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Colorado River is a public river in Clark County, Nevada, managed by Nevada Department of Wildlife. You can fish it on a Nevada fishing licence — there is no separate trout stamp for general fishing. Nevada follows the federal navigability test for public river use; on non-navigable reaches over private land, fish from public land, at bridges and road crossings, or with the landowner’s permission. About 85% of Nevada is federal land, so most of these waters are BLM or Forest Service access. Lahontan cutthroat conservation streams carry their own rules, and tribal waters such as Pyramid Lake need a tribal permit. Public access confirmed via NDOW Fishable Waters listing.
A Colorado River impoundment on the Nevada–Arizona line (Lake Mead, Lake Mohave) — striped bass (no limit on Mead), largemouth and smallmouth bass, channel and flathead catfish, black crappie and bluegill, with a stocked rainbow trout fishery in the cold water below Hoover and Davis dams; a Nevada or Arizona licence with the Colorado River endorsement fishes the whole reservoir.
It runs roughly 18 miles through the Southern Region region. Anglers here mostly fish for bluegill sunfish, bullhead catfish, channel catfish, green sunfish; largemouth bass, rainbow trout, redear sunfish, smallmouth bass are also on record. Live flow and gauge height come from the Lake Mohave At Davis Dam, Az-Nv USGS station shown below. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Lake Mohave and Boulder City Pond/Veteran's Park.
Species from NDOW’s Nevada Fishable Waters layer (per-water species list), PiscaMaps water-type profiles and hand research.
Night fishing: No statewide night-fishing closure in Nevada; Pyramid Lake and some tribal and urban waters set their own hours and seasons, and a few trout streams close seasonally for spawning — check the current Nevada Fishing Regulations or the tribe's rules.
Boats: Most Nevada streams are wade access; the big reservoirs take trailered boats via a park or BLM ramp. Every boat needs an AIS inspection, and any craft off Lake Mead or Mohave must be decontaminated and dried before launching elsewhere (quagga mussels).
Bank & bivvy camping: About 85% of Nevada is federal land -- dispersed camping is allowed on almost all BLM and Forest Service ground along these waters, plus developed campgrounds at the state parks and national recreation areas.
Tackle: The general Nevada trout limit is 5, but many waters carry reduced limits or special rules -- the Jarbidge River bull trout are catch-and-release, Lahontan cutthroat conservation streams have their own regulations, and Pyramid Lake follows Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe rules (2 fish, protective slot, barbless). Check the current Nevada Fishing Regulations.
Boat ramps: 20 mapped — Boat Ramp, Boat ramp, Boat ramp, Boat ramp, Boat ramp, Boat ramp and others nearby.
Camping: 4 sites mapped nearby — 1st come 1st served, Big Bend of the Colorado Campground, Sunrise Adventures, Sunrise Adventures Ridgeview Resort.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Live from USGS gauge 09422500 — Lake Mohave At Davis Dam, Az-Nv. Full gauge data →
Anyone 12 or older needs a Nevada fishing licence — the resident annual is about $40, the non-resident annual about $80, with 1-day (~$9 resident / ~$18 non-resident, plus ~$7 for each added day) options. There is no separate trout stamp for general fishing, though a Colorado River endorsement covers the interstate reach and a trout validation is needed to keep trout on a few waters. Children under 12 fish free. Buy from the Nevada Department of Wildlife at ndow.org. Note: Pyramid Lake and other tribal waters need a tribal permit instead. A Nevada fishing licence covers this water — it is on NDOW's Nevada Fishable Waters list. (Tribal waters such as Pyramid Lake need a tribal permit instead.)
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