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Fort Churchill Cooling Pond is a public lake in Lyon County, Nevada, managed by Nevada Department of Wildlife. It is public water managed for fishing by the Nevada Department of Wildlife. Public access confirmed via NDOW Fishable Waters listing.
An NDOW urban pond (the Las Vegas, Reno–Sparks and Carson City community waters) — stocked year-round with catchable rainbow trout and, in summer, channel catfish, plus resident largemouth bass and bluegill; built for close-to-home family fishing.
Fort Churchill Cooling Pond covers about 193 acres in the Western Region region. Anglers here mostly fish for bullhead catfish, channel catfish, largemouth bass, rainbow trout. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Fort Churchill Cooling Ponds and Hinkson Slough.
Species from NDOW’s Nevada Fishable Waters layer (per-water species list), PiscaMaps water-type profiles and hand research.
Night fishing: No statewide night-fishing closure in Nevada; Pyramid Lake and some tribal and urban waters set their own hours and seasons, and a few trout streams close seasonally for spawning — check the current Nevada Fishing Regulations or the tribe's rules.
Boats: The big reservoirs (Mead, Mohave, Tahoe, Lahontan, Rye Patch, Wild Horse, Pyramid) take trailered boats via a park or BLM ramp; mountain reservoirs are car-top or small-craft and streams are wade access. Nevada has a serious quagga-mussel problem centred on Lake Mead — every boat must be inspected, and craft off Mead/Mohave must be decontaminated and dried before launching elsewhere.
Bank & bivvy camping: About 85% of Nevada is federal land — the highest share of any state — so dispersed camping is allowed on almost all BLM and Forest Service ground along these waters, plus developed campgrounds at the state parks and national recreation areas (Lake Mead NRA, South Fork, Rye Patch, Wild Horse).
Tackle: The general Nevada trout limit is 5, but many waters carry reduced limits or special rules -- the Jarbidge River bull trout are catch-and-release, Lahontan cutthroat conservation streams have their own regulations, and Pyramid Lake follows Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe rules (2 fish, protective slot, barbless). Check the current Nevada Fishing Regulations.
Anyone 12 or older needs a Nevada fishing licence — the resident annual is about $40, the non-resident annual about $80, with 1-day (~$9 resident / ~$18 non-resident, plus ~$7 for each added day) options. There is no separate trout stamp for general fishing, though a Colorado River endorsement covers the interstate reach and a trout validation is needed to keep trout on a few waters. Children under 12 fish free. Buy from the Nevada Department of Wildlife at ndow.org. Note: Pyramid Lake and other tribal waters need a tribal permit instead. A Nevada fishing licence covers this water — it is on NDOW's Nevada Fishable Waters list. (Tribal waters such as Pyramid Lake need a tribal permit instead.)
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