Lake Mohave fishing

Lake Mohave fishing is on a reservoir. No species or stocking events are on the current agency reports yet.

Illustration, not a photo of this lake
Last stocked
Not in these reports
Plants on record
0
Species recorded
0
Surface acres
28,260

Access and facts

Water type
reservoir
Nearest town
Bullhead City, AZ
Shore access
Yes
Boat ramp
Yes
Facilities
restrooms, camping, cleaning station, dock

Colorado River reservoir between Hoover Dam and Davis Dam in Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Arizona-side hubs include Willow Beach and Katherine Landing; Nevada side includes Cottonwood Cove. Fishing allowed 24 hours from boats, shore, or the Willow Beach and Katherine Landing piers.

Other places to fish at Lake Mohave

Willow Beach

Arizona-side NRA hub with a fishing pier; NPS notes rainbow trout are routinely released near Willow Beach on Fridays, and the site has a fish cleaning station. (nps.gov, accessed September 29, 2026)

Katherine Landing

Southern Arizona-side marina area with a fishing pier and fish cleaning station on Lake Mohave. (nps.gov, accessed September 29, 2026)

Cottonwood Cove

Nevada-side marina and cleaning-station complex roughly mid-lake on Mohave. (nps.gov, accessed September 29, 2026)

Black Canyon (below Hoover Dam)

NPS pairs Black Canyon with Willow Beach as a primary rainbow trout corridor on the upper Mohave reach. (nps.gov, accessed September 29, 2026)

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About Lake Mohave

NPS fishing guidance lists striped bass, largemouth and smallmouth bass, rainbow trout, catfish, sunfish, and crappie on Lake Mohave and Lake Mead. Fish cleaning stations sit at Willow Beach, Cottonwood Cove, and Katherine Landing. The 67-mile, 28,260-acre Colorado River pool lies in Lake Mead NRA between Hoover and Davis dams.

Nearest lakes

Lake Havasu 67.6 mi no stocking on record Alamo Lake 102.1 mi no stocking on record Lower Goldwater Lake 139.8 mi last stocked April 27, 2026 Dogtown Reservoir 142.5 mi last stocked September 21, 2026 Lake Pleasant 171.3 mi no stocking on record

Public land at Lake Mohave

Lake Mohave is inside Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

It is 0.6 miles outside the edge of Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

Boundaries from Public Lands DB, part of the same network.

Sources

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