Southern Nevada Fish Reports

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.

Willow Beach anglers are seeing rainbow trout activity throughout the day. Boaters in the area are battling weeds and are finding the best fishing conditions south of the marina. Lake Mohave boaters are trolling swimbaits to tempt striped bass at the openings of coves near Davis Dam. Black bass are hitting both soft and jointed plastics near shore.

The Nevada Department of Wildlife planted rainbow trout in the valley ponds. The fish have been taking a variety of worms and spinners. The most popular baits are rainbow-colored PowerBait, night crawlers, mealworms, and mini marshmallows with a salmon egg.

Live shad, anchovies, and soft plastics are producing striper bites. Anglers are seeing schools cruising in about 30 to 40 feet of water. Reports of black bass action are coming in from Hemenway, Temple Bar, and the Overton Arm. Some anglers are experimenting with hard plastics in shad and bluegill patterns, while others are committed to soft plastics on Ned rigs. Crappie are biting tube