East Walker River

The flows on the East are at 181 today. It's been very warm here and the water temps are getting high enough that it's really not good for the fish to be fishing for much of the day. We're advising anglers to limit their time on the river to early in the morning, maybe up until about 10 or 11am then after about 7 in the evening when the sun is off the water. During these times of the day the dry/dropper action has been the best with a chubby chernobyl, rubber leg stimulator or hopper on top and a perdigon, zebra midge, psycho prince or something like that underneath. We did get one good streamer report from the Nevada side this week though that was the only streamer report we've received.

Sceirine Ranch

The ranch is also still fishing well with much of the same patterns as listed above. It's probably best to reserve half day sessions in the morning as opposed to full days for the next 5 or 6 weeks.

Hunewill Pond

We haven't had any clients on the pond for a few weeks so I decided to head out there this morning to see what was going on. It was a beautiful 3 hours on the water and the fishing was pretty good. I netted 7 fish and missed or farmed at least a dozen others. I also had one fish take me to into my backing, I never got to see him so I don't know if he was tail hooked or just big and angry. All of the fish I landed were about 17" to 20" and very feisty. That being said, there are lots and lots of weeds in the pond right now, there's a very limited amount of water that is fishable at all with probably 90+ percent of the pond not being very fishable. If you are willing to tangle with the weed situation you should be able to have a pretty good time out there but if the weeds are too much for you to want to deal with I would recommend not going until later in the season when the weather cools. I caught fish this morning on damsel nymphs, black mini leeches and black/silver soft hackles.

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.

Bridgeport Reservoir

Bridgeport has slowed a bit this past week with most anglers reporting just a few fish per boat per day. Nothing has been going on from the shore that we've heard of lately. Most of the fish that are being caught are up in the East Walker, Buckeye an Robinson channels as well as a few off of Rainbow Point. There's been a few fish caught trolling but overall the trolling has been pretty slow. Power bait, pinched crawlers, mice tails and inflated crawlers have all been good.

Kirman Lake

We had one report from Kirman this week and were told that 3 anglers were able to catch 7 fish with mini jigs from the shore. This is pretty good news as the shore fishing is typically pretty tough on Kirman. I feel like if you were to get out in a tube and able to cover more water you might be able to have a pretty good day. For fly anglers I'd recommend small leeches, soft hackles and scud patterns. If you make it up there we'd sure like to hear how you do!

Twin Lakes

We've been getting some good reports from the Twins this past week with lots of anglers getting into fish up to 4+pounds up there, both trolling and bait fishing. Trollers are having some success trolling the shoreline with small Rapalas, Thomas Bouyants and Kastmasters while bait anglers have been using inflated crawlers, mice tails, pinched crawlers and power bait. There has also been some anglers doing well casting mini jigs like Hook Up Baits and Sierra Slammers.

West Walker River

We only had a few reports from the West this week and overall it sounds like it was pretty tough. The best action seemed to be up near the town of Walker in the North portion of the canyon. There was some dry/dropper action for the fly anglers and some early morning and late evening action with Panther Martins and Vibrax lures. A few anglers also caught some fish with salmon eggs and mini crawlers.

Virginia Lakes

The Virginias livened up quite a bit this week with lots of good reports coming in from both shore anglers and tube/kayak anglers. Baits that have been working include Power Bait, pinched crawlers, mice tails and power bait. Good lures have been Thomas Bouyants, Kastmasters, Sierra Slammers and Hook Up Baits. Fly anglers have been doing well stripping leeches and soft hackles with sinking lines.

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Sept. 7, 2026 - East Walker River Clean-up Day

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