Mark at the Wild Horse Resort (775) 758-6472: We got about an inch of snow last night (Sunday), so everything is white, right now. Our trout ice fishing derby was held over the weekend. On Saturday, there were about 300 fishermen. First place was Aaron Hughes with a 19.5 inch trout, second place was Rob Boehmer with a 19.3 and third place was John Cassinelli with a 16.5. On Sunday, there were about 250 fishermen and the three winners were Jess Arron (19.5), Jason Edmann (18.7) and Mike Timbo (18.2).

We still have more than 2 feet of ice.

The fishing has been excellent and there have been a lot of ice fishermen. They are catching lots of Perch and a few trout. The perch are down on the bottom (18-25 feet) and the trout are shallow (about 4-8 feet under the ice). The best place is still by the island in front of the state boat ramp. The biggest Perch have been 11 inches, and the rainbows are running 14-20 inches.

Fish with small Kastmaster lures or small, white-colored, lead-head jigs with a plastic tail, together with a tiny piece of worm, mealworm or cocktail shrimp on the hook. Drop that combination down to the bottom, bring it up about 1-2 turns on the reel handle and slowly jig, up and down. ?Į?Į