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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Tahoe Topliners Fishing โ€“ Est. 1996

Excellent
5.0 / 5
(43 reviews)
South Lake Tahoe
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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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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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John L.
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What a great fishing trip

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip on August 2, 2024
Mike has decades of experience fishing in Lake Tahoe, and he was very open to share his fishing wisdom with all of us.ย  We...
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Daniel P.
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Jigging all day ๐Ÿ˜Ž

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip (Shared) on June 16, 2024
Awesome morning on Lake Tahoe today. Captain Mike new exactly where to take us and we caught lots of fish. What an awesome...
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Brendan R.
Excellent
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First and only guide I will use in Lake Tahoe.

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip (Shared) on June 7, 2024
Me and my girlfriend went fishing with Mike and had a great time. Mike is a Tahoe native and will not only get you on fish...
Brendan R. recommends Tahoe Topliners Fishing โ€“ Est. 1996
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Michael W.
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Great fishing trip

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip (Shared) on May 14, 2024
Beautiful day to catch fish.ย  Mike took his secret spot and were able to pull in the fish.ย  Couldnโ€™t ask for more than...
Michael W. recommends Tahoe Topliners Fishing โ€“ Est. 1996
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Dan S.
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Very Experienced Captain!

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip (Shared) on October 22, 2024
Captain Mike is super personable very experienced and very knowledgeable about the lake. He put us on fish within the first...
Dan S. recommends Tahoe Topliners Fishing โ€“ Est. 1996
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