Riding the Waves of Excitement at 75 MPH

Riding the Waves of Excitement at 75 MPH – The National Water Ski Racing Association’s Lake Havasu Event in April 2024

Red Lighthouse Lake Havasu Arizona

Replicas of real lighthouses line the shore of Lake Havasu, Arizona. This beautiful scene unfolded one sunset evening in December 2019. Each of Lake Havasu’s lighthouses is a 1/3 scale replica of a famous American lighthouses, and is not a true lighthouse but instead...

Bill Williams River

At the very southern end of Lake Havasu the Bill Williams River ends. It is a 46.3-mile-long river in west-central Arizona where it, along with its tributary, the Santa Maria River, form the boundary between Mohave County to the north and La Paz County to the south....

Lake Havasu Bill Williams River

Bill Williams River is a 46.3-mile-long river in west-central Arizona where it, along with its tributary, the Santa Maria River, form the boundary between Mohave County to the north and La Paz County to the south. Unlike most rivers in Arizona, the Bill Williams runs...

Lake Havasu Topok Gorge

The Colorado River is one of the principal rivers in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The 1,450-mile-long river drains an expansive, arid watershed that encompasses parts of seven U.S. states and two Mexican states. Topock Gorge is a mountainous...

London Bridge Lake Havasu City Arizona

The 1831 London Bridge was the last project of engineer John Rennie and was completed by his son, John Rennie the Younger. By 1962, the bridge was not sound enough to support the increased load of modern traffic, and it was sold by the City of London. The purchaser,...

London Bridge Tour Boat

Board from Edgewater or Harrah’s Casino with advance reservations and enjoy a 6-hour, round-trip jet boat ride from Laughlin, Nevada to the world famous London Bridge.  Spend a delightful 2 hours traveling 58 miles along the scenic Colorado River in a 40-foot jet...

Wild West Bass Trail Tournament March 16, 2019

Bass Tournament EVENT: March 16th, 2019 OFF LIMITS: March 11th 12:01 AM- March 16th, safe light PRACTICE: No Practice TOURNAMENT ENTRY DEADLINE: March 12 5:00 PM Local Time. (Online/APP entries until 11:59 PM) BLAST OFF: Lake Havasu Marina at Safe Light WEIGH IN: Lake...

Our Visit to Lake Havasu and London Bridge

We spent a week in Lake Havasu City, Arizona and we spent much of that time slightly confused. Let me paint a picture: You head west from Tucson and find yourself driving through the desert… desert and desert and more desert. It all looks something like this:...

Lake Havasu Fishing Report December 2018

Lake Havasu continues to be ranked as one of the top places to fish for bass in the country! The largemouth and smallmouth bass fishing should continue to be great. Fishing was has been pretty good all year: Tournament anglers have needed five-fish bags weighing...

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Red Lighthouse Lake Havasu Arizona

Red Lighthouse Lake Havasu Arizona

Replicas of real lighthouses line the shore of Lake Havasu, Arizona. This beautiful scene unfolded one sunset evening in December 2019. Each of Lake Havasu’s lighthouses is a 1/3 scale replica of a famous American lighthouses, and is not a true lighthouse but instead...

Bill Williams River

Bill Williams River

At the very southern end of Lake Havasu the Bill Williams River ends. It is a 46.3-mile-long river in west-central Arizona where it, along with its tributary, the Santa Maria River, form the boundary between Mohave County to the north and La Paz County to the south....

Lake Havasu Bill Williams River

Lake Havasu Bill Williams River

Bill Williams River is a 46.3-mile-long river in west-central Arizona where it, along with its tributary, the Santa Maria River, form the boundary between Mohave County to the north and La Paz County to the south. Unlike most rivers in Arizona, the Bill Williams runs...

Lake Havasu Topok Gorge

Lake Havasu Topok Gorge

The Colorado River is one of the principal rivers in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The 1,450-mile-long river drains an expansive, arid watershed that encompasses parts of seven U.S. states and two Mexican states. Topock Gorge is a mountainous...

London Bridge Lake Havasu City Arizona

London Bridge Lake Havasu City Arizona

The 1831 London Bridge was the last project of engineer John Rennie and was completed by his son, John Rennie the Younger. By 1962, the bridge was not sound enough to support the increased load of modern traffic, and it was sold by the City of London. The purchaser,...

London Bridge Tour Boat

London Bridge Tour Boat

Board from Edgewater or Harrah’s Casino with advance reservations and enjoy a 6-hour, round-trip jet boat ride from Laughlin, Nevada to the world famous London Bridge.  Spend a delightful 2 hours traveling 58 miles along the scenic Colorado River in a 40-foot jet...

Wild West Bass Trail Tournament March 16, 2019

Wild West Bass Trail Tournament March 16, 2019

Bass Tournament EVENT: March 16th, 2019 OFF LIMITS: March 11th 12:01 AM- March 16th, safe light PRACTICE: No Practice TOURNAMENT ENTRY DEADLINE: March 12 5:00 PM Local Time. (Online/APP entries until 11:59 PM) BLAST OFF: Lake Havasu Marina at Safe Light WEIGH IN: Lake...

Our Visit to Lake Havasu and London Bridge

Our Visit to Lake Havasu and London Bridge

We spent a week in Lake Havasu City, Arizona and we spent much of that time slightly confused. Let me paint a picture: You head west from Tucson and find yourself driving through the desert… desert and desert and more desert. It all looks something like this:...

Lake Havasu Fishing Report December 2018

Lake Havasu Fishing Report December 2018

Lake Havasu continues to be ranked as one of the top places to fish for bass in the country! The largemouth and smallmouth bass fishing should continue to be great. Fishing was has been pretty good all year: Tournament anglers have needed five-fish bags weighing...

Lake Havasu Fishing Report April 2018

Lake Havasu Fishing Report April 2018

The largemouth and smallmouth Bass fishing should continue to be great. This year’s electrofishing survey conducted by the Arizona Game and Fish Department and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife showed abundant bass with an adult population that should...

Lake Havasu Fishing Report February 2018

Lake Havasu Fishing Report February 2018

John Galbraith of BassTackleMaster.com reported the average daytime water temp has been running around 54-58 degrees. The daytime striper bite is good for 2-pound class fish using cut anchovies. Those wanting to get “bit” by the bigger stripers must fish during...

Arizona winter visitors: prepare to clean, drain and dry

Arizona winter visitors: prepare to clean, drain and dry

PHOENIX —The Arizona Game and Fish Department reminds boaters to “clean, drain and dry” – and especially decontaminate — their watercraft and equipment before exiting waters designated as having aquatic invasive species (AIS). This reminder is especially important for...

AZGFD studies cormorant impact on wildlife, fish

AZGFD studies cormorant impact on wildlife, fish

PHOENIX — The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) prides itself on providing ample fishing opportunities for its legions of anglers and the state’s growing populations of cormorants have taken notice. In early 2017, AZGFD began a study of the state’s two species...

Lake Havasu Fishing Report October 26, 2017

Lake Havasu Fishing Report October 26, 2017

Imagine being out at night on the shores of Cattail Cove State Park. Everything is calm and peaceful, and then, in an instant, the quiet night turns chaotic. Our friend Jimmy had that experience on Thursday, Oct. 19 when he hooked a channel catfish in Lake Havasu. He...

Lake Havasu Fishing Report October 2017

Lake Havasu Fishing Report October 2017

The striped bass action is good with boils of 1 to 3 stripers chasing shad in the morning and late afternoon hours. Trolling super spooks, sassy shads, and Rat-L-Traps in white chrome/blue is working best. Black Rock cove north to the entrance to the river has been...

Electrofishing Reveals Tiger Trout Fishing Tips

Electrofishing Reveals Tiger Trout Fishing Tips

Caught a tiger trout, yet? Try fishing the shorelines at Woods Canyon Lake. Many of our fish biologists were on the water at Woods Canyon, located on the Mogollon Rim,  electrofishing at from 7 p.m. to 4 a.m. — Wednesday through today — and caught more than 100 tiger...

Lake Havasu Fishing Report July 15, 2016

Lake Havasu Fishing Report July 15, 2016

Lake level 448.67 feet, 82 degrees. This striper bite good in the a.m. hours from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. from the mouth of the river south to Calif Bay. Boils have been occurring sporadically during this time. Troll Rat L Traps or Pointer 128 minnow plugs in areas where the...