SmoothJazz98

Thank you everyone for your replies. I should’ve been clearer that I’ve been fishing these ponds (3 in town) that are stocked with Channel cats and brown trout depending on the time of year. I love bass fishing but without the ~45 minute drive to Lake Mead that’s not an option. Im going to take this advice and switch up what I’ve been using. I’ll try some night crawlers and grubs (one outing with crawlers in a pond produced nothing). I’ve never fished top water baits or a crank at all in my time here. Maybe something different. As as I read more from the (few) online comments of people here in town, it becomes clear the urban ponds here get SO much pressure it likely makes them not worth it. Mead, from all I’ve been told is not an easy place to fish from shore, but without a boat or yak, that’s what I’m going to have to try. Maybe I will be skunked at Mead (likely, actually) but at least I’m trying some place new. What was holding me back from trips was the thought of driving ~5 hours round trip up to Utah (for example) to get skunked. I guess I’ll have to just suck it up and be prepared to be disappointed. That would be REALLY hard to swallow though, and I’d likely not want to fish for a long time after that.

Hi all, I have lurked for awhile now and appreciate all the tips. Forgive me if this is merely venting in this post but I do truly need and want advice. Im in Las Vegas and several times over the last two and a half years of urban pond fishing here I’ve mentally called it quits. I can probably count at least twenty different trips with exactly one catfish to show for it. That was caught by my son on his Spider Man rod. It made me happy and made him want to always go fish with his dad. But two years? At some point enough is enough. A normal person would’ve quit months ago. I follow fishing reports and find out what is being reported to work. I have zero friends that fish and I’ve met few in Vegas that even are aware of fishing in the area. Whats most important is that my six year old son enjoy fishing as much as I did growing up in Georgia. Tonight I’m embarrassed to say he saw his dad snap a rod in frustration after losing bait on a cast for the third time. So experts, after a looooong losing streak what should I do? What would you do? Especially any members in NV I would love to hear from. I understand it’s called fishing and not catching, but let’s be honest...it isn’t fun to never see a rod bend. I have very limited time away from a demanding job. When I’m an hour into a session with no bites I of course start thinking about the 5 million projects at home I need to do. Help me please! Talk me off the ledge!