Nevada fishing report, August 20, 2015

• LAKE MEAD — Striper action has been good this week. Participants in a weekend tournament found good fishing throughout the lake and boated several fish in the 2½- to 3-pound range. Striped bass are taking a variety of top-water lures and swimbaits. Anglers have been finding the fish near the surface — which accounts for the frequent boils — and in deeper water at approximately 60 feet.

• LAKE MOHAVE — Catfish and striped bass reportedly are hitting well, but there have been no reports on what is working or about how large the fish are.

• LAUGHLIN — Striper action remains good in many areas. Anglers have weighed in several fish in the neighborhood of 5 pounds. The area below Davis Dam has been giving up a lot of fish in the 1- to 3-pound range. The area near Big Bend and south of town by the Colorado Nature Center in Bullhead City also are giving up fish. Channel catfish also are hitting well. Both species are taking cut anchovies.

• LAS VEGAS URBAN PONDS — Warmer temperatures are making most of the fish lethargic, which means the fish most likely are to be found within the deep shadow pools around the ponds and hitting best in the early mornings. At Sunset Park over the weekend, anglers were catching 8- to 10-inch largemouth bass on white jigs. The juvenile bass population is doing well in the ponds.

• KIRCH WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA — No report was received this week, but visitors should expect seasonal aquatic vegetation to remain a problem on Management Area reservoirs. Trout action is slow, but they are taking spinning lures and flies, such as Montana nymphs and damselfly nymphs. Bass and crappie should be taking lures and jigs.

• EAGLE VALLEY RESERVOIR — Aquatic vegetation continues to make thinks difficult for anglers. Trout action continues to be slow, but orange-sparkle PowerBait and night crawlers with a bit of mini marshmallow still are catching fish. Largemouth bass continue to take lures and jigs and are hanging out in the weed beds near the tule beds along the shoreline.

• ECHO CANYON RESERVOIR — Angles are catching bass and crappie with lures, jigs and flies. With aquatic vegetation along the shoreline making things tough, trout action has been slow. However, anglers are taking fish along the dam with regularity. Orange-sparkle PowerBait and night crawlers are catching the fish.