17-pound Cutt at Pyramidcaught on Valentine's Day

LAKE ALMANOR, CALIF: No report.

LAKE ALPINE, CALIF: No report.

- BIG SPRINGS RESERVOIR, NEV: Will open May 8.

BISHOP CREEK AREA, CALIF: Closed.

BLUE LAKES, CALIF. AREA: No report.

- BLUE LAKES, NEV: Will open June 12.

BOCA RESERVOIR, CALIF: No report.

BOULDER RESERVOIR IN NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY: No report.

BRIDGEPORT RESERVOIR, CALIF: Closed.

BURNSIDE LAKE, CALIF: No report.

- CAPLES LAKE, CALIF: Dave Kirby of the Woodfords Station (530-694-2930) said, "It's raining here at the store (Monday morning) and snowing real hard from Red Lake up. We're supposed to have bad weather all week.

I'm looking forward to going to watch baseball's Spring Training in three weeks.

A couple of fishermen checked in and said that Caples Lake was pretty slow.

CARSON RIVERS, CALIF: Closed.

CARSON RIVERS, NEV: No report.

- CATNIP RESERVOIR IN NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY: Will open Sept. 1.

CONVICT LAKE, CALIF: Closed.

CRATER LAKE, CALIF. (Near Kit Carson Pass): No report.

CROWLEY LAKE, CALIF: Closed.

DAVIS CREEK POND AT DAVIS CREEK PARK IN WASHOE VALLEY: No report.

DAVIS LAKE, CALIF: No report.

DONNER LAKE, CALIF: No report.

EAGLE LAKE, CALIF: No report.

FEATHER RIVER AT ORVILLE, CALIF: Closed.

FORT CHURCHILL COOLING PONDS, NEV: No report.

- FRENCHMAN RESERVOIR, CALIF: Same report as last week. Most people are fishing at or near the dam as this is the most accessible area. The ice is 5-6 inches thick. Standard baits- nightcrawlers or Power Bait - continue to work well.

FROG LAKE, CALIF. (On the hiking trail into Winnemucca Lake): No report.

GREEN LAKE, CALIF: Closed.

HEENAN LAKE, CALIF: Closed.

HINKSON SLOUGH, NEV. (On the Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area): No report.

- HOBART RESERVOIR, NEV: Will open May 1.

HOOVER WILDERNESS AREA, CALIF: Closed.

INDIAN CREEK RESERVOIR. CALIF: No report.

Summit Lake (above Indian Creek Reservoir): No report.

JUNE LAKE LOOP AREA, CALIF: Closed.

KINNEY RESERVOIR, CALIF: No report.

- KNOTT CREEK RESERVOIR, NEV: Will open June 12.

LOWER KINNEY LAKE: No report.

KIRMAN (CARMEN) LAKE: Closed.

- LAHONTAN RESERVOIR, NEV: Shirley of Burke's Market at Silver Springs (775-577-2750) said, "Not much to report because the fishermen are not checking in with us. If they would just stop in, we can take their pictures and they can weigh their fish on our certified scales.

We did have a report of a Wiper caught last week.

The two best places to fish at the present time are either at the mouth of the river or by the dam.

February is the month to catch big Walleyes. In the past, we had 8-10 pounders checked in, right here at the store."

LEAVITT LAKE, CALIF: Closed.

LIBERTY POND IN CHURCHILL COUNTY: No report.

LUNDY LAKE, CALIF: Closed.

MAMMOTH LAKES AREA, CALIF: Closed.

MARKLEEVILLE CREEK, CALIF: Closed.

MT. VIEW PARK POND IN YERINGTON: No report.

- NORTH POND, NEV. (On the Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area): Has been drained almost dry and is unfishable.

- ONION VALLEY RESERVOIR, NEV: Will open June 12.

OWENS RIVER, CALIF: Closed.

PARADISE PONDS ON NORTH EDGE OF RENO/SPARKS: No report.

- PYRAMID LAKE, NEV: Carla Molino of the Pyramid Lake Store (775-476-0555) said, "It's breezy, right now (Monday morning) and we are supposed to get some wind later.

The fishing has been pretty good, over all.

The fly fishermen have been doing very good with black or olive-colored Woolly Worms at all of their usual places, mostly at "The Nets."

The big news is a 17-pounder caught on Valentine's Day by Brian Harding of Palomino Valley.

That cutthroat was only 32 inches long and it was a very heavy fish.It was caught from a boat, up on the north end, on a Sting King lure, which looks like an Apex lure."

George (George Molino of Pyramid Lake Charters) caught a couple dozen fish over the weekend, but nothing spectacular."

RAYMOND LAKE, CALIF: No report.

RANCHO SAN RAFAEL POND IN RENO: No report.

- RED LAKE, CALIF: Dave Kirby said that John and his son, Matt, Mitchell of Carson City continue to fish there.

They got 10 brookies, all larger than normal. They were using worms and small jigs.

Another angler reported also being successful.

Kirby said that Red Lake was the "hot spot" of the weekend for that general area.

ROOSEVELT-LANE LAKES, CALIF: Closed.

- SACRAMENTO RIVER, CALIF: Kirk Portocarrero of Outdoor Adventures Sport Fishing in Redding (800-670-4448) said: "The water release is 4,500 CFS.

Fishing for rainbow trout in the Redding area, has been good from Redding to Anderson, with 8-15 fish days.

Water level is low, perfect for drifting.

Using PT No. 16's, Mayfly Nymph Nos. 14-16.

Egg patterns working well."

SCOTT'S LAKE: No report.

SILVER LAKE, CALIF: No report.

SHASTA LAKE, CALIF: No report.

- SMITH RIVER, CALIF: Kirk Portocarrero reported, "We are hooking gorgeous chrome Steelhead trout with 4-12 fish days. Bouncing roe, drifting from Hiouchi to J.S. Park.

The prime time for big Steelhead is Feb. and March."

SOUTH FORK RESERVOIR, NEV: No report.

SPARKS MARINA (in Sparks): No report.

SPOONER LAKE, NEV: No report.

SQUAW CREEK RESERVOIR (north of Gerlach in Washoe County): No report.

STAMPEDE RESERVOIR, CALIF: No report.

LAKE TAHOE - North Shore:

Mickey Daniels of Mickey's Big Mack Charters (800-877-1462) said: "We've been catching our Mackinaw trout early in the morning. I've been tagging and releasing the smaller ones.

The fishing has been excellent, but nothing super big.

I troll 250-550 feet deep in the deep-water area in front of Carnelian Bay and King's Beach.

We are using silver, Herring Dodger flasher blades with live minnows or large Apex lures."

- LAKE TAHOE - North Shore:

Gene St. Denis of Blue Ribbon Charters and Tahoe Trophy Trout at South Lake Tahoe, Calif. (530-544-6552) reported: "Dollar Point: I'm seeing very few Mackinaw trout on the fish finder. You need to bounce along the bottom at 200-280 feet with a dodger and minnow. Getting limits but it takes time. Most Macks are 3-5 pounds, but we are getting some up to 9 pounds.

Cal Neva Point: Excellent for Macks on the east side. They are stacked in 220-280 feet. We've been getting them (5-11 pounds) between 200 and 400 feet."

- LAKE TAHOE - South Shore:

Gene St. Denis said, "The best trolling locations are in front of Camp Richardson, Edgewood, Ski Run Blvd. and Tahoe Keys.

We are getting 6-20 fish per trip with the Macks running 4-10 pounds.

I'm trolling at a depth of 160-240 feet (best at 220) with a short leader and Dodgers and live minnows.

Jigging has been best on the Ski Run Mound.

Toplining has been good in the shallow water. Use a No. 5-11 Rapala lure in either rainbow or black/gold color.

The largest rainbows are up to 4-5 pounds, the browns are up to 4 pounds.

Watch out for the rocks when in that shallow water.

- LAKE TAHOE - East Shore:

Gene St. Denis said, "The boat ramp at Cave Rock is the best place on the entire lake to launch your boat at the present time.

Make sure that you have 4WD with snow tires when launching your boat because of icy conditions on that ramp.

The Cave Rock Shelf is producing some good Macks at 180-260 feet. The average is 3-5 pounds with a couple between 9-11 pounds this last week.

Toplining is very good at Skunk Harbor, Sand Harbor, Logan Shoals, Deadman Point and Zephyr Point. We're using a Sepps flasher and either a minnow or worms. Troll slow in 15-20 feet of water, so the flashers just barely flutter.

We are getting equal numbers of rainbows, browns and Macks, up to 7 pounds.

Watch out for the rocks.

- TOPAZ LAKE: Chuck Fields of the Topaz Lake Marina (775-266-3550) said, "Your buddy Doug Busey of Douglas County was out here yesterday (Sunday) and didn't get anything. Thought you might like to know.

The weather is beautiful this morning, the sun is out and the lake is like a mirror.

The boaters did very good over the weekend.

They were trolling in the top-10 feet of water, out toward the middle of the lake, with either Rapala lures or flashers and worms.

It was a late bite with most of the action taking place from about 1:30 p.m. on.

The rainbows have been averaging about 1-1 3/4 pounds.

Shore fishing is still the same (Power Bait or worms) with no reports of limits.

TRUCKEE RIVER:

Little Truckee River, Calif: Closed.

Truckee River, Calif: Closed.

Truckee River, Nev: No report.

Truckee Canal, Nev: No report.

TWIN LAKES, CALIF. AREA: Closed.

VIRGINIA LAKES, CALIF. AREA: Closed.

VIRGINIA LAKE IN RENO: No report.

- WALKER LAKE, NEV: Very, very slow. See today's column by Don Quilici.

WALKER RIVERS:

East Walker (Calif.): Closed.

West Walker (Calif.): Closed.

East Walker (Nev.): No report.

West Walker (Nev.): No report.

Little Walker (Calif.): Closed.

WASHOE LAKE, NEV: No report.

WEBER RESERVOIR, NEV: No report.

- WILDHORSE RESERVOIR NEV: Steve Epling at the Wild Horse Resort (775-758-6472) said, "It's been snowing for quite a while (Monday morning), and the boss (Dennis Dunn) is out, driving around in the parking lot, trying to get stuck.

Business and fishing both continue to be great.

They've also been really very good on Perch, up to 12 inches, down toward the dam or over on the other side of the reservoir.

The best access to the reservoir is at the State Park and then you want to go toward the Indian Campground for larger Perch and trout.

Most fishermen have been jigging with white, yellow or Chartreuse, plastic jigs with the hook tipped with either a piece of worm or a piece of corn."

Dennis Dunn added, "We had a great trout derby over the weekend with 250-300 people.

Saturday's winner was Dave Checketts with a 21.5 inch Cutbow (4-pounds, 4-ounces).

Sunday's winner was Antonio Rios with a 22.5 inch Bowcutt (5-pounds, 3-ounces).