Southern Nevada Fish Reports

Anglers are catching striped bass with anchovies and live shad near the Hemenway Fishing Pier. They are finding better fishing early in the morning and overnight rather than during the daytime. Boaters are having luck when trolling shad lures 40 feet down. Black bass action is picking up around Callville Bay. Anglers are using bone-colored swimbaits and walking baits.

Much of the reservoir has 6 to 8 inches of ice. Anglers have found success using orange PowerBait and night crawlers. Verify ice conditions before walking on it. For up-to-date information on conditions contact Spring Valley State Park at 775-962-5102.

The reservoir is still mostly covered by ice too thin to walk on. There have been some small patches of open water anglers can reach from shore. For up-to-date ice conditions contact Echo Canyon State Park at 775-962-5103.

Rainbow trout up to 4 pounds are hitting jointed swimbaits just offshore at Willow Beach. Smaller fish are taking combinations of PowerBait and mice tails. Lake Mohave anglers are trolling for striped bass at the south end. Fish close to 10 pounds have been caught on shad swimbaits.

Anglers are finding good fishing for rainbow trout following recent fish plants. The fish have been taking a variety of worms, bright-colored Rooster Tails, and rainbow-colored PowerBait. Cold mornings have slowed catfish and bass fishing. The limit is three fish regardless of species. Check the regulations before heading out and please use the recycle bins at the ponds for unwanted fishing line and tackle.

Black bass action is steadily improving in pockets all over the reservoir. Ned rigs with green pumpkin worms and Rat-L-Traps are popular choices. Crappies are hitting hard plastics in the early morning in the shallows throughout the Overton Arm. Striped bass are cruising deeper water. Try jigging shad lures in at least 40 feet of water.

Ice fishing groups are setting up near the dam. Anglers are having the best luck with various colors of PowerBait or night crawlers. The ice is averages 8-10 inches thick over most of the lake. For up-to-date ice conditions, contact Spring Valley State Park at 775-962-5102.

Due to colder than average overnight temperatures much of the lake is covered with thin ice, leaving only a small open spot in the center. The ice is not thick enough for fishing. There were no fishing reports for this past week. For up-to-date ice conditions, contact Echo Canyon State Park at 775-962-5103.

Anglers are landing rainbow trout with night crawlers and PowerBait. Stripers are taking baits below Davis Dam and south of Big Bend State Recreation Area. Hard plastics in bright colors and frozen anchovies are popular choices.

Willow Beach anglers are fishing south of the marina to avoid increasingly weedy shoreline areas. Double-digit stripers are taking jointed swimbaits along drop-offs. Soft shad swimbaits are getting the attention of stripers near the dam. Glide baits and topwater lures are tempting black bass in about 10 feet of water in coves.

The Nevada Department of Wildlife stocked rainbow trout in Beatty Pond and in the ponds at Veteran’s Memorial, Sunset, Lorenzi, and Floyd Lamb Parks last week. The fish have been biting on PowerBait, mealworms, and night crawlers, as well as small spinning lures and spoons.

Boaters are having luck with stripers up to 4 pounds in the Boulder Basin. Some are trolling soft swimbaits, and others are jigging in around 40 feet of water. Smallmouth and largemouth bass are hitting watermelon-colored worms and green pumpkin jigs. Crappie anglers are experimenting with tube jigs and swimbaits in the Overton Arm.

Anglers have been venturing out on about 8 inches of ice and have found success dropping night crawlers and PowerBait. NDOW urges anglers to use extreme caution on the ice, to check weather conditions and always go prepared for weather changes. Contact Spring Valley State Park for current ice conditions

The reservoir is mostly covered in thin ice. There are some open sections, but it is not safe for ice fishing. Contact Echo Canyon State Park for current ice conditions.

Shore anglers are staying busy catching limits of rainbow trout. Trout jigs and mice tails in bright colors are working well. Anglers are throwing soft swimbaits 10-15 feet from shore to land stripers weighing more than 5 pounds.