Fish Reports

Trout Fishing Slowing Down With Warmer Weather

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Trout fishing is slowing with the warmer water temperatures as the fish head to the deeper water in the middle of the lake making shore fishing slow. Bass fishing is fair to good using minnow imitations and soft plastic grubs. For trout anglers should try Panther Martins, spoons, PowerBait, salmon eggs, and night crawlers. Fly fisherman should use wooly buggers, leech patterns, and nymphs patterns

Illipah Reservoir Fishing Report

Illipah Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Trout fishing has been fair to good, though mid to late in the day is slow due to warmer surface temperatures. The usual flies of wooly buggers, prince nymphs, hares ears and chironomid patterns should all work. When hatches are seen fly rodders should try BWO’s, PMD’s, Adams, renegades, damselfly dries and terrestrials. Small spinners, PowerBait and worms should be effective as well.

Awesome Morning on Tahoe

by MIKE NIELSEN

Awesome morning. Kept 5. Three back 7 by 6:50 am. Third trip this week for Frank and company so they only kept few for newcomer Vince to have dinner! Now refuel and round 2

On-the-Water Report | Truckee River | Late July 2019

by RENO FLY SHOP

Early in the day is the name of the game on the Truckee River for trout. Water temps are creeping up towards 68F in the afternoon but dropping overnight. The afternoons are a great time to give the trout a break when the temps rise and a chance to chase warm water species, like our local bass and carp. Swing by the shop and we can

Cushed The Lake Trout Today

by MIKE NIELSEN

Team Soto crushed it with Tyler my son as deckhand. Limits plus and Tyler got in on it when we had triple hookups!

Bass Fishing is Good Throughout

Kirch Wildlife Management Area

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Bass fishing is good throughout the WMA. Seasonal weed growth is making fishing difficult along the shorelines, but weedless hooks will help keep frustration at a minimum. Anglers are reporting success on both Cold Springs and Haymeadow Reservoirs with most bass coming in at more than 12 inches long. Plastics in the 3- and 4-inch range are working well without color preference.

Moderate Rainbow Action in Early Morning

Eagle Valley Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Anglers are having moderate success for rainbow trout early in the day using spinners and worms fished below a bobber. Fly-fishers are using worms, gnats, and Woolly Buggers for trout and crappie. Some areas may have weeds to contend with.

Crappie and Bass Action Picking Up

Echo Canyon Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Fishing with grubs, worms and crawdad imitations is working well for bass. Crappie and bass action picks up as temperatures warm up throughout the day. Anglers have been catching crappie on green and brown jigs, and on night crawler pieces fished below a bobber.

Striped Bass Bite is Hot

Colorado River - Laughlin

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

This stretch of the river has been hot for striped bass. The average fish has weighed about 2 pounds, and anchovies are a top choice for bait. Lures are working too. Some anglers have been catching fish with the Rapala X-Rap and jointed trout imitations. Catfish have been hitting well around Big Bend and further south.

Fishing in The Coves Has Been Good

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Anglers continue to find success for black bass, bluegill and catfish in coves throughout the center portion of the lake. Various plastic imitations have been catching striped bass and black bass. Look for the bluegill in coves north of Cottonwood Cove. They are biting on night crawler pieces and small diving jerkbaits.

Las Vegas Urban Ponds Fishing Report

Las Vegas Urban Ponds

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Bluegill, bass, and catfish are slow to take lures or bait. Catfish are being hooked on stink baits in the morning or at sunset. Processed stink baits are generally a good bet. Bluegill like meal worms and grubs. Spinnerbaits are still fooling bass at Floyd Lamb in the morning hours.

Stripers Hiding in Drop-offs and Deep Water

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Anglers have shifted to fishing at dawn and dusk to beat the heat. Stripers are hiding near drop-offs with deep water and waiting for bait fish. Though you may see some boils early in the morning. A Zara Spook, Jumpin’ Minnow, Sassy Super Fluke or similar bait will catch boiling stripers. Black bass are active in many coves throughout the Government Wash area. Water levels

Anchovies Working Best

Colorado River - Laughlin

by RUSTY

Further down river, in the upper big bend area, fishing from his boat using anchovies Ben Aleman and Cheyenne Mace brought in a nice stringer of stripers. Some of the types of baits that are working is squid, shrimp, sardines or mackerel. They all tend to produce fish. Anchovies seem to bee anglers choice and hold a good track record of catching a lot of

Evenings Have Been Most Porductive For Anglers

Colorado River - Davis Dam

by RUSTY

The evenings are proving to be a more productive time to be out fishing the Colorado river. Below the Davis Dam the casino area is doing ok with the Arizona side producing a little better in the morning. The high school fishing club which accepts all ages and skill levels and mentored by Gary Regan had a recent outing near the Davis camp area. While

Truckee River Fishing Report-7-21-19

by MATT KOLES

Sliding right through summer on the Truckee River. Fishing has been good in the morning. Shitty in the afternoons. Good at dark again. That’s the pattern right now. Forecast is for things to heat up next week. 100’s in the valley, and I’m betting 90’s in the Hirsch. No, I will not take you out in the afternoon until it cools. If you want a death

Topaz Lake Angler Report

by FISH REPORTS STAFF

Anthony checked in with us with a fishing report from Topaz Lake: Fished Topaz today for a few hours. Got on the water around 11am and trolled around for a bit. Landed 5 nice rainbows; one was about 20 inches and 4-5 pounds. Had half a dozen come off before landing them. Down riggers at 40ft. Rapala behind a flasher for one set up other was

Mac Limits by 6:45am!!

by MIKE NIELSEN

The team got em good and by 6:45am! Goofed around after for bit!

Hooked Up Sunday Report

by HANS MOXLEY

Hooked Up Sportfishing out of Carnelian Bay in Lake Tahoe went out today with these guys. Welcome back, a little different from fishing in the spring huh? We tried a new spot, got some good bites just couldn't get them to come up. For reservations and information on fishing Lake Tahoe, call: 775-772-1453 or 530-546-2221

Great Day On Lake Tahoe

by MIKE NIELSEN

Great day, caught 14 pretty quickly, kept the ones we wanted then later during cleaning we got about a 8 lber that actually broke off but ended up in the other line and we got it but was ridiculous mess. Just tossed it back without photo!

Fish Spawning Project Provides Nevada Waters with Trout

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Every summer NDOW staff and volunteers head to western Nevada's beautiful Marlette Lake for the annual Marlette Lake Broodstock Spawning Project. The eggs we get from this project provide our fish hatcheries with most of the trout we stock in waters across the state. In this week's Nevada Wild, NDOW's Ashley Sanchez and Aaron Keller sit down with Native Aquatic Staff Specialist Chris Crookshanks and Western Region

Flows Steadily Dropping

by MOUNTAIN HARDWARE & SPORTS

With flows steadily dropping in the upper river the lower river (Glenshire Dr. to Stateline) is now fishing best. Great hatches coming off throughout the day with the most predictable of these being caddis in the late evening. Expect PMD’s mid-morning, Yellow Sallies mid-day, the occasional Golden Stone and a variety of terrestrials including Grasshoppers and Ants. Nymphing the deep runs has still been the

Shore Anglers Doing Well on South End

by DOUG BUSEY

The water level is up a little and the fishing is doing good in the morning and tapering off as the day warms. Flashers and a night crawler or Rapalas have had best success. As the day progresses, you need to get your presentation deeper. The shore angler shave been doing well on the south end of the lake with powerbait and floating night crawlers.

Carson River Nevada Side Report

West Carson River (NV)

by DOUG BUSEY

The NDOW planted the upper part of the river by Ruenstrough bridge with rainbows and good sized brown trout last week. They planted the Carson City area with rainbows this week. David and Karen Fuentes from Carson City had good success last weekend near the broken dam area.

Tahoe Topliners Fishing Report

by MIKE NIELSEN

Took a couple of hours today but still got limits plus! Kept what we liked!

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