Nevada Fish Reports

Shore fishermen are catching striped bass and catfish with anchovies. Catfish are more active at night and can be caught in some of the backwater areas. Largemouth bass are hitting white or green spinnerbaits in the marshy coves.  

Anglers are finding good action for black bass in the vicinity of Cottonwood Cove. Smallmouth bass averaging two pounds are taking tube baits in the green pumpkin color variation. Fish are coming from 10 to 15 feet of water near grass beds and submerged brush.

Bass and sunfish are still in spawning mode at most of the ponds, but should be completing this cycle soon. Trout are still biting at Floyd Lamb and Veterans Memorial parks, and at Cold Creek. Mealworms are catching the fish.  

The heat is coming back for the weekend. So too are sunny days. Anglers are finding shad early in the morning and using the bait fish to catch striped bass. Coves around Government Wash have been producing quality fish, including largemouth, smallmouth and striped bass. In addition to live shad, various lures and reactions baits have caught fish. Catfish are biting anchovies at night right

Very little change here as fishing for trout has been fair to good at Zunino. The water level is low, which should have the fish concentrated, though anglers may have to walk through some mud in areas to reach the shoreline.  PowerBait, nightcrawlers, and dark spinners with some red or yellow accents seem to be working.  Brown or olive nymphs as well as red copper

Fishing has been good at the collection ditch.  The water is clear and levels are good.  Small spinners and minnow imitations were producing some fish for spin fishermen, but fly rodders were doing better.  Fly rodders should be using hare’s ears, pheasant tails, prince nymphs, midge patterns, eggs and egg sucking leeches.  On warmer afternoons, there has been some small mayfly and midge hatches so

Very little change at Wildhorse Reservoir.  The dock is in the water for boaters to use at the State Park boat ramp. Fishing has been good with fish averaging 14 to 18 inches with the occasional 20+ inch fish coming in.  Anglers report success all along the state park shoreline, Hendricks arm, Penrod and north to the last cove before the canyon to the dam. 

Due to a damaged outflow structure, the lake has completely drained.  Barrick Gold is working on repairing the outflow valves of the dam with the expectation that we may be able to capture some moisture later in the spring.  

The road to Wilson is very rough, so take it slow.  The lake is spilling, barely, but it is spilling. The surface water temperature is in the mid to high 50’s, clearing up, and fishing for trout has been fair to good.  The same techniques and presentations that work at South Fork should work here.

The lake is ice covered and the road to Angel Lake is closed.  There will be no more fishing reports until late next spring or early summer depending upon winter conditions.  NDOT’s website projects a May 15 date for having the road open as long as the weather cooperates.

Wipers and bass are showing up in the creel as the surface water temperatures move into the low to mid 50’s.  Anglers report catching trout along the northeast side of the lake between the campground and the dam.­ The trout being caught were averaging between 16 and 20 inches with a number of them coming in over 20 inches. The south end of the lake

Cave Lake is ice free and fishing has been good for 10 to 12 inch trout.  The usual PowerBait or worms as well as small spinners, panther Martins or rooster tails should all work.  Approximately 8000 trout have been stocked here over in April.