12/10/11

There has been a pretty fair striper bite in the south end of the lake around Havasu Springs and around the island and Black Rock regions. This is where the shad are concentrated and the fish are nice quality, running from six to 10 pounds. Most of the action is in the morning on Rat-L-Trap or similar lures. Some anglers are trolling umbrella rigs with four baits. The largemouth and smallmouth bass are also up in wolf packs chasing the shad, and the only action has been on shad-like cranks, but the bite can be pretty good during peak activity periods. Redear are getting little pressure, but the best bet is to fish in 20 to 30 feet of water in the bays with nightcrawlers or go up river and fish grassy backwaters with ‘crawlers under a bobber.

11/20/11

Fair topwater early in the morning on the bass and then decent action on the outside edges of weed beds the rest of the day. Senkos, plastics, and deep-running cranks are getting both smallmouth and largemouth. The striper action has been very hit and miss. There have been daily boils as the fish push shad to the surface, usually early and late in the day, and then the stripers are deep and trollers dragging shad-like cranks or spoons in deeper water or drifting anchovies are getting some fish. The redear have slowed with spotty action, but some fish still showing in 15 to 30 feet of water, mostly on nightcrawlers.

Lake Havasu Fishing Species

Lake Havasu Largemouth Bass

Lake Havasu Smallmouth Bass

Lake Havasu Striped Bass

Lake Havasu Crappie

Lake Havasu Bluegill

Lake Havasu Catfish