Spring Creek Reservoir Fishing near Spring Creek, Nevada

• Overview

  Set in Elko County, Nevada, this is Spring Creek Reservoir. What surrounds it is farm and woodlot. It runs to roughly 35 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The closest town, Spring Creek, is 1.8 miles away. Then Elko, 12 miles, and Carlin, 28 miles. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Spring Creek Reservoir

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Species logged across Elko County include brook trout, rainbow trout, tahoe sucker, great basin cutthroat trout and mountain sucker. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Spring Creek Reservoir responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 68°F at the top of summer and 25°F at the bottom of winter. The freeze here is occasional rather than annual. It should never be assumed safe, whatever the month says. November and March are the quiet, comfortable months to be out. It sets the rhythm of the year at Spring Creek Reservoir.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. A pier 150 yards from here gives a platform over deeper water. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Boyd Reservoir sits 6.6 miles off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Spring Creek Reservoir in what we hold.