Truckee River
The rule for this water, with the receipt.
Special regulations for Truckee River, as the state words them
Washoe 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.
- All fishOnly vessels without motors permitted. Refer to NAC 488.470.
- game fish, troutYear round; any hour of the day or night, except in that portion from Derby Dam downstream 1,000 feet, which is closed to fishing. (dates as written)Daily limit 3 game fish except in that section from E Mustang Road bridge (I-80 Exit 23) downstream to Derby Dam and from 1,000 feet downstream from Derby Dam to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation boundary where the limit is three gamefish of which 1 may be trout.
- All fishGear Only artificial lures with single barbless hooks may be used.
- game fish, troutYear round; any hour of the day or night, except in that portion from Derby Dam downstream 1,000 feet, which is closed to fishing. (dates as written)Daily limit 3 game fish except in that section from E Mustang Road bridge (I-80 Exit 23) downstream to Derby Dam and from 1,000 feet downstream from Derby Dam to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation boundary where the limit is 3 gamefish of which 1 may be trout.
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 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 stretch 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.
At the water nowContext
Streamflow: 365 cfs at truckee rv nr mogul, nv (2026-07-30 01:50)
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 Truckee 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.
Receipts
Local services near Truckee 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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