Lake Mohave water level is down but fishing is still good.
Bass and bluegill are on the bite. Try drop shot with plastics at about 25 feet for the bass. Bluegill will go after the “tried-and-true” worm on a hook.
You will find bass hanging out around the artificial fish habitats installed by the game and fish. They are at depths of 10-15 feet of water. Also look for submerged trees, bushes and shrub.
Arizona has a lot to offer in terms of freshwater fishing lakes. Here’s a run down a few of the most popular lakes in AZ and the most popular fish to be caught there.
Lake Havasu is an excellent bass lake for Arizona anglers. With the cooler weather the bite has slowed but this just means you need to work your lures a little slower and deeper than normal. Use plastics, cranks, spinners and jigs. The fish are deep this time of year so topwaters and other floating baits you can put away until spring.
Sizes are ranging from 13 inches and up for largemouth bass. The skilled angler could hall in a 4 pounder. Smallmouth bass are also abundant in Lake Havasu, as well as striped bass. Stripers are in the size range of about 12-18 inches with an occasional 8 pounder waiting to be caught.
Bass aren’t the only species to be caught in Lake Havasu, channel cats are also a popular catch among Arizona anglers. Cats are ranging in the sizes or 3 - 10 pounds and are biting on anchovies, spam and mackerel.
Bartlett Lake is just shy of 100% full and the average water temp is around 85 degrees. Making it a good time to get out to Bartlett Lake for some largemouth bass.
It’s the time of year where the largemouth bass is feeding more aggressively and will fee multiple times throughout the day. The bite pattern can change from day-to-day but the anglers who have been timing it right are cleaning up.
For best results: For bass, use a Panther Martin rubber minnow out at Rattle Snake Cove in the morning.
Bartlett Lake is also a great catfish lake. Try worms, chicken liver, stink baits, and hot dogs. Most anglers are doing well whether on shore or in a boat.
Canyon Lake is looking good right now at 89% capacity.
For the best fishing at Canyon Lake go out to the Boulder Recreation area and fish off the pier. Here you will find a fishing pond within the lake where boats are not allowed. You an catch bluegill, largemouth bass, walleye and channel catfish.
The bass are hitting on plastic worms like Robo Worms on a drop shot. Look for overhanging vegetation.
The walleye prefer a chunk of night crawler on a jig. They also hang out near the steep, shaded submerged rocks.
The bluegills are in the back coves and are biting on worms.
The catfish are hitting the plastic worms as well but also try their favorites like hot dogs and chicken liver.
Apache Lake is around 90% full, the fishing is good and more anglers are getting out there.
Channel cats are hanging in the marina, Hackberry Cove and Goat Ledge. Try hot dogs, chicken liver and stink bait.
Yellow bass are where the substrate levels off. Use silver. Silver spinners, cranks, what have you.
Small mouth and largemouth bass are biting on plastic worms like Robo Worms. Put them on a drop shot around overhanging vegetation, boulders or ridges.
Carp are biting on yellow canned corn.
Roosevelt Lake is just over 2000 feet, about 90% full.
Where there’s shad, there’s bass and there are a lot of shad out at Roosevelt Lake. Get out to the southern coves for the largemouth bass. Rig a drop shot with plastics.
In open water look for the boils. Use shad and/or anchovies.
Also, try fishing along the Salt end along the brush line with a crank bait.
Flathead catfish are also biting. Expect them to keep biting until the lake turns.
Lake Pleasant is currently 75% full with large concentrations of shad along the shore. These large numbers of shad make for great bass fishing whether it’s along the shore with the largemouth or in open water with the stripers.
Look for boils. There will be a lot of them but they don’t last long and are unpredictable so be ready to strike at any moment.
Anglers are catching stripers around 4 pounds down lake. The stripers in the coves are hungrier and more aggressive but a little smaller. Use anchovies and shad.
Hit the drop shot for those largemouth bass. They are feisty but small. No use working the cranks.
Scotts Reservoir is nearly full and the fishing is fair. The boat ramp is accessible.
Anglers are catching rainbow trout on worms, Power Bait and salmon eggs.
Some nice sized (10-12 inches) largemouth bass are being caught on spinners, Super-Dupers and z-rays.
Channel catfish (20-25 inches) are biting on hot dogs and stink baits.
Scotts Reservoir is open to electric trolling motors only.
Catfish anglers, you’ll love Lyman Lake. Channel catfish are biting on worms and stink baits. Fishing for catfish this summer is your best bet at catching anything on Lyman Lake.
However, a few anglers are reporting a some hits on largemouth bass. Try crankbaits, spinners and spoons.
