EAGLE VALLEY

RESERVOIR

Action for both rainbow and tiger trout is picking up with cooler fall temperatures. Anglers fishing in the early mornings and late afternoons should be able to catch fish with night crawlers, spinners or PowerBait. Woolly buggers in brown or olive should also produce bites.

ECHO CANYON

RESERVOIR

Trout fishing has been good despite low water levels and some anglers have been catching limits of plump rainbows. The bass and crappie bite has slowed way down. For trout try mini marshmallows, worms, PowerBait or small spinners.

LAKE MEAD

The Vegas Wash area continues to be the most productive area of the Boulder Basin for striped bass and a few catfish. Anglers are also catching fish near the tires at Lake Mead Marina.

Most of the stripers being caught are small. Anglers are finding some top-water action, but jigging and still-fishing with anchovies are producing the most fish. Cooler temperatures may jumpstart the action along the beaches. No report from the Overton Arm.

LAKE MOHAVE

At Willow Beach, fishing pressure has picked up with the recent change in the weather. Trout fishing is still a little sluggish though shore anglers and boaters both have been reeling in a few fish with a smorgasbord of baits -- PowerBait, flies, lures and meal worms.

Action for striped bass is heating up. One boater netted a 31-inch striper that weighed nearly 11 pounds near mile marker 53 at about 3 a.m.

A 36-inch, 17-pound fish was pulled in just downstream from Willow Beach on a Castaic lure. Rumors are that are pair of 20-pound stripers were caught near the hatchery.

Fishing action out of Cottonwood Cove is still fair to poor though one angler reportedly caught several striped bass in the two- to three-pound range. Some success has been found by trolling and stillfishing at depths of 15 to 45 feet.

Anglers are hoping the cooler weather will lead to better fishing.

WAYNE E. KIRCH WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA

Reservoirs on the area are fishing well for both trout and largemouth bass. "It's definitely a good time to come," said Dana Johnson, area manager.

Trout planted last fall and spring are beginning to show up and they have some heft to them. Fishing should continue to improve into the fall. Though temperatures have cooled way down, bass are still very active and taking baits.

URBAN PONDS

Recent catfish plants have provided good fishing action at the urban ponds. The fish are described as being "nice fish" and average about 18 inches in length.

Go to the bottom with night crawlers, stinkbaits or chicken livers fished on a slip rig. Whisker fish will be stocked one more time in the coming weeks.