Just moved from Florida, no boat yet. Would like any helpful info on shore fishing beautiful Lake Pleasant.
There are a few posts you can look up on this site regarding shore fishing at Lake Pleasant. I typically fish the lake from a boat but shore fished a few weeks ago just east of the ten lane boat ramp on the west side of the lake. I had decent luck catching white bass using a paddle tail plastic on a Roadrunner underspin.
There are some people who do ok from shore at different parts of the year up in the Castle Creek area on the north west end of the lake. Lake Pleasant changes in water depth by 40-60 feet throughout the season. We are currently coming up on the high water mark for the year. Shoreline and fishing areas will change drastically throughout the year.
Another note, keep an eye out for rattlesnakes, bobcats, mountain lions, and those pesky wild burros.
We have had some luck on white bass where you mentioned, also go into some stripers just south of the Castle Creek boat launch.
Found a spot on a topo map I'd like to fish but there's no way to get there other than boat, maybe some day you could drop/pick me off/up if you up there boating?
dstampfl wrote:
We have had some luck on white bass where you mentioned, also go into some stripers just south of the Castle Creek boat launch.
Found a spot on a topo map I'd like to fish but there's no way to get there other than boat, maybe some day you could drop/pick me off/up if you up there boating?
That could possibly be an option. The Mrs. doesn't let me take the boat out by myself. If my regular fishing partner isn't available I may contact you. What part of town are you in? We might be able to meet up sometime beforehand. I typically fish Mondays which is my day off and lake traffic is reduced.
I live in Ventana Lakes, close to Beardsley and 107th Ave.
Any chance you would rent your boat for a day?
I wouldn't rent out my boat. It is a 37 yr old aluminum Bass Tracker and I'd feel bad if something went wrong with it. I fished Pleasant from shore this morning just east of the 10 boat ramp. Got broke off by something big that grabbed my 4" Kalin's paddle tail swim bait. I never saw it but assume it was a striped bass. Three big head shakes and then snapped my new 17lb flourocarbon leader. Saw three decent largemouth bass cruising the little bay right there east of the 10 boat ramp but couldn't get them interested in anything I threw at them.
We got a couple of channel cats and two nice stripers last night from shore. I saw a lot of frye swimming along the shore, figured it must be the shad. Hope the spawn ending doesn't hurt the shore fishing as much as I've heard it does. We were on the point just south of the Castle Creek landing.
dstampfl wrote:
We got a couple of channel cats and two nice stripers last night from shore. I saw a lot of frye swimming along the shore, figured it must be the shad. Hope the spawn ending doesn't hurt the shore fishing as much as I've heard it does. We were on the point just south of the Castle Creek landing.
What usually hurts shore fishing is the heat. Once water temps rise in Arizona the fish go deep. How late did you fish up in the Castle Creek area? Park hours are 6am to 8pm this time of year. I've been out on the boat and rushed to get to the ramp by 7pm or so and often wondered what would happen if I had engine trouble and didn't get to the gate by 8pm?
There until midnight, fish bit until the moon disappeared, when it got black out they stopped. I asked the attendant about the closing hours, they said the gate will open all night on the exit side.
Thanks for the additional information.
I see your user name is "handyman", do you have a business? Are you looking for help?
dstampfl wrote:
I see your user name is "handyman", do you have a business? Are you looking for help?
I don't have a handyman business.
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