EAGLE VALLEY RESERVOIR

Cold temperatures are keeping the ice thick enough for ice fishing. Anglers have been catching both tiger and rainbow trout on worms or rainbow PowerBait.

ECHO CANYON RESERVOIR

Water levels won't come up until daytime temperatures rise, but anglers have been fishing through the hard water. PowerBait and worms are good choices.

LAKE MEAD

Things haven't changed much in recent weeks. Fishing continues to be slow in the Hemenway area and along the beaches. Anglers are still using cut bait to take small striped bass in the Vegas Bay arm.

One angler reportedly caught a 13-pound striper at B-5 Road following the trout plant last Friday. Roads referred to as B-5 or B-4 are those in the Saddle Cove area.

Anglers have been catching trout following the weekly trout plants, however, at Hemenway the trout quickly scatter after being released into the water.

LAKE MOHAVE

Warmer weather has increased fishing activity at Willow Beach. Members of a local fishing club found the trout fishing to be very good during a recent outing. Shoreline fishing has been slow for striped bass.

Boating anglers have done a little better, though the action isn't described as fast. One fisherman netted a 30-pound striper near Placer Cove while casting an AC Plug.

Rumor has it that the plugs creator, Alan Cole, reeled in 50-pound striper last Friday.

LAUGHLIN

Anglers have been catching stocked rainbow trout from the Laughlin Bridge downstream to the Riverside Hotel. Worms and PowerBait top the list of bait choices.

WAYNE E. KIRCH WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA

Anglers have been pulling rainbow trout from below the hard water at Cold Springs and Haymeadow reservoirs.

The fish have been biting on worms and rainbow PowerBait have been taking the have been giving up limits of rainbow trout to ice fishermen using rainbow PowerBait.

There has been as much as 12-inches of ice on the reservoirs, but with warming temperatures the ice on these reservoirs will melt fast. Always check conditions before venturing onto the ice.

URBAN PONDS

Stocked trout continue to provide anglers with plenty of fishing action at the urban ponds. The Nevada Department of Wildlife will stock the fish through the last week of March. PowerBait, flies, small spinners and even white crappie jigs have been taking the fish.

Bait fishermen should remember to use small hooks and only enough bait to cover them.

Catch -and-release anglers should go with single, barbless hooks and avoid treble hooks.