXLEY

Hooked Up Sportfishing out of Carnelian Bay in Lake Tahoe went out today with these guys. Welcome back, a little different from fishing in the spring huh? We tried a new spot, got some good bites just couldn't get them to come up. For reservations and information on fishing Lake Tahoe, call: 775-772-1453 or 530-546-2221

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Great Day On Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe

by MIKE NIELSEN

Great day, caught 14 pretty quickly, kept the ones we wanted then later during cleaning we got about a 8 lber that actually broke off but ended up in the other line and we got it but was ridiculous mess. Just tossed it back without photo!

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Fish Spawning Project Provides Nevada Waters with Trout

Marlette Lake

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Every summer NDOW staff and volunteers head to western Nevada's beautiful Marlette Lake for the annual Marlette Lake Broodstock Spawning Project. The eggs we get from this project provide our fish hatcheries with most of the trout we stock in waters across the state. In this week's Nevada Wild, NDOW's Ashley Sanchez and Aaron Keller sit down with Native Aquatic Staff Specialist Chris Crookshanks and Western Region

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Flows Steadily Dropping

Truckee River

by MOUNTAIN HARDWARE & SPORTS

With flows steadily dropping in the upper river the lower river (Glenshire Dr. to Stateline) is now fishing best. Great hatches coming off throughout the day with the most predictable of these being caddis in the late evening. Expect PMD’s mid-morning, Yellow Sallies mid-day, the occasional Golden Stone and a variety of terrestrials including Grasshoppers and Ants. Nymphing the deep runs has still been the

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Shore Anglers Doing Well on South End

Topaz Lake

by DOUG BUSEY

The water level is up a little and the fishing is doing good in the morning and tapering off as the day warms. Flashers and a night crawler or Rapalas have had best success. As the day progresses, you need to get your presentation deeper. The shore angler shave been doing well on the south end of the lake with powerbait and floating night crawlers.

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Carson River Nevada Side Report

West Carson River (NV)

by DOUG BUSEY

The NDOW planted the upper part of the river by Ruenstrough bridge with rainbows and good sized brown trout last week. They planted the Carson City area with rainbows this week. David and Karen Fuentes from Carson City had good success last weekend near the broken dam area.

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Tahoe Topliners Fishing Report

Lake Tahoe

by MIKE NIELSEN

Took a couple of hours today but still got limits plus! Kept what we liked!

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Truckee River Fly Report Late July

Truckee River

by RENO FLY SHOP

Truckee River Through the downtown gauge, the Truckee River has been holding steady around 450 CFS. This is perfect flows in my opinion. Wading is easier, and the river really starts to show off its details as the water level settles into the deeper channels of the channel. Pocket water, and shallow riffled water will hold feeding fish, as fish who are resting will seek out

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