My son, Joseph, and I travelled to several places along the Colorado river. We started from home in southern California at 4am. We arrived at our first stop, Topock Marsh, near Needles, ca. I, always wanted to go there and it did not disappoint. We took my kayak, and it was easy to launch. My son was my launcher. He did a great job. I set him up at the shoreline with a camping chair, rod and reel, and bait. I paddled through the marsh and cast my lipless crankbait. I got hooked up a few times, but they came unbuttoned near the kayak and one flopped out of the kayak. It was a bass, but I could not tell you if it was a largemouth or smallmouth. I paddled around for a good two hours and called it. My arms were getting shredded with all the paddling. I came back to the boat launch and strapped the kayak to my truck. I do have a bed extender. And we were off. One big tip, get gas on the Arizona side. It can be up to two dollars per gallon less. We drove past Lake Havasu, never been there. Got to see the ‘London bridge’ and drive down south to Parker strip. This place was majestic! A must see. My pics do not give it justice. We got into Blythe and checked in to our motel. We rested a little, got dinner at Rebel BBQ. A must try, it was amazing. In the morning, we left the kayak in the motel room and went exploring. We went to Palo Verde diversion dam. This was spectacular. You can catch stripers around here. We got skunked. I traveled down to Goose Flats Park and explored along the dirt road. There are some good spots there. We went down to Palo Verde County Park and setup for catfish for the evening. Nothing, no bites. I had a blast with my son. It does not matter if I catch fish, it matters to me to have memories. We went back to the motel and slept. Got up in the morning to go home, but stopped off at Weist lake in Brawley, California. Launched the kayak one more time and set up Joe on the shore. Skunked again. After a couple of hours, we packed the truck up and headed home. I had a lot of fun and will be back soon. The Colorado river has it all. Multiple species. A lot of fun. Sometimes there are a lot of water skiers and pleasure boats, but that is okay, all should enjoy it.
Until next time, tight lines.
