QUAGGA REMINDER: 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

This reservoir should be ice free by this weekend with carry-over trout looking for food.

ECHO CANYON

RESERVOIR

Few anglers have been sighted at this reservoir. Successful anglers have been catching rainbow trout off the dam.

LAKE MEAD

Striped bass are still hitting on anchovies in the Las Vegas Wash area with the most productive hours in the morning and late afternoon.

Few anglers are catching stripers off the shore and dock at Boulder Harbor. In the Overton arm, stripers are still being caught between Echo Bay and the Stewarts Point area.

Trout anglers found success after the plant at Crawdad Cove.

LAKE MOHAVE

Fishing for trout was good over the past weekend for fish up to 14 inches in length at Willow Beach. Successful anglers used PowerBait and PowerWorms while fishing near the rocky point by the first parking area.

AC plugs and other large lures were the ticket for striped bass between 17 and 25 pounds last weekend. Anglers have been catching two- to six-pound stripers at Cottonwood Cove using anchovies, sardines, and smelt.

The preferred method has been trolling in the early to mid mornings. Largemouth bass anglers have been catching fish with top-water and shallow-diving lures. No report on trout or catfish.

LAUGHLIN

Fishing was good over the weekend at Big Bend State Park. Fly anglers did well with streamer patterns for stripers and largemouth bass.

WAYNE E. KIRCH WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA

The word is out that the ice is off and anglers have been taking advantage of the chance to fish the area reservoirs while the weather is still good. Fishing has been fair for shore anglers and good for boat anglers with carry-over trout averaging 14 inches. Haymeadow and Cold Springs were both stocked within the past week.

URBAN PONDS

Fishing continues to be sporadic at the ponds. Anglers are using PowerBait, small lures and flies. The department planted rainbow trout March 17. Few anglers are catching stripers off the shore and dock at Boulder Harbor.

In the Overton arm, stripers are still being caught between Echo Bay and the Stewarts Point area. Trout anglers found success after the plant at Crawdad Cove.