The Department has developed concepts under a Strategic Vision Document (AGFD 2017) to help guide warmwater fisheries management in Arizona. Using these concepts, fisheries management at Lake Havasu will focus primarily on a high-quality largemouth bass and smallmouth bass fisheries, secondarily for Redear sunfish as a featured species and thirdly as a general opportunity fishery for striped bass. Bluegill, channel catfish, and flathead catfish can be locally abundant and will provide angling opportunities. A secondary emphasis for the management of Lake Havasu in the future may be the management of razorback sucker and bonytail chub. Currently, native fish management in Lake Havasu is not a priority for the Department, but there are potential opportunities for native fish management in the future and priorities may change.
