Fishing Lake Pleasant, Arizona: Summer
Summer fishing at Lake Pleasant can get hot with average temps in triple digits. The heat pushes the fish into deeper water and are best accessed by boat.
For best odds at catching largemouth bass, try night fishing in the coves. Use watermelon colored plastic lizards or worms at 20 to 40 feet deep. If night fishing isn’t your idea of fun try top water lures in the very early mornings or late evenings.
The white bass and striped bass have moved to deeper water but you can get at them in the coves as well with a boat. Live shad seem to work the best but live minnows, small deep diving crank baits or trolling spinners have also worked well.
During these hot summer months the catfish are most active at night and are also in the coves. Small mackerel seem to work best.
