Central Waters / Fishing Waters / Mogollon Rim
by Fish AZ · Published June 14, 2018 · Last modified June 15, 2018
Bass anglers are reporting that fishing is good to very good at Roosevelt Lake. The early morning is the best time to be fishing. From safe light until about 10 AM, there is a lot of activity with bass chasing shad from deeper water into shallow water. Anglers are positioning...
The bald eagle closure in the Agua Fria arm of Lake Pleasant will lift Friday, June 15. That means boaters will be able to boat from the main body of the lake into this area of the Agua Fria arm. See the closure area. This seasonal closure is typically Dec....
Lake elevation: 1,752, 44 % Water temperature: 77-79 degrees Work on the dam has begun, thus the lower lake elevation. Gary Senft reported: “Fishing is hotter than a firecracker.” He said there has been a bit of a top-water bite around 5-6 a.m. and anglers can use walking baits, small...
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Tempe canal (SRP) Giovanni P.: (Flathead catfish) caught May 27 at a Tempe canal with live carp as bait and weighed 34.6 lbs.
The Laguna boat ramp at Canyon Lake is closed through Saturday. We are planning to use the ramp to build a floating boat house for our law enforcement. The Palo Verde ramp remains open, and we plan to open the Laguna ramp Sunday.
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Bartlett Lake Christian M.: My wife Amy and I went up to Bartlett to test the effectiveness of recent repairs we did to our boat and while we were there decided to drop a couple lines in the water. Boy were we glad we...
The water level in Roosevelt Lake continues to fall and currently stands at 51% full. The lake level fell just under four vertical feet during the month of May after falling over five feet during April. The water flow into the lake from the Salt River is at 25% of...
The “Fishing with Gary Senft” show recently took one of our fish biologists, Andy Clark, out to Roosevelt Lake to measure and study this booming largemouth bass population. See the methods they used to catch all sized of bass at Roosevelt!
See the full Daily Water Report from SRP. June 5 report from Scooter Griffith of The Arizona Fishing Guides LAKE PLEASANT – (Water level 1,688, 85 %). The lake has been fishing great in the mornings and at night for stripers. In the mornings, look for birds and schooling fish...
Report by Mike Strole “The Fish Whisperer” of AZ Great Adventure Fishing: May 31 My client Earl Jensen and his grandson caught 17 striper (a number of 2-pound plus fish and a 3 and a 4) from 7-11 a.m. and they broke off several fish over 5 pounds. These fish were caught...
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Saguaro Lake Jeffrey S.: May 27. Overnight trip around 2 a.m. they started hitting water dogs and we ran out of water dogs by 3:30. See more reports
The water level in Roosevelt Lake continues to fall and currently the water level stands at 52% full. The flow into the lake from the Salt River is at 20% of the normal rate for this time of year. The flow has leveled off recently at is currently at 80...
