Arizona Fishing Report: Fool Hollow Lake

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Date	18-Nov-09
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Conditions : FOOL HOLLOW LAKE: Fool Hollow Lake State Park is open and fishing is fair. All boat ramps are accessible. Bluegills and black crappies are moving into deeper water due to cooler water temperatures.

A few black crappies are being caught off the fishing piers. A few smallmouth and largemouth bass are being caught on lures and night crawlers. Some small walleyes have been caught on lures. Catfish are being caught on night crawlers at night.

Also, try hot dogs and stink bait for catfish. Try worms, corn, salmon eggs, and Power Bait, lures such as spinners (Mepps, Panther Martin, and Rooster Tail), spoons (Super Dupers, Z-rays, and KastMasters), crank baits, rubber lead head jigs, and Rapalas, and flies such as wooly worms, wooly buggers, Yeager bugger, and semi-seal leeches.

Try fishing around rocky areas, tree stumps and fishing piers for black crappies, bluegills, bass, and walleyes. The lake is open to electric trolling motors and up to 10 hp gas motors. This lake has easy boating and shore fishing access.

Reported by: Arizona F&G

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About: - Fools Hollow offers a great variety of fish and superb camping spots in the tall ponderosa pines. Don't be fooled by the fact that this state park sits inside the city limits of Show Low. It has the total feel of a high country lake. This park has shiny new facilities to go along with a sparkling jewel of a lake that boasts trout, walleye, catfish, sunfish and even smallmouth bass. In fact, this is the only fishery in the White Mountain area with smallmouth bass. The park has a launch ramp and even fishing piers. Shore angling is very viable. In fact, on a recent visit, the shore anglers seemed to be catching more trout than the boat anglers. A good fishing strategy is to troll slowly for trout and walleye during the low light hours of early morning or at twilight; then bottom fish during the bright light of day using night crawlers to try for bass, catfish, trout and walleye. Late afternoon is a good time to work small crayfish-looking baits in the shallows along the rocky shelf areas, especially near the dam, for smallmouth and possibly walleye as well. It's just a fun lake to fish because it offers so much variety. Try it once, and you will return time and again. 149 acres. Elev.6,600 ft. Four miles off Arizona 260 using Old Linden Road and either 32nd or 22nd Street. Campgrounds, parking, lots, and restrooms have been revamped. Plans are in the works for more campsites, a new boat launch, visitor's center, amphitheater, picnic ramadas, and wheelchair-accessible trails and dock. Anglers have been pulling out trout, bass, catfish, bluegill, walleye, and crappie. RV & Campground inquiries can be made at: (520) 537-3680. Access: Gravel Boating: 8hp single (or less), Launching area Amenities: Parking area, restrooms Winter freeze: yes Live Bait Fish prohibited Nearest Town: Show Low - lodging, restaurants, airfield, fuel for planes Note: Campground nearby.			Rainbow & Brown trout Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass Crappie Sunfish Catfish Walleye

Misc Info: - The lake is open to electric trolling motors and up to 10 hp gas motors. This lake has easy boating and shore fishing access