Fish Reports

George and Carla Molino of the Pyramid Lake Store at (775) 476-0555: It is very windy today ((Monday). Fishing has been fair. Evenings have been prime for the fly fishermen. The lure fishermen are fishing the deeper drop off areas like Spider Point. The boats are scattered all over the lake with some good fishing and some not so good. George (Pyramid Lake Charters) has

Tim Wilson of the Pyramid Lake Marina and RV Park at (775) 476-1156: It is very windy, this is not a fishing day (Monday). Fishing has been slow, but the fish are still hitting on Cooper Johns and Woolly Bugger flies at The Nets and off some of the south beaches. The boaters are doing fair, down at 70 feet, with Apex lures.

Fishing has picked up. A 6.5 pound rainbow on a nightcrawler.

Chuck and Linda Fields at the Topaz Lake Marina (775-266-3550): On Sunday, Ricky Howard of Coleville caught a 6-pound, 6-ounce Largemouth Bass from shore on the south end with a Rapala lure. On Friday, Joe Buffo of Minden caught a 3-pound, 14-ounce rainbow while trolling at the south end with flashers and a nightcrawler. Sunday, two other boat anglers reported limits of average size rainbows.

Largemouth Bass fishing is still very good. They are using plastic or rubber worms, both from shore and float tubes. One angler was even catching them with a rubber frog.?Į?Į

Missy at Burke's Market at Silver Springs (775-577-2750): We are estimating 25,000 to 40,000 people will be out here over the holiday weekend.

Dennis Dunn, Mark and Scott at the Wild Horse Resort (775) 758-6472: Bass fishing in Saturday's tournament was lousy. The perch were hitting any lure thrown out. Trout are good on nightcrawlers, floated with Power Bait.

Anglers have been reeling in what one park ranger described as "nice-sized crappie," as well as largemouth bass and rainbow trout. They recently received another load of fish from the Nevada Dept. of Wildlife. PowerBait, worms, spinners and flies should all catch trout. Crappie and bass anglers may want to try jigs and plastic baits.

Striped bass have not been very cooperative for anglers and fishing is still slow. Only a handful of fish were caught over the weekend, and they came from various parts of the lake. Trolling, still-fishing from the bank and chucking hardware all produced fish, which weighed from two to four pounds. Channel cats are also starting to show up and have been taken on chicken

Striped bass fishing has picked up substantially during the past week. Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) creel clerks checked 234 stripers at one of the fish cleaning stations in one day. Most of those were caught in the Vegas Bay arm though shore anglers have also been catching some fish along the beaches. In the Overton arm fishermen are catching fish at in the vicinity

George and Carla Molino of the Pyramid Lake Store at (775) 476-0555: Yesterday was a little slow, we (Pyramid Lake Charters) only caught 8. The day before, we caught 20, up to 6 pounds. The shore fishing has slowed down a little, and the fishing is not as good as it was before. ?Į

West Carson River: Dave Kirby reported: It is nice shape. The state planted last week and some fish were being caught over the weekend. ?Į

Chuck and Linda Fields at the Topaz Lake Marina (775-266-3550): The water level is starting to drop already. It was pretty slow over the weekend, with not a lot of people. I only saw 5 boats all weekend plus a couple of shore fishermen. We are starting to get jet skis and water skiers now.

Largemouth Bass fishing is very good right now. One fisherman caught and released 30 bass in 2 hours on Saturday morning. Another fisherman did very well late Saturday and late Sunday. They are using plastic or rubber worms, both from shore and float tubes. There has been good fishing off the bank by the dike. The largest bass was a 5.5 pounder. ?Į

Missy at Burke's Market at Silver Springs (775-577-2750): I have a photo of a fisherman holding two beautiful Walleye that look about 28 inches long and they were caught over by the dam. Lots of Walleye being caught all over the lake. Nightcrawlers are working better than anything else.

Don Hettrick, Bob McCulloch and Don and Elaine Quilici, all of Carson City, fished in their chest waders at the far south end of the lake, last Thursday morning. Spincasting with lures was very slow with about one fish per hour. The cutthroat were in the 2-pound class. Lots of moss.

Dennis Dunn, Mark and Scott at the Wild Horse Resort (775) 758-6472: 3-pound Wipers are hitting nightcrawlers. Small gold flashers with a worm are hot on trout. Minnow imitations are best for browns. Browns are also good in the river all the way to Owyhee. Remember to bring your bug spray. ?Į

Trout fishing is still slow but pike fishing is keeping willing anglers busy. Fish as large as 24 pounds have been taken from this White Pine County reservoir. Fisheries biologist Chris Crookshanks said anglers are taking fish in all age classes with many of them in the 24- to 28-inch category. Over the weekend one angler reeled in a 22-pound fish that measured 41 inches