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Fishing Activity Has Been Steady

Kirch Wildlife Management Area

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Haymeadow, Cold Springs, and Adams-McGill are getting a little weedy. Fishing activity has been steady despite the need to fish through or over vegetation along the shorelines. Some anglers are catching large crappies at Haymeadow using crappie jigs. Shoreline fishing is still a good option despite hot temperatures and aquatic vegetation. Trout in the deeper areas are biting on Rooster Tails and damsel fly patterns.

Eagle Valley Reservoir Fishing Report

Eagle Valley Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Bass are actively hitting plastic crayfish and worms. With temperatures reaching 90 degrees during the daytime, bass and crappie are the most active game fish. Crappie will hit red and yellow jigs or tubes. Trout are active in the early mornings when water temperatures are the coolest. They are hitting on night crawlers and marshmallows.

Bass and Trout Are Biting Baits Thrown From Shore or Boat

Echo Canyon Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Bass and trout are biting baits thrown from shore or boat. Weeds are thick along some of the shorelines making it tough to bring in a catch or a hook that needs new bait. Trout are taking PowerBait fished off the bottom. A number 2 Gold Mepp’s spinner has been popular with bass and trout alike. Another option for the bass is fishing a Woolly

Good Shore Action for Stripers

Colorado River - Laughlin

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Anglers fishing the shorelines of the Colorado River are catching striped bass between 2 and 5 pounds. Fish upwards of 10 pounds are taking topwater baits fished from boat in the deeper waters. A few anglers reported catching rainbow trout on their striped bass baits. Catfish action has been slow. Try fishing anchovies or chicken liver off the bottom in the shallows near vegetation.

Double Digit Stripers Showing Up

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Reports of double-digit stripers have anglers excited to fish Willow Beach. The fish are taking AC Plugs, trout swimbaits and anchovies. Lake Mohave is seeing smallmouth bass action in the Cottonwood Basin. Find a cove with a shelf and try fishing soft plastics on a Ned rig. Striper boils are picking up at the south end of the lake near Katherine Landing and just above

Las Vegas Urban Ponds Fishing Report

Las Vegas Urban Ponds

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Bluegill, bass, and catfish are active at the urban ponds. Mealworms, red wiggler worms, and small fly patterns are good baits for the panfish. So too are Gold-Ribbed Hare’s Ear and Woolly Bugger fly patterns. Both can be fished below a bobber. Bass are hitting silver spinnerbaits and plastics.

Lake Mead Fishing Report

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Anglers looking for cooler temperatures are targeting catfish just after sunset. Catfish are taking stink baits and anchovies at Hemenway and Government Wash. Black bass anglers are having luck on topwater baits fished from shore in shaded coves. In the Virgin Basin, smallmouth bass are taking swimbaits and soft plastics. Night crawlers fished just off the bottom are tempting blue gill in Government Wash and

32 Lb. Striped Bass

Colorado River - Laughlin

by RUSTY

Below the Dam in the Willow Valley area Melissa Hussman landed a nice channel cat. She was fishing from shore using anchovies to land her 6.38 pound cat at 27 inches. Yep I had to get in on this photo showing this striper that our local angler Tony Smith brought in. What a great catch this striper weighed in at 32.06 pounds and was 48

Striper Bite is Picking Up

by RUSTY

Lake Mohave the striper bite is picking up. Our local anglers Mark Agular and Muzz Pana landed a couple of stripers while fishing from shore. Their line sides weighed in at 6.36 pounds and 28 and 3/4 inches the other was 7.64 pounds and 29 and 3/8 inches and anchovies is the bait of choice. The coves were also producing a few and some smallmouth

Fishing Remains Consistent

by MIKE NIELSEN

Another awesome day. They finished up keeping limits and I got one for me tonight. Wee released more than we kept and some were nicer than few the keepers. Fishing is very consistent currently!

Plenty of Action This Morning

by MIKE NIELSEN

We had them snackin fast and furious and kept 9 and released another dozen. Fish were smaller today but action was plentiful! Smoke rolled in from the Hog fire in Susanville!

Great Fishing Today

by HANS MOXLEY

Hooked Up Sportfishing out of Carnelian Bay in Lake Tahoe checked in with us. Great fishing today you two. What a great day !!!!!! For reservations and information on fishing Lake Tahoe, call: 775-772-1453 or 530-546-222

Nymphing is Working The Best

East Walker River Sceirine Ranch

by KENS SPORTING GOODS STAFF

We had several clients on the ranch this week who had pretty good days as well as a few that struggled a bit. Nymphing still seemed to be the best bet for hook-ups though they didn’t seem to want to eat any stonefly nymphs from what we heard. They did like some copper johns, soft hackles, pheasant tails and squirmy wormy’s though. There didn’t seem

Great Day on Tahoe

by MIKE NIELSEN

Took us a while to find 10 we liked. Released more than we kept! Great day!

Hooked Up Sportfishing Fishing Lake Tahoe

by HANS MOXLEY

Not the greatest of bites out there today,,,,, but hey, we didnt lose any today and ended up with these beauties.

Truckee River Fishing Report

by MOUNTAIN HARDWARE & SPORTS

The Truckee River isn’t seeing a lot of dry fly activity until later in the evening, so anglers should switch to mostly caddis nymphing in the morning and mid day. If you’re trying dry flies in the evening, try using tan and olive cutters, small elk hair caddis, little yellow sallies, or pale morning duns. Streamer fishing has also been great with sculpin or black

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