Fish Reports

Cave Lake is ice free and fishing for nine to 12 inch fish has been fair to good.  Surface water temperatures are in the high 40’s but should cross into the 50’s soon if they haven’t already done so by the time you are reading this.  The lake was stocked with approximately 3400 trout averaging around 11 inches.  Most anglers are having luck with small

Fishing here is fair to good for  10 – 12 inch trout and fair for bass. The lake was recently stocked with 2,000 rainbow trout averaging 11 inches last week.   The usual worms, PowerBait, small spinners and flies should all work. Expect muddy road conditions to get here.

The reservoir continues to fill with spring runoff and is turbid at the inlet end.  The lake is ice free, approximately 85% full and fishing is fair to good.  The usual spring time flies of wooly buggers, prince nymphs, hares ears and chironomid patterns should all work.  Small spinners, PowerBait and worms should be effective as well. The lake is turbid so spin fishermen may

Happy Friday! Another monster caught by Joe Whitaker. Thanks for always sharing Joe! He caught this one on a bluegill colored jig in deep water at Floyd Lamb Park. Anglers, remember not to harass bass on their beds, and to release the bass you catch. Head to ndowlicensing.com today to buy your fishing license. Check out our story to see video of this fish!

River flows have dropped a lot since our last report. Flows are above 3,250 cfs at the Reno gage. We believe that these levels will be sustained for the next few weeks. Fishing has been amazing! It’s been really fun to explore the river looking for the perfect type of water, and even more rewarding when you start getting into fish in these areas. The water

Mike Nielsen from Tahoe Topliners checked in with us this evening from a trip out on Lake Tahoe.

 Trout action has been very good this week with most rainbows averaging about 10 inches with bigger catches mixed in. Anglers have been doing well using orange or rainbow sparkle PowerBait. Those throwing floating trout lures also are doing well. The largemouth bass bite has started, but anglers must practice catch and release through June 30. 

Anglers fishing from the dam and the south end of the reservoir are getting lots off action from trout. Crappie and bass have started hitting, but the bite is still slow due to low nighttime temperatures.

Striped bass fishing is picking up on the Colorado River. Rusty’s Riviera is recommending that anglers work from below Davis Dam south through Casino Row. The fish are averaging from 1 to 5 pounds with the smaller fish taking anchovies fished near the bottom. The larger stripers are hitting Bomber Long A’s and Glide Swimmers. For catfish, fish on the bottom with anchovies below Big

Anglers are using anchovies to catch stripers off the Willow Beach fishing pier and PowerBait or Rooster Tails to catch rainbow trout south of Willow Beach. Closer to Cottonwood Cove, largemouth bass are hitting spinnerbaits and plastics while smallmouth bass have been taking dark-colored worms south of Cottonwood Cove.

Night crawlers, mealworms, hotdogs and chicken livers are working well for stocked catfish. The bluegill and green sunfish bite has begun. The popular fish are hitting mealworms and imitation grubs. Largemouth bass are taking worms and spinners.

Black bass are hitting across the Boulder Basin in coves with thick vegetation. The fish are hitting on chartreuse creature baits or watermelon colored plastic worms. Catfish are taking worms and anchovies over night from shore and boat. Striped bass are taking crankbaits outside of Callville Bay from sunset until the early nighttime hours.