Laughing in Laughlin: T57 wedding reception!
Drove up to Laughlin with The King of Cats, his royal highness, El Trollmeister. We were invited to the Bullets_Full / Tater wedding reception in Laughlin.
We checked in to the Avi Resort, and somehow miraculously we happened to have all our fishing poles, tackleboxes and 50lbs of premium catfish bait in my SUV. How did that happen?
Taking advantage of this little fact, friday morning we decided to survey the area (neither Trolly or I have ever fished Laughlin) and found a couple promising spots not far from the resort.
We went to a state park and spoke with a cute Park Ranger. Trolly poured on the Armenian charm, and within minutes this lady was coughing up all the secret fishing spots. Classic!
A little later in the day, we drive off to one of the spots Trolly's girlfriend confessed to. What a great little fishing hole it was. We were later joined by the bride and groom and a couple of their friends, as well as Kalidawg.
Nice job Trolly!!
Even later that afternoon, Trolly and I decided to do some more recon and drive towards the strip to see if we could find more spots. We hit a few places by the bridge (Thanks Webmaster Jeff for the tips!!) and along the hotels. We had some bites and farmed fish, but unfortunately, nothing landed in our short time there.
Continuing up the road, we hit the Davis Dam area from the Nevada side. Looks like there are tons of really good looking striper spots.
At the end of friday, we made it back home to the resort. There was still some daylight, and this drove us crazy, so we figured we would "ninja" around the resort area. Turns out it was the most WIDE OPEN dink fishing we had all day for bass and trout! It was all good until the security guy showed up......LOL! (hey, there were no signs anywhere forbidding us!)
As if we had not fished enough all day, we decided to go catfishing at one of the spots (no pics taken). Joining us was Grannyfish and Grandpa fish! We had laughs and a few bites (actually Granny had the bites) but no takers.
Saturday morning came all too early. By 8am we were once again in the truck running around trying to find spots along the river. Our first stop was to the same place we catfished the night before. As we drove up we noticed there was someone fishing our spot.
As we got to talking with this fellow angler (mostly us asking him the scoop on fishing Laughlin), he reveals he is a recent ex-marine, and that he knew was Fishingnetwork.net was! In fact, he rattled off the name "TROUTONLY", and told us Troutonly has a bit of a following from the Marines in Afghanistan!
I was floored.....but not floored enough to stop fishing altogether and catch these little guys:
Shortly after this little session, we got back in the truck and headed to Davis Camp (Arizona side).
Right about here, I had one heck of a fight with a fish. My 8lb test was no match. Line was peeling off as the fish sprinted up river, and there was practically no way for me to slow it down or chase it. I eventually palmed the spool and tried a couple jerks to turn it, but in the end, the fish took off with my lucky rattle-trap. I can't think of a better way to lose that lure. Trolly and I laughed so hard....
Shortly thereafter, we got the travellin' itch again, so we got back in the truck and randomnly drove all the way south on the Arizona side.
At about Bullhead City, and following the river, we ran into this tackle store:
[ Riviera Marina, 520 Riviera Blvd, Bullhead City, 928-763-8550]
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