Lahontan Reservoir
The rule for this water, with the receipt.
Special regulations for Lahontan Reservoir, as the state words them
Churchill County · Lake · NV
The rules for this water, verbatimOfficial text
Straight from NV's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.
- game fish, black bass, walleye, white bass, white bass hybrids (wiper)Year round; any hour of the day or night except for the Lahontan Dam spilling pool (bowl) which is closed to fishing. (dates as written)Daily limit 15 game fish of which not more than 5 may be black bass, 5 may be walleye, and 2 may be white bass or white bass hybrids (wiper) 15 inches total length or longer. White bass or white bass hybrids (wiper) under 15 inches may be included in the 15 game fish limit.
Statewide base layerParsed
These defaults apply where the rules above do not modify them.
- Season
- the season is open year around and fishing hours are any time of the day or nightStatewide
- Gear
- Fish may be taken only with hook and line attached to rod or reel and closely attended in the manner known as anglingStatewide
- Bait
- The use of bait fish, whether dead or alive or the parts thereof, other than preserved salmon eggs and any unprotected species of freshwater bait fish or parts thereof which are commercially prepared or preserved, is prohibited.Statewide
- Poles
- No more than two lines may be used.Statewide
Where the verbatim rules above name a species, season, or limit, they replace the rows below. Each row is tagged with the layer it comes from.
| Species | Daily limit | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
northern pike | There is no limit for northern pike. | - | Statewide |
bullfrogs | There is no license requirement or limit on bullfrogs if they are taken by gig, spear, bow and arrow or by hand. | - | Statewide |
crayfish | There is no limit on crayfish. | - | Statewide |
trout, mountain whitefish, black bass, walleye | 5 trout, 5 mountain whitefish and 15 warmwater game fish of which not more than 5 may be black bass and 5 may be walleye. | - | Statewide |
How this answer was assembled
- StatewideStatewide lake rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
- This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
- Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.
Where this rule applies
This water is not yet drawn on the map. Its rules are captured and receipted; the geometry ledger records exactly why it is not drawn (an ambiguous name match or a gap in the source data), and it will never ship as a guess. Each rule above describes in the state's own words where it applies, and those written descriptions are the authoritative boundaries.
What are you fishing for here?Advice
Pick from the species named in Lahontan Reservoir's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.
Receipts
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