Pyramid Lake
Fishing is picking up as the lake warms.
Fishing is getting better and better at Pyramid Lake!! The lake has turned over and the surface temperature is 62 in the morning and 65in the afternoon. Cory Kellar of Hendrix Outdoors fished with friends on Saturday and brought 28 Lahontan cutthroats to the boat up 11lbs. They found big bait balls forming on the north end of the lake in 40 to 90 feet of water and lots of trout with then. The fish are still a bit scattered all over the lake, holding from 25' to 75' deep, and Cory expects them to move to deeper water as the season progresses. They trolled at 1.8 to 2.2 mph with Papa G spoons in blue and white and chartreuse/red dot colors. They also did well with chrome Tomic and Lyman plugs. They tried trolling faster, up to 3 mph, but the fish were not responding to speed. They caught fish at 25' and as deep as 80' and every depth in between. They would raise or lower their lures according to what they saw on the graph. The key is finding the big bait balls that are forming as the Tui Chub pre-spawn is happening. They would work a bait ball till the trout stopped biting, and then move around till they found another bait ball.
Shore fishermen are catching a few fish at the south end of the lake off the beaches and also on the rocks near Pelican Point. Shore fishing slows down as the water warms and the fish go deeper for the summer.
The trolling bite should get better as the water warms, and fishermen can reach the trout using downriggers and even trolling divers like Pink Ladys and Dibsy divers.
Now is the time -- It's only going get better....
