FunFishing the Colorado River
August 15, 2008
Welcome to the Colorado.
In the Topock Marsh, thirteen to sixteen inch largemouth bass are hitting night crawlers. No numbers have been reported, but in the sweltering heat anglers are only casting their lines in the cool of the morning. Catfish in the marsh are energetic. Golden Shores resident Kaylee Woodruff and her father Terry caught several with one tipping the scales at 3.5-pounds. Anchovy was the lure for a portly 15-pound whisker-fish taken by another local, Greg Blanchard, who caught the denizen of the deep at South Dyke.
A limit of stripers is doable in the Topock Gorge but by all reports, it’s not an every day event and not every fish a keeper. Anglers have to ferret out a limit one fish at a time. The key is to keep moving. The fact that the weight for a majority of the fish is on the plus side of 2-pounds takes the edge off the sluggish striper state. Stripers may be scarce, but the catfish bite is outstanding. Blankenship Bend remains a productive hot spot for whisker fish, although, just below the Elbow is running a close second. Topock locals, the Deckhand and his son Hunter, knocked them dead on a night time bite. Six stripers up to 5-pounds and several catfish were taken–the biggest cat was a line zipping 13.5-pounds! Daytime stands for channel cats are proving to be as fruitful as nighttime. Four stripers in the 2-pound class and four cats, a 6¾- , a 6 ½ - , a 6-, and a smallish 3.5-pounder–all boated before noon–brought grins to three hot but happy anglers. The three hot and happy anglers were Ted Hartman of Kingman, Ted Hartman Jr. of Lake Havasu, and Bud Grice from Billings, Montana.
See you on the river. Until the next time, Keep your sinker in the water and the plug in your boat, and remember no matter what time of day or year it's always FunFishing on the Colorado!
Capt. Doyle
“Fishing is just fishing. But, catching is a gift.”
~ Quote from a long ago and forgotten fishing magazine
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