Bass will spawn this weekend IF the weather stays warm. More likely one more front will come through delaying spawning until April 17 to 20.  It really can not be delayed much longer than that.  

The bass spawn this year will put our new super-sized large and smallmouth bass in shallow waters where they can be easily seen and readily caught.  Expect some really big bass to be caught in the next two weeks. If a male bass is caught on the nest please while sight-fishing, please return that fish to guard the young. Smallmouth up to 4 pounds and largemouth to 7 pounds have already been taken.  Expect more of that action.  The lake record for smallmouth is 5 pounds 2 ounces.  That record may fall this year.  

Bass and crappie will be in the backs of coves around brush.  Use tiny plastic or marabou jigs for crappie. Toss near flooded tamarisk or tumbleweeds and retrieve as slowly as possible.  Crappie will come out of the brush to hit the lure. Creel limit on crappie is 10 fish. Return the rest for another time.

Use spinnerbaits, suspending crankbaits and plastic jigs and tubes for bass.  Throw into the tumbleweed/tamarisk piles for largemouth bass.  Work rocky points and drop-offs adjacent to shallow water for smallmouth bass. Remember to find the warmest water when searching for bass and crappie.  

Stripers are feeding on shad in the northern lake upstream from Bullfrog. Graph these schools and drop jigging spoons directly on the school for best results. Trolling was not as good.  Fish for bass until a striper school is seen and then quickly drop the spoon to get the best fishing experience. 

In the southern lake bait fishing for stripers is hot.  The dam is not the place to fish anymore. Striper schools are traveling close to the walls of the main channel from Buoy One to Navajo Canyon.  Use lots of chum and drift along the wall until a school is located.  Then hold in position with an electric motor or tie to a rock outcrop on the cliff wall.  Morning feeding periods have been consistent but schools can be located anytime of day. I prefer to move along the wall actively searching for a school instead of waiting for a school to come to me.  The power plant intake wall is a good bet. Also look in Navajo on the first two points upstream from the double islands.   

Stripers are getting more active in the backs of the canyons in the southern lake.  The only thing that can slow fishing now is a bad weather day.  Fishing will be excellent for the next two weeks.