Mogollon Rim
June 23rd, 2008
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Note: Access roads are open to all the Mogollon Rim lakes. There is a Bald Eagle closure located in the northwest shore area of Woods Canyon Lake. The Bald Eagle closure area is marked by red signs. Access to the shore and parking a boat on the shoreline area that is within the Bald Eagle closure area is prohibited. The closure affects only a small area on the northwest shore and the rest of the shoreline on the lake is open to the public. Boat travel is allowed throughout the lake, but stopping in front of the bald eagle shore closure is not allowed so that the nest is not disturbed. Contact the U.S. Forest Service’s Black Mesa Ranger District office at (928) 535-4481 for more information. CHEVELON LAKE – This is a hike-in lake via a steep slope. There is not a lot of shore access. It is best fished from a float tube, inflatable or canoe. Fishing is fair to good. The lake is full. Anglers have been catching good numbers of moderate size trout. The lake is open to artificial lure and flies only, trout between 10 and 14 inches may not be possessed, and the bag limit is six trout. Try lures such as Z-rays, Super Dupers, spinners, and Rapalas, and flies such as wooly worms, wooly buggers, peacock ladies, prince nymphs, zug bugs, and other small nymphs. The lake is open to electric trolling motors and/or up to 10 hp. gas motors. BEAR CANYON LAKE - The Lake is full and spilling and fishing is fair to good. The lake was stocked with catchable size rainbow trout and anglers are still hauling in some nice hold-overs as well. This is a hike-in lack down short but steep and winding paths. There is pretty good shore access. This deep canyon lake is great for those with float tubes. Try worms, Power Bait, salmon eggs, lures such as spinners, Z-rays, Super Dupers, and Rapalas and flies such as wooly worms, wooly buggers, Yeager buggers, peacock ladies, prince nymphs, zug bugs, hares ear and pheasant tail nymphs. The lake is open to electric trolling motors only. Where:Bear Canyon Lake Where:Bear Canyon Lake
Try worms, salmon eggs, Power Bait, lures such as spinners, Super Dupers, Z-rays, spoons, and flies such as peacock ladies, wooly worms and wooly buggers, and Yeager buggers. The lake is open to electric trolling motors only. Where:black canyon lake BLUE RIDGE – Fishing is fair. This is a deep canyon lake that is tough for shore angling, but great for small boats and canoes, or float tubes. KNOLL LAKE – Fishing is good to very good, with stockers and larger hold-overs being caught. Where:Knoll Lake Where:Knoll Lake WILLOW SPRINGS LAKE - The lake is full and the fishing is fair to good, with various anglers reporting limits of rainbows, occasional browns and even some bass. Willow Springs is stocked weekly with rainbow trout. Anglers have been catching trout trolling lures. Trout have been active at the surface down to 15 feet. Try worms, Power Bait, salmon eggs, lures such as Z-rays, spinners, and Rapalas, and flies such as peacock ladies, wooly worms, wooly buggers, Yeager buggers, and nymphs in black, brown, or green colors. The lake is open to electric trolling motors and/or up to 10 hp. gas motors. Recent electro-fishing surveys revealed lots of nice sized smallmouth bass, up to 15 inches, and largemouth bass, up to 21 inches, lots of small rainbow trout and one large 7pound brown trout. WOODS CANYON – Fishing is fair to good. Boat anglers are catching trout by trolling KastMasters and Panther Martins. Woods Canyon is stocked weekly with rainbow trout and anglers are still reporting catching some larger hold-over trout. Water temperature last week was 68F. Trout have been active at the surface down to 10 feet. Try worms, Power Bait, salmon eggs, lures such as spinners, small spoons (Super Dupers, and Z-rays), and Rapalas, and flies such as wooly worms and wooly buggers, Yeager buggers, Peacock ladies, and nymphs in black, brown, or green colors. The lake is open to electric trolling motors only. There is a Bald Eagle closure located in the northwest shore area of Woods Canyon Lake. The Bald Eagle closure area is marked by red signs. Access to the shore and parking a boat on the shoreline area that is within the Bald Eagle closure area is prohibited. The closure affects only a small area on the northwest shore and the rest of the shoreline on the lake is open to the public. Boat travel is allowed throughout the lake, but stopping in front of the bald eagle shore closure is not allowed so that the nest is not disturbed. There is a store and marina at this lake – you can rent a boat. Where:woods canyon lake Where:Woods Canyon Lake |
thank you for this resource page. Trolling for trout is my favorite way of catching trout when fishing. I will be adding this page to my bookmarks for those sites to visit daily.
great information
Hi, what is the link for the trolling resource page? I am new to trolling for Trout and could use some helpful insight.
Thanks,
Norm
I have trolled using crankbaits, spoons, Z rays, rooster tails and cowbells with worm. The last time I trolled for trout I used a med sized cow bell with an 18″ leader with a med sized treble hook and nightcrawler. That worked pretty well and troll at a really slow speed and work the rod tip back and forth. You can really try different lures and fish at different depths. Also, the AZGF fishing report will sometimes tell you what anglers are fishing with. Hope this helps, good luck! AZJoe
Thanks Joe. I was just up at some of the Rim Lakes and the most successful method of fishing I witnessed was doing just what you suggested – trolling with cowbells. It seemed like trout were rising everyplace in the mornings and evenings.
Rory