Fish Reports

20 Lb. Striper

Colorado River - Willow Beach

by WILLOW BEACH HARBOR

It’s always a good day for fishing at Willow! 20lb stripper with Allen Coles AC plug this morning. Great catch, Manny!

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Bass and Crappie Are Providing Most of The Action

Kirch Wildlife Management Area

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Bass and crappie are providing most of the action though anglers are catching a few trout right after sunrise. Spinners and plastics are catching the bass while crappies are taking tubes and small streamers. Vegetation continues to hamper anglers fishing from shore.

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Best Trout Action Right After Sunrise

Eagle Valley Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Fishing has slowed. Aquatic vegetation is making it harder for anglers fishing from the shoreline. Bass are taking plastics and jigs. Crappie are hitting on bright colored jigs. Anglers are finding the best trout action right after sunrise. Most of the fish are in the 12-inch range.

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Fishing Has Been Best Right Before Sunrise

Echo Canyon Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

The action has been a little slow overall. Fishing has been best right after sunrise before the day heats up. Crappies are taking jigs. Bass are taking plastics. Trout will take a worm and PowerBait fished below a bobber. Vegetation has limited shore fishing around the reservoir.

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Boaters Are Catching Limits of Striped Bass

Colorado River - Laughlin

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Boaters are catching limits of striped bass. Most of the fish are weighing in under five pounds, but larger fish have been reported breaking lines and stealing baits. Be sure to rig your pole with a line weighted for your target species. Fishing from the shorelines is hit and miss, but a few smallmouth bass and catfish have been caught in the shallows at the

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Temperatures Are Reaching Beyond 110 Degrees

Lake Mohave

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Temperatures reaching beyond 110 degrees have kept most anglers off the lake. The few anglers still fishing in the daytime are catching smallmouth bass with chigger craws and grubs near shelves. At Willow Beach, most anglers are waiting to fish until sundown. Catfish are taking worms from the fishing pier in the evening and striped bass are biting swimbaits in the early morning.

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Small Fish Are Providing Most of The Action

Las Vegas Urban Ponds

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Small fish are providing most of the action at the urban ponds. Bluegill and green sunfish are taking meal worms and small flies with red colors about 10 feet from shore. Catfish are hit or miss. Those who are catching fish are doing so in the evening hours where the parks are open. Bass are hitting soft plastics fished on drop shot rig. The limit

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Shore Anglers Are Catching Catfish All Day From Hemenway

Lake Mead

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Boaters are reporting striper boils in the Boulder Basin, Overton Arm and near Temple Bar. Shad crankbaits, topwater baits and anchovies are producing catches in the 2- to 3-pound range. Live shad are catching stripers from Vegas Wash to Callville Bay. Anglers chasing black bass are finding action with shad swimbaits, grubs and skirted jigs. Shore anglers are catching catfish all day from the Hemenway

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Riviera Marina Fishing Report

Colorado River - Davis Dam

by RUSTY

Even with our warm weather (an understatement) our anglers are having some very good luck landing the stripped bass. The striper bite here along the shores of the Colorado River below the Davis Dam is being very productive. Lake Mohave the stripers are being found near the dam and the Telephone Cove areas trolling with an umbrella rig has been working the best. The Largemouth and

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Tahoe Topliners Fishing Report

Lake Tahoe

by MIKE NIELSEN

Keeping what we need. Released the rest!

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Flows Are Good But Water Temps Remain High

Truckee River

by MOUNTAIN HARDWARE & SPORTS

The flows are still good, but the water temperatures on the Truckee River remain high during the afternoons and evenings. Anglers should try to get out there before noon to avoid stressing the fish out. Anglers are seeing a good hatch of caddis fly, pale morning duns, and golden stones. Anglers fishing in the morning should try nymphing with small golden stones, small flashback pheasant

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Dog Days

Truckee River

by MATT KOLES

Dog days. Though the fishing is pretty good in the mornings on the Truckee River. It is too hot to fish in the afternoons. Been almost as hot here in the Hirsch as Reno. Reno hasn’t got above 100 yet, which is shocking. Still it’s warm. About 95 here in the afternoon. Warm at night too. So your best fishing is in the a.m. Trouts are in

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Smallmouth Fishing Has Picked Up

Topaz Lake

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Smallmouth fishing has picked up around the rocky shores, its best early in the morning before the other boat and jet ski recreationalists hit the water.

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Good Numbers of Trout Still Being Caught

East Walker River (NV)

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Fishing has been surprisingly good for this time of year, good numbers of trout still being caught, mostly hatchery rainbows but a few large wild browns have been reported also.

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Hinkson is Fishing Well

Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Hinkson is fishing well for Largemouth, trout fishing has slowed with the hot temperatures. North pond has been drained for a fish habitat rehabilitation project, FCCP is getting better for Largemouth.

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Bilk Creek Reservoir Report

Bilk Creek Reservoir

by NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Fishing has slowed at Bilk Creek. Trout fishing will pick back up as fall creeps in.

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The Ranch is Having A Tough Time Fishing This Week

East Walker River Sceirine Ranch

by KENS SPORTING GOODS STAFF

The Ranch is also having tougher fishing with the warmer weather like the California side. There are fish being caught, just not as many as we’d sometimes like. We did have a few anglers report that the action was very good in the morning but as the day wore on the fishing slowed a lot. As with the California side, it’s best to get out

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Lake Level is Dropping And Shore Fishing is Spotty

Topaz Lake

by DOUG BUSEY

The lake is dropping and the shore fishing has been spotty. The far east side of the lake in the Douglas County Park area has been fair. The California side of the lake has also been producing a few good rainbows. If you want to troll the lake, I recommend starting about 6 am to about 11 am. After that you will have to go

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Fishing is Productive in The Mornings

East Carson River (NV)

by DOUG BUSEY

Fishing has been productive for early morning anglers throwing small spinners. I spoke to one angler that caught and released a few rainbows and browns last week.

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