Fish Reports

Denis and Jeff are out camping at Big Creek and tried their luck with fishing. They were fishing a holding pond near the end of the creek and landed a couple of nice fish using worms.

The Truckee has seen a drop in flows this week, and the upper river is far too low for ethical fishing. The dam at Tahoe City is flowing at a whopping 10 CFS and by the time you get down to Glenshire Drive flows are just 32 CFS. This will mean that most of the river up here will have little to no flow and

The water level is low in the south marsh and the Narciss boat ramp is unusable, though the main boat ramp is.  Surface water temperatures have dropped into the low 60’s and the bass bite has slowed.  With the cooler water temperatures the best bass fishing is in the afternoons.  Minimum keeper size is 10 inches.  Most of the keepers are on the small size

With the recent warm sunny afternoons, the surface water temperature hasn’t cooled much and is still in the low to mid-60’s. Fishing conditions have changed little in the last week.  Weeds and algae are still abundant in the reservoir with leeward shores (mainly east side of the lake) have a film of very green algae along the shorelines.  Water level is below 50% and boaters

Conditions at Wilson are similar to South Fork with trout fishing starting to pick up and bass fishing starting to slow down.  Surface water temperatures in the low to mid 60’s. There is still a fair amount of algae and weeds.  Shore fishing has picked up and fishing form a boat or float tube has been good.  Use the same techniques as at South Fork

With the warmer than average sunny afternoons, surface water temperatures have stayed in the mid 60’s and fishing conditions are identical to last week. Fishing for bass has slowed a bit and trout fishing has picked up. The south end of the lake is still weedy and there is a lot of algae here and in the coves along the shores. Both should start dissipating

Surface water temperatures are in the low to mid 60’s and fishing has improved for eight to 10 inch rainbow and tiger trout.   The usual assortment of nymphs and chironomids as well as leech patterns are the best bet for fly rodders.  Bait fisherman are having luck with worms or PowerBait and spin anglers are doing well with small spinners.  Fishing for Largemouth Bass will

Surface water temperatures have dropped into the low to mid 60’s and trout fishing is improving.  Trout are averaging 14 to 18 inches in size.  Bass fishing is slowing with the cooling water temperatures. The lake is still weedy and has a fair amount of algae especially at the south end making fishing difficult there.  Nightcrawlers have been working for trout though anglers have also

Water levels here are recovering from seasonal irrigation lows and surface temperatures were around 60 degrees this week.  Fishing has been fair to good for eight to 12 inch rainbow trout and improving each week. The occasional brown trout is being caught.  For bait anglers nightcrawlers and rainbow PowerBait are the best bet. Small spinners, spoons and Kastmasters for those throwing hardware should work.  Black

Steptoe Creek is flowing well below normal due to the drought and fishing is difficult except in the pools and springheads. Small dry flies are the way to go. As of September 30, Steptoe Creek was flowing at a very low 1.77 cfs which is about 30% of normal.