Captain
Mike Nielsen

Member since October 2023 South Lake Tahoe, United States
Background
Born and raised Tahoe native, I've been guiding Lake Tahoe since 1996 professionally with major sponsorships from industry-leading brands such as Rapala, Storm, Sufix, Luhr Jensen, VMC, Cabelas, Scotty, and more! Fish with the best!
Techniques
We do it all. Drift live bait, troll, vertical jig, many of the other charter boats use techniques produced and perfected by us. Through print media and seminars performed by us over last 28 years our techniques are often imitated!

Hey, I'm Captain Mike Nielsen

South Lake Tahoe, United States
Background
Born and raised Tahoe native, I've been guiding Lake Tahoe since 1996 professionally with major sponsorships from industry-leading brands such as Rapala, Storm, Sufix, Luhr Jensen, VMC, Cabelas, Scotty, and more! Fish with the best!
Techniques
We do it all. Drift live bait, troll, vertical jig, many of the other charter boats use techniques produced and perfected by us. Through print media and seminars performed by us over last 28 years our techniques are often imitated!
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My Charter Listing

Tahoe Topliners Fishing โ€“ Est. 1996

Excellent
5.0 / 5
(43 reviews)
South Lake Tahoe
 Last booking: 2 days ago
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Trips from US $250

Fishing Reports

Fish with the best or fish with the rest
Fish with the best or fish with the rest
Oct 5, 2025 South Lake Tahoe
With 30 years guiding Tahoe and an additional 15 years prior of Tahoe expertise Capt. Mike knows each season on the Lake and the October bite currently offers all 5 species and we have been getting 4 or the 5 most days. Our clients are taking multiple species home for dinner or to Mc Duffs restaurant to enjoy an amazing meal. Weather forcasts show mikd temps going forward and we expect the bite to continue!
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Fish with the best or fish with the rest
Fish with the best or fish with the rest
Oct 5, 2025 South Lake Tahoe
With 30 years guiding Tahoe and an additional 15 years prior of Tahoe expertise Capt. Mike knows each season on the Lake and the October bite currently offers all 5 species and we have been getting 4 or the 5 most days. Our clients are taking multiple species home for dinner or to Mc Duffs restaurant to enjoy an amazing meal. Weather forcasts show mikd temps going forward and we expect the bite to continue!
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Anglers Choice!
Anglers Choice!
Aug 13, 2025 South Lake Tahoe
With 30 years of guiding experience and 45 of Tahoe Knowledge Capt Mike Nielsen the only fully sponsored Guide on Tahoe will rake you to you target CATCH!! These photos are all recent and currently we are RED HOT on Sockeye/ Kokanee salmon and Lake Trout! We also have been carching Rainbows and Browns when targeting them! Cone join us!
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Anglers Choice!
Anglers Choice!
Aug 13, 2025 South Lake Tahoe
With 30 years of guiding experience and 45 of Tahoe Knowledge Capt Mike Nielsen the only fully sponsored Guide on Tahoe will rake you to you target CATCH!! These photos are all recent and currently we are RED HOT on Sockeye/ Kokanee salmon and Lake Trout! We also have been carching Rainbows and Browns when targeting them! Cone join us!
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June 2025
June 2025
Jun 6, 2025 South Lake Tahoe
Hello anglers, Our june bite right now has 3-4 species available, the Lake trout are biting and some very large specimens are showing up! Most fish are running 2-5 lbs which are perfect for Mcduffs to cook em up for our clients! Some large ones from 12-20 lbs abd one 30 lb hace bedn caught in recent weeks with our best 19 lbs! Brown trout are still biting with good numbers from 2-5 lbs but the big one is coming soon. Cutthroat avd Rainbow triut occasionally show in the catches but were most excited for the browns! Come join us before the crowds!
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Spring Brown trout
Spring Brown trout
Mar 28, 2025 South Lake Tahoe
Come join us and target tge kakes most special species. We have set abd currently hold the last 4 lake records for Brown trout. Many of the guides yse our proven techniques we perfected over our 30 years guiding Tahoe! Fish with the best or fish with the rest!
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
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Crew
Excellent
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Experience
Excellent
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Robert K.
Excellent
4.7 / 5
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4.0 / 5
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Great experience!

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip on June 28, 2025
Captain Mike and the boat were terrific. The fish didnโ€™t cooperate as much as we would have liked, but the experience was...
Robert K. recommends Tahoe Topliners Fishing โ€“ Est. 1996
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Michael P.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Tough eas wind bie

VERIFIED   NEW  5 Hour Trip (Shared) on October 16, 2025
Scott was a great captain and showed us a great time for my wifeโ€™s Birthday. Strong east wind made for a tough bite but we...
Michael P. recommends Tahoe Topliners Fishing โ€“ Est. 1996
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Peter D.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great day with Captain Mike

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip on June 3, 2025
Took my son and 2 grandsons out for a day of fishing. Captain Mike met all our expectations plus +. He got us on the fish and...
Peter D. recommends Tahoe Topliners Fishing โ€“ Est. 1996
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Lisa M.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Mike got us on the bite

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip (Shared) on September 24, 2025
At first the trip was very slow and not many bites. Then Capt Mike changed up the game and put us on the bite using the jig...
Lisa M. recommends Tahoe Topliners Fishing โ€“ Est. 1996
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Brian F.
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Jersey Boys

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip on September 15, 2025
Had my buddies visiting from the east coast. We โ€œhooked upโ€ with Captain Mike. The whole day was filled with great laughter,...
Brian F. recommends Tahoe Topliners Fishing โ€“ Est. 1996
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