The road is closed and the lake is ice covered. There will be no fishing reports for this lake until late spring or early summer depending upon the winter.
Back country travel is difficult and with the snow forecast for the area on Friday, only the most experienced backcountry travelers should attempt to reach the lakes. The lakes are now frozen over and fishing is done for the winter. There will be no more fishing reports for the high alpine lakes until late spring or early summer depending upon the winter.
The colder water temperatures and nights below freezing have shut off most hatches in area streams. Northern Elko County streams saw a slight uptick due to precipitation, but most streams have not changed much since last week. The one exception is the East Fork of the Owyhee below Wildhorse Dam which has dropped significantly as the outflow of the dam has been slowed. Higher elevation streams have snow and ice bank conditions making fishing difficult. With the colder temperatures, stream fishing is slowing down. Expect the fish to be sluggish and anglers will need to put their presentations right in front of the fish. Brown and brook trout are still on the move, though the spawn is over, and you can still target these fish. There is very little change in stream flows in the area. As of November 19, the East Fork of the Owyhee have seen flows diminish to a more normal 25 cubic feet/second (cfs), the Bruneau River at 21 cfs, the Jarbidge at 6 cfs, Salmon Falls Creek at 54 cfs, Lamoille Creek at 3 cfs, the South Fork of the Humboldt at 11 cfs, Cleve Creek at 6 cfs, Steptoe Creek at 3 cfs and Kingston Creek at half of normal at 3 cfs.
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