AZ Lakes, AZ Pros: Daniel Pecotte At Roosevelt Lake
Daniel Pecotte of Holbrook has been fishing for bass Roosevelt for many years, and he says that winter is the trickiest time – it’s harder to get them to eat.
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AZ Lakes, AZ Pros: Art Chamberlin / Leroy Price
Two of the acknowledged masters of crappie trolling in Arizona are Art Chamberlin and LeRoy Price. Both men fish for crappie and bass on Roosevelt Lake, and they spend so much time on the water that they can follow the fish around day by day.
AZ Lakes AZ Pros Matt Shura At Canyon Lake
Crankbaits are sometimes called “idiot baits” because people have the idea that there is nothing to them but casting and winding.
AZ Lakes AZ Pros Dan Westfall Jerry Loughranat
When water temperatures start to go down and lake levels begin to rise, crankbait time is here again. Fish start moving up and getting a lot more active, and one of the best ways to find them is to start cranking around the same places you found them during the summer, but shallower.Long points that have good drop-offs to deeper water are prime early-fall areas.
AZ Lakes AZ Pros John Murray
When the weather heats up and the fish quit chasing reaction baits, John Murray starts using a spoon, especially at Lake Pleasant.
AZ Lakes AZ Pros John Murray At Pleasant
One of the best ways to catch summer bass on Lake Pleasant is with a Carolina rig. I remember back in the day when VanderKooi and his partner came to the scales with a 42-pound limit they caught on Carolina rigs! That’s a 7-pound average!
AZ Lakes AZ Pros Tai Au
Tai puts safety in first place at night. “You absolutely must have a spotlight at night,” says Au, “but Arizona law says you can’t drive with it constantly on.
AZ Lakes AZ Pros Rambo and Chamberlin
Most anglers are familiar with bass pros, but Arizona anglers might not be aware that there are a lot of crappie pros out there, too.
AZ Lakes/AZ Pros: Marty Lawrence at Bartlett Lake
Yamamoto Pro MartyLawrence fishes a lot of night tournaments in the summer, and summer in Arizona means monsoon storms. These storms usually do roll in at night and if you’re out on the water, it can mean that jigs and reaction baits can fill the boat in a hurry.
AZ Lakes AZ Pros Matsubu At Lake Mead
Ben Matsubu once took sixth place in a WON Bass Tri-State Championship on Mead with a split-shot rig. He said he watched another guy fish a bank and catch nothing, then Ben went behind him with a split-shot rig and caught eleven fish off that same bank.