Fishing report

Fishing Report For: July 26, 2019

Water Report Recommendations / Tips

A-1 Lake

  Good

Try nightcrawlers or charteuse-colored powerbait rigged and fished off the bottom or top. Try lures like panther martin spinners or kastmasters spoons. A-1 Lake is accessible. Boat launching available.

Black River

  Good

Special-Use Permit Is Required. Try spinners and spoons in slower moving water. Try plastic worms. Try nightcrawlers drifted downstream across stream. Pack it in-Pack it out. Store food out of reach of black bears. 
Bog Tank Good

Try nightcrawlers or garlic-scented powerbait in different colors, lures like bright colored spinners and spoons. No boat launching. No camping-Day use only.  
Bootleg Lake Fair Try nightcrawlers or topwater lures mid-day for bass. Try stinkbaits or nightcrawlers for channel catfish.
Christmas Tree Lake  

Reservations for Christmas Tree Lake can be made with the Hon-Dah Outdoor Sports Shop (928) 369-7669.  Limited to 20 anglers per day.
Cooley Lake Good There are weeds along shoreline. Try glitter powerbait for trout. Try topwater lures and plastic for largemouth bass near the weed beds in the lake. Try stinkbaits for channel catfish. Please help keep Cooley Lake clean. Pack it in-Pack it out.
Cyclone Lake  

Reservations for Cyclone Lake can be made online at www.wmatoutdoor.org.
Drift Fence Lake Fair Try nightcrawlers or pink Powerbait off the bottom for trout. Try lures like spinners and spoons. Try dry flies. Reservation Lake store is closed. 

Earl Park Lake

 Good Try fishing with nightcrawlers or powerbait off the bottom. Try wooly buggers and nymphs. Try retrieving spinners like rooster tails or spoons like z-rays at different speeds and depths at different points around the lake.

Hawley Lake

 Good  Try nightcrawlers, different color powerbait like rainbow for cruising trout. Try spinners like panther martins, spoons like kastmasters, or small crankbaits. Hawley Lake facilities like the store & boat marina are open. Boat launching available.

Horseshoe Lake

 Fair Try brighter colored powerbait or nightcrawlers off the bottom. Try spinners or spoons around lake. Boat anglers trolling lures and flies. Boat launching available. Horseshoe Lake Store is open-boat rental available. 
Hurricane Lake   Reservations for Hurricane Lake can be made online at www.wmatoutdoor.org.
Pacheta Lake Fair  Pacheta Lake is Catch-and-Release, artificial lures and flies with single barbless hook. Try wet fly patterns and with lures try small crankbaits and spoons. 
Reservation Lake Good  Rainbow trout being caught on powerbait and nightcrawlers off the bottom. Try lures like panther martin spinners or Z-ray spoons in gold. Boat anglers finding success with flies. The Reservation Lake Store is closed. Boat launching available.
Salt River Good A Special-Use Permit Is Required. Try night crawlers and jigs. Try stink bait or punch bait for channel catfish. It is your responsibility to pack out what you packed in. 

Shush Be Tou Lake

(Big Bear)

 Fair Try glitter powerbait in different color off the bottom. Try different lures like spinners and spoons at different depths and retrieval speeds. Boat ramp is accessible. 

Shush Be Zahze Lake

(Little Bear)

 Good Try nightcrawlers, red, white, blue powerbait, or jigs for stocker size rainbow trout. Try panther martin spinners or z-ray spoons in brass color. Little Bear Lake is accessible. Boat launching is available.

Sunrise Lake

Fair 

 Try nightcrawlers, charteuse powerbait, or salmon eggs for rainbow trout. Try different lures like spinners or spoons. Try earlier or later in the day, the winds pick up during the middle of the day.  
Streams Good Drifting nightcrawlers across pools and riffles. Try larger, brighter colored spinners and jigs in slower moving, deeper pools and riffles near structures like logs and boulders. 

Tonto Lake

(Tribal members only)

 Fair  Try nightcrawlers, different colors Powerbait like rainbow or pink. Try spinners, kastmasters and z-rays spoons from shore and off boat. Tribal members can pick fishing permits at Game & Fish Offices in Whiteriver and Hondah.
Information   Daily bag limits for trout: 15 & older is 5 fish/day; 10-14 years old is 3 fish/day; 9 & younger is 2 fish/day. Lakes and streams have been stocked. A valid White Mountain Apache Tribal Permit is required and must carried at all times while fishing and other recreation activities on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. Permits can be obtained online at wmatoutdoor.org or at an authorized permit vendor.  Firework possession and its use is prohibited on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. Visit our website: wmatoutdoor.org or call our office at (928)338-4385 for the latest fishing report.