Colo river advice

Well this time of year, due to the heat I would say you mainly looking at your best bite from 9pm to maybe 8am. Smallmouth along edges and rocky or hardbotttom edges. Mostly hit baits with motion like swim tails, curl tails, spinners or small swim baits. Large mouth in pocket holes side channels. Use usual largemouth tactics. Same applies to panfish. Cats in deeper holes and in stiller waters after drops, locks, or dams, or sometimes I the lee of large obstructions like rocks. They will take anything stinky but fresh cut bluegill or carp or shrimp can be great.

tips from Werfless ?

 

Bluegill, carp or shrimp chunks, as fresh as you can get.. worms are a good call too. Personally, I would focus on the pre dawn and post dusk bites, find somewhere moving water enters slow or slack water and work that. Just a number six or four hook with a chunk of bait at the end, cast out, open the bail on the spinning rod, and watch the line. Or work some baits they can feel anywhere you see air or foam.. squarebills, spinnerbait, inline spinner, etc. If you're on the AZ side of the border, get your AZ licence. I prefer canals to the main river for what I do

 

I was just at the river a few weeks back south of you at Martinez. The am LMB bite was lights out in the fist few hours of the day. Senkos tossed near the tullies then worked parallel worked great.. Twitch, Twitch pause is the ticket. Have fun!

 

Yes... But... You take a couple steps too far east, or fish the wrong side of a gate, they can, and will, ticket you. They are very serious about this. A week fishing license is very reasonable on the other side, and perfect insurance you can walk over and fish a juicy cut without risk

 

its different now werfless ca license
good on all colorado water except az canals
i don't know about needles but in blythe
you have to be carefull of indian land north of blythe

 

Once I was standing on this one gate, I think along Mittry. Warden rolled up and we were talking about it. I turned to cast on the other side, and he told me if I did, he would write me up. So I asked him about exactly where the line was. I was standing on it apparently. Nice dude, just a stickler for the rules (his job, after all). AZ licence is cheap enough, or I would stay on the CA side, personally. Just saying.

 

Sounds like the gila canal

 

It used to be you had to have both depending on where you were on the River but finally they got more realistic. I’m betting the judges got tired of figuring it all out in court.

 

I fished the gila all night long and caught good channel cats . I found out later I was in the wrong , got lucky. The az non resident license is cheaper than our resident license. The gila has some good small
Mouth in some areas . It splits up by hidden shores were you can be just a couple feet away from breaking the law.

 

Nice trip and very nice striper! Looks like you took him home for dinner. Good choice. They are great in the pan.
Cheers!

 

Nice bass... Plenty of both of those out at the river and both are plenty tasty. Glad you found a few

 

Solid striper , thats why the rivers awesome never know when you get a bonus catch.