Nevada Department of Wildlife News

BILK CREEK RESERVOIR Trout fishing has been fair when open water can be found. Fishing for bass has slowed considerably. Majority of activity is now limited to trout in the late afternoons. Bait fishing with dough bait and worms will attract the occasional trout BLUE LAKES Blue Lakes closes to fishing on November 15th   CARSON RIVER Fishing has been good on the Carson with flows around 200 cfs. A few

LAKE MEAD —Silver and green colored jerkbaits are fooling stripers around Kingman Wash and along drop-offs by the water in-take. Anglers are having a hard time finding shad near Government Wash but are finding success with anchovies fished off the bottom. Largemouth bass are still hard to find, but fishing should pick up when water temperatures increase. LAKE MOHAVE — Crankbaits and plastics have been working

This week I got to participate in one of my favorite parts of the job.  NDOW delivered “eyed trout eggs” to classrooms all over Nevada.  In eastern Nevada, we delivered to 25 classrooms and spent two days driving from school to school and interacting with students from third grade up to high school aged students. This was all part of a program called Trout In the

LAKE MEAD – Striped bass are biting on anchovies in the Boulder Beach area and near the fishing pier. Anglers are averaging five fish a day and are reporting more bites when fishing anchovies just off the bottom in the evening. In the Overton Arm, anglers are catching stripers by trolling swimbaits in 20 to 40 feet of water. The black bass bite is hit-and-miss,

It is a tale of two lakes, with South Fork having more open water than ice and Wild Horse 100% covered with eight to 14 inches of ice.  Elevation and exposure are the differences here. If the plans include ice fishing at Wild Horse, care should be taken as the ice is covered with a few inches of snow and slush once it warms up each

Lake Mead — Anglers are reporting good striper action in the early morning hours and at dusk. In the Hemenway area, stripers in the 2- to 4-pound range are biting on anchovies. At Government Wash, anglers are catching fish in about 50 feet of water using shad colored jigs and swimbaits fished off the bottom. Smallmouth bass are biting plastic worms and crawdads in shallow coves.

Lake Mead — Anglers are catching striped bass in the 2- to 4-pound range near Hemenway and Boulder Harbor. Fish are biting primarily on anchovies, but some anglers have reported success using PowerBait floating eggs and imitation shad swimbaits. Black bass action has been slow, but with warmer temperatures in the forecast anglers may find the fish biting in shallow coves. Lake Mohave — A few anglers have

LAKE MEAD – Stripers are biting on minnow jigs and shad colored jerkbaits in about 40 feet of water at Government Wash. Anglers have reported catching 4- to 5-pound stripers at Hemenway Harbor using anchovies. Catfish have also been biting on anchovies fished along shelves. Action for black bass and sunfish has been slow. However, a couple anglers reported catching largemouth bass on minnow jigs

A couple of weeks ago we discussed the gear needed for ice fishing but didn’t discuss techniques.  Ice fishing has been good at for trout at Comins Lake in Ely and for perch and trout at Wildhorse Reservoir in northern Elko County. There are a number of techniques for ice fishing for trout and they are pretty straight forward.  The easiest is the same as bait

BILK CREEK RESERVOIR Trout fishing has picked back up again with the cooler overnight temps. The lake is currently ice free. Fishing for bass has slowed considerably. Majority of the surface activity is now limited to trout in the evenings. Small spinners continue to produce trout all day in deeper water. Bait fishing with dough bait and worms will catch trout most of the day. BLUE LAKES Blue

The Nevada Department of Wildlife has announced Mike Maynard as the Department’s new Chief Game Warden, making him only the sixth Chief Game Warden in NDOW's history.         “I work with some amazing men and women in our Law Enforcement Division, and I am both humbled and honored to be chosen as the new chief,” said Maynard, who moves to the new position after serving

LAKE MEAD — Anglers have reported the best striper fishing at dawn or dusk. Striper are biting on live shad and anchovies in the coves. From Boulder Harbor to the Hemenway fishing pier, anglers have been catching up to 10 stripers at 2 to 3 pounds using imitation shad crank baits and anchovies. LAKE MOHAVE — Striper action has slowed on much of the lake, but anglers have