Comments on: Lower Salt River clean-up set for Sept. 13 http://www.azgfd.net/fish/fishing-news/lower-salt-river-clean-up-set-for-sept-13/2008/09/05/ The Official Blog of the Arizona Game and Fish Department Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:22:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chris http://www.azgfd.net/fish/fishing-news/lower-salt-river-clean-up-set-for-sept-13/2008/09/05/comment-page-1/#comment-2841 Chris Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:21:23 +0000 http://www.azgfd.net/fish/?p=461#comment-2841 Hey David, I just came back from the Lower Salt. I floated and fished the entire stretch over 3 days. The trip was beautiful and the weather was perfect. Cool nights and warm days make for a great river trip. I floated a small pontoon, but saw a bunch of other people in kayaks, many of which were having good luck paddling upstream! I had to float downriver abd have my wife shuttle me, how nice of her! Make sure you grab a Tonto Pass at the Walgreens befpre you enter the rec area. You don't want to have to back track! Have fun! Hey David,
I just came back from the Lower Salt. I floated and fished the entire stretch over 3 days. The trip was beautiful and the weather was perfect. Cool nights and warm days make for a great river trip. I floated a small pontoon, but saw a bunch of other people in kayaks, many of which were having good luck paddling upstream! I had to float downriver abd have my wife shuttle me, how nice of her! Make sure you grab a Tonto Pass at the Walgreens befpre you enter the rec area. You don’t want to have to back track! Have fun!

]]> By: admin http://www.azgfd.net/fish/fishing-news/lower-salt-river-clean-up-set-for-sept-13/2008/09/05/comment-page-1/#comment-2818 admin Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:54:35 +0000 http://www.azgfd.net/fish/?p=461#comment-2818 David; I don’t know of any kayaking restrictions even during tubing time, but right now at more than 400 cfs and the prospect of even greater flows it is a dream to paddle the river. Even if you don’t fish from your kayak, there are spots along the river (deep holes next to fast runs) best reached via kayak, canoe or inflatable that are worth stopping and getting out to fish. I have even caught lunker largemouth this way and an occasional walleye or smallmouth bass. I have also had other large fish break my line in such holes. So yes, by all means, kayak the Lower Salt. Most people work from the Water Users to the Blue Point Bridge. But some like to do the whole 14-mile reach to Granite Reef. But keep you eyes open – I have seen desert bighorn sheep, mule deer, bald eagles, peregrine falcons and once even a mountain lion along this stretch. If you look at the map, it’s just a breath away from the major urban area, yet when you are recreating there it has all the feel of a wilderness. In realty, it borders the Superstition Wilderness. Rory David;

I don’t know of any kayaking restrictions even during tubing time, but right now at more than 400 cfs and the prospect of even greater flows it is a dream to paddle the river. Even if you don’t fish from your kayak, there are spots along the river (deep holes next to fast runs) best reached via kayak, canoe or inflatable that are worth stopping and getting out to fish. I have even caught lunker largemouth this way and an occasional walleye or smallmouth bass. I have also had other large fish break my line in such holes.

So yes, by all means, kayak the Lower Salt. Most people work from the Water Users to the Blue Point Bridge. But some like to do the whole 14-mile reach to Granite Reef.

But keep you eyes open – I have seen desert bighorn sheep, mule deer, bald eagles, peregrine falcons and once even a mountain lion along this stretch. If you look at the map, it’s just a breath away from the major urban area, yet when you are recreating there it has all the feel of a wilderness. In realty, it borders the Superstition Wilderness.

Rory

]]> By: David Johnson http://www.azgfd.net/fish/fishing-news/lower-salt-river-clean-up-set-for-sept-13/2008/09/05/comment-page-1/#comment-2813 David Johnson Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:30:56 +0000 http://www.azgfd.net/fish/?p=461#comment-2813 Can I kayak on the Lower Salt River when tubing is not happening? Can I kayak on the Lower Salt River when tubing is not happening?

]]> By: admin http://www.azgfd.net/fish/fishing-news/lower-salt-river-clean-up-set-for-sept-13/2008/09/05/comment-page-1/#comment-2222 admin Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:35:38 +0000 http://www.azgfd.net/fish/?p=461#comment-2222 The best bet is to check out interactive fishing map site at www.azgfd.gov/h_f/where_fish.shtml. You can get detailed directions. However, the Lower Salt starts at Stewart Mountain Dam that backs up Saguaro Lake. How to get there depends on which direction you are coming from. From Scottsdale or Phoenix take Highway 87 north (Beeline Highway) and get off on Bush Highway toward Saguaro Lake, and take Bush past the lake to the Lower Salt River. Or basically where Bush Highway makes a huge curve to the right it’s so you don’t get wet in the river. Rory The best bet is to check out interactive fishing map site at http://www.azgfd.gov/h_f/where_fish.shtml. You can get detailed directions.

However, the Lower Salt starts at Stewart Mountain Dam that backs up Saguaro Lake. How to get there depends on which direction you are coming from. From Scottsdale or Phoenix take Highway 87 north (Beeline Highway) and get off on Bush Highway toward Saguaro Lake, and take Bush past the lake to the Lower Salt River. Or basically where Bush Highway makes a huge curve to the right it’s so you don’t get wet in the river.

Rory

]]> By: Roland Richer http://www.azgfd.net/fish/fishing-news/lower-salt-river-clean-up-set-for-sept-13/2008/09/05/comment-page-1/#comment-2202 Roland Richer Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:29:45 +0000 http://www.azgfd.net/fish/?p=461#comment-2202 Can you give me instructions on how to locate/find this Lower Salt River. Would be appreciated. Thank you, Roland Richer Can you give me instructions on how to locate/find this Lower Salt River.
Would be appreciated.

Thank you,
Roland Richer

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