Fishing report for Aug. 10-17

Here is the Northern Nevada, Northern California, Southern Oregon and the high Sierra fishing report
For the week of August 10-17:

ALMANOR LAKE, CALIF:
Shasta Cascade Wonderland Association (530-365-7500) (www.shastacascade.com) reports:
Surface temps are about 73.5 degrees. Clarity is good too about 13.5 ft. Almanor Lake levels are currently 4493.42 and are starting to inch down.
Fishermen are claiming that it’s been tough fishing, even for the more aggressive fishermen.
Lake Almanor is full to the brim, making the thermo cline wider, it starts at 18 ft. down and goes to about 45 ft. making a wider band of water for the trollers to target.
The hex hatch that should have been over 3 weeks ago is just now peaking.
Fishermen claim that their sonar units have been showing massive bait balls of smelt from Canyon Dam to Lake Cove.
Hatch is peeking at Rocky Point to Prattville and will probably continue to go off deep into August.
— Courtesy of Doug Neal.

BISHOP AREA, CALIF:
Rick and Patti Apted - Lake Sabrina Boat Landing (760-873-7425) ( www.lakesabrinaboatlanding.com) reports:
Sabrina Lake:
Wow, what a week – 1000 pounds of fish from Department of Fish and Game on Monday and then on Friday, here comes the stock truck again with another 1500 pounds of fish – we were all doing the woo-hoo dance – that’s a lotta fish! Thank you, DFG!
So to the catching and lots of it – fishing was GREAT – thanks to the 2500 pounds of fish!
Fishing the inlets with nightcrawlers, flies or Power Bait.
Trolling Thomas Buoyants, flies or nightcrawlers.
Drifting nightceawlers around the rock piles – one of  those rock piles is actually the shoreline between the two natural lakes – look for the red buoys that’s where the rock piles are located.
Shore fishing with Power Bait or tossing a fly with a bubble.
If you have some questions, come on up to the store and ask we won’t bite, but hopefully maybe the fish will after you talked with us!
Donice Brown of Woodland Hills got a bite – a 2-pound bite using a nightcrawler – that bite turned into dinner!
It was a pretty quiet week at the Lake – compared to last week - lots of “dam” fisher people.
Hope you’ve had a chance to check out the new website – we’ve got a bit of history about the canyon and hydro plants along with a pet page.
All the campgrounds in the Bishop Creek Canyon are open. The only campground to take reservations is Four Jeffery www.reserveamerica.com and enter Four Jeffrey all others are first come first serve. There is a full hook-up campground also on the South Lake road, Creekside RV Park.
Take it easy on all the mountain roads, the deer are out in the mornings and evenings and there’s lots of hikers out there – can’t stress this enough!
Weather looks awesome for the next week (that’s as far as the forecast goes) with temperatures in the mid-60s for highs and in the high-40s for lows – you can’t beat that!  You can check www.weather.gov and enter ASPENDELL, CA on the site and it will give you a fairly good hint at the weather or check in with Howard at www.MammothWeather.com. REMEMBER THAT JACKET – IT TENDS TO BE BETWEEN 25 AND 30 DEGREES COOLER AT THE LAKE.
Yes, we still have the skeeters – I’m not sure if they’re waning or I’m just becoming immune to them, but they’re not bother me as much, but with the added rain from last week they’ll probably still be with us for a bit longer - remember when applying bug juice, sunscreen, SANITIZER or any other FU-FU juice, WASH YOUR HANDS! The juice you apply will taint your tackle and bait. You know it tastes yucky, the fish think it tastes yucky, too, although have you ever tasted Power Bait or Worms – to each their own.
We’ve still making HOMEMADE vanilla ice-cream to go with our HOMEMADE pie – we also have sodas, beer, wine, coffee, tea and hot cocoa during our regular store hours!

BISHOP AREA, CALIF:
Jared Smith - Parcher’s Resort (760-873-4177) (sierrasmitty@cebridge.net):
South Lake:
Following another 1000lb DFG stocking on Monday, the bite at South Lake continues to be excellent for most anglers although it did slow down a bit from last week.
Mini-jigs are the top producer across the entire lake with bright pink, grasshopper, and cricket doing best.
Bait dunkers are also doing well on orange Power Bait, garlic Power Bait or Salmon Peach Power Bait fished 3 ft off the bottom. Nightcrawler pieces fished 6 ft under a bobber is another very productive tactic right now.
The Rock Slide has slowed down a bit this week and the majority of the fish being caught are at the inlets, the dam, or the near Roger's cove.
With the beautiful summer weather and rising water temps the trolling has continued to get better. Rainbow pattern CD7's or CD5's trolled in about 25 ft of water is proving very effective, as are the guys hauling the big hardware like Dave Davis' with a nightcrawler.
The lake is now about 4 ft from full pool and still rising.
The public launch is open for boats of all sizes. We would like to remind folks that there is designated trailer parking in the lower lot - all trailers much be disconnected though so there is parking for everyone. With the backpacking, fishing and hiking seasons all in full swing, be prepared for some serious parking issues at the lake on the weekends with limited room for trucks and trailers. During the week is fairly mellow.
South Fork Bishop Creek:
Following a DFG stocking mid-week really set the bite on fire in the South Fork over the weekend. The DFG is really loading the creek with some quality fish this year and folks are really happy about their stringers.
Pretty much any flavor or color of Power Bait is working as are Salmon eggs, nightcrawlers, Panther Martins and Power Worms.
Weir Pond:
Still really buggy up here so there is a lot of dry fly action early and late in the day. Stripping dark streamers is working all day long.
North Lake:
Good fishing reported by the fly anglers with black or olive Woolly Buggers. Shoreline has been busy, typical for the summertime.
Lots of folks along the shoreline reported to be catching lots of stockers on bait and lures. Nothing over 17" reported this week but the Alpers stocking yesterday should change that.

BLUE LAKES (LOWER), CALIF:
Lower Blue Lake:
It will be planted this week by the California Department of Fish and Game.
Upper Blue Lake:
It will be planted this week by the California Department of Fish and Game.

BRIDGEPORT RESERVOIR, CALIF:
Jim Reid of Ken’s Sporting Goods Store in Bridgeport (760- 932-7707) ( www.kenssport.com) reports:
The Reservoir is still fishing very well, the water temps are starting to increase and the fly fishing is picking up.
For flies you can go with Damsel patterns, Callibaetis and Midge patterns.
It seems the best area to fish flies has been up in the Robinson and Buckeye channels, lots of indicator dunks going on up there.
For bait fishing you can fish the channels, right out in the middle, just off the marina and off Rainbow point and pick up fish.
Most fish are ranging from about 1 pound to 4 pounds and are being caught on Power Bait, crawlers and Power Eggs.
Trollers are still having great success trolling blades/crawlers, Needlefish, ex-cel lures and small Rapalas.
 
BRIDGEPORT RESERVOIR, CALIF:
Kent of The Trout Fly and Troutfitter (760-934-2517) www.thetroutfitter.com reports:
Water Conditions:
Great. Water temps warming up now.
Fishing Conditions:
Good to Excellent but mostly smaller fish.
A monster once in a while if you are patient.
Fish all of the inlets and outlets for best results.
This time of year bigger is generally better.

BURNSIDE LAKE, CALIF:
It will be planted this week by the California Department of Fish and Game.

CAPLES LAKE, CALIF:
John Voss of the Caples Lake Resort (209-258-8888) www.capleslakeresort.com reports:
Fisher people continue to land the 2 to 3 lb rainbows that KPUD and EID
planted July 6th at Caples Lake.
Crawlers, Kastmasters and green Power Bait have been used off shore and crawlers trolling in 5 to 10 feet of water on the east and south shore.
Fish plants by the California Department of Fish and Game this week in all the lakes this week have produced incredible catches by Caples Lake Resort
Cabin Guests.

CARSON RIVERS, NEV:
The Nevada Department of Wildlife www.ndow.org reports:
Main Carson River:
Current flow is 561 cfs. The river is now wadeable.
Fishing has improved with lower flows and current stocking.

CARSON RIVERS, CALIF:
The Truckee River Outfitters (775-853-7368) (info@renoflyshop.com):
East Carson River:
Flows are down to 501 CFS. The East Carson is the closest thing we have to a freestone river in our area. What that means is there is not much control on the flows. Most of the water in the East Carson comes from creeks, springs and natural run off. More of the snowpack is gone now and the East Carson should continue to gradually drop. Although later than normal, this is what happens every year. It is still a little high but fishable. The next couple of months should be really good on the East Carson. You can fish it a lot like the East Walker going forward.

CHETCO RIVER, ORE:
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (800-720-ODWF) ( HYPERLINK "http://www.dfw.state.or.us.com" www.dfw.state.or.us.com) reports:
Temporary regulations in effect beginning Aug. 1, 2011:
Mainstem Chetco River upstream of BPA powerline crossing at river mile 2.2 is closed to all angling including trout through Nov. 4, 2011.
Tributaries to the Chetco River remain open for trout through Oct. 31, 2011 as per Southwest Zone Regulations.

COMINS LAKE, WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV:
The Nevada Department of Wildlife (www.ndow.org) reports:
A few bass have been showing up, but no trout due to the pike infestation.
Pike fishing has also been poor.
There are few if any trout left in the lake also due to the pike infestation.

CONVICT LAKE, CALIF:
Jen Heintzelman of Convict Lake Resort (800-992-2260) www.convictlakeresort.com reports:
Catch of the Week:
Master Fisherman and BBQ Chef Tim Prem along with a few friends bring in a whopper of a stringer caught on a combination of red/gold Thomas Bouyants and Marvel Flies all along the back of the lake near the inlet.
Weather:
Highs in the upper 70's and evening lows in the high 40's.
Looks like full sun all week.  Here is a local site that is usually quite accurate www.mammothweather.com.
Tactics/Bait: There has been a mosquito hatch going on this past week and it seems the fish are feeding on that. 
Red & Gold Thomas Bouyants top all other baits this week. 
Nightcrawlers seem to have gone out of favor but there have been a few with luck using Power Bait. 
Trolling 7 or 8 colors pretty deep with Needlefish.
The inlet at the back of the lake has been the most productive place to catch fish in this warmer weather. Other locations to try are the outlet, North Shore, South Shore, Creek, Jetty, Handicap Pier and Hangman's Tree.  
Here is a list of other baits that are good to try:
TroutKrilla, Salmon Eggs, Trout Teasers, Midges, Panther Martin, Thomas Bouyants, Green Wooly Booger, White Mini Jig and Garlic PowerBait. 
Stocking:
DFG has stocked again this week.
Sunrise - Sunset:
Sunrise this week 6:02 am - 6:07 am and Sunset 7:58 pm - 7:51 pm.

CROWLEY LAKE, CALIF:
Kent of The Trout Fly and Troutfitter (760-934-2517) www.thetroutfitter.com reports:
Water Conditions:
Okay. Algae is almost completely gone.
North end is crystal clear beyond the weeds last 250 yards to the mouth.
Hilton is almost there.
Fishing Conditions:
EXCELLENT IF YOU ARE ALONG THE OLD STEAM CHANNEL IN MCGEE BAY
Big Brown/Bow/Cuts all showed up in numbers and almost no little fish save the recent planted 13-14" Browns planted by DFG.
The big fish are spread out from the mouth of McGee out to 18 ft of water all along the old channel. 53 F in the channel bottom and 68 F on the surface. Fish just adjust depth to get in 57 F they love.
It is an early bite then tough after 9am or go inside near channel for more grabs but not all big fish like outside in 12ft +.
Fish are starting to show up in Little Hilton. 'Mix of sizes, mostly smaller.
North end has a bunch of recent stockers that came to visit from the Owens.

CROWLEY LAKE, CALIF:
Steve Osterman of Performance Guide Service (760-934-6101) ( HYPERLINK "http://www.performanceanglers.com" www.performanceanglers.com) reports:
Fishing on the lake is definitely on the upswing. We have been doing well in McGee Bay in 15-16 feet of water with Stevie's Wonder gray/black.

DAVIS LAKE, CALIF:
Jim and Jeanne of the J & J Grizzly Store (530-832-0270) www.grizzlystore.portola-ca.com reports:
Lake Conditions: The current lake level is 85%.
The temperature was in the low 70's yesterday afternoon.
The fish are making you work to catch them.
Bank fishing is the slowest, Coot, Eagle Point or Catfish Cove the best bets.
Fly fishing on the NorthWest side, damsels, Calebatis, or Woolly Buggers.
Trolling deep (20-25 feet) or anchoring and soaking bait.
Limits Plus are still being caught on north side of the island with Sherbet Power Bait.

DAVIS LAKE, CALIF:
The Truckee River Outfitters (775-853-7368) info@renoflyshop.com:
It is starting to get really warm at Davis. The lake is pretty shallow even with it being a little higher this year.
Mornings and evenings are really the only time to fish it right now.
Fish are scattered and can be found in a variety of places. They will not stay in the shallows too long in the mornings.
Fishing faster sinking lines in 8-15 feet of water with a Wooly Bugger and a Snail dropper is a good way to start.

DUFFERENA PONDS, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV:
The Nevada Department of Wildlife ( HYPERLINK "http://www.ndow.org" www.ndow.org) reports:
Dufurrena Ponds are improving with the warmer weather.
The redear sunfish are spawning along the dams at Pond 19 and Pond 20.
Early and late in the day are the best times.
Some large bluegill are being caught along the tules in Pond 20.

FALL RIVER, CALIF:
Shasta Cascade Wonderland Association (530-365-7500) www.shastacascade.com reports:
Fishermen say the fishing has been great, except dry fly fishing has been tough. Swinging or suspending Nymphs under an indicator have been getting fishermen right to the big rainbows that the Fall River is famous for.
There is plenty of rainbow trout populating the water on the Fall River right now. When it comes to great scenery, solitude, and rainbows averaging 16”, the Fall River delivers.
Courtesy of The Fly Shop.

FEATHER RIVER, NORTH FORK, CALIF:
It will be planted this week by the California Department of Fish and Game.

FRENCHMAN RESERVOIR, CALIF:
Wiggin’s Trading Post at Chilcoot (530-993-4683) reports:
Fishing remains good at the lake, reports of catching limits at Snallygaster, Nightcrawler Bay, and Lunkers' Point. 
Rainbow ranging from 15 to 22 inches long, weighing 1 to 2 1/2 pounds.
Shore fishing seems good early morning.
Trolling is good near Big Cove and the dam. 
Flies being used are Green Woolly Buggers, Dark Lord, Prince Nymph, and Copper John.

FRENCHMAN RESERVOIR, CALIF:
The Truckee River Outfitters (775-853-7368) ( HYPERLINK "mailto:info@renoflyshop.com" info@renoflyshop.com):
Frenchman’s is a much deeper lake than Davis. The water stays a little cooler especially with a little wind to break up the surface temps.
The fly fishing has been really good for the past three weeks or so. In the mornings fish can be found cruising the shallows searching for Damsels, Callabaetis and Midges. You can even fish to them from the shore.
As the morning wears on they move out into the channels and drop-offs in 5-15 feet of water. Stripping snails and Damsels with a sink tip or a type two sinking line has been really effective.
If there is a little chop on the water hanging some Nymphs under an indicator about 8-10 feet down is also working well.
The fish in Frenchman’s are really healthy and strong for their size. Most of the fish are in the 13-16 inch range but fight like a fish that is 16-20 inches.

FT. CHURCHILL COOLING PONDS, LYON COUNTY, NEV:
The Nevada Department of Wildlife ( www.ndow.org) reports:
Some bass being reported in the 12 inch to 14 inch rage.
Try using rubber baits or weighted grubs.

HAMILTON BRANCH CREEK, CALIF:
It will be planted this week by the California Department of Fish and Game.

HAT CREEK, CALIF:
Shasta Cascade Wonderland Association (530-365-7500) www.shastacascade.com reports:
Fishermen claim that fishing has been good.
On the stream, hatches to note are the Little Yellow Stones or Sallies as fishermen call them for short. They also recommend golden stones as well, but very late in the day.
Good hatches are producing dry fly fishing early to late in the mornings. Bring various Caddis patterns like Fox's olive Poopah and a few small # 18 black micro Poopahs. Small Nymphs like black micro mayflies, black Zebra Midges and olive Poopahs are doing the job mid day on the stream.
Hatches of PMDs and Caddis make the dry fly fishing possible and very good at times through the late morning and early afternoon.
— Courtesy of The Fly Shop.

HINKSON SLOUGH, LYON COUNTY, NEV:
The Nevada Department of Wildlife www.ndow.org reports:
The fly anglers have had their best luck with Midges fished under an indicator. The Midges at Hinkson are really big and make it easier to tie them on. Woolly Buggers fished with an intermediate line have also been catching fish.

HOBART RESERVOIR, WASHOE COUNTY, NEV:
The Nevada Department of Wildlife www.ndow.org reports:
Hobart access is open and fishing has been good for fly anglers and lure fisherman. Anglers are reporting abundant Brook trout and some Tiger trout. Damsel patterns, sheep creeks, black ants, and Zug bugs have been the flies of choice. No reports on lures.

HOT CREEK, CALIF:
Steve Osterman of Performance Guide Service (760-934-6101) www.performanceanglers.com reports:
Water flow at 57 CFS. We have been doing well Nymphing with FB Pheasant Tails, gray WD-40's and Caddis larva and  olive Scuds.
Caddis activity is picking up as well as the little yellow stones.
The lower flows have not hurt the bite.

HOT CREEK, CALIF:
Kent of The Trout Fly and Troutfitter (760-934-2517) ( HYPERLINK "http://www.thetroutfitter.com" www.thetroutfitter.com) reports:
Water Conditions:
Great. Flows at 82 CFS as of 8/4.
Fishing Conditions:
Great. Tricos early in the morning, til about 10am. Then make the switch to Caddis Baetis and PMDs.

JUNE LAKE LOOP, CALIF:
Steve Osterman of Performance Guide Service (760-934-6101) www.performanceanglers.com reports:
Grant – Gull – June – Silver Lakes and Rush Creek:
Rush Creek flow is 154 CFS. The flow is lowering and fishing is improving. Try Grant Lake near the Rush Creek inlet with Doc's Twin Lake Special, olive Matukas and olive or black Zonkers.

KINNEY RESERVOIR, CALIF:
It will be planted this week by the California Department of Fish and Game.

KIRMAN LAKE, CALIF:
Jim Reid of Ken’s Sporting Goods Store in Bridgeport (760- 932-7707) www.kenssport.com reports:
Kirman is still fishing pretty well, haven't heard much about Scud patterns this week but the streamer action has been pretty good.
Stillwater Nymphs, Seal Buggers, Matukas, Flash-a-Buggers with droppers like soft hackles and AP Emergers have all been doing well.
Lots of fish over 16 inches being caught with some pushing 5 pounds.
 
KLAMATH RIVER, CALIF:
Shasta Cascade Wonderland Association (530-365-7500) www.shastacascade.com reports:
Water conditions are warm near Iron Gate, pushing fish downstream.
Flows are 1,100 cfs out of Iron Gate Dam. Expect bigger, faster water down river as accumulated water from feeder streams, high with snow melt, contribute cold, Clearwater to the Klamath.
The Salmon fishing near Sied Valley has been fair to good. Look for a few summer run steelhead, jack salmon, and a few early fall run King Salmon. Look for the fishing to get better as we close in on the end summer. Courtesy of The Fly Shop.

LAHONTAN RESERVOIR, NEV:
The Nevada Department of Wildlife www.ndow.org reports:
Fishing has picked up in the last couple of days. Anglers have reported Walleye in the 17-21 inch range.
Fishing has been good in and around Beach 7 and between Beaches 4 and 6.
Anglers have reported Catfish, Wipers and White bass.
Lake is almost full. Great year for water.

MAMMOTH LAKES BASIN, CALIF:
Steve Osterman of Performance Guide Service (760-934-6101) www.performanceanglers.com reports:
George Lake - Mary Lake – Mamie Lake – Twin Lakes:
Best fishing at Lake Mary along the west side.
Black or purple crystal buggers on full sink lines with a slow retrieve the most successful technique recently.
Twin Lakes is also picking up. Try a California mosquito with a size 20 black/silver Zebra Midge as a dropper.

MAMMOTH LAKES BASIN, CALIF:
Kent of The Trout Fly and Troutfitter (760-934-2517) www.thetroutfitter.com reports:
George Lake - Mary Lake – Mamie Lake – Twin Lakes:
Water conditions:
Great.
Fishing conditions:
Great. Stripping streamers working best with a Nymph trailer.

MARLETTE LAKE, CARSON CITY & WASHOE COUNTIES, NEV:
The Nevada Department of Wildlife www.ndow.org reports:
Slow fishing but leach patterns, blood Midges, and Woolly Buggers have been working. Season closes on Sept. 30.

NORTH POND, LYON COUNTY, NEV:
The Nevada Department of Wildlife www.ndow.org reports:
Bass fishing at North Pond has been very good.
Anglers should expect to deal with thick aquatic vegetation, however, a little searching will reveal areas of open water in which to fish.
In the early morning, use top water plugs. Once the sun comes up, switch to shallow running crank or spinner baits.
Rubber baits (senko worms) are also working.
Using a boat or pontoon will make finding open water a little easier.

OREGON PACIFIC OCEAN AND BEACHES, ORE:
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (800-720-ODWF) www.dfw.state.or.us.com reports:
Recreational ocean Chinook fishing is open.
Single point, barbless hooks must be used in this fishery.
The selective ocean Coho fishery opened July 2 with a 15,000 fish quota. These Coho must be adipose fin clipped to harvest.
Fishing for bottom fish is now closed outside of 20 fathoms in order to reduce catch and release mortality on yelloweye rockfish.
Anglers are reporting good catches of bottomfish when weather is favorable. However, anglers fishing from boats may no longer retain Cabezon because the quota of 15.8 metric tons will have been met.

OWENS RIVER, CALIF:
Steve Osterman of Performance Guide Service (760-934-6101) www.performanceanglers.com reports:
Upper Owens River:
Water flow 91 CFS.  Elk hair Caddis or stimulators on the surface. Caddis pupa, Buckskin Nymphs and WD-40's under the surface.
Cover lots of water and keep moving as the fish are scattered.
Make sure you have your bug repellent.
Fishing has been better below the Benton Crossing Bridge
Lower Owens River:
Water flow 400 CFS.  Flows lowered a bit but  fishing is a still tough.
Little yellow stones, Z-Caddis, Prince Nymphs and WD-40's

OWENS RIVER, CALIF:
Kent of The Trout Fly and Troutfitter (760-934-2517) www.thetroutfitter.com reports:
Upper Owens River:
Water Conditions:
Great. As of 8/4 flows are at 110 CFS above the Hot Creek confluence.
Fishing Conditions:
Great. BWO and Tricos early, followed by Caddis and Baetis later.
Getting reports of fish on the move finally. Crowley rainbows looking for some colder water up the river.
Owens River Gorge:
Water conditions:
Great. Flow: 45 CFS. This is a permanent flow required to be maintained by LADWP. Water is clear and cold.
Fishing Conditions:
Excellent. Getting reports of stinging nettles. Wear pants!
Take water along as it is very hot these days.
Lower Owens River:
Water Conditions:
Fair. Flows are at 414 CFS as of 8/4.
Fishing Conditions:
Flows are bouncing up and down too often to update.

PINE VALLEY COMPLEX, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV:
The Nevada Department of Wildlife www.ndow.org reports:
Blue Lakes
Fishing for trout remains good. The bigger trout are being caught in the deeper water along the bottom. Smaller fish are cruising the shoreline feeding on hatching insects.
Fly fishing and tossing lures has been the most productive.
Knott Creek Reservoir
The reservoir was recently stocked.
Fishing has slowed down due to the hot temperatures.
Shore fishing opportunities are limited due to vegetation. Accessing the east shore camping spots is still difficult due to muddy conditions.
Onion Valley Reservoir
The reservoir is still full and continues to fish well. Vegetation is limiting shore fishing in front of the campgrounds but the dam and western shoreline is still productive. Anglers in boats or float tubes are doing better than shore anglers. Bait, lure, and fly fishing are all productive.
Many fish stocked this summer are being caught.

PIT RIVER, CALIF:
Shasta Cascade Wonderland Association (530-365-7500) www.shastacascade.com reports:
Water conditions are higher than we have experienced in recent years, but the fishing is good.
There is plenty of room to fish on the Pit these days since the new water conditions have made a tough river to wade, even tougher.
Better anglers are finding good trout fishing by placing flies suspended under indicators in the seams and slower water below the more identifiable boulder gardens. The River is a good choice!
Courtesy of The Fly Shop

PYRAMID LAKE, NEV:
Closed to cutthroat trout fishing from July 01 through September 30.

RYE PATCH RESERVOIR, PERSHING COUNTY, NEV:
The Nevada Department of Wildlife ( HYPERLINK "http://www.ndow.org" www.ndow.org) reports:
Fishing success has been very poor with the warm weather. Occasional walleye, wipers, and crappie are being caught.
Pitt-Taylor has plenty of water and the boat ramps are all open. Typically crappie are attracted to the freshly flooded brush in Pitt-Taylor.

SACRAMENTO RIVER, CALIF:
J.D. Richey of www.fishingwithjd.com (916-388-1956) reports:
The best place for Salmon late last week and through Saturday.
The mouth of the American, where a nice group of fish pushed through over the course of a few days.
Guys fishing on the pick between the mouth and I Street caught some chromers with sardine wrapped Flatfish and Silvertron spinners.
Now, we’re not sure where those fish are headed: The Feather or higher up the Sac, but if we can continue to get some schools like that on a regular basis, this just may be a pretty nice fall of fishing after all!
Up around Woodson Bridge, there’s been a scratchy bite. If you’re in the right place at the right time and put in your time with plugs and bait, you may get a few grabs. Red Bluff has been similar: a few fish around, work hard and maybe get a couple. The Barge Hole fished pretty poorly on the opener, with only 7 fish taken by the 40-odd boats that were there.

SACRAMENTO RIVER (LOWER), CALIF:
Shasta Cascade Wonderland Association (530-365-7500) www.shastacascade.com reports:
Flows are 11,750 CFS. Fishing has been good to great!
By mid August, the fishing can get exceptionally good.
For now, the Lower Sacramento offers nothing less than a productive experience. Anglers with a good hook-set are doing best!
Expect rainbow trout in the 16” range. They fight hard! Rainbows going over 18” are common!
— Courtesy of The Fly Shop.

SALMON LAKE (UPPER), CALIF:
It will be planted this week by the California Department of Fish and Game.

SAN JOAQUIN, CALIF:
Kent of The Trout Fly and Troutfitter (760-934-2517) www.thetroutfitter.com reports:
Water Conditions:
Flows are down to reasonable levels, and the waters starting to warm.
Fishing Conditions:
Good. Warming water is bringing on some more hatches finally.

SAN JOAQUIN AND RED’S MEADOWS, CALIF:
Steve Osterman of Performance Guide Service (760-934-6101) www.performanceanglers.com reports:
The San Joaquin River is dropping and fishing is getting better.
My favorite rig here is an orange stimulator with a bead head Pheasant Tail dropper. Fishing is still good at Sotcher Lake with olive Matukas and olive or black Twin Lakes Specials.


SHASTA LAKE, CALIF:
Shasta Cascade Wonderland Association (530-365-7500) www.shastacascade.com reports:
Lots of water, Lake is full and beautiful. This is great for fishing conditions.
Fishermen are catching Rainbows 30 ft to 60 ft deep, using Wiggle Hoochies, Pink Apex, & Wee- Tads. Catching all Rainbows now.
— Courtesy of Outdoor Adventures.

SMITH RIVER, ORE:
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (800-720-ODWF) www.dfw.state.or.us.com reports:
The Smith is open to striped bass year-round, two fish per 24 hours, 24-inch minimum size. Fishing for stripers in the tidewater area should still be fair.
The Smith is now open for trout from May 28 through Sept. 15 and fishing has been good for cutthroat trout in the upper sections.
Check the regulations for gear and harvest restrictions.

SPOONER LAKE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, NEV:
The Nevada Department of Wildlife www.ndow.org reports:
Spooner Lake was stocked on 6/15/11 with 6,000 rainbow trout. Fishing should be good, try black Woolly Buggers size 8 and Sheep Creek Specials size 10. Lure fisherman make sure to cast beyond the weed bed.

LAKE TAHOE:
The Nevada Department of Wildlife www.ndow.org reports:
Mack's are holding in 120 to 180 feet of water.
Areas to target have been Cave Rock shelf, Sand Harbor and Tahoe Keys.
Try trolling 170 to 280 ft deep with minnows and dodgers. This method seems to be producing the best results. Bounce this rigging two to three feet off the bottom.

TOPAZ LAKE:
The Nevada Department of Wildlife www.ndow.org reports:
Plenty of fish in the 2 lb range and many anglers reported limits of fish.
Boat anglers used Rapalas in black and gold. In addition trolling worms in 5 to 12 feet of water has been successful.
Shore anglers had success using power bait and worms.
Bass have been showing up in good numbers but you need to target them in the shallows and in the structured areas.

TRINITY RIVER, CALIF:
Shasta Cascade Wonderland Association (530-365-7500) www.shastacascade.com reports:
Releases out of Lewiston Dam are 450 cfs.
The salmon fishing has been great!
Fly Shop guide Ross Wilkerson has been fishing on the Trinity and getting into some of the big Kings around Lewiston.
— Courtesy of The Fly Shop.

TRUCKEE RIVER:
The Truckee River Outfitters (775-853-7368) info@renoflyshop.com:
The Truckee is in great shape from Lake Tahoe all the way through Reno.
For the first time this year the entire river is fishable, Wade able and in great shape. Now is the time to come to town if you want to fish the Truckee.
California:
All of the Reservoirs have been stabilized and the flows coming out of the major tributaries are being controlled now.
Flows coming out of the lake at Tahoe City are at 273 CFS.
The up-side is that there is enough water in the upper river to fish.
The down-side is that the water coming out of Lake Tahoe comes off the top and can be a little warmer than other sources.
Mornings and Evenings are going to be the time to fish the Truckee while it stays warm probably through the month of August.
Dead Drifting Crawfish patterns and golden Stoneflies with a smaller dropper like a Caddis or a Little Yellow Stone for Nymphing is a good way to go. Use enough weight to get your flies down to the fish. You should start to see some fish in faster water where there is more oxygen. There are still some Caddis and Little Yellow Stones hatching in the evenings as well.
Nevada:
The Truckee has come down about 200 CFS in the past week. It is in Mid-Summer form now even though it is still a little high. The river has really cleared up and looks great. It has also been stocked recently around all the normal spots and has been fishing great.
Flows on the Truckee:
Truckee 273 CFS, Boca Bridge 575 CFS, Farad 677 CFS, Mogul 514 CFS, Reno 579 CFS.

LITTLE TRUCKEE RIVER:
The Truckee River Outfitters (775-853-7368) info@renoflyshop.com:
Flows have come down to 208 CFS. These flows are great. The issue is they have almost been cut in half in the past week.
The fish in the Little Truckee are spending a lot of time trying to get comfortable in their new surroundings right now. It should stabilize very soon and the fishing should get better. It has been tough over the past couple of weeks with all of the changes to the flows and lack of hatching bugs.

TRUCKEE RIVER, WASHOE COUNTY, NEV:
The Nevada Department of Wildlife www.ndow.org reports:
The Truckee's current flow in Reno is 702 cfs. Flows are now wadeable.
Fishing has definitely picked up and there has been some dry fly action in the evenings. Fly anglers have reported luck with Prince Nymphs, and Stone Fly Nymphs.
Spin fishermen have been using having luck with worms, eggs, Power Bait, gold Kastmasters, black and yellow Mepps, and jointed Rapalas.

TWIN LAKES, CALIF:
Annett's Mono Village (760- 932-7071) (www.monovillage.com) reports:
Upper Twin Lake:
Fishing remains good, using Power Bait – Garlic, Salmon, yellow.
Nightcrawlers also doing well.
Browns starting to move toward the creeks – Spawn will take place soon.

TWIN LAKES AREA, CALIF:
Jim Reid of Ken’s Sporting Goods Store in Bridgeport (760- 932-7707) www.kenssport.com reports:
Upper Twin Lake – Lower Twin Lake – Robinson Creek:
The Twins are fishing excellent for fish from about 1/2 pound to nearly 3 pounds. Crawlers and power bait have been doing the trick for the bait anglers, trollers have been doing well with blades/crawlers and small Rapalas and fly anglers have been doing well stripping streamers or streamer/Nymph combos.

VIRGINIA LAKES, CALIF:
Jim Reid of Ken’s Sporting Goods Store in Bridgeport (760- 932-7707) (www.kenssport.com) reports:
As usual the Virginias are doing well. Tubing seems to be the best bet with either flies or lures. Bait anglers are also doing well from the shore or tubes. Panther Martins, Kastmasters and Hot Shots are good, crawlers and Power Bait are scoring lots of fish and for flies go with small streamers with a soft hackle dropper or beetles and ants on top.

VIRGINIA LAKES, CALIF:
John and Carolyn Webb of the Virginia Lakes Resort (760-647-6484) (vir@qnet.com) reports:
The Mosquitoes are still here, so don't forget to suck down some B12 and bring a wreath of garlic around your neck, you're gonna need it.
Weather has been great the entire week, no fire smoke, no clouds, no rain, just "lottsa" great fishing.
Alpers was stocked by the County Enhancement program, and DFG planted in all three lakes.
Fishing has been exceptional on gold/red Bouyants and with gold/dots, Z-Ray's, Red/gold Hot Shot and yellow Roostertails.
Kastmasters have also been doing well for those willing to feed the lake metal, but crawlers have been the hot ticket for most of the week.
Tubers are still experiencing cold water from all the snow melt above and there is still snow on the south side of the lake against the mountain.
Trees are green and the wild iris is in full bloom. Wildflowers around the Frog lakes are incredible. This is a beautiful time of year if you can afford the trip for excellent fishing and photography. No joke!
Dave Breiter and Steve Ring had some 40 fish days on olive Woolly Buggers. They are starting to look water logged, the guys, not the buggers.
Backcountry lakes have been incredible and the trail is almost clear to the top. Summit Pass has some snow on the east edge of the pass 
but should be gone in about another week depending on the heat and it has been hot.
Big fish for the week:
Levi Lynch of Paso Robles caught a 3 lb 13 oz Alper on Power Bait on 8.1.11. 
Christian Swanson of Ramona, 2 lb 7 oz Alper on Zeke's Sierra Gold 8.2.11. 
Scott Deman of Harbor City, 2 lb 3 oz on a worm 8.3.11. 
Rex Landis of Temecula, 2lb 4oz Alper on powerbait 8.3.11. 
Elena Braly of Orange, 2 lb 5 oz Alper on Salmon Peach Power Bait, 8.3.11. 
Nicole Negrete of Chino, 2 lb 3 oz Alper on Salmon Peach Power Bait, 8.3.11. 
Jim Marmor of Chino, 2 lb 2 oz Alper on Power Bait, 8.4.11. 
Justin Berard of Mission Viejo, 2 lb 3 oz Alper on Power Bait, 8.3.11. 
Dylan Nakagawa of South Pasadena, 2 lb 7 oz Alper on Power Worm, 8.4.11. 
Lance Vaughn of Foothill Ranch, 2 lb 2 oz Alper on a worm, 8.4.11. 
Ed Law of Carson City, 2 lb 8 oz Alper on corn PowerBait, 8.4.11. 
Pam Lane of Corona, 2 lb 5 oz Alper on a fly, 8.4.11. 
Troy Leitner and Ryan Erickson of Bishop, 2 lb 2 oz Alper on a worm, 8.6.11.
All of those fish were caught at Lower Virginia Lake.

WALKER LAKE, MINERAL COUNTY, NEV:
The Nevada Department of Wildlife www.ndow.org reports:
No fish have been reported or seen at Walker Lake so far this fishing season.
Mineral County Road Dept. has done some work on the State Parks Launch. Launching is improved but you still need four wheel drive.

WALKER RIVERS, NEV:
(East Walker River – West Walker River):
The Nevada Department of Wildlife www.ndow.org reports:
East Walker River:
East Walker Flow is at 656 CFS.
Wait until the river is under 300 CFS for the best fishing.

WALKER RIVERS, NEV:
The Truckee River Outfitters (775-853-7368) (info@renoflyshop.com):
East Walker River:
Flows are down to 276 on the East Walker. These are great summertime flows. The only issue is they have been fluctuating often due to irrigation. Only 5 days ago the flows were over 600 CFS. If the flows stay at the current levels, it could get really good going forward.
These are great flows for dry dropper set-ups. Use a big Hopper or Golden Stone dry and drop off a size 16 Caddis or something similar. If you are fishing with someone you can rig up one dry fly rig and one Nymph rig and take turns in each run. Start off fishing the Big Dry in slower water and seems and then dive right in with a couple of nymphs.
Have a 2nd option on a place to fish in case the water levels change again.

WALKER RIVERS, CALIF:
Jim Reid of Ken’s Sporting Goods Store in Bridgeport (760- 932-7707) www.kenssport.com reports:
East Walker – West Walker – Sceirine Ranch - Hunewill Pond:
East Walker River:
The East is running at about 270 CFS today and is fishing excellent!
Mostly Nymphing still, but there has been some decent dry action in the am with Trico's and in the pm with Caddis.
Lots of reports coming in of fish over 20 inches and fish from 14 to 19 inches in good numbers.
Good patterns include Buckskin Caddis, Fox's Poopah, La Fontaines deep sparkle Pupa, 3 wire Caddis, rainbow warrior, silver streak, WD-40, Zebra Midge, elk hair Caddis, E/C Caddis, Parachute Adams, Trico and drowned Trico. Haven't heard much from the Rosachi, but it should be getting good with this lower flow.
West Walker River:
The flows on the West Walker are coming down to great levels these days, in the 550 CFS range.
We've started getting some really great reports from up there.
There are lots of fish stacked up in the deeper pools and some are starting to spread out into the riffles and runs.
We've had reports of some fish up to about 8 pounds being caught up there recently! Crawlers, eggs, spinners and spoons have all been doing well.
I'd expect the dry fly fishing to start getting good any day now too!
Sceirine Ranch:
The ranch is fishing excellent with this lower flow, most of the same patterns that work on the California side will work on the ranch as well.
We've had some good reports on dead drift crawfish, Birds Nest, and dry dropper rigs with a chubby Chernobyl on top and a Nymph or two dropper.
Hunewill Pond:
We haven't had any reports from the pond this week, will pass on info as we get it in.
 
WALKER RIVERS, CALIF:
Kent of The Trout Fly and Troutfitter (760-934-2517) www.thetroutfitter.com reports:
East Walker River:
Water Conditions:  
Fair. Flows at 376 CFS as of 8/4.
Fishing Conditions:
Fair. Flows were up to 700 a couple of days ago, and now back down to ~375 again starting 8/3.
Fishing was tough the last couple of days but should pick up again after the fish adjust to the lower flows again.
The bugs are ruthless! Bring LOTS of Deet!

WALKER RIVERS, CALIF:
Steve Osterman of Performance Guide Service (760-934-6101) www.performanceanglers.com reports:
East Walker River:
Most recent flow 279 CFS.
The river is lowering and fishing is much improved. Try red or black Midge pupa, Buckskin Nymphs and Prince Nymphs.

Photo No. 1:
Master Fisherman and BBQ Chef Tim Prem along with a few friends with a whopper of a stringer of trout caught on a combination of red/gold Thomas Bouyants lures and Marvel Flies, They were fishing all along the back of the lake near the inlet at Convict Lake, California.
Photo courtesy of the Convict Lake Resort

Photo No. 2:
Ryan Wischnack from Santa Clarita, California with a gorgeous 9-pound rainbow caught on a mini-jig at the Rock Slide at South Lake, California.
Photo courtesy of Jared Smith of Parcher’s Resort