QUAGGA REMINDER

With the ice melting on northern waters, anglers are preparing their boats for the trip north and the Nevada Department of Wildlife is asking boaters to take the necessary precautions to prevent the spread of quagga mussels from the Colorado River system to other waters. Thoroughly clean, drain and dry your boat, trailer and towing vessel before traveling to another water.

EAGLE VALLEY

RESERVOIR

Fishing is good with many anglers taking limits of rainbow trout. PowerBait and worms are the preferred choice in baits though small spinners or spoons can also produce bites. NDOW and State Parks personnel have teamed up to replace the aeration pump that circulates oxygen in the reservoir. That project is in the works.

ECHO CANYON

RESERVOIR

As daytime temperatures get warmer, trout anglers will want to focus their attention on the deep water near the dam or in areas where the fish can spend time in the shade or near structure. Mini marshmallows fished with a worm can be productive on this water.

LAKE MEAD

Anglers are finding shad in the Overton Arm. Both shore anglers and boaters are catching small striped bass and catfish. Stripers are hitting both shad and hardware. One boater said he had been catching stripers near Stewart's Point. Fishing has been slow along the beaches near Hemenway but anglers are catching striped bass there and in the Vegas Bay arm. Anglers are also catching largemouth bass.

LAKE MOHAVE

For the first time in a long time, fishing out of Cottonwood Cove is being described as good to very good. The point north of the marina is providing good action for striped bass and catfish during the nighttime and early morning hours.

The striped bass are small, with most fish in the 11-inch range though some are reaching the 20-inch mark. Cats are reaching three pounds. Boat anglers are still finding the most success trolling in 20 to 80 feet of water at the mouth of coves. Top-water and shallow-diving lures are taking largemouth bass in water less than 20-feet deep.

PowerBait, PowerWorms and flies have been catching rainbow trout during the morning hours at Willow Beach. Shore anglers have been most successful though boaters have also caught a few rainbows. One boater landed a 20-inch, 2.5-pound rainbow while fishing for largemouth bass at mile 44. The fish took a rubber worm. Striper fishing, on the other hand, has been slow.

LAUGHLIN

No Report.

WAYNE E. KIRCH WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA

Angler use is down when compared to earlier this spring, but the action is still good for rainbow trout in the 14- to 16-inch range. Largemouth bass fishing has picked up considerably and should continue to improve with the warmer weather.

URBAN PONDS

The Nevada Department of Wildlife last stocked catfish in the five urban ponds about mid-May. There is no word yet on when the next catfish plant will take place. The ponds still hold some trout that are holdovers from winter stocking activities and both catfish and bluegill should provide good action through the hot summer months.