Fish Reports

Flows are still in the 700 cfs range. If you look at the flow chart the water is still going up and down about 100 cfs a day. It is probably fish able but with so much else to do wait another week or so to hit the East Carson.

Opened on June 14th. The fishing is awesome. The road is in good shape. There will be a lot of anglers there on weekends due to the fantastic fishing last year. Midges and Copper Johns fished under an indicator was great on the opener as well as Scuds, Sheep Creek Specials and Damsels fished with an intermediate line.

Anglers have been catching rainbow trout and the odd largemouth bass. Some anglers have reportedly caught a few crappie, but Park Supervisor Ben Johnson said it's still a little early yet. Crappie activity should increase in the coming weeks. For trout try night crawlers or PowerBait.

PowerBait, worms and Woolly Buggers have all been taking rainbow trout at Willow Beach. The fishing is sluggish, but anglers are catching fish. Most are planter-size but some of the trout push three to four pounds. Morning hours have been the most productive. A 25-pound striped bass was reportedly caught over the weekend. Anglers have been finding stripers near Eldorado Canyon, Monkey Hole and

Anglers have been pulling in a few stripers along the Boulder Beach area. At Saddle Cove (B-5 road) anglers caught a mess of striped bass following the trout plant on Friday, all described as "nice fish." There will be no more trout plants until the fall. Tournament anglers found success for largemouth bass during recent tournaments. One angler weighed in a fish that topped the

Valerie at Crosby's Lodge at (775) 476-0400: Fishing has slowed down a little but they are still catching a lot in the slot limit, both from shore and boats. The biggest fish of the week was 12-pounds, 9-ounces. It was caught by Stephen Piscotty of Pleasanton, Calif. at Pelican Point with a green spoon. We also had two 11-pounders, two 10-pounders and a 6-pounder turned in.

George and Carla Molino of the Pyramid Lake Store at (775) 476-0555: Good weather and good fishing. A lot of fish being caught from shore and boats. George (Cutthroat Charters) has been doing really good. They have been catching and releasing 20-25 fish per trip, with some 7-8 pounders being turned loose. The customers are happy. The fly fishermen have moved to Pelican and Wino Beach and we

Chris and Jeri Grellman of Sparks of Hog Charters (358-5199): Went out in the new fishing boat. Chris and Jim Hartfiel did "pretty fair": They caught and released 20 fish in 4 hours.

Jim Hartfiel of Just Rite Fishing at Pyramid Lake at (775) 575-7850 (home) or (775) 813-3411 (Cell): I was out with Chris in his new boat yesterday (Sunday). We did our best on frog-pattern or white/red nose Apex lures. We trolled 30-37 feet deep in 60 feet of water. The fly fishermen were doing well at Pelican Beach with Woolly Bugger flies. Quite a few 9-10

Elmer Bull of Yerington reported the bass fishing is doing pretty well as is the catfishing.

Dennis Dunn at the Wild Horse Resort (775) 758-6472: We have 2 feet of ice on the reservoir and 2 feet of snow on the ground and it is raining (Tuesday).

Echo is nearly full and should receive a load of rainbow trout in the next week or two. As the water warms in spring crappie can generally be caught in the narrows at the upper end of the reservoir. For hold-over rainbows try Mepp's or Panther Martin spinners and PowerBait.

Finally, there is good news out of Willow Beach. Striper anglers have been catching fish on large baits like the Spro BBZ -1 and AC plugs designed to resemble trout. One angler reportedly caught a pair of striped bass that weighed in at 20 and 32 pounds. The recent catch also includes numerous fish weighing from four to 11 pounds. Anglers have been catching the

Windy conditions have again hampered fishing activity. A handful of trout were caught following the Nevada Department of Wildlife trout plant at Hemenway and Saddle Cove (B-5 Road). Those waiting for big stripers to show up for the plants were disappointed. Anglers participating in a striper tournament over the weekend caught some nice fish ??? one weighed nearly 10 pounds. Most of the fish were