10-18-2010, 05:01 AM
The "river" you're referring to is the las vegas/sloan wash that carries reclaimed water (sewer), urban runoff and stormwater to the lake.
I grew up on the east side of Las Vegas and so we hung out and drove around there quite a bit. I believe we had at least seen minnows and assumed there might be carp in it. I bet some fish have found there way in there somehow. Water flow is not always consistent so some areas dry up between the rains. Also, there are concrete structures that would prevent fish from migrating up and down it freely.
Rest assured that water is very nasty and you wouldn't want to eat anything out of it. Some of these areas are protected as natural wetlands and protected wildlife habitat, so it might not be legal to fish there. I'm really not sure.
A lot of info can be found here
http://www.lvwash.org/html/what_flow.html
Check it out and let us know.
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I grew up on the east side of Las Vegas and so we hung out and drove around there quite a bit. I believe we had at least seen minnows and assumed there might be carp in it. I bet some fish have found there way in there somehow. Water flow is not always consistent so some areas dry up between the rains. Also, there are concrete structures that would prevent fish from migrating up and down it freely.
Rest assured that water is very nasty and you wouldn't want to eat anything out of it. Some of these areas are protected as natural wetlands and protected wildlife habitat, so it might not be legal to fish there. I'm really not sure.
A lot of info can be found here
http://www.lvwash.org/html/what_flow.html
Check it out and let us know.
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