Fish Reports

Great Spring Flows Right Now

by MOUNTAIN HARDWARE & SPORTS

The Truckee River has great, spring flows right now for anglers. Hatches you might see include midges, blue-winged olives, winter stones, and some skwallas. Stream fishing is also picking up! The best fishing for anglers right now can be found from Glenshire to the NV state line. FLOWS: Tahoe City 391 CFS, Glenshire 498 CFS, Farad Exit 667 CFS RECOMMENDED GEAR: Bugs: Midges, Small Mayfly Nymphs, San Juan

The Sceirine is fishing well

East Walker River Sceirine Ranch

by KENS SPORTING GOODS STAFF

The Sceirine is fishing well with lots of nice 14 to 20 inch fish being caught there. Most of the action is nymphing with some dry/dropper hook-ups thrown in as well. We haven’t heard any news about streamers yet but with the warmer weather the streamer action should pick up. If you want to book some time on the ranch give us a call and

Fair to Good At Jakes

Jakes Creek Reservoir (Boies Reservoir)

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Jakes Creek Reservoir is now almost ice free. The road has dried out. Expect fair to good fishing for trout and slow fishing for bass. The usual worms and PowerBait, as well as small spinners, rooster tails, and panther Martins should work. Fly rodders should be using black or olive wooly buggers or leech patterns, hares ears, PT nymphs and chironomid patterns.

Ice Free

Jiggs Reservoir (Zunino Reservoir)

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

The lake is ice free with very low water levels and a soft muddy shoreline. There was a trout die off last summer, so no trout are left here. A few blue gill and bass, but no report on how fishing is. The shorelines are soft and muddy.

Fish Bite Good At Ruby Lake

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Fishing has been fair to good depending upon the day and location, with high water levels and turbid water. The fish that are being caught are with leech patterns, balanced leeches, crystal buggers, #14-16 hare’s ears, and #16-18 PT nymphs. Other flies working include the usual small nymphs, olive soft hackles, red or blue copper Johns, and prince nymphs. On warmer afternoons if you see

Fish Bite Good At Ruby Lake

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Surface water temperatures were 49 degrees on April 8th and fishing is picking up. The dock is in at the main boat ramp and the water level is good for launching a boat here. However, the boat ramp at Jet Ski Beach is not useable due to a drop off at the end of the ramp which will get your trailer tires stuck. Anglers are having

Ice Coming Off At Wildhorse

Wild Horse Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Wildhorse is still completely ice covered though getting on the ice is not recommended and the edges are unsafe. The nights were in the teens and are forecast to be in the 20’s for the next week and possibly be above freezing by next weekend. Daytime highs forecast to be in the 50’s and 60’s for the next 10 days so expect the ice to

Wilson Res. Fish Report

Wilson Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Fishing was good last weekend with anglers catching fish using a variety of presentations. For the bait anglers, worms seem to be working better than PowerBait. Spin fishermen should be using black spinners with gold blades. Fly rodders were having good luck with purple wooly buggers. Since Wilson often fishes similar to South Fork, bring the chironomid patterns. The water level is down about 6

Road Still Closed

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

The road is closed, and the lake is ice covered. There will be no fishing reports for this lake until late spring or early summer depending upon the winter.

Low water muddy shores

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Cave Lake is sitting approximately 15 feet below normal water level. The lake is still mostly covered in unsafe ice with open water where the creek enters the lake at the south end. It should be ice free soon. Expect soft, muddy shorelines.

Low And Some Ice

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Cave Lake is sitting approximately 15 feet below normal water level. The lake is still mostly covered in unsafe ice with open water where the creek enters the lake at the south end. It should be ice free soon. Expect soft, muddy shorelines.

Trout Bite good, Bass slow.

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Comins lake is ice free. So far fishing has been good this spring with 16-to-20-inch Rainbow Trout being caught. The water is sitting in the 40s so the Largemouth Bass in the lake are still lethargic. Anglers will do well on nightcrawlers, a variety of spinners, wet flies behind a bubble, and even PowerBait. Minnow imitations and large streamer patterns have been working for northern pike,

Lots of Open Water

Illipah Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

The ice is coming off the lake with lots of open water for fishing. With warmer temperatures around the corner, the rest of the ice could come off quickly. The reservoir is sitting at approximately 90% of capacity. Anglers can access the reservoir from the west and fish the entire western shoreline. Anglers will do well on nightcrawlers, spinners, and PowerBait. Fly rodders should be using

Riviera Marina Fishing Report

Colorado River - Davis Dam

by RUSTY

I am sad to say our trout plants are pretty much done for the season and should resume in October. The Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery has been providing rainbow trout to our area. These fish have been raised by the staff at the hatchery and brought to us here below the Davis Dam and stocked in the Colorado River. These trout are for anglers

Fat Macks.

by HANS MOXLEY

Hooked Up Sportfishing out of Carnelian Bay in Lake Tahoe checked in with us. Here fishy fishy almost worked. We got some and lost some For reservations and information on fishing Lake Tahoe, call: 775-772-1453 or 530-546-222

trout biting good.

Kirch Wildlife Management Area

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Trout fishing is good across the reservoirs, though the action at Dacey and Adams-McGill is sluggish. Anglers are using PowerBait, spinners, and flies. Anglers fishing Haymeadow are catching trout using spinners and plastic worms.

Tigers And Rainbows Abound

Eagle Valley Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

The Nevada Department of Wildlife planted trout last week. Tigers and rainbow trout are hitting the line from shore and boat. Bait anglers are using worms with marshmallows. Fly-fishers are catching fish with tan and olive Woolly Buggers. Spin-fishers found success using Mepp’s lures with red, white, or yellow spots.

Rainbows Heating Up

Echo Canyon Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Fishing for rainbow trout is improving, and the reservoir is filling up. The fish are taking worms and a variety of PowerBait colors. Fly-fishers have been doing well using Woolly Buggers in black or olive.

Stripers picking up.

Colorado River - Laughlin

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

The Laughlin Lagoon remains the hotspot for black bass catches. Anglers are reporting bites on a variety of jerkbaits, trout swimbaits, and softs plastics. Striper activity is also picking up with the warmer weather. Most fish are between 1-3 pounds, but one lucky angler caught a 25-pounder along Casino Row. Anchovies are the bait of choice for stripers of all sizes.

Good Rainbow fishing

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Rainbow trout between 2-3 pounds are taking spinners from kayak anglers south of Willow Beach. Anglers targeting striped bass are reeling in fish weighing more than 10 pounds on shad and trout-pattern lures from the boat. Lake Mohave boaters are enjoying the increase in black bass activity near their beds. Craws and worms in purple, red, and green are tempting fish up to 4 pounds.

Catfish and Bluegill action.

Las Vegas Urban Ponds

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Channel catfish are active and biting chicken liver and night crawlers fished a few inches off the bottom. Seasonal trout plants have ended due to warm water temperatures. Sunset Park is having water pump issues and cannot receive fish until it is fixed. Bluegill are hitting mealworms off the bottom. Plastics and spinnerbaits are enticing bass at Floyd Lamb Park.

Black Bass action heats up

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Anglers are seeing more success with black bass as air temperatures hit the mid-80s. Soft plastics fished near spawning grounds are producing great fish in the Boulder Basin. Stripers are taking anchovies from shore anglers in the Las Vegas Bay. Live bait is working well for boaters trolling between 40-60 feet. The bite is reportedly best in the late afternoon and overnight.

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