Fishing Report For Lake Mary, AZ

By Rick Seaman

January 28, 2025

Popular Fish Species Reports
Lake Mary Fishing Video
Northern Pike
Channel Catfish
Walleye
Rainbow Trout
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Fishing Report Lake Mary, AZ

Fishing Reports

Popular Fish Species Lake Mary, AZ

Northern Pike

Current Report: Poor To Fair
Outlook: Fair To Good

Thriving in the cool waters of Lake Mary, northern pike are a quite popular species. Locals report catching them in good quantity, and a few big ones. Spring is the best time for northern pike fishing here. Fall would be second best. Large, flashy lures that mimic bait are great lures for northerns. Effective lures include spoons, spinners, and crankbaits, particularly those with bright colors or metallic finishes to attract the pike's attention.

Channel Catfish

Current Report: Fair
Outlook: Fair To Good

Fishing for channel catfish is often productive around any kind of structure. Submerged road beds, creek channels and rocky points are all good places to begin. Use a slip sinker or Carolina rig setup. A big gob of nightcrawlers will get the attention of channel cats here.

Walleye

Current Report: Poor To Fair
Outlook: Fair To Good

A healthy population of walleye are well established in Lake Mary. They tend to concentrate around structure on points, flats and ledges off the river channels. A proven method for catching walleye here is trolling with spinners tipped with live bait, or trolling with long-billed, deep diving crankbaits. However casting live bait, jigs, worms and spoons also works well at times.

Rainbow Trout

Current Report: Poor To Fair
Outlook: Good

Rainbow trout fishing at Lake Mary is popular with anglers of all ages and skill levels. The lake is stocked with rainbow trout. Small spinners, worms or PowerBait all are catching trout here. Bring the kids and go rainbow trout fishing at Lake Mary and create memories.

Lake Mary Fishing Video

Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, channel catfish, black crappie, walleye, rainbow trout, brown trout, bluegill, green sunfish, yellow bass, yellow perch and northern pike at Lake Mary in Arizona.

Lake Mary is actually two separate lakes - Upper and Lower Lake Mary. It is conveniently located 15 miles from Flagstaff, AZ. When full, Upper Lake Mary is a 600-acre lake. The upper lake is the primary fishery. According to the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, "The lake has Northern Pike, Channel Catfish, Black Crappie, Walleye, Yellow Perch, and Yellow Bass." In Winter, whenever ice is safe, ice fishing is permitted.

Primary fish species residing in Lake Mary

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired bass tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".