Fish Reports

The lake is ice free and fishing has been fair. The lake was recently stocked with 2,000 rainbow trout averaging 11 inches.  The usual worms, PowerBait, small spinners and flies should all work.   Expect muddy road conditions to get here.

Comins Lake continues to fish well as we move into May.  Anglers are catching trout averaging16 to 20 inches on a variety of tackle.  Panther Martins, spoons, PowerBait, salmon eggs, and night crawlers should all do well for the majority of bait fisherman.  Fly fisherman should use wooly buggers, leech patterns, and nymphs patterns (midges, beaded pheasant tails…etc.).  Water temperatures are sitting in the low

The reservoir continues to fill with spring runoff and is turbid at the inlet end.  The lake is ice free 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 want to use

Fly-fishermen are doing well with Woolly Buggers in olive, brown or black colorations. Crappie are starting to bite and can be found near the fishing pier. Bass are catch and release only through June 30.

The crappie bite is getting underway at this Lincoln County reservoir. The fish will hit on small jigs. White and silver are generally good colors. Bass and trout are taking almost everything thrown at them. Rainbow trout will take olive Woolly Buggers, earthworms, and PowerBait.

Striped bass and rainbow trout are hitting lines below Davis Dam. Shore anglers are catching stripers with anchovies. Catfish are more active at night and can be caught using anchovies from the shoreline near Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area.

Striped bass anglers are doing well during the overnight hours with anchovies. Black bass are taking soft plastics outside of Cottonwood Cove and above Katherine landing. Green pumpkin or similar color variations seem to be the ticket. Anglers are finding the fish in 10 to 15 feet of water near grass beds and submerged brush. Rainbow trout are still biting below Willow Beach. Spinners, salmon

Bluegill, catfish and largemouth bass are hitting well at the ponds. Bluegill are taking mealworms and grubs on small hooks. Fish them off the bottom. Fishermen at Floyd Lamb Park are finding good fishing for bass while throwing spinner baits along the tules. Catfish are taking night crawlers, hotdog pieces and chicken livers.

Heat is back for the weekend. Fishing at sunrise and sunset will bring the best results. Anglers looking for live bait have found good numbers of gizzard shad in Government Wash. Anglers netting shad are having the best luck early in the morning, just in time for striped bass action. Coves in the Government Wash area have been producing quality fish, including largemouth, smallmouth and

Spring fishing has been picking up. Bait anglers are catching trout with night crawlers or rainbow-colored PowerBait. The fish also are taking a variety of other baits and lures, but gold or silver spinners have been especially good. Largemouth bass are taking spinnerbaits, but all bass must be released April 1 through June 30 for spawning. Crappie are taking silver minnow jigs off the fishing

The flows are steadily rising this week as we get our first significant bit of warm weather. This has caused the lower river (Boca Conf. downstream) to be running off color adding an additional challenge to fishermen. Don’t be deterred though as the fishing still remains good in the upper stretch around Glenshire and with the opening day of trout season starting tomorrow the 27th

The Truckee River is high but fishing well. Focus on the edges and seams near the sides of channel. These will be most productive using Stoneflies, Worm patterns and attractor nymphs.