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So I went fishing out at Stewarts Point on Fri May 25th. I didn't post a report because I was out there about 45 min. The wind was so F'N bad, I was getting wet from the shore. There were major white caps and waves kept constantly crashing on my feet. I found it no use to be casting into the wind and not get very far, so I left. It was a super windy day all around Vegas, soi should have known Lake Mead would not be any better.
Question for you veterans, is Stewarts Point more windy than other areas of the lake normally? It looks like a great place to fish. But I'm concerned that wind is more common than other parts of the lake.
Thanks!
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if the wind is blowing from the south, you are screwed. if the wind blows from the north, you will have a great day fishing there
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I am all over the weather reports before I head out. It seems like 98% + of the time I check the weather reports the wind is out of the north. Which would of protected you from the wind being at Stewarts facing south & helped you with casting distance. Figures the first time you drive up there the wind is out of the south...
Since the wind was out of the south you could of drove in on Stewarts road and once you got near the water drove north some. There is some points and small bay areas that are accessible by vehicle/walking that you could of fished with the wind behind you.
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Not to hijack the thread, but where is stewarts point? how do I get there? and can I get a car close enough to the water to carry a 15 foot canoe to the water? Also is it less busy than government wash? I find it really anoying to be buzzed by all the jet skis at the government wash.
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A copy of a post I made on another thread.
[url "http://maps.google.com/maps?q=lake+mead&hl=en&ll=36.369466,-114.392009&spn=0.025088,0.038495&t=h&hnear=Lake+Mead&z=15"]Stewarts[/url]
Most everything in this picture is accessible. 2wd vehicles and ones w/o some clearance not as much. The most SE point of land in that picture I can get to with my little Saturn fwd suv. There is a couple soft spots here and there but as long as one is paying attention not a issue. I have seen vehicles quite a ways further to the southwest of that point but not sure how to get there myself (blowing up the map I can see the dirt roads over there but never tried to get there myself). You can see the road labeled on this map saying Stewarts Point road. This road goes all the way to the water then splits at the water or near it going north and south. Plenty of really accessible areas to the north on that road that you can get to with a car and be waterside with your car w/o a hike. When you hit the water and go south you are on top of bluff looking down at the water. Not a bad hike at all and nothing like having to walk from 33 hole down to the water (This hike is more like a minute long not 10-15 minutes). Personally I liked to go to that SE point and park. Then walk down to the water facing south and work my way around those coves going SW. I haven't been in that exact area in a while now with the boat but have done very well there last Oct/Nov or so on the smallies. Plus there is always LMB and Stripers around. I have also worked some of the areas below that bluff from where Stewarts Point road hits the shore line down to that SE point and caught quite a few LMB in any of the pockets.
It is +/- 45 miles from the ranger station/pay booth on East Lake Mead Drive/Lake Mead Pkwy.
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Awesome, thanks for that info. I think I will be taking my father-in-law there instead of the government wash. Hopefully it wont be as crazy. Those jet skis can be kinda scarry when floating around in a canoe. Then again it will probably be mid-week when I go out so maybe I'll take him to both places. I have yet to go to the government wash in the middle of the week; I imagine it wont be as bad as the weekends.
Are the fish biting on the same stuff up around stewarts point as they do down around 33 hole and government wash? I have had luck on swimbaits, senko worms, and cut bait and fishing pretty much on the bottom. I have yet to have any luck with cranks (I think I am fishing them to shallow cause I dont want to lose them on a snag) or any top water stuff.
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If a crank isn't running into stuff generally speaking you are using the wrong depth of a crank for the area you are fishing in... How it goes. You need to be banging it around digging up the bottom, bouncing off branches, etc. If you are in shallow and afraid of loosing stuff switch to something more snagless like a Spinnerbait. I get snagged here and there but usually get my cranks back eventually by getting to the snagged item and going into battle.
There is less Stripers in this specific area if that is what you are looking for as far as I remember. At least the few times I have been in that exact area in the boat. I try not to fish or get around areas shore fisherman can get to so don't fish too close to Stewarts.
Swimbait wise I like them on the smaller side. Like 3.5" Hollow Bellies (Yum Money Minnows).
All the normal stuff works... Drop shots, senkos, jiggs, etc, etc.
I am heading out to the lake tomorrow AM so seeing as how it is Friday and there should be less people around I might cruise on over to the areas accessable by small boat/shore fishing and see what there is to see.
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WAAAAAAAY less busy than down south. I don't even remember ever seeing a jet ski up there launching off the beach. Why I started fishing up there before I got a boat. Get away from the crowds and way less walking up and down hills.
The same reason I fish up there now with a boat. Less crowds/idiots and way more relaxing/enjoyable.
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if you take the extra time and head to the northern part of the lake you will be much happier.
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Yeah, I think I will be heading to the northern part of the lake on the weekends but I might still 33 hole and government wash on the rare occasions I get off in the middle of the week. I live in the far Northwest part of town so its already a bit of a drive for me.
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Thanks for the advice, I will probably be out there next weekend. I don't have to many weekends left before I'm off to Afghanistan, so I much rather spend them up there and not have to constantly be worrying that one of those drunk jet skiers is going to run me over. If you headed up there today I look forward to hearing a report 
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Good to see you are getting out. I like Stewart's and the coves around there.
Careful with a north wind.
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Yeah, it can get real nasty up there. I ran into 6 foot swells with breakers coming out of Echo Bay Marina last Oct. I was in my little boat, loaded down with 10 days worth of camping gear, and I had a hell of a time trying to keep that boat from getting capsized.
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Yeah, I don't take the canoe out with any significant wind. Its my first canoe and I have never even been in one before I got it. So, I'm a little cautious and only go out when I know the weather is nice. I have taken it out three times but two of those times I was with my wife and we were just testing it out so I didn't do any fishing. I took it out to fish the government wash on memorial day in evening and managed to catch two SMB's. I was really happy I didn't get skunked the first time out even if the SMB's were both pretty small (about 6" inches).
That reminds me, when I was paddling back to where my car was parked, I came accross a bunch of fishing going nuts. I'm assuming it was a striper boil. Both my polls were rigged for bass and I have only had luck fishing on the bottom for bass so I swapped it out for a spook and chucked it right into the boil. I thought for sure they would snatch it up right away but they didn't. I got probably about 3 casts into the boil before it moved too far away from my canoe to cast to it and it was getting dark so I paddled in. Was a spook the right thing to throw in there if it was indeed a striper boil? Was a top water lure the right choice or should I have gone for like a swim bait or something?
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Spook is good. I catch Stripers on all the exact same lures I toss to LMB/SMB. With those Gizzard Shad getting so big it can be easy to mistaken a pile of them on the surface for a Striper boil.
I did end up up north this morning but never made it near Stewarts to check it out. Wanted to. We hit a couple other spots I really wanted to hit first and did well. Then the winds came up at noon and it was time to go and go fast. It went from darn near zero wind to holy cow in 15 minutes. I flew across that lake back to the marina before it got too bad. It really hit hard. Sucked putting all the boat stuff away (rods/net/stuff/etc) up on the ramp since the wind was so bad. Didn't help the gas milage driving home with that wind out of the south [:/]
I am also way up in the extreme NW end of town. 1 hr 30 minutes to the ramp at Echo for me.
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How do you drive to Echo? Through Valley of Fire State Park or over Sunrise Mountain?
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I just take Northshore all the way up to Echo. I set the cruise and keep the speed at 55. Not a bad drive. ~66 miles total from my house up in the NW end of town (+/- 73 miles to the Echo ramp via Valley of Fire). I wish my Lake Mead pass worked on Valley of Fire every now and then. Not paying to just drive across there. Time wise might be a pinch faster. But a pinch longer drive. I don't mind driving up Northshore. 55 works good for gas milage towing the boat verse 65-70.
Would be shorter and faster going to Stewarts if one did take Valley of Fire.
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[quote NWfisherman]I have yet to have any luck with cranks (I think I am fishing them to shallow cause I dont want to lose them on a snag) or any top water stuff.[/quote]
This article is for you...
[url "http://www.ultimatebass.com/-techniques-links-273/2263-get-the-most-from-crankbaits.html"]Get the most from your crankbaits.[/url]
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I think I will be going through the valley of fire. Taking the 215 to the I15 seems like it will be way quicker for me. Luckily I have a national parks pass free compliments of my military service so I won't have to pay to drive through there. I was planning on going out there today but last night I decided a glass of rum sounded better than doing my biology homework, so I am stuck doing homework at the moment. That was a good read on the cranks. My issue is completely about money, I seems to have just as much luck with swimbaits and plastics when fishing for bass and they are cheap if you lose them. I will say it is a lot easier to retrieve snags now that I have a boat, so maybe I'll start trying cranks a little more and be a little brave and fish the bottom with them..
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you will cut 30 minutes off your trip cutting throught the valley of fire
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[quote lvfishingdude]you will cut 30 minutes off your trip cutting throught the valley of fire[/quote]
Yes, and there is a fee station so it will cost you $8 (if you're a Nevada resident) just to go through the park. There are also self-pay stations so if you''re stopped without a pass there is a fine.
Quote: Luckily I have a national parks pass free compliments of my military service so I won't have to pay to drive through there.
Valley of Fire is a state park so a NPS pass is not valid.
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