Finally, a week has passed and the water level in Roosevelt Lake did not drop. The lake level has dropped 1% each week for the past three months. Early May was the last week when the level didn’t drop by at least 1%. Currently, the lake stands at 42% full...
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Roadrunner Pond (Phoenix) Chance C.: Chance Crowley (7 yrs old) wrangled this 31 inch catfish on 7/20/18 with dad (Chris Crowley) at Roadrunner Pond using a homemade stinkbait we made the day before. We took it to Roadrunner Pond first to test out our new...
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Ashurst Lake Michael W.: Aug. 15. Caught Some Nice Quality Fish Today At Ashurst Lake! In 5 1/2 hours, I caught & released (10) nice quality rainbow trout, a 16″, 17″, 18″ and (7) other trout ranging from 12 to 13 1/2 inches. I...
Let’s get right to this week’s fish stockings and some tips for fishing during late August. This week’s stockings (Water temps in parentheses, if available) This week, by Sunday, we’re scheduled to have stocked rainbow trout into the East Verde River (64-72 degrees) , Bear Canyon Lake (70), Tonto Creek...
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Fool Hollow Lake Adam D.: I caught two walleye with nightcrawlers on a rainbow spinner Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018. Northeastern-most fishing pier. Editor’s note: Fool Hollow Lake is one of our picks for top AZ family fishing and camping spots for August. See the list....
Family fishing and camping during summers in Arizona can produce some of the best memories life can spawn. What makes for good camping and fishing during triple-digit months of desert sweat? Escaping to the high country for a ton of stocked or self-sustaining fish, quality camping amenities, and scenery that’s...
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Dogtown Reservoir Austin G.: Me and my fisherman Jim caught 350-plus crappie each. We kept 50 ranging from 8 to 11 inches and it was last Tuesday (Aug. 7) from a boat. I’d say about good solid 8-9 hours we fished … every cast...
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Ashurst Lake Fished Ashurst Lake Aug. 8, (Wednesday) and caught three rainbow trout. Used worms. See more reports
If you’re looking to fish around the hundreds of artificial structures we’ve been building and dropping into Roosevelt Lake the past couple years, you’ll probably need to know what they look like on sonar. First, check out this printable map. It gives you habitat type, location and number of structures....
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Topock Marsh Lance E.: Crash caught this 7.3 pound channel at the Topock Marsh on a anchovy night fishing. He set the hook and reeled it in all on his own. See more reports
Late summer trout fishing on the Mogollon Rim lakes and streams has been reported as excellent. Experienced fly anglers call this “hopper season.” Hopper dropper rigging is highly successful and Copper Johns is the go-to bait. During the summer months, water temperatures become extreme for trout. It’s important to release...
Heading into a new moon, night fishing with submersible lights once again will be a good option for striped bass and crappie fishing. With erratic, monsoon storms, bass feeding periods and locations could change frequently from day to day. Be sure to cover a lot of water and change presentations...
A recent bass fishing tournament on Roosevelt Lake fishing during the evening hours, was surprised by a fast approaching monsoon storm. Even these experienced boat handlers had trouble getting boats loaded onto trailers in the pouring rain and winds in excess of 50 mph. Other anglers standing in waste deep...
The striper bite is doing OK along the Colorado River here below Davis Dam. The casino area is producing a few along with the upper big bend area where anchovies are working well along with various hard baits. Our local angler Randy Brown (above-right) and his visiting son-in-law Parker Harding...
Reports are that hot summer temps have also spelled continued hot fishing at Bartlett Lake. The water temperature is 89-90 degrees and lake level is 1,752 feet (44 percent) and slowly falling. Gary Senft, Bass Pro at the Mesa Bass Pro Shops, said there is a bit of a top-water...
WILLIAMS LAKES: KAIBAB LAKE — No new reports. Folks were catching crappie on the upper end of the lake and folks are still catching catfish. Over 40,000 trout have been stocked in the lake this year. CATARACT LAKE — We have been getting reports of folks catching some nice...
The records are official. San Carlos is still a crappie king. Becker Lake is a prime spot to tame tigers. Apache Lake is a hog catfish haven. And the Colorado River? It has always harbored some of the state’s biggest catfish and carp. Apparently, Saturday, March 31 was the day...
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Frances Short Pond Jim G of Flagstaff caught this two pound largemouth bass at Francis Short Pond on Aug. 3. It was caught on a bead head prince nymph fly. Also caught lots of crappie. See more reports
