Fishing report: Down time for Lake Mead action

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Friday, July 1, 2005 | 9:28 a.m.

NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

NDOW creel census clerks saw 11 thin striped bass over the weekend that were caught at Hemenway Fishing Point. Stripers also are being caught in the Vegas Wash Arm with anchovies and top water lures.

One angler told NDOW that over the weekend he saw stripers slurping for shad outside of Horsepower Cove. At this time of year, it is not uncommon to see stripers feeding on very small shad on the lake's surface. An angler fishing for stripers on Tuesday morning at Hemenway Point, Pumphouse Cove and Government Wash had no luck. He said very few anglers were fishing.

Sally Brooms of Searchlight Boat and RV Storage said boaters who were fishing this week on the Arizona side of the lake above Cottonwood Cove had fair success for channel catfish..

Anglers who fish the stream should be very cautious because rattlesnakes frequent the area.

Anglers who have been fishing in the lake have had fair luck recently for stocked rainbow trout by fishing with PowerBait.