Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area Fish Report for 2-15-2023
Mason Valley WMA Season Opener
Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area - Yerington, NV (Lyon County)

by Fish Reports Staff
2-15-2023
Mason Valley Fishing Season is now open. NDOW recently stocked the ponds
Hinkson Slough on Feb 7th
Stocked: 2790 Rainbow Trout
Length: 11 Inches
Stocked: 257 Rainbow Trout
Length: 11.9 Inches
Fort Churchill Cooling Ponds on Feb 7th
Stocked: 1033 Rainbow Trout
Length: 10.1 Inches
North Pond on Feb 10
Stocked: 3023 Rainbow Trout
Length: 11 Inches
Check out the information below for the Nevada Western Region Special Regulations:
Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area Fort Churchill Cooling Pond Cooperative Management Area
Season is open the second Saturday in February through September 30; 1 hour before sunrise to 2 hours
after sunset.
5 trout and 15 warmwater game fish of which not more than 2 may be black bass. Minimum size for black bass is 14 inches total length.
Special Regulations: Fishing is prohibited from the center dike and posted areas. Wading or the use of boats and other floating devices is prohibited.
Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area
Season is open the second Saturday in February through September 30; any hour of the day or night on the following waters: Bass, Crappie, North Pond, Beaver Slough and that portion of the Walker River within the Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area.
5 trout and 15 warmwater game fish of which not more than 2 may be black bass. Minimum size for black bass is 14 inches total length.
Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area Hinkson Slough
Same season as above.
2 trout and 15 warmwater gamefish of which not more than 2 may be black bass. Minimum size for trout is 16 inches total length. Minimum size for black bass is 14 inches total length.
Special Regulations: Artificial lures only (see General Statewide Regulations).
Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area Eastside Waterfowl Series Ponds
Season is open Aug. 16 through Sept. 30; any hour of the day or night.
5 trout and 15 warmwater game fish of which not more than 2 may be black bass. Minimum size for black bass is 14 inches total length.
Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area Kuenzli Pond, Hatchery Outpond 1, Hatchery Outpond 2, and Hatchery Outpond 3
Season is open on the first Saturday in May, from 8 a.m. to sunset.
3 game fish of which not more than 1 may be black bass.
Note: These ponds are open for one day only.
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