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    • Alamo Lake
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    • Rose Canyon Lake
    • Patagonia Lake
    • Arivaca Lake
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    • Little Colorado River
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    • Verde River
    • Silver Creek
    • Oak Creek
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    • Desert Breeze Lake
    • Kiwanis Lake
    • Veterans Oasis Lake
    • Water Ranch Lake
    • Red Mountain Lake
    • Alvord Lake
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    • Tempe Town Lake
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    • Papago Ponds
    • Evelyn Hallman Pond
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  • AZ Cold Water Fish Species
    • Trout >
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      • Brown Trout
      • Apache Trout
      • Brook Trout
      • Cutthroat Trout
      • Gila Trout
      • Tiger Trout
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      • Walleye
      • Northern Pike
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    • Largemouth Bass
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Arizona Fishing Info

White Mountain Lakes

The White Mountains are a beautiful area to relax and catch up on a good book. However, if you like fishing for trout this is the one and only place to go in Arizona. Due to the abundant varieties of trout and the possibility of catching a state record or a native Apache Trout.

The White Mountains

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Elevation: 9000+

Weather: Cool Wet Summers, Cold Snowy Winters.

Lakes: 50+


Recreation: Medium

The White Mountains have long been the treasure of Arizona Fishing. The area is dominated by extinct volcanic cinder cones, and a single stratovolcano in the form of Mount Baldy. The area is consumed by Douglas fir, and Blue Spruce tree's.  Big lake is the staple of the non-reservation White Mountains and continues to produce great fishing action. The area is all over 9000 feet in elevation which makes the area Alpine in nature. The area has the largest ski resort in the state and the only Apache trout fishing in the entire world. The White Mountains are the centerpiece of eastern Arizona and have some of the best fishing in the state. The area is cool in the summer and brutally cold in the winter. The White Mountains average about 40 inches of precipitation per year including snowfall. However, record years such as in 2004 received over 64 inches of precipitation.

The area is home to numerous bodies of water which hold some of the most diverse species in Arizona. Artic Grayling, and Apache Trout just to name a few. Most of the White Mountains lies inside the Fort Apache Indian Reservation for which a valid fishing permit is required. The Apache Tribe hold the White Mountains as sacred and forbid anyone from hiking to the top Mt. Baldy. The area is stunningly beautiful and is some of the best Alpine forest in the United States.



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