Donner Lake Fish Report

Bites been good to fair

Donner Lake - Truckee, CA

by Mountain Hardware & Sports
3-28-2025
(530) 587–4844
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Lake trout bite at 120 feet on Lyman Lures and Rapalas, but come talk to our fishing department staff for details on this. Bites been good to fair. Shore bite is slow because they have not stocked it yet for this upcoming summer. Currently at 80% capacity.

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for Wednesday, February 26th

Feather River - Middle Fork - Graeagle: The Feather River is flowing high, but very fishable
Lake Davis: Lake is full
Gold Lake: Road is closed at staging area, no access

Mountain Hardware Reports

for Friday, February 7th

Donner Lake: The boat ramp is open and they are catching some nice hold over rainbows right now off the shore and trolling
Boca Reservoir: At Boca Reservoir, there is limited access with some roads snowed in
Stampede Reservoir: At Stampede Reservoir, access is difficult with the road snowed in
Prosser Reservoir: Ice is currently not safe to fish on
Jackson Meadows Reservoir: Access can only be made by snowmobile or skis
Pyramid Lake: Unless the storm door opens up, expect slow conditions
Truckee River: The Truckee River is currently offering good winter fishing conditions with the higher flows
Little Truckee River: Flows on the Little Truckee River between Boca and Stampede are at 146 CFS