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[size 2]February - March 2004
(waters are in alphabetical order)[/size] [indent] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#ffffff][size 3]Fishery[/size][/#ffffff][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#ffffff][size 3]Water & Fishing Conditions[/size][/#ffffff][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#ffffff][size 3]What's Working[/size][/#ffffff][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#ffffff][size 3]Comments [/size][/#ffffff][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Bilk Creek Reservoir
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Big Springs Reservoir [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Season opens second Saturday in May[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] [/size][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Boulder Reservoir
[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Ice should be off the water by now. Spring is a great time to fish Boulder, aquatic weeds are still low. No angler reports on this water yet.[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] Flies: Bead head nymphs and scud patterns usually work well. Lures: small spinners. Water is still cold, use a slow retrieve.[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] Roads may be muddy.[/size][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Carson River[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Pat Sollberger Regional Biologist reports flows beginning to pickup, but fishing should be slow until stocking begins during March.
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Catnip Reservoir Tribs and Outlet
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Fort Churchill Cooling Ponds
[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Pat Sollberger Regional Biologist reports Largemouth bass and channel catfishing should be good. Opening day saw each angler catching several bass with some up to 5lbs. Catfish are running about 8-12 inches [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]For largemouth; plastic worms, top-water either early or late in the day, and small minnow-like crank baits. For catfish, night crawlers and calf's livers have been doing best [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] [/size][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Hobart Reservoir
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Lahontan Reservoir, Carson River
[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Typically slow this time of year, but walleye fishing can be fair.
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Lake Tahoe
[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Fishing is fair- weather has been a factor for boaters due to high winds [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Fishing has been pretty slow lately, according to Game Warden Reid Varble anglers are catching some 2 to 5 pounds between 250 and 300 feet. Some anglers are having success jigging near north shore on the Calif. side. [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] [/size][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Liberty Pond
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area
[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Pat Sollberger Regional Biologist reports Bass Pond stocked with 2000 10-inch rainbow trout. Bass numbers low - waiting until spawning begins in spring. Hinkson Slough stocked with over 4000 10-inch rainbow trout. Plus trout from last year should be getting bigger. Submergant vegetation low this time of year.[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] Small, orange colored or silver colored spinners worked well this time of year. Fly anglers are doing well on black birds nests fished near the bottom. The size of trout is running between 13 and 16 inches
[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] North Pond is empty of water and not to refill until later this year. The amount of submergent vegetation in Hinkson Slough is at a minimum at this time, which anglers find pleasing.
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Pine Forest Complex [/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Blue Lakes [/size][/font] [li][font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Knott Creek Onion
[/size][/font][/li][/ul] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Just before closing great fishing in all three lakes Jim French Regional Biologist for the area reported 18 to 20 inch rainbows caught in Knot Crk and 12 to 16 inch in Onion. Jim also reported some brook trout being caught in the 12-13 inch range at Blue Lakes [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Closed for the Season Opens back up the second Saturday in June [/size][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Rye Patch
[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Fishing is all but shut down according to Jim French. Some action is just below the dam
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Squaw Creek Reservoir[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Squaw Reservoir is full and fishing has been great. Spring is the best time to fish the reservoir. Anglers are reporting catching lots of carryover rainbow and brown trout. Game Warden, Dave Patula reports he contacted numerous fishermen at the Reservoir last Saturday, March 13. Fishing is great for bait, lure and fly fishermen. Rainbows and bowcutts in the 11-14" range were common with a number of 5 fish limits observed. Remember to pickup your new fishing license and trout stamp and if you fish from a vessel you need life jackets.
[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Olive and peacock colored nymphs are catching fish using a very slow retrieve. Try wooly buggers, sheep creek, prince nymph, birds nest. [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] Squaw should receive a load of catchable rainbow trout from the Mason Valley Hatchery within the next few weeks. [/size][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Topaz Lake and Canal
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Truckee River[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Fishing is picking up. Warmer temps are prompting fish to start feeding. Flows are around 400 cfs and rising quickly. Get your fishing in now, high spring runoff flows by mid-April will prevent wadable fishing until late June.[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Bait Fishing- drifting worms with enough weight to bounce off the bottom. Nymph fishing deep and slow may result in bites.[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Spring stocking of the Truckee begins March 16, however, there are a lot of carryover and wild trout to be caught as well.Use caution in wading the river this time of year, flows above 400 cfs can be tough to wade.[/size][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Walker Lake [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Fishing is good- 16 to 20 inch fish being caught [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Pat Sollberger reports boaters are trolling spoons near surface close to shore. Shore anglers throwing spoons are doing well. Green and orange colored lures black and white are working best. The east side of the appears to be producing the most fish currently
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]East Walker River
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[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Fishing is fair- due to very low river flows 29 CFS. May have some ice cover.[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Wooly buggers, prince nymphs, hares ear, san Juan worm [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Fish are easily stressed this time of year due to low flows - Treat with care when releasing! Don't forget, whitefish are just as challenging fun to catch as rainbow and brown trout.[/size][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]West Walker River[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Rainbow trout stocking begins in April, but trout stocked last October should still provide some angling.
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Wall Canyon Reservoir
[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Extremely low water conditions - Ice should be off the reservoir by now. [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]NDOW has been unable to stock fish in 3 years due to low water. Limited carryover trout and smallmouth bass will be available to anglers this spring. [/size][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Washoe county urban ponds[/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Sparks Marina[/size][/font] [li][font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Paradise Pond[/size][/font] [li][font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Virginia Lake[/size][/font] [li][font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Idlewild Ponds[/size][/font] [li][font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Rancho San Rafael Pond[/size][/font] [li][font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Wilson Commons [/size][/font] [li][font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Marilyn's Pond[/size][/font] [/li][/ul] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Fish are becoming more active as the weather gets warmer. Most ponds have been stocked so trout fishing should improve. [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Sparks Marina: Target different depths using a slip bobber. All other ponds: float a worm off the bottom [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]All urban ponds have received their first spring rainbow plants of the year (except Rancho and Marilyn's Pond). [/size][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Washoe Lake
[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Extremely low water conditions. Fishing will be slow until spring/summer warm-up.
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[size 2]February - March 2004
(waters are in alphabetical order)[/size] [indent] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#ffffff][size 3]Fishery[/size][/#ffffff][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#ffffff][size 3]Water & Fishing Conditions[/size][/#ffffff][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#ffffff][size 3]What's Working[/size][/#ffffff][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#ffffff][size 3]Comments [/size][/#ffffff][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Bilk Creek Reservoir
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Big Springs Reservoir [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Season opens second Saturday in May[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] [/size][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Boulder Reservoir
[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Ice should be off the water by now. Spring is a great time to fish Boulder, aquatic weeds are still low. No angler reports on this water yet.[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] Flies: Bead head nymphs and scud patterns usually work well. Lures: small spinners. Water is still cold, use a slow retrieve.[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] Roads may be muddy.[/size][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Carson River[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Pat Sollberger Regional Biologist reports flows beginning to pickup, but fishing should be slow until stocking begins during March.
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Catnip Reservoir Tribs and Outlet
[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Season is closed. Season opens on September 1.
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Fort Churchill Cooling Ponds
[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Pat Sollberger Regional Biologist reports Largemouth bass and channel catfishing should be good. Opening day saw each angler catching several bass with some up to 5lbs. Catfish are running about 8-12 inches [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]For largemouth; plastic worms, top-water either early or late in the day, and small minnow-like crank baits. For catfish, night crawlers and calf's livers have been doing best [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] [/size][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Hobart Reservoir
[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Season is closed. Season opens on May 1. [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Season is closed. Season opens on May 1.
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Lahontan Reservoir, Carson River
[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Typically slow this time of year, but walleye fishing can be fair.
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Lake Tahoe
[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Fishing is fair- weather has been a factor for boaters due to high winds [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Fishing has been pretty slow lately, according to Game Warden Reid Varble anglers are catching some 2 to 5 pounds between 250 and 300 feet. Some anglers are having success jigging near north shore on the Calif. side. [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] [/size][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Liberty Pond
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area
[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Pat Sollberger Regional Biologist reports Bass Pond stocked with 2000 10-inch rainbow trout. Bass numbers low - waiting until spawning begins in spring. Hinkson Slough stocked with over 4000 10-inch rainbow trout. Plus trout from last year should be getting bigger. Submergant vegetation low this time of year.[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] Small, orange colored or silver colored spinners worked well this time of year. Fly anglers are doing well on black birds nests fished near the bottom. The size of trout is running between 13 and 16 inches
[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] North Pond is empty of water and not to refill until later this year. The amount of submergent vegetation in Hinkson Slough is at a minimum at this time, which anglers find pleasing.
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Pine Forest Complex [/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Blue Lakes [/size][/font] [li][font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Knott Creek Onion
[/size][/font][/li][/ul] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Just before closing great fishing in all three lakes Jim French Regional Biologist for the area reported 18 to 20 inch rainbows caught in Knot Crk and 12 to 16 inch in Onion. Jim also reported some brook trout being caught in the 12-13 inch range at Blue Lakes [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Closed for the Season Opens back up the second Saturday in June [/size][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Rye Patch
[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Fishing is all but shut down according to Jim French. Some action is just below the dam
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Squaw Creek Reservoir[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Squaw Reservoir is full and fishing has been great. Spring is the best time to fish the reservoir. Anglers are reporting catching lots of carryover rainbow and brown trout. Game Warden, Dave Patula reports he contacted numerous fishermen at the Reservoir last Saturday, March 13. Fishing is great for bait, lure and fly fishermen. Rainbows and bowcutts in the 11-14" range were common with a number of 5 fish limits observed. Remember to pickup your new fishing license and trout stamp and if you fish from a vessel you need life jackets.
[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Olive and peacock colored nymphs are catching fish using a very slow retrieve. Try wooly buggers, sheep creek, prince nymph, birds nest. [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] Squaw should receive a load of catchable rainbow trout from the Mason Valley Hatchery within the next few weeks. [/size][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Topaz Lake and Canal
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Truckee River[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Fishing is picking up. Warmer temps are prompting fish to start feeding. Flows are around 400 cfs and rising quickly. Get your fishing in now, high spring runoff flows by mid-April will prevent wadable fishing until late June.[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Bait Fishing- drifting worms with enough weight to bounce off the bottom. Nymph fishing deep and slow may result in bites.[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Spring stocking of the Truckee begins March 16, however, there are a lot of carryover and wild trout to be caught as well.Use caution in wading the river this time of year, flows above 400 cfs can be tough to wade.[/size][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Walker Lake [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Fishing is good- 16 to 20 inch fish being caught [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Pat Sollberger reports boaters are trolling spoons near surface close to shore. Shore anglers throwing spoons are doing well. Green and orange colored lures black and white are working best. The east side of the appears to be producing the most fish currently
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]East Walker River
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[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Fishing is fair- due to very low river flows 29 CFS. May have some ice cover.[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Wooly buggers, prince nymphs, hares ear, san Juan worm [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Fish are easily stressed this time of year due to low flows - Treat with care when releasing! Don't forget, whitefish are just as challenging fun to catch as rainbow and brown trout.[/size][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]West Walker River[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Rainbow trout stocking begins in April, but trout stocked last October should still provide some angling.
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Wall Canyon Reservoir
[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Extremely low water conditions - Ice should be off the reservoir by now. [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]NDOW has been unable to stock fish in 3 years due to low water. Limited carryover trout and smallmouth bass will be available to anglers this spring. [/size][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Washoe county urban ponds[/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Sparks Marina[/size][/font] [li][font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Paradise Pond[/size][/font] [li][font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Virginia Lake[/size][/font] [li][font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Idlewild Ponds[/size][/font] [li][font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Rancho San Rafael Pond[/size][/font] [li][font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Wilson Commons [/size][/font] [li][font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Marilyn's Pond[/size][/font] [/li][/ul] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Fish are becoming more active as the weather gets warmer. Most ponds have been stocked so trout fishing should improve. [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Sparks Marina: Target different depths using a slip bobber. All other ponds: float a worm off the bottom [/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]All urban ponds have received their first spring rainbow plants of the year (except Rancho and Marilyn's Pond). [/size][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Washoe Lake
[/size][/font] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Extremely low water conditions. Fishing will be slow until spring/summer warm-up.
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