Water temperature is an estimate based on weather and season.
Best times today
🌅Dawn04:39–06:39🌇Dusk19:18–21:18
Local time at the spot, from the most likely species' daily rhythm.
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Likely catch now (17 species)
Smallmouth Bass
Micropterus dolomieu
10%
Prime feeding window at the dawn, water near its preferred 20 degrees, peak season, bright sky slows things.
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Muskellunge
Esox masquinongy
9%
Prime feeding window at the dawn, water near its preferred 20 degrees, peak season, bright sky slows things.
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Largemouth Bass
Micropterus salmoides
9%
Prime feeding window at the dawn, water near its preferred 20 degrees, peak season, bright sky slows things.
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Brook Trout
Salvelinus fontinalis
7%
Prime feeding window at the dawn, peak season, bright sky slows things.
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Bluegill
Lepomis macrochirus
7%
Water near its preferred 20 degrees, peak season.
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Brown Trout
Salmo trutta
6%
Prime feeding window at the dawn, peak season, bright sky slows things.
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Flathead Catfish
Pylodictis olivaris
6%
Water near its preferred 20 degrees, peak season.
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Black Crappie
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
6%
Prime feeding window at the dawn, water near its preferred 20 degrees, bright sky slows things.
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Blue Catfish
Ictalurus furcatus
6%
Water near its preferred 20 degrees, peak season, a fishy ripple on the water.
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Common Carp
Cyprinus carpio
6%
Water near its preferred 20 degrees, peak season.
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Channel Catfish
Ictalurus punctatus
6%
Water near its preferred 20 degrees, peak season, bright sky slows things.
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Striped Bass
Morone saxatilis
5%
Prime feeding window at the dawn, water near its preferred 20 degrees, bright sky slows things.
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Rainbow Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
4%
Prime feeding window at the dawn, bright sky slows things.
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Northern Pike
Esox lucius
4%
Prime feeding window at the dawn, bright sky slows things.
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White Bass
Morone chrysops
4%
Water near its preferred 20 degrees, bright sky slows things.
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Walleye
Sander vitreus
3%
Water near its preferred 20 degrees, bright sky slows things.
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Lake Trout
Salvelinus namaycush
2%
Bright sky slows things.
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About the fishing here
Willow Creek Reservoir is a lake in Nevada.
Popular catches here include Smallmouth Bass, Muskellunge, Largemouth Bass, Brook Trout, Bluegill and Brown Trout.
Smallmouth Bass fishing is usually best around May-Jun, Sep-Oct. The best windows are usually dawn and dusk.
A state fishing license is required to fish here. Napp ranks the species above from the live weather, water temperature, season and time of day, so the order changes through the day.
Tips right now
TechniqueStart with a soft-plastic jig for smallmouth bass, the most likely catch right now.
TimingThis is a prime window for smallmouth bass at dawn. Fish hard now.
LureSoft-plastic jig for smallmouth bass: Tube jig on rock.
ColourClear water and good light: try brown, crawfish and natural tones for smallmouth bass.
DepthThe water temperature suits the fish. Fish actively at normal depths and edges.
Fishing permit
A state fishing license is required to fish here. Licenses are issued by each state:
Willow Creek Reservoir is a man-made lake in Elko County, Nevada in the United States. The reservoir was initially created in 1884 by the construction of Willow Creek Dam. Barrick Goldstrike owns the reservoir. The reservoir impounds the Willow Creek for irrigation storage.
