Southern Nevada Fish Reports

Catfish and stripers are most active below the dam. Fishing is good when the winds cooperate. Night crawlers and anchovies are both catching catfish, while stripers seem to prefer anchovies. The dam and casino areas are seeing the most action. Most of the stripers are in the 1- to 3-pound range. The Big Bend area also has been productive.

Anchovies and jointed swimbaits are attracting striped bass at the north and south ends of the reservoir. Night crawlers and anchovies are fooling catfish just 30 feet from shore. Bass fishing is good in and around coves. Both largemouth and smallmouth bass are taking swimbaits. At Willow Beach, trout fishing is good from the fishing pier to the coves just south of the beach areas.

Action at the ponds has been slow, though bluegill continue to take mealworms, night crawlers and micro lures. The best fishing takes place in the morning. The Nevada Department of Wildlife plans to plant catfish sometime this week.

Stripers and catfish have been keeping anglers busy during the early morning hours in the Boulder Basin. Deep diving Rapalas are bringing in smallmouth bass, stripers and even catfish. At the moment, catfish seem to be taking a variety of baits and lures. Live shad and anchovies are always a good option for stripers as well as catfish. Anglers fishing for stripers in Government Wash

Vegetation is presenting shore anglers with some challenges. Boaters are having a little more success beyond the weed beds. Bass are taking plastic worms in dark colors, but crawdad imitations are working best. Rainbow trout are hitting PowerBait in rainbow or green colors with glitter.

Weeds are getting thicker along the shoreline and the water is getting lower as the summer continues. Boaters are finding good fishing for rainbow trout in the morning and bass later in the day. The trout are taking rainbow PowerBait, as well as the chartreuse glitter varieties. Bass are hitting bright colored frog and crawdad plastics.

Striped bass are cruising the river below Davis Dam and hitting on anchovies or large crankbaits. Most stripers are averaging 1 to 2 pounds. One lucky angler reeled in a catfish weighing 13 pounds below Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area. The angler was fishing with anchovies from his boat at night.

Anglers are reporting good action for smallmouth bass and striped bass while largemouth bass fishing has been sluggish. The smallies are hanging along drop offs and the largemouth bass are a little deeper in submerged brush. Plastic crawdads and worms are fooling the bass in Cottonwood Basin. Striper action has been spotty though anglers are having success overnight using anchovies. Rainbow trout and stripers in

Bluegill are biting on worm pieces at Floyd Lamb, Lorenzi and Veterans’ Memorial parks. Lorenzi also has feisty green sunfish. These fish are small so they will be easier to catch with small hooks and small worms. Bass are hitting bright colored jigs and spinnerbaits

Boiling stripers are taking anchovies and topwater lures throughout Boulder Basin and north toward the Overton Arm. For bait fishermen, stripers weighing from 1 to 3 pounds are taking cut anchovies. When fishing a boil, stay away from the edge and cast to the opposite side to avoid spooking the fish. Jointed swimbaits, pencil poppers and shad imitations are working for stripers. Silver and yellow