Nevada fishing report, Oct. 23, 2014
LAKE MEAD — Striper have been out early, so for those that make it out in the gray light, better success has been had. Various lures and artificial baits have been more productive than using live bait over the past week. Boulder Basin continues to be a hot spot with anglers trolling through the Boulder Beach area. Smallmouth bass are still hitting on dropshots mostly near rocky shelves and points.
LAKE MOHAVE — Anglers have had fair success working the coves. Largemouth bass are taking plastics in darker colorations in about 25 feet of water. Catfish have been hitting on anchovies at night. The striped bass, while rather elusive for some, have been found to take topwater baits early.
LAUGHLIN — Action has improved slightly for the striped bass in the area. Following the trout plants, anglers have found greater success using trout imitation lures to catch the stripers, although anchovies still remain the top bait. Trout are dispersing from the stocking sites and in the area of Sunshine Peninsula, anglers are catching near limits using rooster tails and Panther Martins.
URBAN PONDS — Catfish are due to be stocked this week (last for this year) at Floyd Lamb Park, Sunset Park, Lorenzi Park and Boulder City Pond. Rainbow trout plants will not begin until all the ponds reach a temperature range that the trout can tolerate.
KIRCH WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA — The bass were hitting well on nightcrawlers over the weekend at Haymeadow in the 1½ to 2 pound range. Recent plants of rainbow trout have kept anglers happy, hitting on PowerBaits, flies and lures.
EAGLE VALLEY RESERVOIR — Water clarity has improved over the past week along with angling success. Some fly fishermen did well for brown trout using black ant patterns, while bait anglers did well off the dam and dock using PowerBait in rainbow or orange for the rainbow trout.
ECHO CANYON RESERVOIR — Water levels have risen following the rain storms almost two weeks ago. Some anglers did well for crappie over the weekend with the warm daytime temps, while rainbows were taking PowerBait or nightcrawlers off the dam.
