Topock Marsh/Colorado River- Arizona Report

[southernman]

well after having our fill of turkey, nighthawk and I headed out to try the topock marsh area . . .we arrived on friday, set up camp at Camp Moabi, the huge park on the calf side, and went to scout around . . .got up at the crack of dawn and tried catfish paradise first . . nuthin, one tiny bite that was it for 4 hrs . . .tried jigs, spinners, worms, anchovies, stink bait, plastics . . .nuthin. It was very overcast, and not getting warm . .



then we tried 5 mile, nice spot, still nuthin. . lady there said it had been slow for awhile . . after lunch we tried the colorado river . . .could've used a bigger pole and heavier lures there , , no hits, threw a couple shad imitating plugs for an hour . . .finally the sun came out and turned warm . .high 60's low 70's . .



we grabbed our lanterns and headed out to fish at night back at five mile landing . .we finally caught some small cats or bullheads . .



they went back to mommy . . saw a guy with a 9 pounder, nice catfish . .



that night we ate ribeye's and nighthawk's awesome dutch oven cobbler . . yeeeeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa . . .



oh well checked it out, wont be back soon, this marsh is pretty shallow, nothing but flooded stumps and timber . . . a boat would be pretty necessary to fish this area well . .



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[]ps great sunset shots though, huh?!
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[Nu2Fishagain]

Hey, great photos, to bad for the lack of big fish. I have to ask this, did you let Nighthawk choose the fishing holes? I'm working on a pattern here. Nighthawk dutch oven cooks? We may have to talk.
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[southernman]

nah i picked this general spot . . after some discussions with other bft members . .. nighthawk knew the area, we fished just about every shore spot on the entire east side, next time i guess we'll try the west side . .

we just wanted to get out and try our luck somewheres halfway warm for camping . . it got down to the high 30's or so . .

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[nighthawk]

Great report SM. You got some awesome photos. I posted my story finally. I will get my photos ready so you can download them from the ftp site.
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[nighthawk]

No Comment on the fishing holes! OOOOOH YA I know a thing or two about dutch oven cooking. Just ask SM.
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