Southern Nevada Fish Reports

Stocked rainbow trout have been taking worms, silver Rooster Tails, and rainbow-colored PowerBait. Some anglers are catching catfish and bass in the warm afternoons. There is a 3-fish limit and no fish or fish parts can be used in urban ponds. Please place discarded fishing line in garbage cans or fishing line receptacles.

 Anglers are reporting good striper action in the early morning hours and at dusk. In the Hemenway area, stripers in the 2- to 4-pound range are biting on anchovies. At Government Wash, anglers are catching fish in about 50 feet of water using shad colored jigs and swimbaits fished off the bottom. Smallmouth bass are biting plastic worms and crawdads in shallow coves. Expect the

Spring Valley State Park had their annual golf tournament, which also included lots of ice fishing groups out on the ice. Anglers are having the best luck with PowerBait colors and night crawlers. The ice is still 8-10-inches thick over most of the reservoir. For up to date ice conditions contact the park at 775-962-5102

Thin ice covers much of the reservoir, though a small open area remains in the center. Ice conditions remain unsafe for fishing. For up-to-date ice conditions contact the park at 775-962-5103.

Shore anglers are catching limits of rainbow trout with night crawlers and spinners. The striper bite is picking up along Big Bend State Recreation Area.  Anchovies are a top bait for this stretch of the river, bringing in both striped bass and catfish. Just below Davis Dam, an angler reportedly caught a 25-pound striper using a shad pattern Glide Bait.

A few anglers have been rewarded with catfish while fishing after dusk at Willow Beach. Rainbow trout are biting on rainbow PowerBait, Rooster Tails and small spoons. One angler reported catching a 5-pound trout on pink eggs. Further south, anglers are catching 4- to 7-pound stripers on anchovies. Smallmouth bass are active near the shelves and largemouth bass are being found in shallow coves.

The Nevada Department of Wildlife stocked rainbow trout in Beatty and the Las Vegas area urban ponds last week. Plans call for an additional plant in the valley ponds next week. Cold Creek also is on the list. The fish have been biting on PowerBait, mealworms, and night crawlers, as well as small spinning lures and spoons. Please dispose of discarded fishing line in provided

Anglers are catching striped bass in the 2- to 4-pound range near Hemenway and Boulder Harbor. Fish are biting primarily on anchovies, but some anglers have reported success using PowerBait floating eggs and imitation shad swimbaits. Black bass action has been slow, but with warmer temperatures in the forecast anglers may find the fish biting in shallow coves.

Anglers have been venturing onto the ice. The reservoir is covered by about is 8 to10 inches of ice. Anglers are finding success using night crawlers and PowerBait. NDOW is encouraging anglers to check weather conditions prior to making the trip and to always go prepared for weather changes. Contact Spring Valley State Park at 775-962-5102 for current ice conditions.

There is some open water on the southside of the reservoir, but it is mostly covered in thin ice. Contact Echo Canyon State Park at 775-962-5103 for current ice conditions.

The north end of Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area has been good for stripers and trout hiding in deep coves. The striper bite is beginning to pick up along Casino Row. One angler reportedly reeled in a 14-pound striper using a topwater lure. Shore anglers are catching stocked rainbow trout all along the Colorado River. The fish are biting on night crawlers,

The black bass bite is picking up. Some anglers are catching fish that weigh between three- and six-pounds using glide baits and topwater lures. Stripers as large as three pounds are biting on anchovies at the south end of the reservoir. At Willow Beach largemouth bass are hitting soft plastics and jigs in olive and watermelon colors. Anglers also are enjoying the rainbow trout bite

Rainbow trout plants are scheduled again this week, but are dependent on road conditions in northern Nevada. Stocked rainbows have been taking a variety of baits and small lures, such as rainbow-colored PowerBait, night crawlers, mealworms and mini marshmallows combined with a salmon egg. Spinning lures and spoons, such as Rooster Tails, Mepp’s, Super Dupers and Kastmasters have been catching fish.

Stripers are biting on minnow jigs and shad colored jerkbaits in about 40 feet of water at Government Wash. Anglers have reported catching 4- to 5-pound stripers at Hemenway Harbor using anchovies. Catfish have also been biting on anchovies fished along shelves. Action for black bass and sunfish has been slow. However, a couple anglers reported catching largemouth bass on minnow jigs and sinking fly