FISHING REPORT

• LAKE MEAD -- Fishing has been slow for much of the past week, though good fishing for school-size striped bass continues in the Las Vegas Bay arm. Shad have become difficult to catch, so anglers might need to use anchovies or sardines instead. Anglers found some success for rainbow trout, but the Nevada Department of Wildlife plant did little to encourage striper action. Some small stripers were reeled in along the Hemenway area at night.

• LAKE MOHAVE -- Improved weather conditions increased the number of anglers casting in the Willow Beach area, but overall fishing pressure remains low. Stocked rainbows are on the bite again, with fish caught along the shoreline near the hatchery outflow. One angler reeled in a 20-inch, 3-pound bow that hammered a "Fire Tiger spinner bait." Boat anglers found rout fishing to be good just downstream of Willow Beach, at about mile marker 52. Super Dupers and Little Jakes lures fooled the fish. Striper fishing continues to be slow for anglers using everything from AC Plugs to anchovies.

Fishing remains poor to fair in the Cottonwood Cove area. Most boat anglers have been skunked, though one angler found some success near mile marker 31 by trolling anchovies in 15 to 30 feet of water.

• LAS VEGAS URBAN PONDS -- With the holiday season and associated vacations over, the number of anglers at urban ponds has dropped. Those who are fishing have caught stocked rainbows with Chartreuse PowerEggs, rainbow PowerBait, silver spinners and flies. Catch-and-release anglers using bait are encouraged to dispense with the treble hooks and go to a single barbless hook to make the release easier.

• LAUGHLIN -- Stocked rainbow trout have provided good action for anglers fishing on the Colorado River near Laughlin. Fish have taken mini-marshmallows, spinners, flies and PowerBait.

• EAGLE VALLEY RESERVOIR -- Anglers have pulled trout through the ice. Anglers have had success fishing worms a couple of cranks off the bottom to keep the bait away from determined crawdads.

• ECHO CANYON RESERVOIR -- The reservoir is covered with ice, but warm daytime temperatures melt the ice along the edges. Some anglers have had to jump from ice to the shoreline because the ice melted behind them. Use caution.

• KIRCH WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA -- Reservoirs are covered with ice, but warming temperatures and moving water below the ice have created unsafe ice-fishing conditions.