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By the Fish Sniffer Staff

August 11, 2008
Updated Regularly

WILDHORSE RESERVOIR YELLOW PERCH/RAINBOW TROUT ... Yellow perch offer the most productive fishing at Wildhorse Reservoir and it appears that they have moved from Penrod to the Hendricks Creek inlet.

“Be prepared to move if you are fishing for perch,” advised Joe Doucette, Nevada Department of Wildlife conservation educator. “If you don’t get one in about 20 minutes, its time to fish another spot with worms and small jigs. Keep this up until you start getting fish.”

Trout fishing continues to be fair depending upon the day and the angler, though it is slowing down with the warmer weather. Trollers should do well for trout with the usual arsenal of flashers tipped with worms, spinners, perch colored Rapalas and trolling flies like wooly buggers and leeches.

“Fly rodders should give black, brown or olive wooly buggers and crawfish patterns a try on a sinking line in the morning and then as the day heats up, switch to damsel fly nymphs and may fly patterns,” advised Doucette.

The water continues to drop almost a foot a week, so be careful of submerged islands and rocks.

“Trout fishing is super good with heavy fish hitting worms and Power Bait combos,” disclosed Dennis Dunn at the Wildhorse Resort. “Perch are still hitting in the Hendricks and Penrod coves.”

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Pyramid Lake closes to fishing from June 30 through September 30, while Walker Lake cutthroat fishing slows down during the summer. However, other northern Nevada lakes will provide solid trout action from the summer through fall, especially when many lakes are full or spilling over. Rye Patch Reservoir provides anglers with some unique fish, "wipers," white/ striped bass hybrids, on jigs, crankbaits or live minnows. Knott Creek Reservoir, northwest of Winnemucca, is a trophy trout lake that produces catch and release fish for trophy trout on nymphs.

South Fork Lake produces good smallmouth bass fishing in the summer on plastics. Rainbow Trout averaging 18 inches and some browns are on tap for anglers trolling spinners with downriggers.

Wildhorse is expected to produce slower action than last year, but yields rainbows averaging 15 inches for anglers fishing flies and spinners from float tubes. Wilson Lake has rainbow trout in the 16 inch range for nightcrawlers on the bottom.

Fair largemouth bass action is expected in the Ruby Marshes, while lunker brown and rainbows, along with some brook and tiger trout are caught on bait and spinners. The high lakes of the Ruby Mountains are expected to be open in July for brook trout fishing.