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Fishing Reports
Big Numbers in Las Vegas
August 03, 2006
Posted by Stan Wright
Email: stanwright@hawaii.rr.com
Current Report
If catching large numbers of
fish is important to you ,
then Las Vegas is the place
to go.
I figured that since the
fish would be running
between 1 and 5 pounds, a
light 5 wt fly rod with
floating line would be fun.
I caught fish, lots of
fish, but those stripers
really put up a struggle,
wore me out. Next trip I'll
take Capt. Marks advice and
bring my 8 wt rods with
sinking tip and full sinking
line. The locally made
white streamer fly that
imitates the shad stripers
feed on was just too big and
bulky for a 5 wt outfit. (
He only provides spinning
and baitcasting gear, so if
your a fly fisherman you
need to bring your own
tackle. Capt. Mark will be
more than happy to provide a
list of recommended flys and
tackle.)
We met Capt. Mark (Adventure
In Angling) at 4:45 AM on
a "cool" 105 degree July
morning , jumped in the
boat, and headed out for
some stripe bass action.
Lake Mead has hundreds of
small coves. In the first
light of dawn we could hear,
then see, the stripers
chasing shad on the glassy
surface. The water boiled
with fish all around the
boat. We each grabbed a rod
and cast to the feeding
fish. Hookup. A triple. Over
the next two hours it was
non stop action. We lost
count of the triple hookups.
It was common for at least
two of us to be fighting
fish at the same time.
How many fish did we catch?
I have no idea. The limit on
Lake Mead is 20 stripers per
person per day. We caught
more than that in the first
two hours. Cleaning and
packaging your fish is
included. Since we were
staying in a hotel we
released all our fish. We
also stopped to take
pictures, rest, and drink
lots of water. With all the
hot fishing action, we
hardly noticed the hot
weather. LOL
Capt. Mark suggested I
return when the weather is a
little cooler and the
schooling fish are in the 6
to 12 pound range. Can you
imagine catching over 100+
fish that big? No wonder
Capt. Mark says if you don't
catch....you don't pay.
Aloha,
Stan
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