Small Fishing Kayaks

Fishing Report - Gov. Leads Celebration at Big Lake

Gov. Brewer was on hand Aug. 24 for the Grand Re-Opening of Big Lake in the wake of the Wallow Fire. Because of the scope of the fire, a lot of people unfortunately have the misimpression that Big Lake was hit hard by it. Big Lake wasn't really touched, and there are still many parts of the White Mountains that are beautiful to visit. Big Lake is the hot summer day leader at almost 9,000 feet in elevation and 530 surface acres. I heard that the fishing was a little slow over the weekend, but all the anglers were just grateful to be there. Gov. Brewer is visiting Wednesday for the Grand Re-Opening of Big Lake following the Wallow Fire, which didn't touch the lake. Here's some information just in from our Tonto Creek Hatchery -- we are stocking two pound trout in the Tonto Creek today (Friday) for the weekend. What's more, we'll stock around 1,500 2-plus-pound trout into Tonto, Haigler, and the East Verde River (near Payson) this coming week just before Labor Day weekend. You heard it first right here! I am hearing increasing reports of good topwater action at places like Pleasant, Havasu, Roosevelt and Mead, but the action is not necessarily consistently good each day - sometimes it can be hit-or- miss. That can certainly be expected this time of year during this transition period. You can, however, expect the action to get better and better as we move into early fall fishing conditions. One of my favorite places to fish in late summer and early fall is Lake Powell; sounds like the bite is currently best in the upper end from Hall's Crossing to Hite. It may take a little extra road time to get there, but once on the water, you won't have to travel far to find good action on the upper end of the lake. Just depends on where you want to save your gas money -- on the road or on the water.

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One of the few things I knew when I began my travels this summer was that I had 12 weeks with which to play. In addition to working at Rock/Creek, I am also a teacher, ergo: summers present quite the opportunity for me to explore the world around me. I also knew that I was taking my (Jackson) Journey on my journey, as well as my rope and rack (well… half of my rack. I took all of my passive gear and singles in active fingers and hands), and my dog, Abby, was going along as chaperone/copilot/companion/tolerant soul.

I had a general route in my head that I’d taken the time to briefly map out, but nothing set in concrete, and I knew when I was leaving. Returning: well… that was one of the pieces yet to be discovered.

Presumably because I was a woman traveling by herself (gasp!), many said I was insane for venturing out on such a foray. Others said I was desperate. Still others stated that I was brave. I call bull on all of those descriptors. I was merely doing what I felt in my heart that I needed to do, and blessedly, I had the time and resources with which to do it.

The past eight or ten years had brought with them many challenges that I had, for one reason and/or another, never taken time to fully acknowledge and/or wrap my head around. The opportunity to travel this summer afforded me the time and space to begin that process. That said, I do concede that an open-ended road trip is much different at 40 than it is at 20!

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