UTERJanuary
Pyramid Lake cutthroat; Tahoe macks
Ladders and beetles.
Pyramid Lake to Lake Mead
Nevada freshwater fishing
What's biting in Nevada freshwater in October: striped bass, largemouth bass and smallmouth bass at their peak, with cutthroat trout, bluegill and common carp around too. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows 13 fish here month by month, from Pyramid Lake to Wild Horse Reservoir.
Pyramid opens
Pyramid Lake's giant Lahontan cutthroat, Lake Mead and Mohave's stripers and bass on the Colorado, Lake Tahoe's macks, and high-desert reservoirs.
Pyramid LakeLake MeadLake MohaveLake TahoeTruckee RiverWild Horse Reservoir
Updated
Now · October
Pyramid opens
October 1.
Striped bassLargemouth bassLake trout (mackinaw, togue)Smallmouth bassRainbow troutBlack crappie (speck)
This month here
From the season calendar, best firstPeakPeakPeakPeakPeakPeakPeakSpawningSpawningSpawningArrivingAroundAround
Striped bass
Largemouth bass
Smallmouth bass
Black crappie (speck)
Walleye
Channel catfish
Rainbow trout
Brook trout
Lake trout (mackinaw, togue)
Kokanee salmon
Cutthroat trout
Pyramid Lake opens October 1
Bluegill
Common carp
The water
Structure that matters
LakeReservoirRiverCreek / streamPond / pitDock / pilingsBridgeBoat ramp
Month by month
What's happening, and what to throwFebruary
Pyramid trophies
Cold, windy, worth it.
March
Pyramid's classic month
Cutthroat troutLake trout (mackinaw, togue)Smallmouth bassRainbow troutBlack crappie (speck)Striped bass
Big cutts cruise the shore.
April
Bass move up on Mead
Coves.
May
Pyramid ends; Mead bass beds
Cutthroat troutStriped bassLargemouth bassLake trout (mackinaw, togue)Smallmouth bassBlack crappie (speck)
Topwater.
June
Pyramid closes for summer
Mead stripers.
July
Night fishing on Mead
Anchovies.
August
Striper boils
Spoons.
September
Boils continue
Topwater.
October · now
Pyramid opens
Striped bassLargemouth bassLake trout (mackinaw, togue)Smallmouth bassRainbow troutBlack crappie (speck)
October 1.
November
Pyramid's other classic
November cutts.
December
Winter cutthroat
Pyramid.
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