Southern Nevada Fish Reports

Anglers can only use artificial lures in Dacey, no baits at all. Bass are actively hitting 3-inch minnow plastics in white. Anglers are using small jigs and nightcrawlers fished below a bobber to entice trout while keeping their bait off the bottom. Anglers can expect to find windy and warm days ahead. Winds can come up quickly, so anglers should pay attention to the weather

Bass are actively hitting 3-inch minnow plastics in white. Anglers are using small jigs and nightcrawlers fished below a bobber to entice trout while keeping their bait off the bottom. Anglers can expect to find windy and warm days ahead. Winds can come up quickly, so anglers should pay attention to the weather forecast and be prepared to alter their plans as needed. With seasonal

Bass are actively hitting 3-inch minnow plastics in white. Anglers are using small jigs and nightcrawlers fished below a bobber to entice trout while keeping their bait off the bottom. Anglers can expect to find windy and warm days ahead. Winds can come up quickly, so anglers should pay attention to the weather forecast and be prepared to alter their plans as needed. With seasonal

Despite vegetation making fishing difficult in recent days, trout are hitting PowerBait and night crawlers in the morning and again toward sunset. Bass and crappie have been hitting baits a little longer through the day. Jigs and Woolly Buggers are catching the fish. Temperatures are climbing into the 80s during the day and dropping into the 50s at night.

Summer temperatures are increasing seasonal vegetation growth along the shorelines and making fishing difficult. Largemouth bass have been hitting on imitation craws, plastic worms and grubs in dark colors. Green or root beer color tube baits, small jigs and nightcrawler pieces fished below a bobber are catching crappie. The bobber helps to keep one’s bait above the vegetation. Anglers have had better success early in

Anglers are using anchovies and stink bait in tubes to catch striped bass and catfish below Casino Row. The fish are averaging 2 pounds. Black bass are going for poppers and rattling jigs throughout the morning hours. Anglers are finding the bite to be quite slow during periods of heat warning in the afternoon.

Anglers are catching striped bass in the evening and early mornings around the Willow Beach fishing pier. The fish seem most interested in chasing jointed rainbow trout swimbaits. Further south, between Cottonwood Cove and Telephone Cove, anglers are finding catfish in and around the coves. Largemouth and smallmouth bass are chasing a variety of crankbaits and plastics.

Anglers are catching a mixed bag of stripers and black bass on plastics and crankbaits. Stripers are boiling toward the end of the day throughout the Boulder Basin. Kastmasters and plastic minnows are catching the attention of boiling stripers. Jumpin’ Minnows, Zara Spooks and poppers will also catch the fish. The crappie bite has slowed in the Overton Arm while catfish are taking stink baits