Southern Nevada Fish Reports

Much of the lake is still covered with ice, but it is thinning. The area in front of the fishing dock has opened up with enough room for casting. Anglers have found success with orange PowerBait or night crawlers. For up-to-date ice conditions call Spring Valley State Park at 775-962-5102

The reservoir is nearly covered by thin ice that is unsafe to walk on. There are a few small patches of open water. For up-to-date ice conditions call Echo Canyon State Park at 775-962-5103

Fishing for striped bass has picked up from Davis Dam south. One lucky angler found good fishing while casting swimbaits from the shoreline near the Avi Bridge. Anchovies are top bait for this stretch of the river, bringing in both striped bass and catfish. Temperatures are expected to reach 80 degrees this weekend. Work eddies and seams for stocked rainbow trout.  

Anglers braving cool nights at Willow Beach have been rewarded with stripers averaging as much as 5 pounds. A 33-pound striper was reportedly fooled by an angler throwing an A.C. Plug during a recent outing south of Willow Beach. The Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery stocks rainbow trout every Friday. Night crawlers, PowerBait, Panther Martins, Rooster Tails, L’il Jakes and other small lures will catch

 Stocked rainbow trout provide fishing opportunity for patient anglers. Keep your bait offerings small and use small hooks. For catch-and-release fishing, NDOW encourages the use of single barbless hooks. There are no fish plants on the schedule this week, but Floyd Lamb, Sunset and Lorenzi Park ponds should receive trout the first week in February.

 Threadfin shad have been hard to find of late, so anchovies or sardines may be the ticket. Anglers are finding striped bass in about 60 feet of water, and the best fishing is being found after dark. Most fish are in the 2- to 4-pound range. With clear skies forecast into the weekend, now is a good time to get in some on-the-water time. As

The Rainbow Trout stocking at both Community Park and Davis Camp is providing anglers with limits. a brief reminder the limit below Davis dam has been changed to 5 trout as your bag limit. These trout that are being provided by the Willow beach hatchery have been in the 12 inch range or better for the most part.  Night crawlers and PowerBait in yellow, red.

I am pleased to show our local trout anglers Tony Smith and Chris Duncan with a couple they landed in the rotary park area. while fishing from shore and using night crawlers they landed a couple each. You can these are a quality size trout that our willow beach hatchery is providing. speaking of the hatchery they are now stocking at community park and Davis

No word from Lake Mohave as of yet. I assume its our weather that is keeping most anglers off the lake this will soon change as our good weather is just around the bend.

The fishing action has been quiet this past week with only a few anglers trying their luck. The water levels remain low, but are starting to rise, as the aquatic vegetation has been dying off. The rainbows have been taking pink powerbait to add to the usual orange or green powerbait and power eggs.

Shore fishing is slow on the north end out of Willow Beach. Anglers are having trouble getting out past the weeds near the fishing pier. Those anglers that are getting out on the water are having good success with striped bass. Trout are still be stocked south of the Willow Marina. Trout fishing is good with the cooler waters.

Cooler weather is here, with a few warm days mixed in. Those warm days will be great to go out for black bass and crappie in the Overton Arm. Black Bass has started to slow, but anglers have had some success at sunrise and sunset using drop shots near underwater cliffs. Near the Boulder Islands, black bass are biting on a variety of popper lures.

Only a few anglers were seen around the reservoir this past week, but those who ventured out found much improved fishing for rainbow trout. Cooling water temperatures also have begun to kill off the aquatic vegetation and open up the shoreline to fishing. Water levels are on the rise.