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Try Haymeadow

Kirch Wildlife Management Area

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

With warmer weather arriving up north, anglers are reporting good fishing on the management area. One couple caught seven rainbow trout and a black bass while trolling Rooster Tails on Haymeadow Reservoir. They also found success with PowerBait in green with glitter.

Fair to Good

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Fishing has been fair to good for 10 to 13 inch fish using the usual worms and PowerBait. Small Cave Lake specials, wooly buggers and the usual nymphs such as prince, hares ears and pheasant tail nymphs should all work. Spinners in gold, black or dark green with contrasting spots on them have been working as well.

Fly Fishing the Ticket

Cold Creek Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Fish have been seen dimpling the surface, probably taking midges or mayfly emergers. Fishing should be good on the warmer afternoons.

Rising

Illipah Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

The lake level continues to rise and fishing is improving as the water warms. Fishing has been fair to good for rainbows. Most anglers have been using worms, PowerBait, and spinners. Hares ears, chironomids and olive or black wooly bugers are the ticket for fly fishermen.

Eagle Valley Trout Action

Eagle Valley Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Tiger and rainbow trout are taking green PowerBait and Mepp’s lures with red spots. You can switch things up with a mealworm or night crawler if artificial baits aren’t working.

Echo Canyon Update

Echo Canyon Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Echo Canyon is giving up a variety of fish. Trout are biting on everything from PowerBait to worms. Bass and crappie have been hitting top-water lures like the Micro Spin in chartreuse.

Bobber Action

Upper Pahranagat Lake

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Anglers are finding some success at the upper marsh for panfish and catfish. Mealworms or night crawlers below a bobber will catch fish.

Striped Bass Alert

Colorado River - Laughlin

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Down at Big Bend State Park a fisherman caught a 26-pound striped bass using anchovies while fishing from shore. Further down a father-son team caught a mess of good stripers that included a 13-pound fish. They were fishing from a boat with anchovies.

Same Report

Colorado River - Willow Beach

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Due to an equipment failure in its water delivery system, and the subsequent loss of its rainbow trout stocks, the Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery has suspended its recreational fish stocking program, which included weekly fish plants at Willow Beach. The hatchery did save and release approximately 11,000 trout in mid-December. Though their numbers will diminish over time, these and holdover fish from previous plants

Stripers Good

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Some good stripers have been caught outside of Willow Beach Marina in the past week. While many were around eight pounds, one lucky angler reeled in a fish that tipped the scale at 23 pounds. The biggest fish have been caught from a boat, but shore anglers throwing anchovies also are catching healthy stripers.

Striper Action Picking Up

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Striper fishing has finally picked up in the Vegas Wash. On Saturday anglers were catching fish on shad near the shore. Reports are that shad are spawning in the shallows, so now is a good time to fish from shore or near shore in a boat. One guided trip reportedly caught over 50 fish last Friday. Black bass fishing remains good. Anglers have not needed

Truckee River Report

by MATT KOLES

The Truckee River is in great shape, fishing well, and only getting better as we are getting closer to summer. Flows are down to around 600 cfs here in the Hirsch. Friends, that is perfect. Flows have dropped out of Donner and Prosser Res’s. There is nothing coming out of Boca yet. Flows will come back up with some warm weather. Remember, there’s still a shit

Riviera Mairna Fish Report

Colorado River - Laughlin

by RUSTY

The fishing here along the Colorado river below Davis dam is producing some great catches. Our anglers are doing well targeting the stripped bass. In the Casino are on the Arizona side its our local angler David Story with a limit of stripers (10 along the river). He was fishing from shore and the bigger of the group weighed in at 2.5 pounds and 19

Lake Mohave Update

by RUSTY

I have been getting word that near the dam on Lake Mohave is producing some stripers no word from the area above the power lines as of yet.

Lake Mohave Stripd Bass Report

by CHAD WOODS

Angler Tony Harwood from North Las Vegas, NV checked in with a Lake Mohave Striped Bass Fish Report. Tony said, “I caught this bad boy on Tuesday using half an anchovies! I forgot scale at home so no weight but I released this Striped Bass to fight another day!!! — at Cottonwood Cove @ Lake Mohave.

Lake Tahoe Update

by MIKE NIELSEN

Guide Mike Neilsen checked in from Tahoe Topliners out of South Lake Tahoe, CA. Today we harvested some Browns as we normally practice catch and release with them. Great looking meat, good fun and got in before the big part of storm hit us! Nothing huge today but nice action overall, good job team Norton!

Pyramid on the Fly

by LIZ WEIRAUCH

Jeff took the day off to hit Pyramid (thanks for sharing your day with us, it's appreciated!) "Got a dozen today and polar opposite of last week, all but one under an indicator on a red midge. The big boy took a black bead head bugger. Ironically it was a very, very slow morning. The wind and waves never arrived until about 10 a.m. and

Winter Like Conditions

by MATT KOLES

The streamer clinic for May 14th, and 15th is SOLD OUT. I am putting on 2 more separate clinics, June 4th, and 5th. June 4th is almost full. I will still do a clinic where we will do a little bit of everything, “bottoms up,”or maybe just a dry fly clinic out on the LT this summer, we’ll see. Very warm this week up in the

Comins Got Stocked

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Who's going fishing this weekend? After the long process of removing the northern pike, trout have been stocked again in Comins Lake.

Colorado River Striper Report

Colorado River - Laughlin

by RUSTY

This week its striper action on the Colorado River. I am getting reports that near the dam is producing some great catches. Not much word on limits as of yet (limit is 10 on the river) but anglers are having success on both sides and in the casino area also. In the upper big bend area its some of the larger fish this month. We have

23.76 Pound Striper

Colorado River - Willow Beach

by WILLOW BEACH HARBOR

Willow Beach Marina checked in with a nice Striper. They said, "Fat Fish Slayer reeled this striper in on Sunday at Willow Beach! It weighed in at 23.76 lbs. Nice catch!"

Tahoe Update

by MIKE NIELSEN

Guide Mike Nielsen checked with a Lake Tahoe report from South Lake Tahoe, CA. Mike said in a FaceBook post, "Been mixed bags most days. Mostly catch n release on browns n bows. Harvest of lakers!"

Tribal members get hands-on with spawning trout

by COLIN LYGREN

Check out this great video report about spawning Lahontan Cutts at Pyramid!

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