Nevada fishing report, Oct. 2, 2014

LAKE MEAD — Anglers targeting striped bass have had better success over the week by jigging deeper. Despite the abundance of live bait, fish are hitting on artificial lures. Sunrise continues to be the best time to hit the water. The black bass species are hitting occasionally on shad but primarily on lures in about 45 to 60 feet of water.

LAKE MOHAVE — Anchovies have been the top bait during the past week, and have been bringing in both stripers and catfish. Catfish have been hanging in the backs of coves with anglers finding the best action at night. Anglers are catching striped bass near Willow Beach or in coves, mostly in the early morning hours. Bluegill and redear sunfish continue to be a popular game fish with anglers catching the fish on small jigs and night crawler pieces.

LAUGHLIN — While anglers are finding the bite to be on the slow side, the areas near Community Park and Casino Row are still producing. The fish are generally on the small side, but when a school comes through anglers have been able to reel in some bigger fish. The area around Big Bend State Park has given up some good fish. A couple of young anglers each brought in a trophy fish, one weighed in at 3.74 pounds and another at 14.78 pounds.

URBAN PONDS — Bluegill and small bass are still taking night crawlers and mealworms in the ponds. NDOW planted catfish in each of the urban ponds on Sept. 25; the fish averaged just less than 2 pounds.

KIRCH WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA — Fishing has been slow for all species on Haymeadow and Cold Springs. The water temperature is about 64 degrees at the boat launches. Aquatic vegetation is still making launching and navigation difficult at both reservoirs and at Adams-McGill as well. Action at the upper end of Adams Reservoir has been slow. The story is different at Dacey reservoir where anglers have had good success for both bass and trout. Bass are biting black plastic worms rigged Texas style and trout are hitting small black spinners. Trout also are hitting dry flies. Dacey is artificial lure only and the use of PowerBait is prohibited.

EAGLE VALLEY RESERVOIR — The thunderstorm that blew through over the weekend slowed the fishing action and led to the cancellation of the One-Fly Fly-fishing tournament. Still, several people caught rainbows and browns using Woolly Buggers in dark colors such as olive, purple, and black with orange.

ECHO CANYON RESERVOIR — Water conditions are a little murky following the heavy rains and resulting mud flows. Anglers have found slow fishing overall, but have caught fish on PowerBait or dark colored nymphs and Woolly Buggers.