Southern Nevada Fish Reports

NDOW recently stocked the reservoir with 500 pounds of rainbow trout. Anglers have been successful using night crawlers and white or sparkle PowerBait varieties.  Fishing is good from the dam and shorelines clear of aquatic vegetation.

Shore anglers are having the most success for striped bass below Big Bend. Trout action is expected to pick up following the recent fish plants below Davis Dam and near the Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area. Fly-fishing with an Elk Hair Caddis or throwing a Rooster Tail on a spinning rod are great options for catching the rainbows. Stripers from 1 to

Striped bass action is steady from Cottonwood Cove to Willow Beach. The fish are hitting on swimbaits and anchovies. Anglers are finding good fishing for stocked rainbow trout following weekly fish plants at Willow Beach. PowerBait and night crawlers will catch the fish. Smallmouth bass are hitting jigs and dark plastics above Davis Dam and near Cottonwood Cove.

With nighttime temperatures dropping into the 30s, the bluegill and bass bites are slow. The best chance for catching bluegill and bass is when the afternoon sun warms up the ponds. The last catfish plant of the season is slated for this week for Floyd Lamb, Sunset, Lorenzi, and Veterans’ Memorial Park ponds. Hafen Park pond in Mesquite is under repair, so it did not

Cooler mornings and lower daytime temperatures are providing great fishing opportunities for bass. Black bass and striped bass are hitting swimbaits and anchovies from shore. From the boat anglers are catching stripers by trolling swimbaits in the early morning and jigging in the afternoon. Both catfish and stripers are hitting anchovies fished off the bottom in the Overton Arm and Government Wash areas.

Rainbow, tiger, and brown trout have all been hitting well this past week. The Nevada Department of Wildlife recently stocked the reservoir with rainbows. Anglers are reporting good action with night crawlers, garlic PowerBait eggs, and Mepp’s spinners in both gold and silver. Temperatures are dropping into freezing range, making afternoons and evenings the most productive time of day.

NDOW recently stocked with reservoir with rainbow trout. Anglers have found goof fishing with a variety of baits and lures. Water levels are low and creating a variety of shore fishing options.

Anglers are finding good fishing for stocked rainbow trout below Davis Dam and through Casino Row. Mouse tails and spinners have been catching the fish. Stripers in the 1- to 3-pound range have been hitting anchovies and jointed Glide Baits. Black Bass are hanging around the aquatic vegetation below Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area.

Anglers are reporting moderate success for stripers across the lake. Both shore anglers and boaters are finding success with anchovies fished just off the bottom. Stripers in the 6- to 10-pound range are chasing trout swimbaits about 10 feet down. Catfish are taking anchovies in the backs of coves below Willow Beach and outside of Cottonwood Cove. With the arrival of fall weather, trout fishing

The last seasonal catfish plant for 2019 is planned for next week in the urban ponds. Action has been a little slow around the ponds with catfish taking night crawlers and stink baits. Cold nighttime temperatures have put a damper on bluegill action, but action does pick up in the afternoons. Persistent anglers have gotten some bass out of Floyd Lamb using dark-colored jigs and

 With water temperatures dropping, striped bass are moving in toward shore where anglers should experience improved fishing. Anglers can find better fishing between depths of 25 and 40 feet. There has been an abundance of threadfin shad anglers are using as live bait. Catfish are hitting anchovies fished from shore in Government Wash and around the Hemenway Fishing Pier. Kayakers and boaters are finding good

Both shoreline anglers and boaters have found good action for rainbow and tiger trout in the 10- to 12-inch range. The trout bite has been best through in the morning hours. Anglers are catching the fish with worms and PowerBait. Bass are still hitting baits but are doing so later in the day. Early morning temperatures have been dropping below the freezing mark.

 Rainbow trout have been biting well for the few anglers working the lake. Pink, orange, and green PowerBait have been productive. So too have small spinners for those using lures. Fly-anglers are catching trout and bass with dark colored Woolly Buggers.

One-pound stripers are taking cut anchovies from boaters and shore anglers above Big Bend. Larger stripers seem to prefer swimbaits, or a white Bomber Long A fished a couple of feet down. Trout are biting through Casino Row, and anglers are hitting this area hard. Black bass are hitting on plastics along the shelves in coves.

Stocked rainbow trout are providing good fishing for anglers following weekly plants by the National Fish Hatchery. Striped bass can be caught with trout imitations. including both soft plastics and jointed swimbaits. Anglers have been catching fish between 5 and 20 pounds. One California angler reported that he caught a 28-pound striper recently on a homemade lure. Catfish are holding in coves below Cottonwood Basin

Fishing has been sluggish with fish feeding at night during the full moon. The action should pick up this next week. Hot dog pieces, night crawlers or stink baits will catch the fish. The last catfish plant of the 2019 season is slated for the end of October.

Anglers have been able to take advantage of cooler morning and evening temperatures to catch black bass, stripers, and catfish. Striped bass action has been good for shore anglers in the Las Vegas Bay area and boaters around the Boulder Islands. Anchovies, live shad, and jointed swimbaits are catching the fish.