12-23-2009, 12:58 AM
[cool][#0000ff]I fished Saguaro a lot. Probably more than Canyon. I always launched at Butcher Jones. A bit of a hike to launch the tube but not as many boaters in and out as at the main launch area.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Also, the fishing was usually pretty decent...at least from April through June and September through the first of November. Great yellow bass and catfish in the spring and summer. Good largemouth most of the year...except for now. They go DEEEEEEP. Best place to find them now is about 50 feet deep toward the far side of the channel, on the inside of the buoy line. Takes a good sonar and knowing how to vertical jig with spoons or plastics. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Spring and summer you can catch largies and smallies all around the shoreline on a wide variety of plastics, cranks and spinnerbaits. Drop shotting works good too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If you want a prehistoric experience, be down there during the week sometime in November when the hatchery truck stocks some of the rainbows. As soon as those tasty tidbits start swimming the dinner bell goes off for the big largemouths in the lake and it is like a wide open tuna boil for fifteen minutes...until most of the trout are eaten or find cover in the weed beds. A big trout colored swim bait can hook you into bass over 10 pounds. There have been several over 15 pounds caught from Saguaro. (not by me)[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Also, the fishing was usually pretty decent...at least from April through June and September through the first of November. Great yellow bass and catfish in the spring and summer. Good largemouth most of the year...except for now. They go DEEEEEEP. Best place to find them now is about 50 feet deep toward the far side of the channel, on the inside of the buoy line. Takes a good sonar and knowing how to vertical jig with spoons or plastics. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Spring and summer you can catch largies and smallies all around the shoreline on a wide variety of plastics, cranks and spinnerbaits. Drop shotting works good too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If you want a prehistoric experience, be down there during the week sometime in November when the hatchery truck stocks some of the rainbows. As soon as those tasty tidbits start swimming the dinner bell goes off for the big largemouths in the lake and it is like a wide open tuna boil for fifteen minutes...until most of the trout are eaten or find cover in the weed beds. A big trout colored swim bait can hook you into bass over 10 pounds. There have been several over 15 pounds caught from Saguaro. (not by me)[/#0000ff]
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