Truckee River Fish Report

With cooler nights happening recently, the Truckee River is fishing well

Truckee River

by Mountain Hardware & Sports
9-1-2023
(530) 587–4844
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Water Conditions

With cooler nights happening recently, the Truckee River is fishing well. The watermaster is not releasing much out of Lake Tahoe, so the better flows are from Glenshire to stateline. The Nevada side above Reno is also fishing well. The flows below Boca confluence are awesome for this time of year and the fall season is shaping up to be a nice one. Flows are 107 CFS in the town of Truckee, 154 CFS in Glenshire and 605 CFS at the stateline.

Tips for the Week

Tighline contact nymphing in the riffles with smaller flies and lighter tippet is productive for anglers right now. Indicators and deeper nymphing in the body of the pools is also fishing well as the fish start to spread out after a warm summer. The streamer bite is picking up in the mornings and evenings and we are seeing some nocturnal large stoneflies in the system. Anglers can try a large dry with a nymph dropper as another good option for scoring a bite.

Suggested Flies or Lures

Some suggested favorites to try this week are Sculpzillas, bellyach minnows, smaller crawdads, jigged prince nymphs size 16, slim Jim jig size 18, micro may size 18, or golden stones size 10.

More Reports

Mountain Hardware Reports

for Friday, September 1st, 2023

Donner Lake: Donner Lake Fishing Report
Boca Reservoir: Boca Reservoir Fishing Report
Stampede Reservoir: Kokanee fishing is starting to wind down with some of the fish staging near the inlets
Prosser Reservoir: Good shore bite for trout and bass in the coves
Jackson Meadows Reservoir: Fishing in the pass creek arm has been good off the shore for rainbows

Mountain Hardware Reports

for Thursday, August 17th, 2023

Donner Lake: Anglers trolling for kokanee are finding the bite in 40 to 50 feet of water
Boca Reservoir: The best shore fishing for anglers at Boca Reservoir is off the dam
Stampede Reservoir: Good trout and bass bite off the shore
Prosser Reservoir: The morning troll has been good for cutthroat
Jackson Meadows Reservoir: Jackson Meadows Reservoir is at 98 percent capacity
Truckee River: The best flows are below the Boca confluence towards stateline
Little Truckee River: On the Little Truckee River, the conditions are good for this time of the year