Dick Nichols

Dick Nichols has been with us since the beginning. With decades of experience, he writes and provide insights about the Shaver Lake fishing game.

Shaver Lake Fishing Report: Snowy Weather Slows Fishing, DF&W to Plant

As I write this, it is snowing pretty hard. There are no boats on the lake partly due to coronavirus…

Shaver Lake Fishing Report: Slow Fishing but Plant Season is almost here

Oh my! The Coronavirus has been such an issue on everything. Schools canceled, sporting events canceled or postponed, churches closing…

Shaver Lake Fishing Report: Slow fishing at Shaver, but the future looks good

A couple of weeks with only a day of rain and yet very few anglers are making the trek to…

Shaver Lake Fishing Report: A recap of the 2019 Season

Happy 2020 to all of you. Let's hope that this is as good a season as 2019 was. To start…

Shaver Lake Fishing Report: Looking Forward to the 2020 Season

Merry Christmas to all of you out there. I hope your Holiday season has been safe and fun. I am…

Shaver Lake Fishing Report: Weather Plays Havoc for Shaver Anglers

It's been a long time since I have seen a storm this big hit Shaver on Thanksgiving week, but it…

Shaver Lake Fishing Report: Great Week of Fishing

Another beautiful week at Shaver Lake found a few boats on the lake. It was couples’ week, with Clovis residents…

Shaver Lake Fishing Report: Good Weekend of Fishing, Multiple Limits on Kokes and Trout

In our last edition, I mentioned that on the day the next edition came out, which was October 30, kokanee…

Shaver Lake Fishing Report: Fellow Shaver Guide Limits on Kokanee in Latest Trip

Shaver’s fall colors are abundant right now. The crisp fall temperatures and colors are symbolic of Shaver’s change in season.…

Shaver Lake Fishing Report: Fair to Terrible Fishing The Past Weeks

We closed our 2019 charter season on the last Saturday of September. A grandfather, uncle and dad, taking their seven…

Shaver Lake Fishing Report: Good Trout Fishing early Summer Forecasted for 2020 Season

What a fantastic year of fishing it has been at  Shaver Lake, but the last two weeks of my season…

Shaver Lake Fishing Report: Wrapping up the 2019 season

At this writing, I am down to my last 6 charter trips for the 2019 season. I must say that…

Shaver Lake Fishing Report: Great fishing season thus far, good biting will continue through September

It’s been a long and very successful fishing season at Shaver Lake. We continue to knock out multiple limits of…

Shaver Lake Fishing Report: Kokes will bite well into September, look for Fall trout fishing at Stevenson Bay

As the summer winds down, the kokanee are now in their pre-spawn stage. That means the male kokes start getting…

Shaver Lake Fishing Report: Families taking advantage before back to school

As we enter the last few weeks of school being out, I am amazed how many grandparents and parents took…

Shaver Lake Fishing Report: Picking up limits left to right

Shaver Lake is definitely the place to be to find some excellent fishing and cooler weather. It is just simply…

Shaver Lake Fishing Report: Recent DFW plant mixes rainbows with kokanee

Following a winter-like May, June has been one of the best fishing months at Shaver in some time. And, the…

Shaver Lake Fishing Report: Quality trout action forecasted

Shaver Lake continues to kick out multiple limits of kokanee most days. Even with a full moon and the rapid…

Shaver Lake Fishing Report: Picking up limits with good weather

Following a very rainy, snowy and cold two weeks up here, we hit the lake this past week and found…

Shaver Lake Fishing Report: Stormy weather slows bite

It was a stormy week at Shaver. Rain, snow and cold wind hit the lake most days. I think the…

Shaver Lake Fishing Report: Taking advantage of the great Spring run of fish

Oh my, what a fantastic start to my 2019 charter season. In the first six trips, beginning May 1, we caught…

Shaver Lake Fishing Report: Trophy sized rainbows and kokanee

The past two weeks at Shaver Lake have been productive with plenty of fish being caught by so many folks.…

Shaver Lake Fishing Report: Marina expected to be in full operation by Easter

More boat fishermen are heading to the lake and finding success. The kokanee bite returned and perhaps better than that,…