High Chaparral / Casa Codorniz: Living by Lake Mohave in the Mohave Desert

High Chaparral / Casa Codorniz: Living by Lake Mohave in the Mohave Desert

Wintering in the Desert: The Snowbirds Return to Casa Codorniz Above Lake Mohave

Wintering in the Desert: The Snowbirds Return to Casa Codorniz Above Lake Mohave

Back in the Saddle Again: Exploring Old Mines by OHV in Arizona’s Black Mountains

Back in the Saddle Again: Exploring Old Mines by OHV in Arizona’s Black Mountains

Getting in An Afternoon On Lake Mohave Before Chilly Weather in Mid November 2025

Getting in An Afternoon On Lake Mohave Before Chilly Weather in Mid November 2025

Back in the Saddle: A Desert Adventure to the Tyro Mine Overlook

Back in the Saddle: A Desert Adventure to the Tyro Mine Overlook

Smallmouth Bass Spawning: A Late April Adventure on Lake Mohave

Smallmouth Bass Spawning: A Late April Adventure on Lake Mohave

Mid-April 2025 Lake Mohave Bass Fishing

The desert morning greeted us with that peculiar stillness that only those who've spent time in the Southwest truly understand. As I sipped my coffee on the porch of our modest desert retreat in the foothills above Lake Mohave, I watched the sun crawl above the...

The Sonoran Desert in Bloom

There's something about the desert that speaks to my soul. Perhaps it's the stark contrast to my Kansas upbringing, where the rolling Flint Hills offered a different kind of beauty altogether. Out here in the Sonoran Desert during springtime, though... well, that's a...

Chasing Ghosts: A Mid-March Smallmouth Bass Adventure on Lake Mohave

Chasing Ghosts: A Mid-March Smallmouth Bass Adventure on Lake Mohave

Sunset on Mohave Lake View Ranchos

There's something about the way the light changes in the desert that reminds me of my childhood on the Kansas prairie. Different landscapes entirely, but that same vast sky, that same feeling of being small beneath an endless canvas of blue that slowly transforms into...

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Bass Fishing Lake Mohave April 19, 2021

Bass Fishing Lake Mohave April 19, 2021

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...

Bass Fishing Lake Mohave 04-15-2021

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 Bloom and Baja Fairy Duster

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...

High Chaparral Morning Coffee

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

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

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

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

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

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....