Night fishing for Crappie is the ticket right now. I’ve heard good reports from Bartlett, Alamo and Roosevelt. No reports from Pleasant or San Carlos in the last week. Roosevelt seems to be the best. Some guys from Tonto Basin reported catching close to 200 one night last week. If you [...]

The Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Angler Roundtable meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 21 at the Bass Pro Shop in Mesa.

Agenda items include:

Sall River Lakes golden algae response activities
Mercury Advisories for Pleasant and Roosevelt
Projects Discussion/ideas for future projects
Habitat Projects
Innovative designs for lakes [...]

My best tip for this holiday weekend is to arrive at the lake and be ready to fish during nautical twilight (4:30 a.m. or before) to hopefully hit the bite yet miss the crowds. You might be yawning a little, but you might just catch fish for breakfast or brunch by the time [...]

URBAN FISHING — The urban lakes have been stocked with channel catfish. Fishing is generally good using stink bait, hot dogs, and corn.
RIGGS FLAT — The lake is now open and anglers are catching limits of rainbows.  The lake should be stocked for the first time in the next week.
CLUFF RANCH —No [...]

Note: All forest roads are open. State Highway 273 on the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest is now open from Sunrise to Big Lake. State Highway 261 has been opened by ADOT and vehicles can now reach Big Lake and Crescent Lake.
BECKER LAKE— Fishing is fair. The lake is nearly full, but not [...]

MOGOLLON RIM LAKES

RIM LAKES Most roads are now open and accessible.  Contact the US Forest Service’s Black Mesa Ranger District office at (928) 535-7300 for up to date information about forest and road conditions.
CHEVELON LAKE — Fishing is fair. The lake is full.  All access roads are open.
Try lures such as [...]

WILLIAMS LAKES:
KAIBAB LAKE — Scheduled to be stocked this week with 3,492 trout.  Fishing is generally good, with the best bite being at first and last light. Try night crawlers, salmon eggs, Power Bait, spinners or corn.
Angler reports:
Garrett: After getting skunked at Kaibab Lake, went over to Cataract Lake, shore fishing [...]

LAKE HAVASU – No new reports. Fishing should be good for stripers, smallmouth and largemouth bass.
ALAMO LAKE – No new reports. Fishing should be good for bass, crappie and channel catfish.
With a waning quarter moon this weekend, this should be a good time to fish at night for crappie, largemouth bass [...]

COLORADO RIVER NORTHWEST
LAKE POWELL – By Wayne Gustaveson. Lake Elevation: 3,615. Water Temp: 61 – 73 F. Lake Powell is filling fast with 60,000 acre feet per day running into the reservoir from the tributaries. Runoff is strong and high but not yet at its peak. The shoreline is rapidly changing. Expect [...]

URBAN FISHING REPORT – Fishing is fair to good for channel catfish at urban waters. Catfish stockings the week of April 27 – May 2 included extra fish to make up for a poor stocking on April 17.  The best baits for catfish continue to be worms, shrimp, and dough/stink baits fished [...]