Martinez Lake in Yuma, Arizona For Fishing & Camping

Fish Species

• Bluegill Sunfish
• Bullfrogs
• Bullhead
• Carp
• Catfish (Channel)
• Catfish (Flathead)
• Crappie
• Green Sunfish
• Largemouth Bass
• Redear Sunfish
• Smallmouth Bass
• Striped Bass
• Tilapia

Martinez Lake is located in the southwestern corner of Arizona in Tuma County. The lake's area about 300 to 500 acres, depending on where it's boundary with the Colorado River is determined to be at the moment, it’s hard to tell where the river ends and the lake begins. Martinez Lake is located on the Colorado River 31 miles from Yuma, AZ. The reservoir stretches upstream 70 miles to Blythe and downstream 7 miles to the Imperial Dam. There are numerous canals and backwater lakes that quadruple the shoreline available for fishing.

Boating facility features include, boats to rent, jet skis to rent, motors to rent, licenses for sale, groceries, tackle and equipment, live bait fish, restaurants, lodging, swimming, waterskiing, and other outdoor activities.

Fish species range to large and small mouth bass, striped bass, crappie, bullhead, channel and flathead catfish, tilapia, redear sunfish, bluegill, green sunfish, carp and bullfrogs. Bass fishing can be worth the effort of detouring around other recreational watercraft on Martinez Lake, because huge bass of several varieties live here, co-existing with even larger whiskerfish. Largemouth bass weighing in the teens have been recorded. Striped bass over 30 pounds and flathead catfish in excess of 75 pounds have been recorded too.

Average Depth: 1-10ft.
Elevation: 200ft.