Southern Nevada Fish Reports

Anglers have been catching crappie, largemouth and rainbow trout. The crappie bite should be slowing down. A popper, streamers, spinners and plastic baits all work well for bucket mouths. Try worms, PowerBait, spinners and flies for trout.

Slow. That's still the word on fishing coming out of Cottonwood Cove and fishing pressure is light. Anglers have found some success for stripers, catfish and largemouth bass at locations throughout the lake. Striper fishing should pick up as the summer progresses.

Boaters have been finding some success for both smallmouth and largemouth bass in the upper reaches of the lake. The fish have been holding near structure and brush. Anglers have been taking the fish with crankbaits, plastic worms and tube baits. Stripers are beginning to push shad to the surface and creating some opportunities for top-water fishing. Top-water action should pick up as striper boils

Free Fishing Day had the anglers working the water for largemouth bass, crappie and trout on this small reservoir. Daytime temperatures are a little warmer here than at Eagle Valley. Fish the cooler times of the day, early morning and late afternoon and evening. Fish the structure for bass and crappies. Try rainbow PowerBait or worms for trout and spinners or plastic baits for bass.

Anglers were out in low numbers last weekend and action continues to be slow. Anglers have found some success for catfish and stripers, though there is no word of anything very big. No report for Willow Beach.

Winds have held anglers at bay for much of the past week and have made fishing difficult. Some striper fishermen have found top-water action, but most of the fish caught have been taken on bait. Stripers have been seen chasing shad to the surface. The key is a willingness to work for the fish; passive anglers will find the going slow. Fishermen have been finding

Located about 20 miles east of Pioche, this reservoir is home to largemouth bass, crappie and rainbow trout. For the bucket mouths try plastic baits, spinners and lures. If you prefer flies try poppers or streamers. Anglers have been taking crappie on small Gitzits fished below a pencil bobber. You can also try small crappie jigs. For rainbow trout night crawlers, PowerBait, and spinners have

Angling pressure has been light, though some have been reeling in a few fish. Anglers pulled in a pair of 20-inch fish while trolling a four-inch swim bait resembling a rainbow trout. The fish were caught just above Cottonwood Cove Marina on the Nevada side. Fishermen have also seen some fish in the 16-inch range. Largemouth bass have also been showing up near Cottonwood and

Smallmouth and largemouth bass are hitting in the Overton Arm. The fish are hanging out near structures and brush. Plastic worms fished on a drop shot rig and crank baits are enticing the fish. One pair of anglers reeled in more than 20 fish on Saturday morning. Striped bass have been pushing shad to the surface in the same general area. In the Vegas Bay

Largemouth bass, crappie and rainbow trout. Anglers were catching them all over the holiday weekend. Crappie were hitting a small Gitzit fished about two feet below a pencil bobber. Bass were hitting just about anything anglers were opted to throw ??? spinners, lures and plastics. In the early morning the bass were being caught along the southern shoreline, but as the temperatures warmed up the

Anglers are having some success for striped bass, but the action has yet to really pick up. Those who are catching fish have used a variety of techniques from trolling to still-fishing and casting lures. A few channel cats have also shown up. They seem to favor chicken livers and anchovies. Largemouth bass have been active in the lower end of the lake near Katherine

Heavy boating traffic associated with the holiday weekend kept many anglers at home or off the water. Those who went out picked up a few stripers, mostly on live shad. Tim Myers, president of the Nevada BASS Federation, said fishing for both largemouth and smallmouth bass has been very good in recent weeks. Much of the action has been coming in the bays and coves

Anglers have been reeling in what one park ranger described as "nice-sized crappie," as well as largemouth bass and rainbow trout. They recently received another load of fish from the Nevada Dept. of Wildlife. PowerBait, worms, spinners and flies should all catch trout. Crappie and bass anglers may want to try jigs and plastic baits.

Striped bass have not been very cooperative for anglers and fishing is still slow. Only a handful of fish were caught over the weekend, and they came from various parts of the lake. Trolling, still-fishing from the bank and chucking hardware all produced fish, which weighed from two to four pounds. Channel cats are also starting to show up and have been taken on chicken

Striped bass fishing has picked up substantially during the past week. Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) creel clerks checked 234 stripers at one of the fish cleaning stations in one day. Most of those were caught in the Vegas Bay arm though shore anglers have also been catching some fish along the beaches. In the Overton arm fishermen are catching fish at in the vicinity