Fishing report: Elements work against anglers

Friday, July 29, 2005 | 9:39 a.m.

NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE

Boaters continue to enjoy good action while shore anglers are still waiting for the stripers to move close to the shoreline. Many anglers are now fishing at night in order to avoid the scorching summer heat.

Anglers continue to catch stripers and channel catfish with anchovies in the Las Vegas Wash Arm. Boaters who are cruising the lake in search of boils are finding the fish on the surface feeding for shad, but the boils have involved very small numbers of fish and have been short in duration.

Several anglers fishing from a boat in the Overton Arm over the weekend caught 60 stripers at Ann Marguret Cove. The fish were caught with anchovies.

Russ Randolph of Searchlight recently caught a 5-pound, 2-ounce largemouth bass in a cove near Cottonwood. The fish fell to a rubber worm.

Willow Beach was scheduled to be stocked with rainbow trout today from Willow Beach Hatchery.

A pair of anglers fishing last week at Adams-McGill Reservoir caught three trout that were 17-18 inches. Those fish were located in the channel.

Anglers have had sporadic success for largemouth bass while fishing in the early morning and late afternoon hours. Mosquitoes are a problem in the evening.