Arizona Fishing 2

Unable to catch any fish on Saguaro Lake in December, when we returned to Apache Junction for a couple weeks in March, I was ready to drag 'em into the boat. Of course, it strill wasn't that easy, but I did have some success this time.

My first catch was a 14" rainbow trout, nice fish, and the only catch that day. On the second outing, Bill's grandson Austin came along, and between the 3 of us, we couldn't catch anything. On my third outing, we tried a lot of places, finally going up river a couple miles to quiet water, and I caught a small bass and a slightly larger striper.

Meanwhile, the turkey vultures were watching us carefully, flying their lazy circles overhead.

I'm still amazed at the juncture of water and desert in the Salt River lakes. The river and channels run 40-80 feet deep, and in many places the desert just seems to jump right up out of the water, in hills and cliffs. So unlike the New England and Minnesota waters I have cruised.