Dead Horse Ranch State Park Report

Dead Horse Ranch State Park


by Arizona Game & Fish Department
6-11-2023
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Game and Fish biologists surveyed the lake at Dead Horse Ranch State Park on April 25 and found several good-sized largemouth bass as well as channel catfish, bluegill and green sunfish. Try using small plastic jigs, plastic worms, or small spinnerbaits near deeper cover. Catfish were last stocked May 31. The catfish bite has been fair in the evening. Bluegills are very abundant, but most are small. This is a great opportunity to teach kids how to fish. Try using a #12 hook with a small piece of worm under a bobber and you should have success. While the crappie numbers are up a little, most are small. Look for the crappie fishing to be good late this year or next year.






6-8-2023
At Alamo Lake (report courtesy of Alamo Lake State Park Manager Drew Collett, 6/8/23), the bass fishing is currently good and most fish are being caught on spinner baits and lipless cranks, or drop shotting a Baby Brush Hog or worms in pumpkin or motor oil with red, silver, or blue specks. Channel catfish are being caught with nightcrawlers and dough bait rigged with a bobber or just off the bottom of the lake. Crappie fishing has been a mixed bag. The...... Read More