Fishing Report For Lake Lahontan, NV

By Rick Seaman

March 29, 2025

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Fishing Report Lake Lahontan, NV

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Popular Fish Species Lake Lahontan, NV

Walleye

Current Report: Fair To Good
Outlook: Good

There are plenty of quality walleye here, with anglers occasionally reporting a catch over 10 pounds. Currently, and again in Fall, are generally the best months to fish shallow. In Summer, early mornings, and dusk are reported to be the best times to catch walleye shallow. Daytime in Summer and throughout Winter, they tend to school up in deeper water where they slow-cruise around flats and structure close to deep water, where they primarily feed close to the bottom. Blade baits, jigs, swimbaits and spoons are catching them. Worm harness spinners, spoons and deep-diving crankbaits, and are also catching walleye while trolling.

Hybrid Striped Bass

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

The white bass will begin their spawning runs soon, and are starting to be caught in the Carson River section. As the schools migrate up river, and again as they move back to the main lake,, the narrows at Fishermans Point is a good area. Swimbaits, jerkbaits, crankbaits, spoons, live bait and cut bait are all effective here for hybrid stripers. The lake record is over 15 pounds, and there are plenty of wipers in the 10 lb to 15 lb range being caught occasionally. Their primary diet is the schools of baitfish, and they follow these schools to stay close to food supply. Successful anglers use electronics and fish finders to locate both bait and wipers, throughout the year on the main lake.

White Bass

Uncle Buck's Panfish Creatures Curly Tail Minnow Rigged

Current Report: Fair
Outlook: Good To Very Good

White bass over 3 pounds are not uncommon lately, with some pushing the 4-pound mark. However they typically run about 1 lb to 2 1/2 lbs. Cool water temperatures, currently in the low 40's, has them a bit sluggish. They tend to start their spawn run once the water temperature gets into the mid 50's, moving upstream into the river area where they congregate for several weeks. This is a prime time to fill the livewells with some fat white bass. Swimbaits, curly-tail jigs, underspins, small crankbaits, small jerkbaits, and most any lure that looks like baitfish are catching plenty of fish. During Summer, Fall and Winter the white bass migrate back to the main lake areas following baitfish.

Fishing Video

Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, spotted bass, channel catfish, white catfish, black crappie, white crappie, walleye, rainbow trout, white bass, yellow perch and hybrid striped bass at Lake Lahontan in Nevada.

Lake Lahontan is a 14,600-acre lake with 69 miles of shoreline. It's claim to fame is the nice variety of fish species, with very little fishing pressure. Bass, catfish, crappie, walleye, trout, perch, white bass and plenty of huge hybrid stripers. Fishing from the bank is popular.

Primary fish species to catch

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".