Where is the best fishing on the Salt River?


Where is the best fishing on the Salt River?

Top locations to fish
  • Phon D Sutton G8WR+G9, Mesa, AZ 85264.
  • Coon Bluff Recreation Area, Coon Bluff Rd, Mesa, AZ 85215.
  • Blue Point Recreation Area, Unnamed Road, Fort McDowell, AZ 85264.
  • Water Users Recreation Site, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553.


What is the most difficult trout to catch?

One of the most difficult trout to catch because they are easily spooked and difficult to fool. Brown trout have more nocturnal habits. Target them with minnow-imitating plugs, spoons, spinners and streamers, various moth imitations (especially at night) and with cast or trolled live shiners.


Where is the best place to fish in a river?

Feeding places include the outside of bends, merging currents, drop-offs, feeder brooks and springs. These are places where the current slows and food collects or sinks. When you have a hiding place next to a feeding place, you have a really good fishing spot!


Is the Salt River clean?

You can swim in the Salt River, but be aware that the water is not as clean as your typical swimming pool because of all the folks and animals who use the river daily.


What fish are in the Upper Salt River?

Upper Salt River is a fairly narrow system and is comprised of riffle/run habitat and pools that support fishable populations of largemouth bass, bluegill, smallmouth bass, and white crappie.