Arizona Largemouth

  • Kipp Hughes
    Posts: 17
    July 12, 2017 at 6:37 pm #1703912

    Since moving to Arizona from Florida it has been a struggle to adjust to the different style of fishing. In the past I have been a Musky and then a saltwater redfish fisherman. Largemouth has been my least favorite fish to fish for but since moving to Airizona I’ve had no choice but to fish for Largemouth. After catching a bunch of small largemouth I decided to try a new lake. Caught this one on a 10″ Berkley powerbait worm. I guess I’ll be going back to this lake. I didn’t have a scale and released the fish but it looks like it would weigh somewhere close to 10 lbs.

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    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    July 12, 2017 at 8:45 pm #1703943

    Nice fish!

    Where did you catch musky in Florida. Asking for a friend.

    pool2fool
    Inactive
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 1709
    July 12, 2017 at 9:03 pm #1703945

    Very nice!

    IceNEyes1986
    Harris, MN
    Posts: 1266
    July 13, 2017 at 5:47 am #1703985

    WOW!!! That’s a Dandy! bow Nice Work!

    Kipp Hughes
    Posts: 17
    July 16, 2017 at 10:32 am #1704670

    Never fished for Musky in Florida, always fished Lake of the Woods for Musky. As far as I know, no Musky lakes in Florida.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    July 16, 2017 at 11:52 am #1704686

    There aren’t, I was kidding.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    July 17, 2017 at 8:27 am #1704813

    What’s it like bass fishing in Arizona? I assume it is all reservoir fishing, deep and crystal clear?

    Kipp Hughes
    Posts: 17
    July 27, 2017 at 8:36 pm #1706971

    Most lakes are dammed up rivers and are fairly clear and very deep 100′-200′. The lakes are mainly rock cliffs with a few shallow areas which can have some weeds. I am pretty new to this fishing but have been catching a few small largemouth each trip out with an average size of 1.5 lbs. This was my first quality fish besides some nice Crappie this spring. The day I caught the fish in the picture was my first time on this lake so I’m hoping that it holds larger fish than the lakes I’ve been fishing before. Only time will tell.

    mahtofire14
    Mahtomedi, MN
    Posts: 11024
    July 27, 2017 at 11:43 pm #1706993

    Run deep cranks and drop shots along the ledges and also look into “spybaiting”. It has been gaining steam and a lot of the guys out west rely on it for fishing very clear, deep lakes. Great fish by the way. Keep catching those and I don’t think you’ll dislike bass fishing for much longer.

    BigWerm
    SW Metro
    Posts: 11359
    July 28, 2017 at 9:12 am #1707029

    That is a tank! Guess I will have to get some fishing equipment down there, my in-laws keep a pontoon on Canyon Lake. Pretty crazy being on those lakes, when you grew up on the greenery surrounding our MN Lakes.

    BigWerm
    SW Metro
    Posts: 11359
    July 28, 2017 at 9:50 am #1707042

    Oh and seeing Bighorn Sheep was an added bonus!

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