Topock Gorge AZ

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Fish report from the Topock Gorge Welcome to the Colorado! With the exception of a few off days–lingering lows and wind, April has been a stellar month for bass and sunfish in the Topock Gorge! Most of the bass have been taken on minnows and night crawlers. Smallmouth sizes have been ranging between 2- and 5-pounds and the sunfish have weighed up to 1.5-pounds. I would like to petition anglers to please exercise catch and release so our bass have a chance to reproduce which in turn will further a fish rich river.Bass are territorial, so releasing them where they were caught is also beneficial.

Ray Schaefer and Jerry Jacobs of Goodyear, Arizona recently boated a limit of smallmouth and ten nice sunfish. Brady and Kyle Spilker of Seven Hills, OH caught a bounty of tasty little Bluegill on night crawlers and a mixed bag limit of largemouth and smallmouth bass on live bait. Fishing exclusively for bass, Robert Abella from Las Vegas, NV and his party picked up some impressive bass–a 2-, a 3-, a 4- and the biggest so far this month, a 5.5-pounder! Striped bass have finally begun to move up river. It’s a soak your bait all day event, but the sizes may be worth the wait.

John and Pat Morris of Golden Shores, Arizona took home two, a 2- and a 4-pounder, from the Blankenship Bend area and another pair, a 3- and a 4- pounder, higher up into the Gorge. Anchovy was, of course, the bait of choice. Pat told me they took another couple of stripers in the 3-pound class a week later.

Another Golden Shores resident, Bob Meltzer, also caught a 3-pound line-side. Meltzer was pitching chovy in the reeds near the Elbow. Bait fishermen need to check their bait regularly. If there’s no bait on your hook you’re just fishing on credit. Fishing news from Topock Marsh has finally surfaced. It appears fishers are reaping crappie at both Catfish Paradise and at North Dyke. No sizes were reported. Because of the time of year, there’s a good possibility the fish are black crappie rather than white. Thanks, Georgia

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