Nevada County Fishing Reports

Donner Lake was on fire before 4th of July Weekend! We caught and released over 50 trout for 2.5 days! We were targeting mackinaw at first, fishing down deep, past 60'. They did not want to play. So we started targeting rainbow and brown trout and the rainbow trout were hungry or they might have just planted, because we couldn't stop catching them! We were trolling lures. My better half was trolling 1 rod and I was trolling 2. I had double hookups quite a bit! We fished from 7am to 10am on 7/2 and 7/3 - and caught and released about 50 fish :-) Good times!!!

Matt Heron reports the Truckee River is in prime shape with steady dropping flows and perfect water temps holding in the 50s, briefly touching the low 60s in the afternoons. Clarity is excellent, and the canyon below Boca, though still pushing 1,000 CFS, is fishing well if you can handle fast water. The hatch is wide open... golden stones, yellow sallies, PMDs (size 16 emergers), and caddis. The green drakes are drawing quality fish to the surface, and blind casting size 10–12 dries is getting fish even without visible rises. Bobber rigs, dry droppers, and euro nymphing are all effective in fast pockets, but euro nymphing is the best play right now and will likely stay that way through summer.