Fish Reports

The striper bite is continuing here along the Colorado river.  Below Davis Dam is producing the best catches so far.  The community park area is a great spot as the area has been opened up and is now more accessible for those used to be hard to go to fishing hot spots.  The casino area is seeing some striper action but mostly is the 1

With early morning temperatures cooling down into the 50’s, trout fishing is good until around noon. The bass action remains very good with most anglers limiting out by jigging rubber worms or throwing lures.  

Though the aquatic vegetation continues to be a problem for shore anglers, the few open spots have been producing good action for trout and bass. Trout are most active in the morning hours before the day heats up. The fish are taking PowerBait in orange or green colorations.  

Fishing has been hot for striped bass below the dam, but catfish are not to be forgotten. Catfish can be found cruising the shallows, and anchovies are a popular bait of choice. They also will catch striped bass as well. Rusty, at Riviera Marina, reports that Justin Smith reeled in an 18-pound striper from the marshy area near Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation

Some anglers are reporting slow fishing while others are getting their share of smallmouth and largemouth bass.  Black bass are active near the mouths of coves and along rock faces, and are taking spinner baits, soft plastics fished on a drop shot and jigs.  Stripers are hit or miss, but anglers are finding some response early in the morning using various swimbaits or anchovies out

 Bluegill and Green Sunfish continue to bite well on mealworms and small chunks of night crawlers. If conditions remain favorable, the Nevada Department of Wildlife plans to stock catfish in the ponds at Floyd Lamb, Sunset, Lorenzi, Veterans Memorial, and Hafen parks.  

Reports remain consistent from throughout the lake. Catfish are hitting on anchovies, chicken liver or shrimp.  Working the backs of coves at night has produced the best results.  Anglers are seeing lots of shad in coves during the early morning hours.  The best striper fishing has been starting at first light.  Anglers are using cut anchovies, swimbaits or lures, such as a Spinnow or Jumpin’

Below the Davis Dam and along the casino area there have been some stripers being pulled in.  Further down stream in the rotary park area we have Bill Arnold showing off a nice catch of some line side he landed while fishing from shore using anchovies.  Rotary Park is a great spot so shows Megan Molloy with a nice 7.38 pound striper at 29 inches.