Doug Busey's Weekly Update

Hello fellow anglers! Oh am I ready to do some camping. We have a little over a month until the California opening fishing season on rivers and streams. This year the rivers are going to be running a little higher than usual. Now as a note, all the little pools and hot spots you learned last year. You are going to have to change that thinking

Hello fellow anglers; Be careful what you wish for. We have all been praying for rain, and we got it all at one time. Many areas in our local area are either not fishable or are not accessible. Some good news for Pyramid lake anglers. They are trying to get partial access open to the public with in a couple weeks. We will have to

Hello fellow anglers, Last weekend Renee and I took an adventure through Alpine County. We started at Red lake and ventured back through Hope Valley. We then took a turn up to Monitor pass along the east Carson River. I have to tell you I am very excited about the California opening day fishing season coming up at the end of next month on

Hello fellow anglers; nice fishing weather we are having. I wish I had more to report, but with our recent rain and snow falls. Not many anglers including myself have been out treading the waters. Except in our own back yards. Myself, I always want to have a river near my property. Now I have one going right through it. Water is a powerful

Hello fellow anglers, I hope you have a safe and Happy New Year. I will be bringing in the Naw year at Topaz lake with 500 other freezing souls. The water level is up 12 feet from this time last year, both of the boat launches will e open. The Topaz Landing Marina will be open with rental boats this year. For more information call

Hello fellow anglers. If you want to keep in shape for fishing, go put up some Christmas lights. That my friends will keep you in perfect shape to start off the new year at Topaz lake. Because, fishing line and Christmas lights will catch on any and every thing it touches. They both have the ability to tangle itself with out trying. Only a

Hello fellow anglers, Wishing you a warm and a happy holiday fishing season. Although many areas in our local area have closed for the season. We still have plenty of options to keep on fishing. The lakes in the higher altitudes have started to freeze and ice fishing will be upon us soon. I ask anglers to resist the urge to venture out on lakes

Hello fellow anglers, We only have a few days left to fish many of our local waters. On November 15th the California fishing season will come to an end for the majority of the rivers and streams, as well as the lakes in Inyo and Mono Counties. Check your regulations as some of the California rivers will convert to catch and release with special gear

Hello fellow anglers, It is definitely fall. I took a week off to go fishing and ran into pouring rains one day to forty mile an hour winds two days later and then to the most picture perfect day we have ever had on Pyramid lake. Fishing this time of year is fantastic when you get get out. But, unfortunately there are some closures to

Hello fellow anglers, I can tell you where there will be plenty of fish this weekend. On October 1st and 2nd will be the Kokanee Salmon festival at Taylor Creek located on highway 89, 1/2 mile north of Camp Richardson on the south end of Lake Tahoe. The festival runs from 10am to 4pm each day. Leave your fishing pole at home and bring the

Hello fellow anglers, Fall is only a few days away. Snow was falling at Kirkwood last week. The time of year to bring extra gear such as warm clothing. The temperatures in our surrounding areas can change rapidly. Last week we fished Weber Lake east of Yerington NV. When we left it was 92 degrees, by the time we got to the Topaz Lake area

Hello Fellow anglers, Many have been asking, where is the Naw report? I have been fishing in Oregon for the last couple weeks and did quit well. We caught green and blue ling cod and a few black sea bass out of Brooking's. Did a little surf fishing for perch. I only wish the salmon fishing was as productive, but did get a few small