Fishing Report, Nov. 8
■ LAKE MEAD – Fishing has been good this week for stripers in the Vegas and Kingman wash areas. Success has come mostly to those anglers using jigging lures and some using live bait. Top-water lures also are catching fish. Action has been good for largemouth and smallmouth bass, with crankbaits and trolling producing bites. The weather has the fish a little confused, but, with a cold front coming in for the weekend, the cooler temperatures should be here to stay. This also will help to bring in bigger stripers.
■ LAKE MOHAVE – Turtles at Cottonwood Cove have been taking baits meant for striped bass and catfish. Anglers using anchovies have caught striped bass as large as 6 to 7 pounds and catfish in the 3- to 5-pound class. Despite the low water level, fishing still has been good for trout at Willow Beach.
■ URBAN PONDS – The Nevada Department of Wildlife will begin its annual trout plants at the urban ponds this week. However, because of equipment issues, the agency will stock only one pond each week until it can be resolved. NDOW fisheries chief John Sjoberg said he hopes to be on a full stocking regimen by December. The first plant occurred Tuesday at Floyd Lamb Park. Next on the schedule are the ponds at Veterans Memorial and Sunset parks, with plants tentatively scheduled for the weeks of Nov. 12 and Nov. 26, respectively.
■ KIRCH WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA – Dacey Reservoir has been fishing well with anglers catching rainbows in the 15- to 18-inch range using small spinners and woolly buggers. Cold Springs Reservoir has been fishing well for largemouth bass and crappie in the 9- to 13-inch class using woolly buggers or jigging plastic worms. Action at Haymeadow Reservoir is slow, but most success has come to those fishing from the dam. Weeds still are giving anglers access problems along the shorelines at all the reservoirs but should clear up as temperatures continue to drop. Despite the NDOW’s recent trout plant, fishing pressure is minimal at Adams-McGill Reservoir.
■ EAGLE VALLEY RESERVOIR – Rainbow and tiger trout have been productive for fly fishermen using woolly buggers in brown and black. One lucky angler brought in an 18-inch rainbow, and another caught and released 14 tiger trout and eight rainbows in a few hours. Trout also have been taking night crawlers, PowerBait and small spinners. With temperatures dropping below the freezing mark, anglers can expect to find ice along the shoreline in the mornings.
■ ECHO CANYON RESERVOIR – Rainbow trout fishing has been good for anglers using PowerBait in orange or pink, night crawlers and small spinners.