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Colorado River Fishing Report: Stripers, Bass & Cats on the Las Vegas Stretch
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Artificial Lure here with your September 14, 2025 Colorado River fishing report for the Las Vegas stretch. If you’re reading this early, sunrise hit Las Vegas at 6:28 AM and we’re looking at a scorcher today—expect highs pushing the upper 90s and minimal cloud cover. The recent stretch of dry weather returns, as Aman reports below-normal rainfall persisting through mid-September, so river flows are a little down and drought signs show around the shallows. Sunset tonight will be 6:56 PM, so get your casts in before then.
Not much tidal action on the Colorado River here, so temperature is your primary factor today. First light and dusk are still your best shots, especially as fish look for relief from the heat. Stripers, largemouth bass, catfish, and sunfish are the main players. Lake Mead Fishing Report notes the bite is active for striped bass and catfish despite dropping water levels, so if you’re chasing numbers, pelagic stripes early and deep channel cats midday are still safe bets. Catfish and bass have been showing up around both Boulder Basin and Willow Beach, with occasional smallmouth mixed in below the dam.
Recent catches: Anglers have been pulling healthy stripers in the 3–6 lb range, with some days putting double digits in the boat. Catfish bites have surged after sundown, with channel cats over 5 lbs regularly landed with stinkbait or cut anchovy. Largemouth bass are holding tight to submerged structure, hitting 2–4 lbs—mostly on soft plastics and jigs pitched deep or around rocky edges. Sunfish are eager near shallow brush piles but run smaller this late in the season.
Your **best lures** right now:
- For stripers, toss chrome or white swimbaits, spoons, and cut bait rigs.
- Bass are hitting Texas-rigged soft plastics, dark jigs, and shad-patterned crankbaits.
- Catfish—chicken liver, stinkbait, or cut anchovy is unbeatable.
- Sunfish still respond to small worms or crickets under a slip bobber.
Top **hot spots** to check out:
- **Willow Beach**: Early morning for stripers chasing shad, plus reliable catfish at dusk near the launch ramp.
- **Boulder Basin (Lake Mead)**: Excellent for schoolie striped bass mid-morning; structure and rocky drop-offs hold bass and panfish.
- The **tailwater below Hoover Dam** hits for trout on cool mornings, especially in shadowed pockets, but always check for recent stocking and water warnings as drought and heavy metals have affected some up-river trout populations, as covered by Coyote Gulch.
Tips from local guides: Focus on deeper holes and shaded structure where water stays cooler. The low flows and heat mean fish activity spikes at dawn and dusk, drops midday. With potential toxic runoff episodes topmost in Colorado news lately, use caution if fishing spots above Willow Beach for anything showing stress—dead fish or odd coloration signal you may want to move downriver.
That’s the scoop for September 14th. Thanks for tuning in! Don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss out on the latest river report and local angling secrets.
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Not much tidal action on the Colorado River here, so temperature is your primary factor today. First light and dusk are still your best shots, especially as fish look for relief from the heat. Stripers, largemouth bass, catfish, and sunfish are the main players. Lake Mead Fishing Report notes the bite is active for striped bass and catfish despite dropping water levels, so if you’re chasing numbers, pelagic stripes early and deep channel cats midday are still safe bets. Catfish and bass have been showing up around both Boulder Basin and Willow Beach, with occasional smallmouth mixed in below the dam.
Recent catches: Anglers have been pulling healthy stripers in the 3–6 lb range, with some days putting double digits in the boat. Catfish bites have surged after sundown, with channel cats over 5 lbs regularly landed with stinkbait or cut anchovy. Largemouth bass are holding tight to submerged structure, hitting 2–4 lbs—mostly on soft plastics and jigs pitched deep or around rocky edges. Sunfish are eager near shallow brush piles but run smaller this late in the season.
Your **best lures** right now:
- For stripers, toss chrome or white swimbaits, spoons, and cut bait rigs.
- Bass are hitting Texas-rigged soft plastics, dark jigs, and shad-patterned crankbaits.
- Catfish—chicken liver, stinkbait, or cut anchovy is unbeatable.
- Sunfish still respond to small worms or crickets under a slip bobber.
Top **hot spots** to check out:
- **Willow Beach**: Early morning for stripers chasing shad, plus reliable catfish at dusk near the launch ramp.
- **Boulder Basin (Lake Mead)**: Excellent for schoolie striped bass mid-morning; structure and rocky drop-offs hold bass and panfish.
- The **tailwater below Hoover Dam** hits for trout on cool mornings, especially in shadowed pockets, but always check for recent stocking and water warnings as drought and heavy metals have affected some up-river trout populations, as covered by Coyote Gulch.
Tips from local guides: Focus on deeper holes and shaded structure where water stays cooler. The low flows and heat mean fish activity spikes at dawn and dusk, drops midday. With potential toxic runoff episodes topmost in Colorado news lately, use caution if fishing spots above Willow Beach for anything showing stress—dead fish or odd coloration signal you may want to move downriver.
That’s the scoop for September 14th. Thanks for tuning in! Don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss out on the latest river report and local angling secrets.
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
This episode includes AI-generated content.