Fishing seasons to open or close

Opening:

-- Pyramid Lake, located about 30 miles north of Sparks, will re-open to Lahontan cutthroat trout fishing on Oct. 1. This season will extend through June 30.

Closing:

-- Fort Churchill Cooling Ponds, located in Lyon County, will close to fishing on Sept. 30. They will re-open on the second Saturday in February.

-- Hinkson Slough, plus Bass, Crappie, Bluegill and North Ponds and that portion of the Walker River within the Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area, all located in Lyon County, will close to fishing on Sept. 30. Those seasons will re-open on the second Saturday in February.

-- Hobart Reservoir, located in the mountains between Carson City and Lake Tahoe, will close to fishing on Sept. 30. It will re-open on May 1.

-- Topaz Lake, located along U.S. 395 on the Nevada-California stateline, south of Carson City, will close to fishing on Sept. 30. It will re-open on Jan. 1.