06-13-2019, 06:20 PM
[#0000FF]Hi. I'll chime in. I used to live in the Phoenix area and fished Pleasant a lot. In fact, I am the one who originally set up the Arizona board for BFT. Also the Float Tubing board. And that's how I fished Pleasant mostly was from a tube.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]I was back in Phoenix recently and took a recon drive up to Pleasant, to revisit an old fave fishing spot. There have been a lot of changes over the years. But some of my better spots in times past were up near the Castle Creek bridge...and to the south along the shoreline there. Plenty of sunfish, crappies, white bass, largemouth and catfish if you hit it right.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]When water levels are up, you can park on the south side of the bridge and walk down to a narrow access above the culverts that run under the road. Pitch spinners or plastics for white bass...or soak bait for catfish in the channel.
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[#0000FF]Also, if you go across the bridge a ways you will find dirt roads heading south that allow you to get down to the lake along the eastern shoreline of that arm of the lake. Usually a lot less competition for fishing spots over there. It takes some driving and looking to find fishable spots...and fish.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Used to be fantastic fishing for white bass and other species fishing right off the dam. But since 911 all of our dams are off limits to the public. However, there can be some decent fishing off the shore not far from the dam.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Going into the hot part of the year, most of the fish go deeper in the warming water. So it is best to find spots with quick dropoffs into deeper water.
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[#0000FF]I was back in Phoenix recently and took a recon drive up to Pleasant, to revisit an old fave fishing spot. There have been a lot of changes over the years. But some of my better spots in times past were up near the Castle Creek bridge...and to the south along the shoreline there. Plenty of sunfish, crappies, white bass, largemouth and catfish if you hit it right.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]When water levels are up, you can park on the south side of the bridge and walk down to a narrow access above the culverts that run under the road. Pitch spinners or plastics for white bass...or soak bait for catfish in the channel.
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[#0000FF]Also, if you go across the bridge a ways you will find dirt roads heading south that allow you to get down to the lake along the eastern shoreline of that arm of the lake. Usually a lot less competition for fishing spots over there. It takes some driving and looking to find fishable spots...and fish.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Used to be fantastic fishing for white bass and other species fishing right off the dam. But since 911 all of our dams are off limits to the public. However, there can be some decent fishing off the shore not far from the dam.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Going into the hot part of the year, most of the fish go deeper in the warming water. So it is best to find spots with quick dropoffs into deeper water.
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