Pyramid Island

 

Here we have a picture of the little dirt road down to Pyramid Island. The name Pyramid Island is somewhat misleading nowadays. You can still see the odd pyramid shape, although it is no longer an island. It is more a sort of hill next to the water’s edge. Another one of those locations at Lake Mead clearly showing the differences in the water levels in the lake. And yet, this does not take away from the splendor that still exists here today.

It is really hard to understand or grasp the size of Lake Mead. Even as a slightly empty lake, it still covers a vast area. Seeing the lake in its entirety is nearly impossible, except from the air. From Pyramid Island you can at least see a wide view of a large portion of the lake. Standing at the water's edge and seeing this enormous body of water, and then realizing that nearly 60 to 70 percent of the water is missing; these are mindboggling amounts of water to comprehend. It’s something one needs to experience first-hand, as it’s an impossible task to try and explain this.

This is a location that seems to offer a deep-down fishing experience to a bank angler. Three feet in and it drops off to 6 feet down. A while back, these sudden deeper waters made this area an ideal scuba diving practice location. Today, however, few people use this location. On a recent trip to this spot, the 6-foot drop-off was now the new shoreline. Leaving a large muddy flat to cross to get to shallow water. In half a year this spot went from a prime location, to somewhat un-fishable.

This is why Lake Mead has always been a boater’s lake. Constantly changing locations means you have to move and find new “good spots”. As a shore angler, this can be rather challenging. Reaching most fishing spots at Lake Mead already entails some hiking. Having to find new spots, well that’s the challenge. This is not a new concept, and that’s how people have fished here for decades. And yet, one encounters large numbers of “this-is-the-only-spot-I-fish-at” anglers…