Southern Nevada Fish Reports

Catfish are biting outside of Willow Beach and on the south end near Katherine Landing.  The fish are taking chicken liver and anchovies.  Striped bass also are taking anchovies.  Trolling has been especially effective.  Black bass are taking jigs and swimbaits.  Whopper Ploppers are fooling the fish.  Marshy coves are hiding catfish and black bass, while stripers are cruising outside of the coves.

The NDOW September catfish plant is scheduled for the end of the month and will be followed by another plant in October.  Bluegill, catfish and bass are taking mealworms and chunks of night crawlers at most of the ponds.  Catfish also are taking hotdogs as well as chicken gizzards.

Striper fishing remains good.  Anglers are catching the line sides outside of Callville Bay and in the vicinity of Boulder Beach.  Morning and sunset hours continue to be the most productive times of day.  Poppers and Rooster Tails are catching both stripers and black bass.  The black bass are hiding along drop-offs about 20 feet down.  As temperatures begin to cool, bass will move into

With overnight temperatures cooling significantly, the aquatic vegetation along the shorelines should start to back off soon.  Trout and bass are hitting well on a variety of lures, flies and PowerBait in rainbow, orange or green colorations.  The fish are also taking night crawlers.  

 The bass and crappie action has showed signs of slowing down this past week, but jigs and small spinning lures are still producing some bites in the mornings.  The trout bite has been improving as overnight temperatures continue to cool.  The fish are taking spinners, spoons and flies, along with PowerBait in rainbow sparkle or the usual green or orange colorations.

Fishing has been slow in the casino area, but the action does pick up when a school of stripers comes through the area. The area around Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area has been producing stripers in the 4- and 8-pound range. The fish are taking anchovies. Catfish are biting in the marshy area below Big Bend area.

National Public Lands Day is Sept. 22. NDOW will join the National Park Service and other agencies to provide educational activities at the Colorado River Heritage Greenway Park in Laughlin from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.   To register for this or other classes visit www.ndow.org/Education/.  

Catfish have been hanging out in the backs of coves and anglers are finding the best action for these fish at night.  Anglers are using light colored spinners for black bass but have brought in catfish on them as well.  The largemouth bass bite has been slow.  Striped bass are being caught near Willow Beach or in coves.  Most of the action is taking place

 Fishing has been good for bluegill, bass, and catfish.  The best action continues to be early in the morning and after sunset. Fish on the bottom with hot dog slices, night crawlers or stink bait for catfish. For bluegill try small fly patterns, mealworms or small red worms. The next catfish plant is scheduled the last week of September.    

 With temperatures holding in the 100-degree range, anglers targeting striped bass have had better success jigging in deeper water.  Despite the abundance of live bait, fish are hitting mostly on artificial lures.  Sunrise continues to be the best time to hit the water.  Black bass species are hitting occasionally on shad but are primarily taking lures in about 45-60 feet of water

Fishing action has been good for trout and bass, but the crappie bite has slowed.  Trout are taking PowerBait in rainbow, orange, or green colorations, as well as night crawlers.

 The trout bite is starting to pick up with the dropping nighttime temperatures.  The fish have been most active in the morning hours and after sunset.  They are taking PowerBait in rainbow-sparkle, and also orange or green.

Striped bass and catfish are taking baits above Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area and through Casino Row.  Stripers averaging between 1 and 3 pounds are mainly taking anchovies fished from boats and the shoreline.  Some local anglers are recommending bait saver thread for keeping cut anchovies on your hook.  Trout stocking below the dam should resume sometime in September.  

Catfish action has been good at the south end of the reservoir.  The fish are taking worms and anchovies fished off the bottom.  Striped Bass are biting jointed swimbaits.  Fishing is slow for black bass, but the bluegill bite is good.  Trout are biting on worms and spinners out of Willow Beach.  

Fishing for Bluegill and Green Sunfish remains good in most of the urban ponds.  Catfish action has been good following the August plant.  The fish are taking night crawlers, hot dog slices or chicken gizzards.  

Anglers enjoyed good fishing over the holiday weekend.  Stripers are taking lures and jigs, while rattle baits and buzzbaits in silver patterns are getting the bites from bass.  Sunset remains the most productive part of the fishing day, but night fishing can be very good, especially under a light.  Spinnerbaits and plastics are catching black bass in the Boulder Basin and the Overton Arm.  The