Arizona Fishing

Great week in the White Mountains .
PACHETA was doing great although the lake is way down - lots of 17-19" fish and some 20+.
Reservation lake was ok and drift fence was good on dry flies.
Getting out of PACHETA on Monday was a bitch.
That's it for us until Spring 2019.

 

About to buy a boat but before I do I need some advice. The boat I am about topurchase has no title, should I worry at all? I am going to put a motor on it so how would I go about getting a title as well?

 

Cool. Didn’t realize the canals hold fish like this. Are they stocked?

 

Maybe some do it illegally, depending on where you're at. These canals by my house are fed by the salt river I'm assuming most come in as small fish or as eggs


Someone told me catfish from the canal are the best eating cause theyre constantly fighting the current. Never tried though

 

That 2 pounder I was talking about

 

Dang you fly fish?
Ive been looking to fish with someone. Hit me up if you are looking for a buddy. Im not great, but I love to fish

 

Never tried fly fishing but I've been wanting to try ever since I saw a video on a fly being made from scratch.... and I'm always looking for good company while fishing I'll send you my info here in a bit.. might be heading to the Gila river soon (next week or two)

 

I just took my boys fishing this last weekend and caught a nice cat. About 14” long. My same boy caught a 33” carp too. Broke the line after it was in the net. It had 2 other hooks in it.

Everything else we caught was bluegill.

 

Anyone have any ponds or creeks they can recommend? If you dont feel comfortable sharing with the public (which I totally understand, someplace have been trashed.. the Gila for example) send me a PM? Lakes have been fun but I wanna try something different. I've been trying to find some spots on Google earth but not a whole lot of luck. Making use of the photos they have from 1997 to see how long water has been there to determine how big the fish may be. Also looking at some spots of the Gila and verde river.

 

Black River

 

Second the black river. Also reaches of the verde river. I’ve had luck with bass in the sheep’s bridge area. A bit far for the day, but a good weekend trip with lots of good scenery, low pressure, and great camping.

 

Verde river was good to me, best fishing so far. Caught 7 largies in about 3 hrs

 

Oh boy was Tonto creek good to me. On the fly mostly on a glow bug

 

I grew up on the Salt river

 

Salt River this morning. Got skunked but my daughter and I were the only ones out there till around 9:00 am.

 

Hows Alamo fishing? Any striped bass in there?

 

Go to pleasant for striper. Alamo is mostly LM and crappie

 

Nice, pleasant looks like a nice one also.we prob be down in March...ive missed striped bass fishing

 

Is there a peak time frame for striped bass bite? And what is a good lure to use? We threw some today off the bank but nothing biting

 

This is pretty much the best time until May. About later spring they will start going deeper to cooler water. Larger fish will tend to stay below 35-40' much of the time. Throw big spinners, cranks, swimbaits... even anchovy on a bobber with 3' leader.