Colorado River Chain Fish Report
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Updated May 6
COLORADO RIVER
LAKE HAVASU— Captain Kenne Probst (LakeHavasuBoatCharters.com) said water temps are fluctuating when they normally would be warming this time of year, and the best fishing is when the temp stays consistent for several days. Striped bass are hanging around shad schools in deeper water, and they can be caught on trolled Flukes, swimbaits, lipless cranks and flies trolled on leadcore. Backwater areas are holding largemouth bass and redear in the shallows, while smallmough are hanging off rocky ledges.
LAKE MEAD — Striped bass fishing has been excellent with 25-plus fish days fairly common. Live shad has been the top tactics, but there are a decent amount of stripers being caught on artificials, especially when on the surface under birds. Cut baits are also getting some, as well as catfish from shore.
LAKE MOHAVE/WILLOW BEACH— Striped bass fishing has been solid through the Main Basin area down to Davis Dam where anchovies are working well from shore on stripers to 7.86 pounds. There are bigger ones eating swimbaits for anglers working out of Willow Beach. WON has seen the photo evidence of outstanding numbers of linesides over 10 pounds caught on glidebaits and swimbaits by boaters working out of Willow Beach Marina, but they’re notoriously tight-lipped about even the general area beyond that.
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