Fishing near North Las Vegas, NV

Set in Clark County, North Las Vegas sits within reach of the desert Southwest's biggest reservoir water. Lake Mead, about 30 miles east, is the dominant local fishery — ~150,000 surface acres at full pool with roughly 550 miles of shoreline, making it the largest reservoir in the United States. Striped bass rule these waters, with Lake Mohave and the Colorado River tailwaters below Hoover Dam rounding out the scene.

Top waters to fish near North Las Vegas

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Black Bullhead

Ameiurus melas

Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Bluegill Sunfish

Lepomis macrochirus

Blue Tilapia

Oreochromis aureus

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Gizzard Shad

Dorosoma cepedianum

Green Sunfish

Lepomis cyanellus

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Rio Grande Cichlid

Herichthys cyanoguttatus

Smallmouth Bass

Micropterus dolomieu

Striped Bass

Morone saxatilis

Threadfin Shad

Dorosoma petenense

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