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...
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...
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...
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 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...
Lake Level 449.07 Striper fishing is good if you can locate the schools of shad around the island, chalk cliffs and Winsor State Park. Green-tailed bass assassins rigged on 3/8- to ½-oz leadheads have been producing quality fish around sunup and sundown when cast...
LAKE HAVASU – Aug. 5 report from John Galbraith of BassTackleMaster.com in Lake Havasu City: Lake level is 448.79 feet. The striper bite is fair with some a.m. boils of stripers chasing schools of shad. Use shad style baits such as a Pointer 100s and 128s, White...
Lake Level is 88.87 percent full with average temperature of 56 degrees. Lake Havasu is a 19,300-acre impoundment on the Colorado River, formed by Parker Dam. It is located along the Arizona-California border and is approximately twenty-five miles long, with a...
Lake Havasu City. Lake Level 447.58. Stripers hitting on slow trolled cut anchovies rigged with 1.5 to 2 oz. banana sinkers with a 2- to 4-foot leader. Anchovy rig should be skipping along the bottom for best results.Main basin north of Winsor, Havasu Landing and...
Water and fishing is heating up, as you would expect. Nothing spectacular, but this warm weather is changing the equation some. Winter storms can reverse this trend, so…. If this weather pattern continues, it would not be surprising to find some leading-edge...
Fishing for smallmouth bass over two pounds in size is expected to be good to excellent. In addition, redear sunfish should also be good in the pound-plus sizes. The Parker Strip is well known for its smallmouth bass fishing, especially in the area from the dam to...
LAKE HAVASU — Lake Havasu Fishing Report courtesy John Galbraith of BassTackleMaster.com, Lake Havasu City, early October. Fair afternoon striper bite from Winsor State Park south to Calif Bay/Thompson Bay using diving baits like the white Rat-L-Traps, Sassy...
LAKE HAVASU — Lake Havasu Fishing Report courtesy John Galbraith of BassTackleMaster.com, Lake Havasu City. Fair afternoon striper bite from Winsor State Park south to Calif Bay/Thompson Bay using diving baits like the white Rat-L-Traps, Sassy Shads, Pointer...
LAKE HAVASU — Lake Havasu Fishing Report courtesy John Galbraith of BassTackleMaster.com, Lake Havasu City. Lake Level 448.73. Fair afternoon striper bite from Winsor State Park south to Calif Bay/Thompson Bay using diving baits like the white Rat-L-Traps, Sassy...
COLORADO RIVER (PARKER STRIP AREA) — Fishing for smallmouth bass over two pounds in size is expected to be good to excellent. In addition, redear sunfish should also be good in the pound-plus sizes. The Parker Strip is well known for its smallmouth bass fishing,...
Bass fishing heats up in summer, but extra effort is required by tournament anglers to maintain the health of their catch this time of year. Dissolved oxygen is the single most important factor for keeping bass alive, and an understan…