Nevada Fish Reports

Stocking has begun at Baily and fishing has been good. Rainbow trout are caught primarily on salmon eggs and power bait on the bottom or under a bobber. Small wet flies and lures are also very effective on the pond.

Stocking has begun at Seeman Pond and fishing has been good. Rainbow trout are caught primarily on salmon eggs and power bait on the bottom or under a bobber. Small wet flies and lures are also very effective on the pond.

Flows are perfect at the moment, but that can change very quickly. Flows will likely bounce around in the next few weeks with runoff into Bridgeport. Fly fisherman using large streamers have reported some healthy rainbows and browns this winter. There has been a few Skwala stoneflies hatching but no real prolific hatches have been reported. Spinners, rapalas, and spoons have been productive while flows

Anglers are catching trout in the 15-inch range on night crawlers and tube jigs below a bobber. One angler was very happy with a 4-pound trout he caught on a spinner at Adam’s-McGill Reservoir.

Anglers are finding good action for stocked rainbow trout. Spinnerbaits with flashes of gold, blue or red are working well. Night crawlers and PowerBait are reliable backups. The striped bass bite is slow along the river. Anglers are using a variety of spinners, swimbaits and live bait to attract the fish. Black bass activity has been reported around Laughlin Lagoon as the fish prepare to

Few reports have come in from Willow Beach, however, a few persistent anglers have caught stripers topping 20 pounds on AC Plugs. Lake Mohave anglers are seeing an increase in smallmouth bass action as the fish move to their spawning beds. Jigs and craws fished on drop shot rigs are catching as large as 4 pounds. Some anglers are reporting hits on jerkbaits and Glide

With air and water temperatures both on the rise, the Nevada Department of Wildlife seasonal trout plants have come to an end for the time being. They will resume in the fall. The ponds at Veteran’s Memorial and Floyd Lamb Parks were the most recently stocked. As the water temperatures continue to warm, anglers can expect less activity from trout and more from catfish and

Reports say that early mornings and late afternoons are the most productive times for stripers. The fish are taking anchovies and golden shiners from shore anglers throughout the Boulder Basin and into the Overton Arm. A few boaters have had success with jerkbaits and crankbaits in shad patterns. Black bass are engaging in pre-spawn activity and can be tempted by finessing soft plastics in the

Join us for the 2026 Save Comins Lake Pike-Out on May 9! We are calling on local anglers to volunteer to fish out as many Northern Pike from Comins Lake as we can. Northern Pike are aquatic invasive species (AIS) that negatively impact the Comins Lake fishery. Anglers volunteering for the event will be entered in age-group categories for a chance to win 1st, 2nd and

Very low water and very few fish survival after the winter.  If water levels reach a suitable level within a month, trout will be stocked.