A short drive to north of Laughlin, Nevada, and Bullhead City, Arizona is a 67-mile long stretch of the Colorado River known as Lake Mohave. The lake is somewhat narrow, not more than 4 miles across at its broadest point. It is restrained for most of its length between the steep walls of Pyramid, Painted, Eldorado and Black canyons.
Lake Mohave, behind Davis Dam, is part of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area is managed by the National Park Service. Lake Mohave is a habitation for fish and wildlife that also captures and delays the discharge of flashy floods from side washes beneath Hoover Dam.
Recreation
The area nearby the Lake Mohave and along the Colorado River underneath Davis Dam also provides a lot of recreational breaks, which includes fishing, boating, swimming, water skiing, camping, picnicking, exploring, auto touring, photography and simply relaxing.
Hundreds of beaches can only be accessed by boat. In the summer, boaters seek out their secretive beach site for a base camp from which they then swim, water ski and relax. If you love to fish, Rainbow Trout are found in the calm, clear waters at the upper end of Lake Mohave, whereas Largemouth and Striped Bass are taken from the deeper reaches of the lake. A fishing certificate from either Arizona or Nevada, to which a special-use stamp from the opposite state is attached, which is necessary for those wanting to fish on Lake Mead or Lake Mohave.
Camping, RV Parks, and Facilities
Lake lovers will get to see hundreds of beaches along the lakeside that can only be accessed by boat. So select your beach as a base campsite. There are primarily two public use facilities containing Katherine Landing just seven miles north of Laughlin, Bullhead City and Cottonwood Cove from the Nevada side just east of Searchlight, Nevada. Both the locations feature public campsites, RV Parks, boat launches, docking amenities, boat rentals, restaurants, fishing tackle and licenses.
Fishing at Lake Mohave
Largemouth and Striped Bass are plentiful at the southern end of the lake. Striped Bass action is finest just above Davis Dam. Rainbowfishes are active at the lake's upper end principally around the Willow Beach zone on the Colorado River. Fishing authorizations from either Arizona or Nevada are necessary.
Casino Resort Gambling & Entertainment
Whether you spend a day, a weekend or a month, you will find out that Lake Mohave is an ideal place that can syndicate water recreation with the exhilaration of casino resort gambling, Las Vegas style amusement, great golf courses and world class eateries just down the road.