Note: Lakes and streams are ice-covered.  Forest roads are closed.

State Highway 261 is closed to Big Lake and Crescent Lake, as well as most interior Forest roads due to a recent snow storm. State Highway 273 on the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest is undergoing reconstruction and realignment and the following closures are in effect. State Highway 273 from the Forest and Fort Apache Indian Reservation boundary to Crescent Lake is closed to all traffic, including snowmobiles, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and will remain closed until the road construction project is complete.    

BECKER LAKE —The lake is ice-covered with a few open water areas. Unsafe ice conditions. A local fly-fisher was catching trout  in a small patch of open water along the shoreline. 

BIG LAKE — Highway 261 is closed from Eager.     

ACCESS: State Highway 261 is closed from Eager. State Highway 273 from the Forest Service-Fort Apache Indian Reservation to Crescent Lake is closed for road construction and is also closed to snowmobiles. Snowmobilers should use Forest road 249 from Williams Valley to Big Lake and Crescent Lake.  

CARNERO LAKE — The lake is ice-covered. Check ice thickness before venturing out on the ice.  Forest Roads 117 and 117A are snow packed and many vehicles are getting stuck. Access to the lake is by snowmobiles only. 

CLEAR CREEK RESERVOIR — Fishing has been fair for bullheads and sunfish, fair for bass, and poor for trout. The lake is 70% ice-covered. Unsafe ice conditions. Try fishing off the bottom with worms. Try worms, meal worms, salmon eggs, Power Bait, lures (spinners, Z-rays, and spoons, crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and Rapalas), and flies (wooly worms or wooly buggers, zug bugs, prince nymphs, and peacock ladies). The northeast boat ramps are usable but the middle boat ramp is steep and has soft sand. There is also an old concrete dam structure across from the middle boat ramp so use caution when motoring on the lake. There are no motor restrictions on the lake when using larger watercraft. Clear Creek Reservoir has largemouth bass, sunfish, black bullheads, and channel catfish.  

CONCHO LAKE—The lake is low, weedy, and ice-covered. Unsafe ice conditions.    

CRESCENT LAKE — Highway 261 is closed from Eager.   Highway 273 from Forest Service-Fort Apache Indian Reservation to Crescent Lake is closed for road construction and is also closed to snowmobiles. Snowmobilers should use Forest road 249 from Williams Valley to Crescent Lake and Big Lake.   
  
FOOL HOLLOW LAKE —The lake is partially ice-covered. Unsafe ice conditions.

GREER LAKES — All Greer Lakes are ice-covered.  Check ice thickness before venturing out on the ice.    

HULSEY LAKE — Forest roads are snow packed and access is by snowmobile only. The lake is ice-covered. Check ice thickness before venturing out on the ice. 

LEE VALLEY RESERVOIR — Access to the lake is closed.        

Access: State Highway 273 from Sunrise Lake to Crescent Lake is closed for road construction and Highway 261 from Eager is closed due to recent storms. Both roads are closed to snowmobiles. 

LUNA LAKE — The lake is ice-covered. Check ice thickness before venturing out on the ice. 

LYMAN LAKE —The lake is ice-covered. Unsafe ice conditions.

NELSON RESERVOIR — The lake is ice-covered. Check ice thickness before venturing out on the ice. Unsafe ice conditions.  
                
RAINBOW LAKE — The lake is mostly ice-covered with a few open water areas. Unsafe ice conditions.         

SCOTT’S RESERVOIR — The lake is ice-covered. Unsafe ice conditions.      

SHOW LOW LAKE — The lake is ice-covered with a few open water areas. Unsafe ice conditions.
  
SILVER CREEK — Fishing has been good. Silver Creek on the Arizona Game and Fish Department property is now open to catch and release fishing, artificial lure and fly only and barbless hooks only from October 1 through March 31.  The upper section (big fence boundary) is open to fishing. Try small lures such as Mepps, Rooster Tail, and Panther Martin spinners. Fish upstream or downstream. Fly-fishing anglers may want to try peacock ladies, beadhead black or green wooly buggers, prince nymphs, zug bugs, bead head nymphs, mayfly and caddis fly nymph imitations, and shrimp patterns. Fish your flies upstream and dead drift them downstream or cast your fly downstream and retrieve the fly slowly upstream. Try small dry flies such as Adams, parachute Adams, midge imitations, and caddis fly patterns in sizes #16 or #18 or # 20. Night crawlers, Power Bait, and mealworms work well. The stream was stocked two weeks ago. The stream is muddy due to runoff from Brown Creek. 

WOODLAND LAKE — The lake is ice-covered except by the fishing pier. Unsafe ice conditions.

WHITE MOUNTAIN STREAMS:

WEST FORK OF BLACK RIVER – The river is ice-covered.  Forest roads are snow packed and Highway 261 is closed.

EAST FORK OF BLACK RIVER – The river is ice-covered. Forest roads are snow packed and Highway 261 is closed. 

SHEEPS  CROSSING – Not accessible. Highway 273 is closed for the year due to road construction.

LITTLE COLORADO RIVER – GREER – The river is ice-covered.

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