Southern Nevada Fish Reports

Like the weather, fishing has been somewhat unpredictable. With constantly high temperatures, fish are moving out from shore during the daytime and coming closer in at night. Early risers are seeing striper boils in and around coves. Striped bass are biting on anchovies and threadfin shad, while black bass are hitting poppers and plastics. Catfish are biting on almost anything, but mostly at night. Stink

Monsoonal rains kept most people off the water over the weekend, but those who did try their luck found good fishing for rainbow trout early in the morning. The fish were taking PowerBait, night crawlers with a bit of marshmallow and small, gold spinning lures. Crappie hit the lures as well.  

 Warm water fish are providing the best fishing. Anchovies are catching striped bass all along the river. Both shore and boat anglers are catching the fish. Live or plastic worms fished along shelves are bringing in smallmouth bass. Rainbow trout are still biting below Davis Dam and around Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area.  

Smallmouth Bass and stripers are biting near Nevada Telephone Cove, and Bluegill are taking worms in the vicinity of Placer Cove.  Look for black bass in coves near Cottonwood Cove.  At Willow Beach, Striped Bass are hitting anchovies or artificial lures. Large swimbaits in trout patterns are bringing in the bigger stripers.  

Small bluegill and bass can be seen rising on some of the ponds. They are taking flies, small lures and mealworms. Heavy rains have caused murky water conditions, and that has also kept many anglers at home. The best action can be found in the morning before the temperature reaches triple digits.  

Anglers are finding good fishing for striped bass in the Boulder Basin. The fish are taking anchovies. With high daytime temperatures, the best action can be found in the early morning or evening hours. Catfish are eating almost anything fished off the bottom in coves. Shore fishing for bluegill has been very good around Government Wash.

Fishing remains good throughout the reservoir. Most anglers are catching fish with garlic-flavored PowerBait or night crawlers. Bass action has been particularly good with several anglers catching and releasing as many as 100 fish per day. Several bass have weighed more than 2 pounds.  

Action has slowed in recent days as seasonal growth of aquatic vegetation continues along the shoreline. The southeastern shore has been a hotspot for bass and crappie. The fish are taking brightly colored lures and jigs, but the best fishing is found early in the morning and after sundown.

Anglers hoping to avoid the heat are finding good fishing in the early morning and evening. Striped bass, catfish, and rainbow trout are all biting. Night crawlers are catching trout below Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area while anchovies are catching stripers and catfish.  

Black bass and stripers are biting south of Cottonwood Cove. The fish are holding in the brush along the shore. Anglers fishing from the shoreline are finding the best action for stripers and catfish during the early morning hours and in the evening. Boaters are catching stripers by fishing anchovies off the bottom during the day.  

Sunfish have been hitting mealworms at Floyd Lamb Park. Catfish and bass also are taking baits. While no reports were received from the other urban ponds, bluegill, bass and catfish should be hitting in the early morning and after sunset. Due to high temperatures, catfish will not be planted during July but stocking activity should resume in August.

The Overton Arm is fishing well for both shore anglers and boaters. This is a great place for fishing from small boats and paddlecraft, such as kayaks. Anglers are catching bass, catfish and striped bass. Swimbaits and anchovies are working best near the dam and in the Government Wash area.  

Fishing remains good. Bait anglers are doing well using PowerBait or night crawlers with a bit of mini-marshmallow. Fly-fishers are doing well using brown or dark olive bead head Woolly Buggers. Bass are taking spinning lures in the upper section near the weeds and tules. Aquatic vegetation has begun to show, but the shoreline is still fishable.  

The reservoir is starting to get weedy, but rainbow trout are hitting well, and Crappie and bass are taking jigs and spinning lures. The best fishing is taking place in the mornings.  

Everything is biting below Davis Dam. Trout are hitting on spinners and PowerBait. Striped bass are hitting baits all along Casino Row and south to Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area. Anchovies have been the best bet for stripers and catfish on the river. Fishing is good from boat and shore.

Trout are biting below Willow Beach. The fish are stocked on Fridays. A lucky grandson caught his limit of 5 this past Friday while trolling PowerBait with his Grandpa just below the beach. Stripers are biting better during the overnight hours. Fish in the 1-3 pound range are taking anchovies, though a 14-pound striper took a jointed swimbait in a trout pattern. Some fly-fishers found

 Stripers were boiling at sunrise Saturday. They are hitting on silver jerkbaits, shad patterns and trout imitations. Anchovies caught both striped bass and catfish off the Hemenway Fishing Pier on Saturday, which also happened to be World Fishing Day. Worms fished off the bottom also are working for catfish. Bluegill are lurking near the pier as well. Bass are still hitting soft plastics outside of