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Lake Tahoe Fishing Reports.

Been making it out with clients over the past few weeks whenever mother nature decides not to blow us off the lake. Though, getting a little to moderate wind, chop, rain, and/or snow has paid off big of late on the water. Even with the storms continuing to roll thru the area the lake temps have slowly been rising into the upper 40's, which has helped turn on the shallow water Lake Tahoe topline bite for both the Browns and the Macks along with a sprinkling of Rainbows. The majority of the Browns have been in the 3 - 7 lb range and have been taken ripping plugs on a long 250 - 350 ft topline and slow trolling live minnows behind dodges and sidekicks in 15 - 35 ft of water. I have a feeling that with the full moon approaching later next week and with the forecasted weather report (more of mother nature) we may see a double digit Brown or two come out of Tahoe. Larger Mackinaw have also made there shallow water debut of late, which has kept toplining larger plugs (Trophy Sticks, AC Plugs, Spro's BBZ Trout, etc.) very interesting and rewarding. Most of these fish are going 4 - 10 lbs., but had a couple larger fish at around the 14 - 16 lb range. As far as the Rainbows go I would rate the actions only as fair. Been getting a few here and there, but with really no consistency as of yet. Most fish have been taken slow trolling minnows and dodgers / flashers/ sidekicks, along with a few on the toplined plugs. Though this should change as the fish start coming back down from the rivers into the lake from there Spring spawning rituals. Also, an increase in water temp and presence of more minnows in the shallows should also help with the Rainbow bite. If you'd like to view this report with photos attached please copy and paste the following link to your browser. It will take you to the Fish Sniffer Forums page; http://www.fishsniffer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82221 So come out and join me for a Lake Tahoe fishing trip!

After spending the last 4 months down in Mexico running a brand new 63 footer "Salty" and putting the hurt to 70 - 240# Yellowfin Tuna, or was it the Tuna putting the hurt to me?, I finally made it back home to Tahoe! I couldn't pull my boat out of storage fast enough and get it up to the lake where I had her up in running in no time flat in preparation for my weekend charters. Had clients out the mornings of the 17th and 18th with good action on Mackinaw in both shallow and deep water using a variety of methods. Jigging in 150 - 180 ft of water produced well early with fish ranging from 3 - 5 lbs with one going nearly 12 lbs, which was caught by Joe Harney. Slow trolling Flatfish also produced fish in the the 3 -5 lb range in the same depths. The wind picked up pretty good on Sunday morning so we switched over to a faster troll up in the shallows with AC Plugs, which also paid off with fish up to 9 lbs. Also, gave the trout a shot in the shallows Saturday AM with live minnows and dodgers, sidekicks, flashers, etc. a couple smaller Rainbows and one Brown landed to 2 lbs. All and all not a bad weekend of fishing to kick off my Tahoe season! If you'd like to view this report with photos attached please copy and paste the following link to your browser. It will take you to the Fish Sniffer Forums page; http://www.fishsniffer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80598lowing link into your browser;