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Lake Mohave Fishing Report

Updated Fri, Oct 23, 2026 from live gauge and weather data

Lake Mohave between Hoover and Davis dams: stocked rainbows near Willow Beach and, from 2026, no limit on striped bass.

3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Gauge
38.80 ft
Air / High
76 / 77 F
Wind
NNE 3 mph

Sources: USGS gauge 09422500, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.

Satellite view
Friday
23
October 2026

Today's Fishing Report

Generated this morning from live readings: gauge, weather model, sun and moon. A fresh report is published here every morning.

3/5Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Lake Mohave sits in the sweet spot of the season: active fish and workable weather. The gauge reads 38.80 ft, up 0.21 over the week. Today brings clear skies, wind NNE around 3 mph, steady pressure near 1013 hPa and a high of 77. Water sits around 74 F for the season (estimated). With the waxing gibbous, the solunar majors run 9:17 AM-11:17 AM and 9:45 PM-11:45 PM: the windows to build the day around.

The plan, species by species

Striped bassExcellent

Use electronics to find shad schools in open water, and watch for birds working over bait.

Rainbow troutExcellent

The top of this band is already stressful. In rivers fish mornings and evenings; in lakes WDFW notes rainbows turn sluggish and go deeper, so troll or suspend bait near the bottom.

Largemouth bassGood

The main feeding season after the spawn: work moving baits along weed edges, points and wood, and follow up with a soft plastic where a fish swirls.

Catfish (blue, channel)Good

Spawning season from late May into summer: Iowa DNR suggests drifting bait under a float along riprap and snags where males guard nests in cavities.

Smallmouth bassGood

Post-spawn and summer feeding: cover rock, wood and current breaks with crankbaits, jigs and tubes, and use live crayfish, minnows or hellgrammites where bait is the plan.

CrappieFair

Early in this band crappie are spawning in protected coves; afterward they move to docks, brush piles and standing timber near deeper water.

Tomorrow: Warmer at 82 F. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.Next report: Sat, Oct 24, 6:30 AMHow this report is made β†’

Before you go

Nevada requires a fishing licence from age 12, from $40.00 for residents. What a Nevada licence costs and where to buy it β†’

Chasing largemouth bass here? Check the size and bag limits with NDOW before you keep anything. The season dates for Nevada, read off the agency, are on the Nevada seasons page.

Water and weather

Live readings from Lake Mohave at Davis Dam.

Gauge height, last 30 days

USGS gauge 09422500.

37.7538.2538.7538.80 ft09/2310/0310/1310/23

Right now

Latest readings

Air temp76 F
High / Low77 / 58 F
WindNNE 3-3 mph
Pressure1013.1 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain2% cloud, 1%
Sunrise / Sunset06:51 / 17:53
MoonWaxing Gibbous, 91%
Water temp (seasonal)~74 F est.

Bite planner

Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today. Tap a bar to see why.

5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PMsunrisesunsetPRIMEPRIME

Which day to fish Lake Mohave this week

The best day on Lake Mohave this week looks like Tuesday Oct 27, at 5 out of 5, against 3 today.

Best day this week: Tuesday, Oct 27 β€” excellent at 5/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.

Today, Oct 23 β€” Fair

A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Solunar majors
9:17 AM-11:17 AM and 9:45 PM-11:45 PM
Minor period
3:41 AM-4:41 AM
Sun
06:51 to 17:53
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit
Sky and wind
Clear, 12 mph
Rain chance
1%

Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out: how the score is built.

Species guide

The species that matter on Lake Mohave: seasons, structure and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.

Largemouth bass illustration

Largemouth bass

Best: the spring pre-spawn and the fall feed

A warm-water sunfish of lakes, reservoirs, ponds and slow river backwaters that holds tight to cover: weeds, logs, rock ledges and docks. In Texas, TPWD surveys rank it "by far" the freshwater fish anglers most want to catch. The main feeding season after the spawn: work moving baits along weed edges, points and wood, and follow up with a soft plastic where a fish swirls.

Striped bass illustration

Striped bass

Best: spring and fall inland; on the coast, during the seasonal migrations

The largest of the temperate basses, a sea-run fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts that now also lives in reservoirs across much of the country after hatchery stocking. Inland, it follows schools of shad and herring through open water. Use electronics to find shad schools in open water, and watch for birds working over bait.

Catfish (blue, channel) illustration

Catfish (blue, channel)

Year-round, best at dusk and after dark

Three big catfish share most of the country's rivers and reservoirs: the channel catfish, the most widespread; the blue catfish, the largest; and the flathead, which hunts live fish. All feed mostly on or near the bottom. Spawning season from late May into summer: Iowa DNR suggests drifting bait under a float along riprap and snags where males guard nests in cavities.

Crappie illustration

Crappie

Best: the spring spawn; summer around docks, brush and the thermocline

Two slab-sided panfish, the white crappie and the black crappie, that gather around submerged timber, brush piles, docks and bridge pilings in lakes, reservoirs and slow river backwaters. Texas Parks and Wildlife counts crappie as the state's most popular panfish. Early in this band crappie are spawning in protected coves; afterward they move to docks, brush piles and standing timber near deeper water.

Smallmouth bass illustration

Smallmouth bass

Best: spring and fall, when bigger fish come shallow

A bronze-brown black bass of clear, cool streams and rocky lakes, with dark vertical bars instead of a side stripe. Michigan DNR says its southeastern coast, from Port Huron to Lake Erie, is known nationally for both the size and the number of its smallmouth. Post-spawn and summer feeding: cover rock, wood and current breaks with crankbaits, jigs and tubes, and use live crayfish, minnows or hellgrammites where bait is the plan.

Rainbow trout illustration

Rainbow trout

Spring and fall in most lakes; rivers fish year-round while the water stays cool

A cold-water trout native to Pacific drainages from Alaska to Baja California, now stocked in most states and fished in rivers, tailwaters and lakes. The top of this band is already stressful. In rivers fish mornings and evenings; in lakes WDFW notes rainbows turn sluggish and go deeper, so troll or suspend bait near the bottom.

When to come: the Lake Mohave calendar

Activity by species and month, and how the water warms through the year. Tap any cell.

Species activity by month

1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted.

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Largemouth bass
Striped bass
Catfish (blue, channel)
Crappie
Smallmouth bass
Rainbow trout
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Water temperature through the year

Typical surface temperature for this water type; today is around 74 F (estimated, not a reading).

5060708090JanMarMayJulSepNovOct, ~74 F now

Angler reports

Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. The water log below tracks each day automatically.

No angler reports yet this weekBe the first: your report helps every angler who checks Lake Mohave today, and we feature the best catch of the week.

Water log, last days

Auto-logged from live data
Thu, Oct 22

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Striped bass led the card at excellent. High of 84 F, wind to 22 mph.

Wed, Oct 21

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Striped bass led the card at excellent. High of 90 F, wind to 19 mph.

Tue, Oct 20

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Largemouth bass led the card at excellent. High of 89 F, wind to 6 mph.

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Before you go

License

Nevada requires a valid fishing license for adults. Buy online from the state agency; one-day options exist for visitors.

Regulations

NDOW Southern Region (2026): Lake Mohave 5 trout, 6 black bass, 25 catfish and 15 crappie a day; no limit on striped bass; no more than two hooks for bait or flies.

Access

Fish cleaning stations and fishing piers at Willow Beach and Katherine Landing; cleaning station at Cottonwood Cove (NPS).

About this water

Lake Mohave, the Colorado River reservoir between Hoover and Davis dams on the Nevada–Arizona line, inside Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

Fishing Lake Mohave: the full guide

Inside Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Lake Mohave lies in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, and NPS lists rainbow trout, catfish, sunfish, largemouth bass, striped bass, smallmouth bass and crappie among the popular fish across the park. It says rainbow trout are routinely released near Willow Beach on Fridays, and names Willow Beach and Black Canyon for trout. Fishing is allowed 24 hours a day from boats, shore and the park's two fishing piers, at Willow Beach and Katherine Landing.

Striped bass with no limit

From 2026 NDOW removed the striped bass limit on Lakes Mead and Mohave: anglers may keep any number of any size. For nearly two decades the rule had allowed unlimited stripers under 20 inches but only 20 at 20 inches or more. The change does not apply to the Colorado River below Davis Dam.

Protected fish and spearing

Razorback sucker and bonytail chub, both protected, live in the lakes: NPS asks anglers to return them and report the catch. Nevada allows spearfishing for striped bass from Cottonwood Cove up to the cable below Hoover Dam, but not from Cottonwood Cove down to Davis Dam.

Common questions

Which license do I need?

NPS says a valid Nevada or Arizona fishing license. NDOW's 2026 rules accept a Nevada license, a Nevada Interstate Boundary Waters license, a Nevada short-term permit or an Arizona license for persons 12 and older.

Is there a striped bass limit?

Not on Lake Mohave from 2026: NDOW removed both the size and the number limit. The Colorado River below Davis Dam still has a limit of 10.

Where are the trout?

NPS names Willow Beach and Black Canyon, near the upper end below Hoover Dam, where rainbow trout are released on Fridays.

Is fishing good at Lake Mohave right now?

Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Nearby waters

Lake Mead55 miLake Havasu69 miAlamo Lake98 miBig Bear Lake153 miOak Creek167 miLake Pleasant169 mi

Where this page's numbers come from

River and reservoir readings
USGS 09422500 β€” Lake Mohave at Davis Dam
Read from the USGS Water Data API (api.waterdata.usgs.gov). Latest value timestamped 2026-10-23 at 18:45 UTC.
Weather and pressure
Open-Meteo forecast model
Queried at 35.3985, -114.6270 in this water's own timezone. A model, not an observation.
Moon and solunar windows
Calculated on this site
Astronomical calculation from these coordinates and the date, not a third-party feed. How much weight it deserves.
Pages checked
The facts in the written guide were checked against these pages, from the agencies and operators that manage the water, on October 6, 2026. Anything we could not verify was taken out.
The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
How this page was made. The daily report is computed by our scoring engine from live readings; nobody types it. The written text was drafted with AI assistance from the official pages listed above, and its facts were checked against those pages by automated verification on October 6, 2026; anything that could not be verified was taken out. Pablo Ruiz Quintero sets every guideline, the data-verification system and the minimum standards a page must meet to be published, reviews page structure and approves what goes live; the responsibility is his, and the AI carries out the work. We work this way because it is how one person can keep every page current with named sources. Errors are published in the verification log; the full policy is in the editorial policy.

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