Southern Nevada Fish Reports

Anglers are catching bass and crappie using jigs and small spinning lures. The best action occurs in the early morning hours. The trout bite is improving as overnight temperatures begin to fall. Anglers are using spinners, flies, and PowerBait in sunset sparkle.

Shore anglers are catching stripers between 1 and 3 pounds along the Colorado River. Anchovies or trout pattern lures are producing the most catches. Boaters are having better luck landing larger fish. Few reports about catfish and black bass have come in.

High temperatures are making it tough to catch rainbow trout at Willow Beach. Stripers are hit and miss from the shoreline, but boaters are reporting success just south of Willow Beach. Swimbaits and anchovies are producing catches. The striper bite is beginning to pick up in the Cottonwood Basin. Reports say that fish up to 7 pounds have been hitting anchovies or taking trolled swimbaits.

Fishing has been good for bluegill, bass, and catfish.  The best action continues to be early in the morning and after sunset. Catfish are taking stink baits and hotdogs. Bluegill love mealworms, green grubs, and night crawler pieces.

Striped bass are chasing threadfin shad throughout the Boulder Basin. Anglers are having success with chrome Rat-L-Traps and soft plastic swimbaits in shad patterns. Black bass are showing a preference for chartreuse colored lures and Ned rigs in the Overton Arm and Las Vegas Bay. Worms fished in Government Wash are attracting bluegill and catfish.

Cool nights have helped reduce shoreline vegetation. Anglers have been catching 10- to 12-inch rainbow trout in the early mornings. Crappies are taking white jigs along reed beds and the dock. Anglers taking to the water are catching bass with flies and plastics.

Some areas are becoming more fishable as aquatic vegetation begins to dissipate with cooler nighttime temperatures. Water levels are low, and trout fishing has been slow. Crappies are biting on worms or jigs fished about four feet below a bobber. Look for the fish out past the vegetation along the shore. Bass are active throughout the morning and hitting on plastics, including creature baits.

Shore anglers are reporting striper bites throughout Big Bend State Recreation Area. Most fish are weighing between 1 and 3 pounds, but one lucky angler reeled in a 7-pound striper using anchovies. Large crankbaits in shad patterns are also fooling the stripers. Catfish are hit and miss, with the best action coming to those using anchovies overnight. 

Willow Beach is a hot spot for large striped bass and catfish. Stripers between 15 and 20 pounds are taking jointed swimbaits fished from boats overnight. Shore anglers are catching catfish and smaller stripers from the fishing pier using anchovies. 

On the reservoir, the smallmouth bite is on in the coves just north of Katherine Landing. Soft plastic crawdads and worms on a Ned rig are producing catches near drop-offs. Striped bass are taking baits trolled near Davis Dam

Southern Nevada is having another heatwave, so fishing for sunfish and bass will still be best at sunrise and sunset. Small night crawler pieces fished off the bottom are working very well for bluegill and green sunfish. Bass are hitting spinners and crankbaits.

Striper boils are popping up throughout the Boulder Basin. Boaters able to keep up with the boils are catching fish between 1 and 3 pounds on anchovies and topwater lures. Catfish anglers are reporting fish weighing up to 5 pounds taking catfish chunk bait in Government Wash. Black bass are cruising the coves of the Overton Arm. Largemouth averaging 3 pounds are taking spinners and