Water temperature warming to the upper 60s and a few bass are still spawning. Beginning to see a few feeding with the warming water. Two state records have come from Lake Mohave; a 63 pound striped bass was caught in 2001 and a 16 lb 4 oz rainbow trout was caught in...
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Bass Fishing Lake Mohave 04-15-2021
Overnight low air temperature of 55 degrees has the fish a little slow today. Water temperature dropped to the low 60's from upper 60's just a few days ago. The northern section of the reservoir is constrained by the steep rock walls of Black Canyon for a length of 22...
Palo Verde
The bark of a palo verde tree is green because it's filled with chlorophyll. Unlike most trees, this plant gets a lot of photosynthesizing done through its bark. According to The Arizona Native Plant Society, only about a third of the palo verde's food is produced by...
Palo Verde Bloom and Baja Fairy Duster
High Chaparral Morning Coffee
Cool April Morning, blooming Palo Verde and hot cup of coffee. Retired Mohave Desert High Chaparral living doesn't get much better! Palo Verde Trees commonly occur in the Southwest: the foothill, yellow or littleleaf palo verde (Parkinsonia aculeata ) and the blue...
Lake Mohave Smallmouth Bass Fishing 04-07-2021
Water temperatures are warming to the mid 60s and the Smallmouth Bass are becoming more active. Crystal clear water makes the sight fishing a blast! Game fish species include smallmouth bass, striper, largemouth bass, rainbow trout, bluegill sunfish, crappie, and...
Mohave Hunting Cave
A little over a mile down wash from a flowing spring this small cave was likely used by the Mojave Indians while hunting. Obsidian flakes, pot shards, smoke stains and rocks closing openings indicate Native American use. No evidence of other caves or habitation...
Smallmouth Bass Fishing Lake Mohave 04-02-2021
At 647-foot elevation, the Lake Mohave has a total storage capacity of 1,818,300 acre-ft, a maximum depth of approximately 100 ft, and just over 28,000 surface acres with roughly half of the lake found in Arizona and half in Nevada. Game fish species include...
Bass Fishing March 28, 2021
Cottonwood Cove Resort & Marina located right in the center. It begins at Davis Dam in Bullhead City, Arizona and is just 14 miles east of historic Searchlight, Nevada, only 45 minutes north of Laughlin and an hour south of Las Vegas....
Black Mountains Cabin
The Black Mountains of northwest Arizona are an extensive, mostly linear, north-south trending 75 miles long mountain range. It forms the north-south border of southwest Mohave County as it borders the eastern shore of the south-flowing Colorado River from Hoover Dam....








