Pressure
30.09inHg
falling fast · -4.6 hPa/12h
NOAA C8738 updated 7:25 PM
Waters · Lakes · NV · Tue, Sep 15
How's the bite at Pyramid Lake today? Biting — get there by six.
Worth a cast.
Built from solunar, pressure, wind. This water has no live gauge for every reading — see the sources below.
6/10
Biting
Today's bite windows
12 AM6 AMNoon6 PM11 PM
10Peak 9 8Strong 7 6Good 5 4Slow 3 2 1Dead
Major
3:03 AM–5:03 AM
Moon underfoot
Minor
11:09 AM–12:09 PM
Moonrise
Major
3:27 PM–5:27 PM
Moon overhead
Minor
8:39 PM–9:39 PM
Moonset
Sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 7:06 PM · tomorrow's first major 3:52 AM–5:52 AM · windows on every water
Solunar · computed updated 6:00 AM
Conditions right now
Wind
11mph ENE
NOAA C8738 updated 7:25 PM
Moon
22% waxing
Solunar · computed updated 6:00 AM
What this means
Trout
This gauge reports level but no water temperature, so depth calls stay open. Read the windows and the pressure trend instead.
The week ahead
| Wed | 6 | Biting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu | 6 | Biting | |
| Fri | 6 | Biting | |
| Sat | 6 | Biting | |
| Sun | 5 | Picky | |
| Mon | 6 | Biting | |
| Tue | 6 | Biting |
Forecast days carry solunar and the wind outlook. Pressure and gauge movement land the morning of.
Before you go
A Nevada fishing license covers this water — $40 a year for residents. NDOW sets the rules and is the one that counts.
What it costs, and who is exempt →Nearby waters today
- 6 Biting Lake Tahoe CA · 104 km
- 6 Biting New Bullards Bar Reservoir CA · 155 km
- 5 Picky Folsom Lake CA · 205 km
- 5 Picky St. Marks River FL · 3366 km
- 5 Picky Salmon River NY · 3585 km
Questions people ask about Pyramid Lake
Answered from the same readings as the rest of this page. Where we have no basis for an answer, there is no entry — spot-by-spot local knowledge is not something we can claim for Pyramid Lake.
- Is it worth fishing Pyramid Lake today?
- 6 out of 10 — biting. Worth a cast. The strongest stretch is 3:03 AM–5:03 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend.
- What time should you fish Pyramid Lake?
- Today's major windows run 3:03 AM–5:03 AM and 3:27 PM–5:27 PM, with minor windows at 11:09 AM–12:09 PM and 8:39 PM–9:39 PM. Sunrise is 6:39 AM and sunset 7:06 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
- What is the water temperature at Pyramid Lake?
- No gauge on Pyramid Lake measures water temperature. US reservoir gauges report height, not temperature — so rather than estimate it, this page leaves it out and leans on the windows and the pressure trend instead.
- Can you eat the fish you catch in Pyramid Lake?
- That is a health question, and it is answered officially rather than by us. Nevada Department of Wildlife, with the Division of Public and Behavioral Health publishes the fish consumption advisory covering these waters, where Nevada keeps this with the wildlife agency, and the Carson River from Dayton to Lahontan Dam carries a do-not-eat advisory. Read it before you keep a meal — we give no eating advice.
- Do you need a licence to fish Pyramid Lake?
- Yes. A Nevada fishing license covers this water, required from age 12. NDOW sets the rules and is the one that counts.
- What size fish can you keep in Nevada?
- It depends on the species, and several have slot limits rather than a simple minimum. Open to harvest today: sacramento perch. Seasons here change mid-year by agency order, so the status is re-checked every morning.
Where these numbers come from
- Solunar computed 6:00 AM
- NOAA C8738 CW8738 Reno 7:25 PM
- NOAA REV gridded forecast 4:30 AM
No one types these in by hand. If a source goes quiet, the page says so instead of showing you yesterday.