Fish Reports

An increase in bluegill action is exciting anglers in Echo Bay and Government Wash. Try fishing a night crawler under a bobber from shore. Black bass are taking shad lures and soft plastics in watermelon colorations. To some anglers’ surprise, they are reeling in crappie on their black bass rigs. Striper and catfish action is best in the early mornings and at sunset.

This week the Lahontan National Fish Hatchery Complex successfully stocked 4,654 Lahontan Cutthroat trout into the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe. In partnership with the hatchery, NDOW FLOY tagged 2,000 of these trout with a unique ID and phone number so anglers can report their catch to us. Please call the number on the tag if you catch a tagged fish! This will help us

Truckee River  A quick bump of flows last week to 1,900 CFS have average daily flows close to 1,000 CFS through the downtown gauge. Bug activity is ramping up as several species of insects are hatching throughout the day. Caddis, PMDs, Little Yellow Stoneflies, are all present in the system. I have also seen a few golden stonefly shucks in the water and dried on rocks, but

As we head into summer the heat is on. Not just our weather we have Lake Mohave producing some nice striper catches. Our local angler Mark Aguilar land a nice 6.40 pound striper at 28 and 1/2 inches. He was fishing near the Davis dam using anchovies. I have been hearing the coves near the power lines and just out of the marina by the

The ranch hasn’t had anyone on it for about a week, prior to that it was fishing very well. Lots of nice fish in the 14 to 20 inch range being caught out there. Like the California side it has been mostly nymphing with caddis nymphs with a few good streamer reports mixed in. Soft hackles and small stonefly nymphs have also been doing well

Quick run out with local Sean Sweeney and crew. Got it done the second hour. First was a dud!

Good soaking rains. Seems about right for May. 80 degrees, then back in the 40’s. Just when you put out the patio furniture. Anyways, the rivers back to normal flows, or at least what it was before this rain. Fishing is good, or hard, depending on how you can adjust to the higher flows. 1,100 and change from here on down the river. That ain’t easy pickings. The

Will Wolf checked in with us after fishing out at the Ruby Marshes. They caught the trout on spinners with gold spoons and yellow tails. Awesome catch! Thanks for sharing!

Check out this awesome Rainbow caught by Lisa Fanti at Topaz Lake. She was fishing with her husband, Corey and trolling a Rapala XWrap in trout pattern. Once they netted him, they discovered a 6” fish hanging out of his mouth. They donated that one to the pelicans. The fish weighed in at 6lbs 9 ounces. She caught him at 08:45 on the downrigger at 28 feet.  Thanks for sharing with us

Hooked Up Sportfishing out of Carnelian Bay in Lake Tahoe checked in with us. Not bad guys !!!! What a beautiful morning,,, calm before the storm I guess Great seeing you again, until next time. For reservations and information on fishing Lake Tahoe, call: 775-772-1453 or 530-546-2221

Hooked Up Sportfishing out of Carnelian Bay in Lake Tahoe checked in with us. We had to do a little looking around today, but we found us some fish. For reservations and information on fishing Lake Tahoe, call: 775-772-1453 or 530-546-2221

Truckee River  We are currently at 950 Cfs at the downtown Reno gauge. We have passed our annual natural peak flow. This is the peak flow of natural snowmelt and unregulated inflow. Flow in the Truckee River will gradually reduce to our “summer flows” coming from the 7 upstream reservoirs. For those counting the 7 upstream reservoirs controlling water in the Truckee River are, Tahoe, Donner, Prosser, Independence,

This #WatershedWednesday, we take you back to the Walker River State Recreation Area to meet up with Conservation Specialist Samantha Essig and learn more about beavers and trees along the East Walker River. #DiscoverNVStateParks #StaySafeToStayOpen

Little cooler this week on the Truckee River. Raining today. Really good fishing weather. It’ll be hot before you know it, nice to have a little rain right now. Flows are still up, up and down the river. It’s spring. Clarity is really good. In fact, almost too good. I like it off color. Don’t like when those trouts can see me. They see everything. I’ve had so

UPDATE ON ROAD CLOSURE: They are finishing clearing off the road today and the gate will remained closed until tomorrow (5.12, Wednesday) morning. Wednesday morning they will be allowing annual pass holders back in! Stay safe!