Absolutely! I enjoy trout fly fishing from my float tube! Foot flipper powered! It is a cute quiet location when not too many people are there. I fly fish with an indicator fly on the surface and a 'dropper' of anything like a small midge. Black midge or black/silver has worked well in the past. Mornings and evenings best of course. Surface fly's or droppers have both worked. Dude, just thinking about it is making me want to grab my keys and go! I would check with AGF to see if any reports of too much alge this year. I have read it has been a problem in some lakes this summer. Good luck. You'll enjoy the experience even if you get skunked. Remember no bait! I think it might be barb-less hooks as well, there is a large sign by the parking area that will tell you the rules. I always catch and release anyway. Let me know if you get up there and what you think. If you don't have a large campsite need, drive just behind the lake where there is a small parking area with an area for a truck with cab-over camper or tent up in the woods. Easy walk to the water. Enjoy!
Erwin, don't tell anyone, but another nice area would be J.D. Dam. Small reservoir 4-5 acres? Kayak, (no bait) little fishing spot. Actually, close to White Horse Lake. Walk your kayak out to the end of the walkway. No actual camping areas, just set up off in the woods. Another small lake is Dog Town Lake near Williams on the north side of I-40. Beautiful small lake and good fishing. Lots of Kayak's there whenever I'm up.
How was your fishing trip? Did you catch a few? Weather nice or Thunder Storms? Hope it was fun and cool!
Thanks. I'll try a Rapalla next time with that presentation.
Which Rapala type? I fished (trolling) Dogtown Lake near Williams Friday and Saturday. Friday caught limit with misc. lures. Saturday hardly a bite. Fish looking one? What length?
Heading up to Dogtown Lake near Williams this weekend. Troll a bit. Happy Father's Day to all us Fathers!
Thats too bad. Possibly with so much snow and rain the water level will be better. I don't like the pike, so I fish other lakes.
I used to fish Ashurst a lot. Wonderful fishing for Rainbows. Then someone introduced Pike. Since then, I think the Trout population has been suffering. Oh, by the way, windy is normal for Ashurst. In fact, the north/eastern camp site is named "Windy Point". There are lots of areas to fish from the bank, Windy Point has great rock ledges. Don't leave the bait on the bottom as crawdads are plentiful. (Unless you like to eat crawdads!). Thanks for teaching the young'uns to camp and fish!
UNAT...You caught 3 around 18-20"? What area? I've fished there for years and never seen anything larger than 13-14". Share your preferred method?
Mark
Great fishing! Nothing beats a stream experience. I have found that a "Colorado 4-0" spinner in an un-resistible lure for any trout stream. I don't know what you were using but give them a try. It's so fun to place the lure (not in a tree) in a great spot and spin it upstream past the bounders. Mark
I meant Dogtown Lake, north of Williams, Az. I'll have to check with AZGF to find out when area is accessible. Thanks, Panther Martins.
Might have to wait on slow melt on the roads. Anyone have the scoop on best lures and parts of the lake for a good catch (and release)?
New Guy,
Mark Wright