Fishing Report - September 13, 2026

The East is running about 181 cfs today. Water temps on the EW are starting to drop with the colder nights we've been having, low 60's in the mornings and mid to high 60's in the afternoons, that being said, the water clarity leaves something to be desired. There's lots of algae coming through the dam from the Reservoir that is mucking things up down there. It seems to dissipate as the water travels downstream so closer to the Nevada side it's not too bad most days. As time goes on there will be less and less of this off color water. Most of the reports we've been getting have been just ok, some good fish here and there but nothing super exciting. We have started to get a few decent reports on streamers which is encouraging. Some patterns to try: dead drift crayfish, sculpzila, perdigon, zebra midge, flashback emerger, squirmy wormy, chubby chernobyl, rubber leg stimulator.   

We haven't had any news back from the ranch lately but it's likely much like the Cali side of the river, as things clear up over the next couple weeks things should start to get really good down there. 

We haven't had anyone on the pond for a couple weeks but as soon as we do we'll let you know. 

                                                                                                                                      Below is the report from June 07, 2026 for reference:

We received a couple of complaints about the weeds on the pond this week so I took some time this morning and went out there myself to have a go. There are definitely a lot of weeds in the pond right now, launching my tube was a little difficult as there are some thick matts of weeds up against the North shore, likely from the wind blowing the weeds up there after mowing. Once I got out 20 or 30 feet I noticed it was really too weedy to fish, my plan was to just kick around the pond looking for some water that was somewhat weed free. As I moved towards the West side of the pond I ran into a pretty good clearing and started throwing some casts with a small leech pattern and a soft hackle dropper, first or second cast I got hit, a couple casts later I hooked and landed a nice 16" rainbow. I fished this area for a half hour or so and landed 2 more fish, farmed 3 or 4 and got hit several more times without hooking up. I moved on to see what kind of shape the rest of the pond was in, as I kicked over to the South side it was very weedy, too weedy to really bother fishing then when I got over to the East side I ran into another much larger clear area and in short order was able to catch a couple more 14" to 16" bows and farm several more. All in all I'd say there is about 10 or 15% of the pond that is fishable, I did hook up some weeds now and then but it wasn't that bad in the more clear areas. That being said I would let you know that if you're willing to tolerate these conditions you should be able to have a pretty good time on the pond. I'll try to keep a close eye on the conditions and if it gets bad enough that there are no clear areas to fish I'll let you know. 

The Reservoir is still fishing very well, as long as you're up in the channels. Haven't heard any good news from the shore or trolling yet. Up in the channels boats are still getting into 10 to 20 fish per day (when the wind isn't blowing too much) with power bait, mice tails, pinched crawlers and inflated crawlers. 

We didn't get any reports from Kirman this week, hopefully we'll get some news to share in the upcoming week. 

The Twins are still kicking out some good fish as well as lots of smaller rainbows. The Kokanee are spawning now which seems to be getting some of the browns and rainbows excited. Bait anglers are using pinched crawlers, mice tails and power bait, lure anglers are using Thomas Buoyants, Kastmasters and Rapalas. Fly anglers can have some success with mini leeches, Twin Lakes Specials and soft hackles. 

We've had some good and some not so good reports from the West lately, the good reports for bait have been with salmon eggs and mini crawlers, for lures it's been Panther Martins and mini jigs. Fly anglers have still been having some decent success with hoppers, humpy's, stimulators and hopper/dropper rigs.  

The Virginias are also still producing some pretty good numbers of fish, it sounds lately like the float tubers are doing the best. Spin anglers are flipping mini jigs as well as drifting crawlers and mice tails. Fly anglers are stripping mini leeches, bunny leeches, wooly buggers, sheep creek specials and soft hackles. 

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