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Fish Report for 4-6-2022
NDOW Southern Fishing Report
4-6-2022
Nevada Department of Wildlife
Trout fishing was slow this past weekend, though anglers have had some success with Rooster Tails and other spinners. Worms and marshmallows have been working for anglers fishing from the dam. Crappies are starting to hit bright-colored jigs.
Fishing for rainbow trout is picking up. The reservoir is coming up but is not full. Rainbows are taking worms and a variety of PowerBait colors. Fly-fishers have been doing well using Woolly Buggers and nymphs.
Black bass action is good. The fish are hitting on green and watermelon plastics fished on a drop-shot. Anglers are also catching striped bass while trolling shad- and trout-pattern swimbaits outside of Hemenway Harbor. Others are chasing crappies in the Overton Arm. Jigs are fooling the fish. Lake Mead is down to two launch ramps – Hemenway Harbor and Echo Bay. Check the Lake Mead National Recreation Area website for up-to-date conditions.
Anglers are bringing in rainbow trout below Willow Beach. The fish are taking PowerBait, worms, and Rooster Tails. Panther Martin spinners, Super Dupers and Li’L Jakes can also be productive. Black bass are showing signs of spawning in coves with vegetation. Smallmouth are showing an interest in plastics and spinnerbaits. Striper fishing has been hit or miss, but some anglers are finding action out of Willow Beach and above Davis Dam. The fish are biting anchovies and jointed swimbaits.
Rainbow trout are still hitting baits below Davis Dam and through Casino Row even though trout plants have stopped for the summer season. Trout are taking Rooster Tails, PowerBait, and worms. Black bass are biting on plastics and crankbaits. Catfish are biting on anchovies and chicken livers below Big Bend State Recreation Area.
Trout fishing is good overall, but the action has been a little sluggish at Dacey and Adams-McGill. Anglers fishing at Haymeadow are catching trout with spinners and plastic worms. Fly patterns will also catch the fish.
The Nevada Department of Wildlife has begun its summer catfish plants. The agency stocked channel catfish in the Las Vegas area community fishing ponds this week. The fish have shown the most interest in stink baits and night crawlers fished right off the bottom. Trout fishing has come to an end but bluegill are nipping lines in the late mornings. Bluegill will bite chartreuse flies and night crawler pieces off the bottom.
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