Welcome to Eastern Sierra Fish Reports

Our fisheries crews wrapped up three days of annual fish surveys along the East Walker River last week, and the results are looking great! Using tote-barge electrofishing equipment, crews surveyed established sections of the river to monitor fish populations and assess

We've still been getting a few decent from the Virginias as well, bait fishing seems to be the best with pinched crawlers, haven't talked to any fly anglers up there lately and the lure fishing seems to be pretty tough.

We've had a few decent reports from the West lately, as well as some not so good reports. The good reports have been with crawlers and salmon eggs for the spin anglers and the fly anglers have been doing ok

The Twins have been producing some fish here and there, mostly bait fishing from the shore. We've seen some rainbows up to just under 4 pounds, haven't seen any of the elusive huge browns just yet but there's still time!

JT with a nice 4 pound bow out of grant lake

With some of the first reports of fish being caught off the shore, we are nearing the true “Fly Season” at the lake, but we’re not there just yet. For anyone heading out this week, if you’re fishing from the

Despite a fair amount of rain and snow over the last week, the Truckee has not seen a significant increase in flows or turbidity and as a whole we are seeing similar conditions to last week. The biggest change this

Current Water Conditions Even with the precipitation the area has seen in the past week, flows on the Truckee River are similar to last week. Flows are measuring around 77 CFS out of Tahoe City, 75 CFS through the town of

At Pyramid Lake, fish are starting to move closer to shore and the shore fishing should pick up soon. Most fish are still holding in deeper water around 40–60 feet, making floattube or boat fishing the most productive approach. Anglers

Prosser Creek Reservoir is currently around half capacity and continues to provide consistent fishing opportunities this fall. Cutthroat and rainbow trout are being caught near the north end and along underwater shelves using worms, PowerBait, and salmon eggs. Some quality

Team Ernie’s Dean Hansen with a sweet 5-1/2 on June lake today.

State health agencies have determined that Dungeness crab from the southern boundary of the Reading Rock State Marine Protected Areas (41⁰ 17.6’ N. latitude) to Cape Mendocino, Humboldt County (40⁰ 10’ N. latitude) pose a human health risk due to elevated