What a beautiful week!  We’ve been in the 80’s all week in the desert, and fishing is really picking up!

Lake Pleasant is seeing a ton of fish moving shallow to gear up for spawn.  This is the best time of the year to get out and do some sight fishing for largemouth.  Fishing this time of the year is a lot like hunting, you’re stalking the bass in the shallows and casting to fish you see.  This is very exciting stuff!  There are also some deeper stripers starting to stage out in pre-spawn.  These are easiest to get on bait, as we’re seeing fish as deep as 150 feet.

Lake Havasu has continued to kick out some incredible smallmouth fishing.  Large numbers of 3-4 pound smallmouth are littered all over the lake.  This is mostly sight fishing as well, but on the windy days they’ll take reaction baits well.

Roosevelt Lake and Alamo Lake continue to be a little tough.  It’s only a matter of time before these pop, and when they do it’s going to be lights out!

Trout fishing has continued to be a little slow due to run-off conditions.  If the weather stays warm, look for the high country stuff to come in to play in the next couple weeks!

Make sure you got your shorts and flip flops on this time of the year!  It is incredible weather to fish in.  We’ll see you on the water!

Finally, spring has arrived.  Forecasted temperatures in the 80’s will have things rockin and rollin from here on out!  Look for fishing to really bust wide open over the next couple weeks.

Lake Pleasant has been fishing good, but should be on fire after some warm weather.  Stripers are starting their pre-spawn groupings in the deep channels, and we’re catching large numbers of fish deep on spoons and cut bait.  Most of the fish have been small, but there are some large ones mixed in, so it makes it worth the effort.  Largemouth bass have been up and cruising the shallows, and should completely lock on to spawn this week.  Jerkbaits have been the go-to bait, as well as clousers for the fly anglers, but this will start to transition to a solid sight fishing deal.  This is the season we all wait for if you love sight fishing!

Saguaro Lake is starting to pull together as well.  Some early spawners are moving up and eating aggresively.  Both conventional and fly anglers are having success in the middle channel of the lake on any baitfish imitiation.

Lake Havasu has been on fire for smallmouth and largemouth!  Swimbaits, jerkbaits, and now sight fishing will be the deal for the next couple months.  This is a fantastic time of the year to get out on this lake.

Roosevelt and Alamo lakes should totally explode this week with fantastic fishing for largemouth!  These lakes are all about the brush, so look shallow and come geared up with heavy line.

Trout fishing will remain tough for the next few weeks during run-off.  If temps stay high, run-off should move quickly, and fishing should get right back on track.

We look forward to seeing everyone on the water!