Topaz Lake Opener on New Years Day
This is a reminder that Topaz Lake, which is located along U.S. 395 at the Nevada-California state line, will open its 2012 fishing season, one half hour before sunrise, on Sunday, Jan. 1.
How to get there:
Take U.S. 395 south from Carson City for about 40 miles.
Where to fish from shore:
Along the beach at the north end.
On the far shore, past the Douglas County campground.
On the California side, along U.S. 395.
Where to fish from a boat:
Along the shoreline on the far side of the lake.
Near the rocky point at the Douglas County Campground.
At the south end of the lake, where the West Walker River enters the lake. The middle of the lake.
What to use from shore:
Different colors of Power Bait, red Salmon eggs or nightcrawlers.
If you use Power Bait, try orange, Chartreuse or Captain America.
If you use red Salmon eggs, try them with mini-marshmallows to float them off the bottom.
If you use nightcrawlers, inflate them, to float them off the bottom. You might also give them a squirt of liquid fish scent to entice the trout to bite.
If you are a spincaster, try tossing a lure like a Daredevil, TOR-P-DO, Kastmaster, Super Duper or Thomas Buoyant.
If you are a "Fly Guy," try a black Woolly Bugger or try a black Woolly Worm, slowly retrieved along a sandy bottom.
What you'll catch:
You will most probably catch Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) planter-sized rainbow trout (about 10-13 inches in length) or an occasional larger hold-over rainbow up to about 3-5 pounds.
With luck, you might catch a brown trout with a size of about 1 or 2 pounds.
You could also catch an occasional Tiger Trout (a sterile, NDOW cross breed between a brook trout and a brown trout).
Special regulations:
You will need to have either a Nevada or California fishing license, which are both good anywhere around or on the surface of the lake.
If you fish with a Nevada license, you must have a Nevada Trout Stamp.
If you fish with a California license, you will need the 2012 version. The lake limit is five trout, 10 Mountain Whitefish and 15 warmwater game fish, of which not more than five may be Black Bass. The area within a 100 yard radius of the Topaz Marina is closed to fishing. For information: Call either the Topaz Lake Marina at (775) 266-3550 or the Topaz General Store at (775) 266-3337.
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