Fish Reports

Jakes Creek Reservoir is full.  Anglers are having fair to good luck catching 13 to 18 inch trout from the shore, boat or float tube. Channel catfish were stocked 5/23/24. Bass fishing is fair to good for fish in the 10″-12″ range.

The water level at Illipah Reservoir is still in good shape. Water temperatures are in the mid to upper 60s.  With warmer water temperatures anglers are encouraged to fish the early morning and evening hours to reduce stress on trout.  Anglers should do well on nightcrawlers, PowerBait, spinners and wet flies behind a water bubble.  Flyfishers will do well with matching the hatch and throwing

Cold Creek Reservoir is still at 90% of capacity with rainbow trout and tiger trout being caught in the 10-to-12-inch range.  There is potential for some trout to be larger, however, they have not had too long to grow following the 2021 draw down of the reservoir to fix the outlet structure.  Anglers will do well fishing for trout using a variety of spinners, nightcrawlers,

Comins Lake is near capacity with water temperatures sitting in the upper 60s with surface temperatures reaching low 70s.  Fishing has significantly improved compared to last year, however catch rates on trout are still down.  Rainbow trout are being caught by anglers ranging from 15 inches up to 22 inches.  Nightcrawlers are producing trout for anglers, as well as spinner lures, wooly buggers, scud patterns,

Flows have dropped and the river is fishable.

Flows have dropped and the river is fishable.

Trout fishing should be fair to good in the pond behind the hatchery and near the main boat landing. Panther Martins, Kastmasters and spinners are recommended. Try small spinner baits or soft plastics. Fly anglers are having luck stripping dark-colored wooly buggers near Brown Dike. Fishing from the dike around Unit 21 has also been good for bass. Dark-colored soft plastics are working midday, while

Fishing has been fair to good for trout. Stocked fish include rainbow, tiger and brown trout. Fish are averaging 14 to 20 inches, with plenty of opportunity for fish over 20 inches. Try wooly buggers or zebra midges for fly anglers, or small spinners and Panther Martins for spin anglers. Special Regulations: Artificial lures only, no wading.

Fishing is excellent for trout. Trolling, bait fishing, and fly fishing with midges and balanced leaches under indicators have all been great. Trout up to 6-7 pounds are being caught. Anglers are reminded with the warming water temperatures to land trout quickly and unhook in the water if they are planning to release the fish. Anglers are reporting marking large schools of yellow perch in

Fishing is excellent for bass right now. The reservoir is full with lots of shoreline cover for the bass to be hiding in. Topwaters early and late in the day and soft plastics in the midday will catch fish. The trout fishing has also been very early and late as the fish move into the shallows to feed. Anglers are doing well trolling or fly

The road to Angel Lake is open all the way to the top. Anglers are having luck throwing green PowerBait and small trout spinners off the dam. Fly anglers paddling float tubes or kayaks near the rock walls are catching trout on small ant and leech patterns.

Water is starting to turn a little green, but the big algae bloom hasn’t happened yet. Trout of good size are still being caught from shore, but boaters are tending to have better luck in deeper water. Bass are hitting off weedy points and in the coves. Catfish are also active, with a 20 pounder caught from shore on shrimp. The lake was brought back up

Marilyn’s Pond has been fishing well this summer but has also been busy. Fishing will remain good as long as water temperatures remain cool. Bait fisherman using salmon eggs and baby crawlers on light lines under bobbers are catching fish all day. Fly fisherman using small terrestrial dry flies have been catching fish on the surface early and late in the day. Stocking will continue

The Truckee remains high but is fishing well. We’ve been at roughly 900cfs for a few weeks but should see flows reduced slightly as we move further into summer. The fish are healthy and happy even with the spike in early summer temperatures and the clarity remained good all spring. No recent repots of USFW stocking the Lahontan Cutthroats but that should change as flows

Fishing has been excellent this summer on Baily Pond for stocked trout and green sunfish. We should see the trout fishing slow down some with the extreme heat of summer, but the green sunfish fishing will remain excellent. Bait fishing with salmon eggs under a bobber or powerbait off the bottom remains the most effective methods on the pond. Small spinners are still catching a