Fish Reports

located in Yerington Nevada. Anglers are allowed to fishon Hinkson Slough ( with gear restrictions),  North Pond, Crappie Pond, Bass Pond and the Cooling Ponds have no gear restrictions.

Water is melting and creating murky waters. As a result, the trout bite has been sluggish. Try meal worms, nymph patterns and chartreuse jigs. Contact Spring Valley State Park, or check the park’s Facebook page, for the most current conditions.

Few reports have come in for this Lincoln County reservoir. Night crawlers, Spinners, and nymph patterns are main trout enticers. Bass and crappie are still holding out for warmer temperatures. Check weather and road conditions before heading out. For current conditions contact the regional State Parks office at 702-486-5125.

Black bass action is beginning to pick up near the Laughlin Lagoon. The fish are showing a preference for soft, light-colored swimbaits. Stripers up to 8 pounds are chasing trout swimbaits just south of Casino Row. Be sure you can properly identify all game and non-game fish species in the river. The razorback sucker is a native and endangered species that is beginning to spawn.

Striped bass are cruising the river near Willow Beach. One angler landed a 32-pounder on a trout swimbait. Anglers are catching  rainbow trout with worms, spinners and PowerBait thrown from the fishing pier.

Lake Mohave anglers are reporting smallmouth bass catches between 2 and 4 pounds with the best action in the early morning. Crankbaits and soft plastics in green pumpkin, purple and brown are catching the fish. The north side of Cottonwood Basin and the Telephone Cove area are hotspots.

Striped bass in the 2- to 3-pound range are taking a variety of jerkbaits, swimbaits and jigs. Live shad and golden shiners are working well too. Fish seem to be more active in the late afternoon and overnight for shore anglers at Hemenway and Government Wash. On the north side of the Las Vegas Bay, black bass are taking green pumpkin worms and shad swimbaits.

The Truckee River has seen a bump in flows from our last Report. The downtown gauge is sitting at 350 as some water is being released from Tahoe and Boca. We are seeing fish activity pick up as the days get longer and water temperatures begin to creep higher. Nymphing the slow to medium/slow water with indicators or with ESN techniques have all been effective.

Very little change here.  Water level in the collection ditch is still up which is good news for anglers.  There is still some ice north of Bressman cabin and the rest of the collection ditch is turbid. Anglers report catching fish averaging 12 to 16 inches at the collection ditch using egg patterns, balanced leeches, crystal buggers, #14-16 hare’s ears, and #16-18 PT nymphs.  Other

As of Wednesday, the ice was a good 17 inches thick with a couple of inches of snow on top and very little slush due to last weekend’s cool down.  With the warming trend, plan on some slush in the near future. There is very little change in fishing conditions as anglers are doing well for both perch and trout, though the perch seem to

The lake is ice free except for some ice in some of the northern coves.  The main boat ramp is useable with mostly open water in the cove. Surface water temperatures are moving into the mid to high 40’s and the trout bite should start to come on. Anglers are having success with both worms and PowerBait with fish averaging 15 to 18 inches and

Cave Lake is sitting approximately 15 feet below normal water levels and is fluctuating.  While there is approximately 8 to 10 inches of ice, it will start to disappear with the warmer weather and anglers are encouraged to use caution and drill test holes.  If the ice is not in contact with the surface water of the lake, access on the ice is discouraged.  Fishing

It cooled down last week and as of Feb. 28th the lake had mostly safe ice.  With the warm sunny days this week, expect it to be opening up again and if you do decide to try the ice, drill test holes as you venture forth. The ice will come of fast with this warm weather. Fishing has been good for 14-to-18 inch trout and

Illipah has approximately 10 inches of ice though there is some open water around the edges.  Drill test holes before venturing on the ice here. Black or olive jigs tipped with worms jigged slowly have been working as have just hooks with a worm or PowerBait.