Nevada Fish Reports

Fishing is picking up as temperatures continue to cool off. Small flies, worms and spinners are all working.

With the pike problem, both bass and trout fishing has been poor.

Now that the weather is cooling off, fishing has been fair to good. The usual baits are working.

Fishing pressure has dropped along with the temperatures, but one die-hard fisherman reeled in his five-trout limit in less than two hours. Leon Simon was using small, silver Kastmaster that he reeled in slowly and then let it flutter down so it looked like an injured minnow. Both rainbow and tiger trout are active. Super Dupers, Panther Martins and Mepp's Spinners are good hardware options.

Despite low water levels, anglers can still catch a mess of rainbow trout. Anglers may want to give rainbow PowerBait, small spinners or worms a try.

Anglers have found some success for rainbow trout while fishing below the hatchery at Willow Beach. One fisherman reeled in a 20-inch rainbow that he caught on PowerBait. The fish have been biting during the early morning hours, but the bite shuts off completely by 11 a.m. High winds in recent days have made fishing an uncomfortable experience. In the lake's southern reaches anglers have

Stripers have been providing anglers with top-water action in the Vegas Wash area, though overall the fishing has been slow. Some anglers have been reeling in a few fish along the tires outside of Lake Mead Marina and Hemenway Harbor as well as along the beaches. Anglers fishing out of Echo Bay have been reeling in stripers, catfish and some smallmouth bass. Striped bass have

Boulder is low, but the fishing is great. While the aquatic vegetation makes things a bit challenging, anglers that can get out past the vegetation are still pulling in 14-inch rainbow.

Substantial fish kill over the summer. Recently stocked and warm water fish still in fair numbers. While the fishing has been slow, it is expected to pick up later this months as things begin to cool off.

Fair fishing for rainbow and brown trout to 15 inches in length. Good fishing for smallmouth bass to 8-10 inch inches in length. Dark patterns work the best in the turbid water. Fishing is always good in the stream high numbers of brown trout. Be stealthy when you approach the steam there is no cover.

The Truckee is fishing great. Jan Nemic reports the upper river is producing some nice 14'' to 16'' inch fish. Try using a weighted October Caddis pupa, or a small Cray fish as Trailer, dead drifting both. Pheasant tail have been have been working as well as Copper Johns. Lure fisherman try using Panther Martins in yellow and black. Check out the USGS website for

Fishing is slow and flows are barely readable.

Boat fishermen going deep have reported fair to good success on rainbow and brown trout. Although fishing has slowed, shore anglers have reported some success in the early morning.

Shore anglers have been reporting some action where they can find open water around the aquatic vegetation that chokes the shoreline. Try using white spoons or black and yellow Panther Martins. Local Fly angler Austin Willis reports fishing remains good on the fly using black leach patterns in sizes 6 and 8. Some calibatis surface action try using may fly pattern. The chironomid patterns are

Boat ramps are a challenge due to low water conditions. The lake has many hazards with the low water conditions, boaters be careful. Wiper action is still good with new State record occurring once again. Reports of Some black bass and walleye are showing up as well in several location near the dam. Try using spinner baits in white and Slugo's in white. Fly fisherman try

Good fishing with limits being reported. Water clarity and quality has improved and should really pick up next year.

Fishing has picked up, still low but slowly stating to fill up. Should be receiving stocking soon. Check out up to date stocking report.

Great fishing at catnip, lots of success with a potential to catch 14" to 19'' fish. Closes Novemb

Fair to good fishing for small crappie and yellow perch.

Fishing has slowed but remains good for walleye on the reservoir side of the dam as well as on the downstream side of the Pitt-Taylor Dam. Wiper fishing is sporadic and slow. Yellow perch and channel catchfish are still showing up. Try using yellow crappie jigs also some action on deep diving lures. Try a deep diving Fin Fin and Repala's. Bait fisherman have had

Fishing has almost slowed to a halt, although a few anglers are finding cutthroat by trolling down to 25 feet.