South Fork of the Humboldt River
The rule for this water, with the receipt.
Special regulations for South Fork of the Humboldt River from the Lucky Nugget Subdivision causeway upstream to Lee, as the state words them
Elko County · River · 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.
- troutYear round; any hour of the day or nightDaily limit 1 troutGear Only artificial lures with single barbless hooks may be used.Special Regulations: Only artificial lures with single barbless hooks may be used.
Statewide base layerParsed
These defaults apply where the rules above do not modify them.
- Season
- Year round; any hour of the day or nightThis water
- Gear
- Only artificial lures with single barbless hooks may be used.This water
- 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 river 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 section begins and ends
The drawn shape is the named water, matched from the official list against OpenStreetMap and accepted only because the name resolved to a single feature in this water's county.
Different sections of this water can have different rules. The exact section boundaries are not marked on the map yet; each rule above describes in plain words where it starts and ends, and that written description is the authoritative boundary. Map boundaries come water by water, never as a guess.
Season at a glanceDerived
Sampled mid-month from the dated rows; short windows can slip between samples. The rows above are authoritative.
At the water nowContext
Streamflow: 3.47 cfs at s fk humboldt rv abv tenmile ck nr elko, nv (2026-10-13 04:40)
Forecast: National Weather Service. Flow: nearest active USGS gauge in this water's area, which may sit on a different reach. Conditions are context, not rules.
What are you fishing for here?Advice
Pick from the species named in South Fork of the Humboldt River'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.
You also need (Nevada)
- Who counts as a resident. Resident rates require US citizenship or lawful entitlement to remain in the US, plus the 6 months before applying spent with principal and permanent residence in Nevada, physical presence in Nevada apart from temporary absences, and no residency-based hunting, fishing or trapping privilege bought or applied for from another state, country or province. A family visiting from another country therefore does not qualify for resident rates.
Checked against Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW), Nevada Fishing Licenses, Permits & Fees (official NDOW eRegulations digest) on Aug. 4, 2026.
Receipts
Local services near South Fork of the Humboldt River
Tackle shops, guides, and boat launches that serve this water will appear here - a separate lane below the rules, so a local business can reach you without ever getting between you and the regulation.
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