Fishing Lower Peavine Creek Reservoir in Washoe County, Nevada

• Overview

  The Washoe County end of Nevada holds Lower Peavine Creek Reservoir. The setting is mixed woodland on every side. It covers about 9 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Washoe County list holds plenty of bigger water. For a base, Reno sits 2 miles out. The big place round here is Reno, 1.9 miles distant. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lower Peavine Creek Reservoir

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. Reported across Washoe County: tahoe sucker, great basin cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, brown bullhead and brown trout. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Lower Peavine Creek Reservoir repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from 33°F in January up to 69°F in July. A lid forms in a hard winter only. It is not guaranteed from one year to the next. Late winter often fishes better here than midsummer does. The season on Lower Peavine Creek Reservoir rarely departs from it. Barometric swings often matter more than the calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Records show it does not hold water year-round. Mapping shows parking within half a mile. Toilets show in mapping about 0.9 miles away. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Manzanita Lake, 1.9 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm before you fish Lower Peavine Creek Reservoir.