SOUTHERN NEVADA FISHING REPORT
</EMBED>QUAGGA REMINDER: NDOW is asking boaters to take the necessary precautions to prevent the spread of quagga mussels from the Colorado River system to other waters. Thoroughly clean, drain and dry your boat, trailer and towing vessel before traveling to another water.
EAGLE VALLEY RESERVOIR
EAGLE VALLEY RESERVOIR
Rainbow trout are biting a variety of baits at this Lincoln County reservoir. With warm temperatures during the day, anglers will find better success in the morning and evening hours.
ECHO CANYON RESERVOIR
Like Eagle Valley, morning and evening hours will produce more trout, bass and crappie. Fly fishers should try damsel fly patterns in olive green just below the surface.
LAKE MEAD
Stripers are continuing to boil around the lake though they may only last a few minutes at a time. Anglers are catching both stripers and catfish in the Vegas Wash with cut anchovies and live shad. Best times to fish have been during the morning and evening. Some anglers have been successful while night fishing. The Boulder Beach area has been slow. The Overton Arm has been producing stripers and catfish with cut anchovies while a few anglers are targeting largemouth and smallmouth bass between Echo Bay and Middle Point.
LAKE MOHAVE
Striper fishing out of Cottonwood Cove has been slow, but on the positive side some anglers report seeing fingerling stripers in the area. That could make for good fishing in the future. Anglers are targeting largemouth and smallmouth bass in coves near the marina. Some anglers report good success for bluegills up to 10-inches long. No stripers were reported at Willow Beach. Trout fishing has been fair to good with small lures, PowerBait and flies.
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Anglers reported good fishing for large rainbows along the Colorado River below Davis Dam. Popular techniques have been using small lures or PowerBait from either boat or shore.
PAHRANAGAT WILDLIFE REFUGE
Anglers are finding some success at the upper marsh for panfish and catfish. Mealworms or night crawlers below a bobber will catch fish.
WAYNE E. KIRCH WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
Bass fishing is very good on all reservoirs. Anglers should target weeds and other structure using top water or shallow diving lures. Larger bass can be caught at Dacey reservoir. Trout fishing remains slow during the day and fair in the early morning or evening hours.
URBAN PONDS
Hot daytime temperatures are taking their toll on valley fisheries. Following the recent catfish plant, some of the released fish succumbed to hauling related stress factors and heat. NDOW says the lost fish will be replaced during a future fish plant. Meanwhile anglers can still catch fish though they may find the action to be a little slow until the weather begins cool in September.