HOW TO FISH FOR ARIZONA BASS

A deep cove, such as this rockie-walled kazne bidecut on Lake Mead, offers good live bait fishing in the winter months. It will also yield bass for the fisherman using deep numming plugs, in the summer months, surface plugs will take bam along the rocky abrimard.

Such a spat as this, a partially suk merged mes on the share of Apache Lake, is a very good place to sh a arface kure anytime during the susumes and early subumm months.

This Canyon Lake bosa was taken on a wobbler type love, which had been made more aliractira ta tine bass by addition of a ship of tempilag pork sind.

Spinning lures are very effective in taking Artzuna's busw-this one, a deep running, weadlass Bianchand lure, hooked a four-paund base froen Lake Hervasu for the author.

Thus author, using a weedless MelNon spoon, decorated with a s of pork rind, took this Rapeevele Lake fargamorised bass out of thus submerged krush in the background.

Sections of the Verde River-deep, long home-offer good largemouth bass fishing, and it is often over looked by many anglers who are prone to go only to lakes for bass fishing. Fishing is good here, too.

This Lake Mohave bass hit a Bomber surface plug, just as the angler was about to lift it from the water. The fish did not take it in his mouth, but bumped it with his head. Good hot This bass, taken in the early mor ning on Roosevelt Lake, was caught on a Bomber underwater plug, a particularly effective lure on any of Arizona's lakes all year long.

Canyon Lake and Saguaro Lake have many coves which offer excellent places to fish live bait for bass, and crappies, yellow bass, bluegill and channel catfish as well. The beautiful scenery adds pleasure to fishing!

Bait fishermen can find many such rocky banks as this to fish live bait for bass on many Arizona lakes. This scene was made on Saguaro.

This gimmick, called a "stringer," is often attached to bass lures to make them more enticing. It is simply a strip of pork rind which is hooked onto an ordinary bass lure.

This Slim Jim lure, a pencil thin body with spinners at both ends, is fished to simulate an injured minnow trying to escape on the surface, By reel and rod tip action, the lure is made to travel just under the surface of the water and to break through every two or three feet. This bass rolled up under the lure to hook itself.

The shoreline of the Colorado River is beautiful, for the cameraman as well as the earnest bass fisherman. Apache Lake has long held a reputation for producing many bass for good fishermen. This catch is typical of a summer day's fishing with shallow running lures such as: Lazy Ikes, Bombers, Hawaiian Wigglers, etc. Apache Lake offers good fishing throughout the year. Especially popular in winter!

The salamander, or waterdog, is an excellent live bait for taking Arizona's largemouthed bass, and it will produce any month of the year.

The threadfin shad, a small forage fish for the largemouth bass, was introduced into Arizona's lakes by the Arizona Game and Fish Commission. This very prolific food fish has strengthened the food chain for the carnivorous bass and has accounted for a tremendous upsurge in the quality of fishing in Arizona waters the last few years. Effective throughout the year!