Fish Reports

East Shore: Gene St. Denis: Toplining is dead slow to good, dependent on the day. I'm toplining Rapala. Rebel or A/C lures in 15-25 feet of water for rainbows, Mackinaw and browns at Deadman's Point, Logal Shoals and Sand Harbor. Getting 0 to 4 fish per trip. The shore fishermen at Cave Rock are catching 0-4 rainbows with an occasional small Mack. ?Į

Andy at the Gilly Sporting Goods Store in Sparks at 358-6113: The fish are still biting well. The fly fishermen at The Nets are using Nymphs, Cooper Johns and Pheasant Tails. I had a report of an 8-pounder out there.

Carla Molino of the Pyramid Lake Store at (775) 476-0555: Fishing has been pretty good for fly rods. Pelican Point turns on and off for fishing success. The Nets is the best fly fishing location, but trying to find a spot to fish is hard at times because of all the fishermen. The boat fishing has been spotty. The best fishing has been out in

Tim Wilson of the Pyramid Lake Marina and RV Park at (775) 476-1156: Fishing has been a little slow but it is picking up. The majority of the fish are being caught at about 30 feet deep, close to shore, with the standard lures: Apex and Flatfish. Fly fishing has been decent with Woolly Buggers and lots of Nymphs and Cooper Johns.

Jeri Grellman of Sparks of Hog Charters (358-5199): Chris had a client out on Friday, who lost a 10-pounder right at the back of the boat. They were trolling deep water near Spider Point. On Sunday, Chris took a friend out and they caught and released 20 cutthroat, with the largest being 23 inches.

Andy at The Gilly Sporting Goods Store: It is doing well for fly fishermen in the late afternoons.

East Carson River: Lots of fishermen over the weekend but no reports by any of the fishermen. ?Į

Chuck Fields at the Topaz Lake Marina (775-266-3550) reported: Not a lot of people out here since the Topaz Lodge burned, because there is no place to eat. There have been some limits caught, but most of them are out of boats, trolling with nightcrawlers. The boats are spending an entire day on the lake to catch a limit. One boat had 10 fish with

Elmer Bull: My daughter and fished on Easter afternoon for a couple of hours. There were no other fishermen. We got skunked, while spincasting with lures and spinners.

Shirley at Burke's Market at Silver Springs (775-577-2750): Everyone has been pleased with the fishing out here. One fisherman with minnows got into a school of Walleye on Saturday that were 17-21 inches. The fishing has been good at Beach No. 7 and between Beach Nos. 4 and 6 for Catfish, Wipers, White Bass and Walleye. There was a 7.75 pound Walleye reported but the fisherman

Elmer Bull: A few small catfish being caught, but still no bass.

Mark and Scott at the Wild Horse Resort (775) 758-6472: The ice is all gone. A couple of boats yesterday (Sunday) caught their limits of nice rainbows, with nothing under 15 inches. The cutbows are hot on nightcrawlers with most people limiting out in 3-4 hours. The rivers are clear enough for bait or spinners.?Į

The lake has been fishing really good for a month or so now. The fish are still spread around the lake and fish are being caught from Monument Rock to Anderson Bay. The nets area is very crowded. The South nets is very shallow and not fishing very well on clear calm days. On days when the wind blows into the beach the fish move

Flows are around 500 cfs and fluctuating daily due to run-off. It should be pretty good in a couple of weeks. For more information call of email the Reno Fly Shop at (775) 825-3474 info@renoflyshop.com

LAKE TAHOE - South Shore: Gene St. Denis: Fishing has been slow, slow, slow. I've been trolling at Ski Run Shelf at 150-280 feet with silver Herring Dodger flasher blades and live minnows. The jiggers are jigging in water 160 feet deep with Crippled Herring Jigs, tipped with a live minnow.

LAKE TAHOE - East Shore: Gene St. Denis: I'm toplining Rapala lures in 15-25 feet of water and it has been slow for rainbows, Macks and browns at Deadman's Point, Logal Shoals and Sand Harbor. I caught 5 fish on Monday with the largest being a 4-pound brown.

PYRAMID LAKE, NEV: Valerie or Linda or Patsy at Crosby's Lodge at (775) 476-0400 reported: They were doing good on the color green in the Model Dairy Derby. James Dobson had the heaviest fish (11.88). First place in the team fishing had a total of 62 pounds for 8 fish by 4 fishermen in 1 boat. There were more than 1,000 entries in the derby.

PYRAMID LAKE, NEV: Andy at the Gilly Sporting Goods Store in Sparks at 358-6113: One fly guy reported catching an 8-pounder over the weekend. The jiggers are doing good. The boaters are using the usual lures. Fly fishermen are using white/pink colors.

PYRAMID LAKE, NEV: Carla Molino of the Pyramid Lake Store at (775) 476-0555: I don't have a report this week, we were in Arizona watching major league spring training.

PYRAMID LAKE, NEV: Tim Wilson of the Pyramid Lake Marina and RV Park at (775) 476-1156: A fly fisherman at Pelican Point, last week, caught a 12.4 pounder and two 10-pounders, all on the same day. He was using Woolly Buggers and white or Chartreuse beetle flies.

PYRAMID LAKE, NEV: Jeri Grellman of Sparks of Hog Charters (358-5199): Fishing has been slow. Chris took a client out on Sunday and he caught 4 fish in 4 hours.