It seems almost impossible that Labor Day weekend is here – what happened to the summer?
The tail end of summer usually signals the beginning of the good topwater action on our lakes for striped bass and largemouth bass, but not this year – the striper action started weeks ago at some of [...]

This is a week for great fish tales.
But before we get to the tales, here’s a quick rundown of hot fishing action:
Fishing is great in most high country lakes especially just before afternoon rain showers. The top spots typically deeper lakes like Big Lake, Willow Springs, Bear Canyon. Knoll and Chevelon Canyon, [...]

The striper boils at Lake Pleasant are sometimes making parts of the lake look like a whitewater rapids. Mornings and evenings are best, but anglers are finding boils off-and-on throughout the day.

Stripers are voracious but sometimes, finicky. You’ll want to have lots of lure diversity close to [...]

Rory’s Tip

Here is a tip from 4-year-old Shawn Rizzo who caught a 4.78-pound, 20.75-inch trout at Hawley Lake – you don’t have to be big to catch a big fish. This youngster’s fish will be a contender for Arizona’s big fish of the year honors. Now that is catching a [...]

Rory’s Tip

The new moon is Aug. 1, making this an excellent time to fish at night using submersible lights for crappie, largemouth bass, striped bass, catfish and even trout. But another reason to become a nocturnal angler is the summer Perseids meteor showers.
According to Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseids the Perseids (pronounced pûr’s?-?dz) meteor [...]

Rory’s Tip

I am on vacation, so the ever-able Jim Harken will be performing this report’s editing duties while I am away refining the art of gallivanting (thanks Jim).
If you want a superb wildlife and fishing adventure you’ll be talking about for years, head for the Willow Beach area of the Colorado River [...]

Rory’s Tip

Big news from Lake Powell – a 36-pound striper was caught by an Arizona family using frozen anchovies as bait; it’s the largest striper caught there so far this year, and the largest ever at Powell on anchovies.
Keep in mind that fish caught throughout Lake Powell, even in the [...]

Rory’s Tip

This is it – the cicada bite is on at Lees Ferry. This is some of the most exciting surface action for trout a fly or spin angler can experience. If you don’t know the Ferry, get a guide. If you do know it, just get there. Don’t worry about [...]

Rory’s Tip

Here are some hot trout fishing tips for a trout-fishing getaway to the cool pines during the Fourth of July weekend.
Fishing from boats, float tubes, canoes or kayaks provide anglers with a great way to catch fish yet avoiding some of the possible shoreline congestion as folks flock to [...]

Rory’s Tip

With the waning moon in the last quarter, this is a superb time for night fishing under the stars. Triple-digit, thermometer-throbbing daytime temperatures also make night fishing in the desert lakes much more attractive for many.
We are still getting reports of anglers doing well at Lake Pleasant for striped [...]