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LAKE MEAD offers a multi-species lineup: Large mouth bass are present throughout the system. Crappie in sizable numbers reside in the northern end of the lake near Overton. Carp are everywhere and can run to 30+ pounds. Bluegill have a small population but are not pressured much and can grow to bull size. Channel catfish range throughout and most run from 1 to 7 pounds with many lunkers waiting to be caught. Rainbow trout used to be a mainstay but now are mostly planters and some larger specimens not pressured. Small mouth bass have found their way in but are in short supply. Tilapia were illegally introduced by bucket biologists and have taken hold in numbers not yet determined. Razorback suckers are on the endangered list. FISHING TECHNIQUES MAY THRU JUNE - CUT BAIT SOME TROLLING POSSIBILITY OF TOPWATER IN JUNE JULY THRU AUGUST - EARLY MORNING SOME CUT BAIT SUBSURFACE LURES AND JIGGING SPOONS IF REQUESTED, I WILL BOOK NIGHT FISHING SUNDOWN UNTIL 2:00 A.M. OR 2:00 A.M. UNTIL SUNUP WHEN WE WILL CHASE TOPWATER FOR TWO HOURS. SEPTEMBER THRU OCTOBER - SHAD MOVES SHALLOW TO COVES: GREAT JIGGING SPOON BITE TOPWATER LIVE BAIT TROLLING NOVEMBER THRU DECEMBER - LIVE BAIT JIGGING SPOONS TROUT PLANTS STARTING THE END OF NOVEMBER TROLLING AND CASTING FOR LARGER FISH; CAN BE FANTASTIC BUT NO GUARANTEES. DECEMBER IS USUALLY THE BEST FOR SIZE AND QUALITY. JANUARY THRU FEBRUARY - SHAD MOVE TO DEEP WATER AND WE MOVE WITH THEM USING ANCHOR CUTBAIT AND CHUM UNTIL THEY COME CASTING AND TROLLING FOR LARGER FISH CHASING TROUT MARCH THRU APRIL - CUT BAIT DEEP LIVE BAIT IF AVAILABLE TROLLING
LARGE MOUTH THE BASS MOVE SHALLOW IN MARCH AND APRIL TO SPAWN AND START TO RIP IT UP DURING THE SUMMER AND FALL. WINTER LARGEMOUTHS ARE TOUGH TO MOVE. I WOULD RECOMMEND ONLY EXPERIENCED “BASSIN’” GUYS NEED APPLY.
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