Conference wahoo::fishing

    
    
    My vote is the San Carlos Resv.  It's on the San Carlos indian Resv.
    You are required to purchase a license from the tribe.  It's not
    very much $  Maybe 8 bucks or so.  The ramps aren't maintained all
    that well so be prepared.  And when I say not maintained I aint
    kiddin.  Think about us tryin to launch a big Skeeter with a half
    ton pickup.  Don't forget the cab/over camper.  The ramp is more
    like a 45 degree incline covered in very loose rocks the size of
    footballs.  You pray alot....
     
    That part of the country is some of the most spectacular scenery
    you will ever see... Being from colorado you may want to argue that.
    
    There are many very large lakes on the Salt River project that offer
    good fishing.  Lot's of skiers and high powered go fast types to
    contend with, but as you pick water that is farther from phoenix,
    the traffic seems to thin.  Oh BTW the San Carlos isn't part of
    the Salt riverr project.

    I fished the San Carlos last year and between the two of us we caught 
    Probably 50 BASS from 1 1/2 # to 6 # in about 10 hours of fishin.
    It was in the middle of the summer.  Temp in Phoenix was about 105
    degrees and up on the reservation it was perhaps 5 to 10 degrees
    cooler.  We started fishing around 6pm and fished till around two
    am. (full moon,  VERY BRIGHT) and quit around 2am. Slept in the camper
    (generator with air conditioning) and fished for an hour or so the
    next am.  It got up around the 100 degree mark and we headed for
    home

    Those kind of impoundments make the 150 horse engines worth havin.
    
    Let us know how it goes.  I am planning a trip out there in Sept
    to do it again.
    
    TBDW
    
    

    I'm not from phoenix but I lived there for a while . I did get a
    chance to do some fishing when I was.  The closest lake to phoenix
    is lake pleasant . There is some decent bass fishing there but you
    really need a boat from my experince . It is a large lake compared
    to the lakes in Mass. There is some good crappie and white bass
    from what Ive heard . There is also lake sauaro ?SP about an hour
    or more east of phoenix that is supposed tobe good bassin water
    but i never got a chance to fish it. I believe there is a few other
    lakes with in an hour or more but there isnt a hell of a lot that
    is less than an hour away . Also I might mention the canal systems
    that run right though phoenix , I never fished these ethier but
    I think there is supposed to be good catfishin in them. 
    Ill check some reading material i have from there and see if I 
    can come up with anything else .
    When exactly are you going out there ? Im going out the 1st week
    in May to vist my folks . 
    Hope I helped you a litle anyway .
    
    SHAWN   
    
     

    I CAN TELL YOU ALL THE BARS TO GO TO. THATS ABOUT IT.
    
                              NIGHTCRAWLER~~~~~~~~~

    	Well, today is the day.  Leave after work for PNO.  Start fishing
    tomorrow.  Contacts obtained from suggestions of people who read this 
    file have said that the Bass there are just starting to spawn.  So,
    sounds like fishing will be terrible!!!  :-^)
    	Will post results here when I get back.  
    
    BTW: I hope the storm that left here yesterday misses you.  I doubt
    it, though.  Anyway, it's a real DOOZY.
    
    GONE FISHING!!!!!!!
    Wayne

    	The fishing report is not fantastic but OK.  The cold front
    that went through before I got to Phoenix lowered the water temps.
    about 3 degrees.  This was enough to shut off the spawning run.
    Still caught a few fish.
    	Most of the time was spent sightseeing around the Phoenix area
    with my nephew.  Thanks for all of the tips on fishing waters and
    contacts.  
    	Water temps. ranged between 62 to 64 degrees.  They were up
    to about 66 the week before.  We went to Horseshoe reservoir on
    Saturday evening.  Got to the lake about 4 PM.  By the time we had
    unpacked and sorted out the equipment we wanted to use, it was about
    5:30.  Launched up the bank from the boat launch (IT WAS PACKED
    WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO GET THEIR BOATS OUT!!!)  Fished a small bay
    for about 30 minutes.  My son caught a Bass about 8" long and I
    caught one about 6".  Then we just toured around the rest of the
    larger bay for about an hour.  Should have stayed where we were.
    Oh well, that's fishing.
    	Stayed at a cabin up in the hills with my nephew and a few friends.
    Got started about 10:00 the next morning.  Went to Bartlett Reservoir.
    Missed one little bass.  Quit fishing at noon so that we could go
    to a Steak Cookout that evening.
    	Went to Lake Pleasant on Monday.  Got there about 11:00.  Fished
    (or some form of resemblance thereof) until 3:00.  Actually fell
    asleep in the belly-boat for about half an hour.  Fished some good
    reed beds in one of the upper bays.  My son caught one about 14"
    on a crappie jig tube lure.  Oh well, no-one ever said fish would
    bite what they were supposed to. ;-)  I hooked and landed one 6"
    bass in one move.  Figured fishing heavy cover with 6# line I had
    better get them out quick.  Fish ended up in my sons lap in his
    belly-boat.  Talk about waking someone up!  He was almost asleep
    at the time.
    	Lack of fish didn't ruin the trip.  Just enjoyed being away
    from work for a while.  Now, I feel I can work on the yard and do
    the necessary house work this weekend without as many complaints.
    Make some peace around home before the fishing season really starts
    here.  I really hated the 50 degree nights and 90 degree days while
    I was down there!  :-^)