Southern Nevada Fish Reports

Tiger and rainbow trout are taking green PowerBait and Mepp’s lures with red spots. You can switch things up with a mealworm or night crawler if artificial baits aren’t working.

Echo Canyon is giving up a variety of fish. Trout are biting on everything from PowerBait to worms. Bass and crappie have been hitting top-water lures like the Micro Spin in chartreuse.

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

Down at Big Bend State Park a fisherman caught a 26-pound striped bass using anchovies while fishing from shore. Further down a father-son team caught a mess of good stripers that included a 13-pound fish. They were fishing from a boat with anchovies.

Due to an equipment failure in its water delivery system, and the subsequent loss of its rainbow trout stocks, the Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery has suspended its recreational fish stocking program, which included weekly fish plants at Willow Beach. The hatchery did save and release approximately 11,000 trout in mid-December. Though their numbers will diminish over time, these and holdover fish from previous plants

Some good stripers have been caught outside of Willow Beach Marina in the past week. While many were around eight pounds, one lucky angler reeled in a fish that tipped the scale at 23 pounds. The biggest fish have been caught from a boat, but shore anglers throwing anchovies also are catching healthy stripers.

Striper fishing has finally picked up in the Vegas Wash. On Saturday anglers were catching fish on shad near the shore. Reports are that shad are spawning in the shallows, so now is a good time to fish from shore or near shore in a boat. One guided trip reportedly caught over 50 fish last Friday. Black bass fishing remains good. Anglers have not needed

I have been getting word that near the dam on Lake Mohave is producing some stripers no word from the area above the power lines as of yet.

Fishing continues to be good around the lake for rainbow trout. The fish are taking a variety of baits and lures. Fly-fishermen have been doing well with Woolly Buggers in brown, black or olive colorations.

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

Below Davis Dam and along Casino Row Anglers have found good fishing for rainbow trout. Some anglers have gone home with their limit. Seasonal trout plants have ended, so trout anglers will have to try different locations to find the fish. Largemouth bass are biting on worms. Striper action has picked up, and one angler from California stopped by Rusty’s Riviera to share the tale

Lake Mohave is starting to produce some good stripers as well. Black bass action has been good when the weather cooperates. Largemouth are showing signs of spawning activity.

Largemouth bass fishing has picked up because it’s spawning season and they are easier to find. Look for white circles with a gravel bottom in shallow water. NDOW encourages anglers to practice catch-and-release when possible during the spawning period. Striper fishing is picking up as well. Despite the rough weather conditions over the weekend one lucky angler reeled in five stripers.