Southern Nevada Fish Reports

Anglers are finding some success at the upper marsh for panfish and catfish. Mealworms or night crawlers below a bobber will catch fish.

Catfish have been taking chicken livers and anchovies in and around Katherine Landing while anglers have been catching striped bass and black bass outside of Cottonwood Cove. Coves are the place to be for early morning fishing. Imitation rainbow trout or threadfin shad baits are fooling the fish.

Anglers have found good action right after sunrise. Live threadfin shad can be found outside Government Wash, with stripers lurking nearby. Anchovies have been the most preferred bait, but some fishermen are using imitation shad lures as well. Both catfish and stripers are taking the imitations. Catfish have been found around the Hemenway fishing pier and black bass in shoreline vegetation near Callville Bay.

The lake level is currently 635 feet above msl. This elevation represents a drop of 7 feet from last week’s report so be very careful of rocks just under the surface. The fishing dock at Katherine's Landing produced some nice fish. The striper bite has returned according to reports. Down deep by the dam and above the power lines are the hottest spots.

Trout stocking has begun and the latest stocking was last week, the week of Nov. 6. The best bait is reported to be yellow and orange power bait and of course night crawlers. Try small spinner baits if the power baits are not working. Stripers are being caught at several locations including Rotary Park as Cindy’s 3½ foot 20-25 pounds striper proves. She

The current elevation is 1078.6 feet above msl. which is an increase of almost 2 feet in elevation from last week. The National Park Service has been working to improve conditions at South Cove launch ramp, but 4x4 vehicles are recommended for launching/retrieving boats. Be sure to check out launch ramp area prior to launching. Be careful boating because of low water level,

Rainbows have been hitting well off the dam and seem to prefer garlic-flavored PowerBait. Bass and crappie action has been very slow due to cold water temperatures.

Anglers are finding some success at the upper marsh for panfish and catfish. Mealworms or night crawlers below a bobber will catch fish.

Fishing action has been fair to good early in the day. Striped bass and black bass are taking baits in coves near the dam. Fishermen are using plastic worms and night crawlers. The Willow Beach area has been slow. Largemouth and smallmouth bass have been taking silver or gray trout imitations outside of Cottonwood Cove.

Anglers are reporting good fishing with early morning and late evening being the best times of day. Live shad can be caught outside of Government Wash. Anglers are catching catfish and striped bass in the Boulder Basin area. One angler reports that most of the stripers are coming from depths of about 70 feet. Government Wash, 33-hole and the Boulder Beach area can be great

Our fishing is picking up. Up on Lake Mohave Bob Hildebrand was fishing mostly for large and small mouth bass and doing well. He also landed a couple of stripers. The two stripers he kept one at 8.92 pounds and 30 and 1/2 inches the smaller one at 5.70 pounds and 29 and 3/4 inches.