Apache Lake is one of the most beautiful lakes in Arizona and fishing can be pretty awesome here as it offers multiple fishing habitats. Apache Lake covers 17 miles where you can fish in the reeds of a secluded cove, explore the many caves and cliffs throughout the lake.
Apache Lake offers great fishing for: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Bass, Black Crappie, Walleye, Rainbow Trout, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish.
Apache Lake is a little further out and you have to drive on dirt roads to get there, but it's well worth, plus there's less people at the lake as well.
Apache Lake, known for it's Bass fishing, there's plenty of 2- to 4-pound largemouth bass as well as smallmouth bass.
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Apache Lake offers a wide variety of fish for Anglers such as: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Bass, Black Crappie, Walleye, Rainbow Trout, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish.
Apache Lake coves, located on the north shore, includes: Amethyst, Castle Rock, Burnt Rock Hideout are great places for spinnerbaits, topwater lures and rip baits can harbor anything from smallmouth bass to crappie fish.
Directions to Apache Lake
Getting to Apache Lake is a little tougher than other nearby lakes and making it less populated. Apache Lake is about an hour plus drive from Apache Junction along State Highway 88. You can also access Apache Lake by heading south on State Highway 88 from Roosevelt Dam off State Highway 188. Please be aware the which ever route you go, you will be traveling on windy dirt roads, that are maintain, but alittle tougher after a storm, but well worth the drive.
