Las Vegas area fishing report

Wednesday, June 28, 2000 | 9:53 a.m.

LAKE MEAD: Boaters continue to find good action throughout the lake for striped bass while shore fishing has been somewhat frustrating because most of the action is beyond casting range.

Better areas for stripers in the Boulder Basin have been the area from Pyramid Island to the Hemenway Wall, the tires at Las Vegas Bay Marina, Roadrunner Cove, Boxcar Cove and Salamander Cove. Anglers who have been fishing in the Overton Arm have found stripers at Stewart's Point, Fire Bay and Fish Island. Drifting baits and trolling at depths to 70 feet have been catching the stripers. Most of the fish are small with few weighing more than four pounds. Largemouth bass are being caught along cliff walls. Channel catfish are being taken at night in coves.

LAKE MOHAVE: Striped bass fishing appears to have improved somewhat during the past week with Nevada Division of Wildlife creel clerks now checking large numbers of small fish. Boaters who are fishing north of Cottonwood Cove report that they are having no trouble locating schools of stripers that are in the 10-inch range.