Nevada Fish Reports

Extremely low water levels with warm water make this reservoir a poor choice for fishing. Not worth the trip.

The road is rutted, but still in fairly good shape, though with the recent rain, expect it to be muddy this weekend. The lake is spilling heavily and anglers report good fishing below the spillway and the falls. The water is turbid and approximately 55 degrees. Fishing conditions should be similar to South Fork. Fishing has been fair to good for trout and slow to

The road to Angel Lake is closed. Generally, NDOT has the road open just before Memorial Day.

Not a lot of change here as fishing continues to improve here. Fishing was good last Saturday during the snowy/rainy weather and several anglers report good days of fishing here. However, heavy flows continue to come into the lake bringing lots of dirt and debris causing the water to be very turbid, especially at the south end. PowerBait seems to be working better than worms.

With warmer weather arriving up north, anglers are reporting good fishing on the management area. One couple caught seven rainbow trout and a black bass while trolling Rooster Tails on Haymeadow Reservoir. They also found success with PowerBait in green with glitter.

Fishing has been fair to good for 10 to 13 inch fish using the usual worms and PowerBait. Small Cave Lake specials, wooly buggers and the usual nymphs such as prince, hares ears and pheasant tail nymphs should all work. Spinners in gold, black or dark green with contrasting spots on them have been working as well.

Fish have been seen dimpling the surface, probably taking midges or mayfly emergers. Fishing should be good on the warmer afternoons.

The lake level continues to rise and fishing is improving as the water warms. Fishing has been fair to good for rainbows. Most anglers have been using worms, PowerBait, and spinners. Hares ears, chironomids and olive or black wooly bugers are the ticket for fly fishermen.

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.