UTERJanuary
Winter stripers and trout in the city lakes
Stocked rainbows in the urban ponds; stripers on the bait balls.
The Colorado River to the White Mountains
Arizona freshwater fishing
What's biting in Arizona freshwater in October: striped bass, largemouth bass and smallmouth bass at their peak, with bluegill, redear sunfish and flathead catfish around too. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows 13 fish here month by month, from Lake Pleasant to White Mountains lakes.
Fall bass feed
Desert reservoirs on the Salt, the Verde and the Colorado, the Colorado River itself, the trout tailwater at Lees Ferry, and the cold White Mountain and Mogollon Rim lakes.
Lake PleasantRoosevelt LakeLake HavasuLake MeadLake PowellLees FerryWhite Mountains lakes
Updated
Now · October
Fall bass feed
Topwater in the coves.
Largemouth bassStriped bassSmallmouth bassBlack crappie (speck)Channel catfishRainbow trout
This month here
From the season calendar, best firstPeakPeakPeakPeakPeakPeakPeakPeakSpawningAroundAroundAroundAround
Striped bass
Largemouth bass
Smallmouth bass
Black crappie (speck)
Walleye
Channel catfish
Blue catfish
Rainbow trout
Brook trout
Bluegill
Redear sunfish (shellcracker)
Flathead catfish
Common carp
The water
Structure that matters
LakeReservoirRiverCreek / streamPond / pitDock / pilingsBridgeBoat ramp
Month by month
What's happening, and what to throwFebruary
Desert spring starts early
Bass move up on Roosevelt and Pleasant.
March
Bass on the beds
Largemouth bassSmallmouth bassBlack crappie (speck)Rainbow troutRedear sunfish (shellcracker)Blue catfish
Roosevelt's spawners in the coves.
April
Post-spawn bass and redear
Parker Strip redear; topwater on Havasu.
May
Stripers spawn on Powell; bass on the ledges
Anchovies for stripers in the canyons.
June
Night fishing season
Fish after dark — the desert sun is brutal.
July
Flatheads and catfish at night
Live bait for flatheads on Pleasant.
August
Striper boils
Spoons into the boils on Pleasant, Mead and Powell.
September
Boils continue; high-country trout
White Mountain lakes cool off.
October · now
Fall bass feed
Topwater in the coves.
November
Cooling water, good fishing everywhere
Crappie and bass on brush.
December
Winter trout stocking
Urban lakes and Lees Ferry.
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