Southern Nevada Fish Reports

Jointed swimbaits remain the lure of choice for stripers weighing more than 5 pounds at Willow Beach. Shore anglers are fighting tall grasses surrounding the fishing pier. Lake Mohave boaters are trolling deep for striped bass weighing up to 10 pounds. Some anglers are also reporting success with umbrella rigs near the dam. Black bass are striking dark-colored chigger craws and grubs in shallow coves.

Slightly cooler mornings are giving anglers more fishing opportunity. Catfish are taking hotdogs, small shrimp, or stink baits. The Nevada Department of Wildlife stocked catfish on Tuesday. Small bluegill and bass are taking chartreuse-colored lures. Anglers are encouraged to discard their unwanted fishing line and tackle in the trash cans provided at the parks. At Sunset Park, anglers can use the red and white recycling

Anglers are reporting good action from sunrise until about noon. Stripers are still boiling in the Boulder Basin and taking poppers and jerkbaits. Catfish are hitting chicken liver and anchovies overnight in Government Wash, while black bass are taking baits at the south end of Boulder Basin. Anglers have been successful with hard and soft plastics.

Rainbow trout have been hitting night crawlers combined with a bit of mini-marshmallow or chartreuse sparkle PowerBait. Crappie action has picked up with some fish taking spinning lures and small jigs.

The trout bite is improving with overnight temperatures dropping back down into the 50s. Anglers looking for trout are starting in the morning and fishing throughout the day for bass and crappie. Bass and crappies are hitting spinning lures and plastics.

Anglers using PowerBait are catching rainbow trout up to 12 inches just offshore. Small stripers averaging 1 to 2 pounds are quick to attack pink and purple jerkbaits. Chicken liver is the go-to bait for catfish since anchovies have been in short supply.

Rainbow trout up to 4 pounds have been caught in coves south of Willow Beach Marina. Anglers are experimenting with PowerBait, Panther Martins, and Rooster Tails. On Mohave, boaters trolling deep diving crankbaits are finding stripers in 20 to 40 feet of water. Black bass are hitting a variety of jerkbaits, Rat-L-Traps, and spinners thrown in about two feet of water near brushy shorelines.

Bluegill, bass, and catfish are still active and taking a variety of baits and lures. Small hooks dressed with mealworms or chunks of night crawlers are working the best for bluegill. Some young anglers have even hooked a few catfish on orange PowerBait.

Boaters are reporting that the best striped bass action is taking place before noon in the Overton Arm. Topwater baits like Zara Spooks and other light-colored hard plastics are seeing the most action. Black bass anglers are having moderate success in pockets around Hemenway and in Government Wash. Catfish up to 5 pounds are taking corn and worms throughout the Boulder Basin.

Cool nighttime temperatures are slowing down the aquatic vegetation and it should be clearing up soon. Crappies have been jigs and plastics. Trout and bass are hitting spinners and night crawlers.  

The trout bite is improving with overnight temperatures starting to drop. Anglers are starting in the morning for trout and fishing throughout the day for bass and crappies. The bass and crappies are hitting spinning lures and plastics.

Anglers are catching stripers weighing between 1 and 6 pounds in shallow water along the shoreline of the river. Trout-patterned lures, especially jerkbaits, are tempting the fish. Frozen anchovies are a reliable choice as well. Anglers are experimenting with both hard and soft plastics to fool smallies near Laughlin Lagoon.

Willow Beach stripers in the 10-pound range are hitting trolled swimbaits. On the lake, black bass are showing a preference for soft plastic grubs, craws, and worms in green pumpkin. The bite is hit and miss but expected to pick up as the seasons change in the coming weeks. Striped bass have been caught at depths between 40 and 60 feet near Davis Dam.  

Fishing has been good overall at the ponds for bluegill, bass, and catfish. The best action continues to be in the morning and at sunset. Catfish are taking worms, hotdog pieces, and stink baits. Bluegill are taking worm pieces and PowerBait grubs. Bass are hitting on Rat-L-Traps and plastics.  

Stripers are biting at dawn and dusk. Hard shad plastics are taking hits seconds after they are thrown into a boil. Black bass fishing is very slow, but a few anglers have had luck around Callville Bay with spinnerbaits and chatterbaits. Anglers targeting catfish and carp near Hemenway are succeeding with anchovies and corn beginning in the late afternoon.

With passing heatwaves, aquatic vegetation continues to be an issue. Hopefully, overnight temperatures will start dropping in earnest and the vegetation will clear up. Trout and bass are hitting on a variety of lures and flies, as well as taking PowerBait and night crawlers.

 Anglers starting in the morning before it heats up are catching bass and crappies using jigs and small spinning lures. With overnight temperatures beginning to drop, the trout bite is improving. Anglers are using spinners, flies, and PowerBait in sunset sparkle.  

South of Casino Row, anglers are catching striped bass on trout-patterned lures and anchovies. Bluegill are taking night crawlers fished under a bobber in shallow areas. Catfish and black bass fishing is slow with some action being reported in marshy areas of Laughlin Lagoon.