Nevada Fish Reports

The white bass fishing has been red hot. Fly fisherman who know the lake have had 100 fish days. The fish are not that big but the action is not stop. Evenings have been best. Try fishing where the Truckee canal comes into the lake with a floating line. Put on a bass popper with a small white or chartreuse woolybugger trailer. Wipers and Walleye's

Reports have been outstanding. 20 to 50 fish days are not uncommon for those who frequent Knott Creek. Indicator Nymphing with size 18 midges is working well but the Damsel hatch has been the draw. Fish Damsel nymphs right under the surface with a slow strip and a floating line. Mornings have been best.

Anglers have been finding good action for all species of fish in the reservoir. Largemouth bass and crappie have been hitting on spinners in a variety of colors. Fly-fishermen have been pulling in rainbow trout on Woolly Buggers in brown colorations while those using bait have been taking trout on marshmallows. Most fish are coming from deep water. Mid-summer weed growth is presenting a bit

Striped bass fishing is picking up near Willow Beach about 12 miles below Hoover Dam. Chip Gilbert reeled in a 38-inch fish that weighed in at just less than 20 pounds. Not to be outdone, Bruce Silat boated a 42-pound behemoth that went almost 42 pounds. Both anglers were using swim baits resembling rainbow trout. Shore anglers have been taking stripers weighing from one to

Fishing slowed down over the weekend, but according to earlier reports striped bass had been taking top-water baits near Sand Island and from Las Vegas Wash to Boxcar Cove. Striper boils should become more common in the coming weeks. Anglers fishing for largemouth bass found some success around structure in 10 to 20 feet of water. A drop shot setup with a plastic worm in

Gene St. Denis: I've been fishing 50-250 feet deep at Ski Run Shelf, Camp Richardson Shelf and Tahoe Keys Shelf. Trolling with silver Herring Dodger flasher blades and minnows. Bouncing off the bottom in a serpentine pattern. We caught a 2 pound brown, a 4 pound brown and a 7 pound rainbow, last week.

Gene St. Denis: Cave Rock Landing has been really slow. Once in the while, someone catches something.

Todd Sodaro and Chad Machado of the Carson River Resort (877-694-2229): The water is dropping a little but it is hanging tough. DF&G will be planting later this week, probably on Thursday. David Lopez of Martinez caught a 4.3 pound rainbow on Salmon eggs on July 7 and Rodney Reynaldo of Gilroy caught a 3 pound rainbow on Power Bait on July 5.

Dave Kirby: Not very many fishermen. The water is extremely low and the fishing is really slow.

Chuck and Linda Fields at the Topaz Lake Marina (775-266-3550): It's too darn hot. Even the fish don't like it. We had a couple of boats come in, yesterday (Sunday), with limits. One was using worms and the other was using Power Bait. ?Į

Andy at The Gilly Sporting Goods Store: The Truckee is still fishing good. The water flows are slowing down. There is a good Caddis hatch in the evenings. Try yellow Sallys or Stone Flies . Nothing super big, just the normal Truckee River planter size.

Elmer Bull of Yerington reported he and his family had good action on a late afternoon at Beach No. 6, with live minnows, for some white bass, a couple of wipers and a walleye. The water level is really going down. ?Į

Dennis Dunn, Mark, Rocket and Scott at the Wild Horse Resort (775) 758-6472: Fishing is still excellent, both from shore or in boats. The perch are running 11 inches and the trout are 16-22 inches. Some guy caught two 10 pound Channel Catfish.