Nevada fishing report, Feb. 19, 2015

LAKE MEAD — Anglers have had success catching striped bass in the area of Boulder Beach. Live shad are the top bait. If fishing from a boat, watch for drop-offs or underwater points as stripers can be found hanging in this area. With the new moon on Wednesday, Feb. 18, anglers can expect to find success fishing under a light or with a submersible light fished at night to attract fish.

LAKE MOHAVE — With unseasonably high air temperatures the water temps have slowly risen as well. As the shallows warm, anglers can expect a little more action as the fish turn on. Catfish have been the top fish as of late with the bite being good in most coves. Anchovies have been the top bait and one lucky angler reeled in a catfish weighing 7.26 pounds. Fishing action has picked up at Willow Beach, and one angler reeled in a striper nearing eight pounds with a black and gold flake AC Plug near Monkey Hole.

LAUGHLIN — The action for striped bass and rainbow trout in the area continues to be light. Trout can be found holed up around docks along Casino Row, Sunshine Peninsula or Rotary Park. Rooster Tails or night crawlers are working well. Working backwaters along the river has worked well for catfish and sunfish. Small jigs or night crawler pieces may entice the bluegill and redear sunfish. Anchovies are the prime bait for catfish.

URBAN PONDS — Lorenzi Park has been fishing well for most anglers using small spinners or bait fishing with PowerBait. There have been no reports from the other ponds this past week. NDOW will continue to stock the ponds for the next few weeks, but trout stocking is temperature dependent and will stop once the water temps get too high to sustain the fish.

KIRCH WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA — Fishing on the Wayne E. Kirch WMA has been slow across the area. Anglers have had the most success at Haymeadow Reservoir using small spoons and PowerBait. One angler reported good fishing at Dacey Reservoir, His catch included rainbows between 20 and 24 inches. The reservoirs are ice free. Floating weeds may cause some problems when fishing from the Dikes on Cold Springs, Haymeadow and Adams McGill. The upper ends of the reservoirs are now closed. Check the Kiosks and the Nevada Fishing Guide for special regulations on Dacey Reservoir. Only vessels without motors may be used on Dacey Reservoir from Feb. 15 through Aug. 15.

EAGLE VALLEY RESERVOIR — NDOW planted about 5,000 rainbow trout in the reservoir the week of Feb. 9. Over the holiday weekend, anglers found good success catching both the stockers and holdover rainbows primarily with PowerBait. Orange was the color of choice and those using mixed color PowerBait did well as long as orange was one of the colors. A father and son caught and released approximately 60 fish until they ran out of PowerBait whereupon they switched to worms, but didn’t have as much luck with that. If practicing catch and release please use single barbless hooks as treble hooks to make releasing the fish easier for both you and the fish.

ECHO CANYON RESERVOIR — The long weekend saw an increase in fishing activity. Anglers found good action for rainbows using PowerBait with orange as part of the coloration.