Yep, it’s trout! Rainbows, that is, brought to us special from the Willow Beach Hatchery. We are getting some great fish this year. Our federal hatchery is providing all anglers in this area with some nice trout. Our visiting angler John Beigh from Ohio stopped in to share his catch....
Ashurst Lake — Fishing Rating: Good Fishing at Ashurst is usually good until the lake gets ice cover or the Forest Service closes the road. Anglers can catch nice size holdover rainbow trout on lures such as Rooster Tails, Joe’s Flies and small spoons. Fly anglers should be successful using...
MOGOLLON RIM Bear Canyon Lake — Rating: Fair During a normal winter, vehicle access to Bear Canyon Lake is impossible due to heavy snow and road closures. The US Forest Service normally closes the 300 Road/Rim Road after the first significant snowfall. If access to Bear Canyon Lake remains open,...
This is still some great weather for trout fishing at the mid- to low-elevation lakes where we stock trout. See the stocking schedules below. Water temperatures in our desert impoundments have dropped to 60 degrees and below. This is about the point (mid-50s) that the metabolism of bass slows. A...
The major cold fronts in northern Arizona have significantly impacted the fishing conditions. Rim Country anglers have been fortunate to have had stable weather conditions which allowed them to enjoy excellent fishing longer this year. Their luck ran out when the cold fronts and wildly swinging barometric pressures arrived a...
Editor’s Note: This is the the final of five “things we learned” from our 4-year study to investigate the fate of rainbow trout and Apache trout stocked into several of Arizona’s popular stream trout fisheries. As part of this project, AZGFD biologists conducted nearly 5,000 angler interviews on six different...
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov The water temperature at Lake Pleasant Wednesday topped out at 60 degrees, with morning air temperatures at 43 degrees. Guide Gary Senft targeted largemouth bass Wednesday — in 25 mph winds during the early morning. Fishing from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., he and a fishing...
There are several reports that fishing in the lower 3 mile walk-in section of Lees Ferry — Arizona’s premier blue-ribbon trout fishery below Glen Canyon Dam — has been excellent. Lees Ferry Anglers, for one, rates walk-in fishing at a 6/10 and the upriver fishing a 7/10. Walk-in fishing report...
We’ve cracked the 50s. While high country anglers long ago experienced water temperatures below 60 degrees, a report of water temperatures cracking the 50s has come from Bartlett Lake in the Tonto National Forest, where temps on Friday were 59 degrees. See the latest lake levels from SRP. “Fishing was...
Arizona Game and Fish Department personnel conducted a spot-check electrofishing survey on Redondo Lake near Yuma on Nov. 28. During pair of 15-minute electrofishing sites, 24 largemouth bass were caught, including a very nice 19.3-inch, 3.7-pound fish (right-above), and a 22.7-inch, 8.2-pound lunker largemouth (left-above)! Overall the population appears to...
Trout are back in Community waters, and this weekend’s cold and rainy weather could be just the ticket to get trout whacking your favorite bait or lure. The “core”Community waters are being stocked this week. There also have been some adjustments to these trout stockings. Read all about them. For...
Roosevelt Lake anglers are reporting good fishing conditions. However, if the weather predictions are correct, that is about to change. A winter weather pattern will continue to push lake water temperatures down and slow the metabolism of cold-blooded fish. Anglers are reporting the best success on casting spoons fished in...
We’re reminding boaters to “clean, drain and dry” – and especially decontaminate — their watercraft and equipment before exiting waters designated as having aquatic invasive species (AIS). This reminder is especially important for out-of-town visitors who moor their boats at AIS-affected waters and are preparing to head out of state....
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Rose Canyon Lake Andrew A.: Fished Thanksgiving early morning. Caught several trout on rooster tails. More reports Angler Reports are intended to be direct from anglers and are generally posted unedited. However, AZGFD reserves the right to not publish photos and reports for any...
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Ashurst Lake Anthony L.: Fished from 10 to 2 on Saturday, Nov. 24: very slow bite, but caught three altogether. One big brown and one big rainbow, about 3 to 4 lbs. Caught them on a Rebel Bumble Bug-Hornet, trolling on the north end...
What a great area we live in, and yep, we have some fantastic fishing going on. It’s mostly stripers and trout here along the Colorado River below the Davis Dam. Rotary Park The Willow Beach Fish Hatchery has been stocking some nice rainbows. Our local angler Jerry Ward is showing...
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Willow Springs Lake A. D.: Caught two tigers at Willow Springs on Nov. 17 using a yellow/gold spinner. More reports Angler Reports are intended to be direct from anglers and are generally posted unedited. However, AZGFD reserves the right to not publish photos and...
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Becker Lake Frank S.: Hello AZGFD, I want to first thank you for a great fishing / stocking report you send out weekly. It’s always a great read. I fished Becker Lake on Friday, Nov. 16 and Saturday, Nov. 17. It was a little...
