FISHING LAKE MEAD
December 10th, 2006 by Fishing admin
LAKE MEAD
Striper action really picked up this week once the winds died down. Several large stripers ranging from between eight to more than 24 pounds were caught.
The first fall trout stocking took place at three locations on Lake Mead this past week and several of the large striper were taken from North Saddle Cove following the plant. One 17-pound striper was caught off of Hemenway Harbor just prior to the fish stocking.
The Nevada Department of Wildlife plans to stock Lake Mead on Fridays at Hemenway Cove, Pumphouse Cove and North Saddle Cove.
LAKE MOHAVE
Trout fishing has been great over the past week, with several fishermen catching their limits at Willow Beach, especially following the weekly stocking on Friday.
This past weekend was a good one for cousins Wade and Travis Black, with Wade landing a 36-inch, 22-pound striper and Travis bringing in a 38-inch, 19 1/2-pound fish. Both used A.C. Plugs to catch the stripers.
According to department creel census clerk Martin Olson, several other 20-pound plus stripers have recently been caught in the Willow Beach area.
WAYNE E. KIRCH WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
The reservoirs on the management area are all iced over, but the ice remains too thin to walk on and too thick in most places to break through to launch a boat. It is possible to drill holes in the ice off the docks.
EAGLE VALLEY
RESERVOIR
Winter conditions have come to Spring Valley State Park with ice formed over most of the lake. Adventurous anglers can fish from the dock by drilling holes through the thin ice just off the dock edge.
ECHO CANYON
RESERVOIR
The reservoir is covered with a thin layer of ice limiting fishing and making for treacherous conditions until it thickens enough to walk on.
URBAN PONDS
The urban ponds located at Veterans Memorial Park in Boulder City, Sunset Park Pond, Lorenzi Park Pond and Tule Lake in Floyd Lamb State Park were stocked Wednesday.
The fish have been biting well using rainbow PowerBait, yellow PowerEggs and small spinning lures. Fly fishermen have been doing well using woolly buggers and hare’s eared nymphs.
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