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Originally Posted by lewdog
Tierra verde lake park. Says it's stocked with trout, bass, bluegill and catfish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRkmdW6Evn8
I have a basic fishing pole. I have been trying trout eggs and powerbait worms (they really do look like real worms!). I have no idea what I should be using or how to be using it! |
urban lakes typically only get about 200 trout per stocking (sometimes quite a bit less). By the time casual anglers get there, most if not all have already been fished out by those fellas you see sitting around the ponds sitting on their buckets with multiple poles in the water.
I would head up to Dead Horse State park in Cottonwood if you want to catch fish. 3 'lagoons' about 2-4 acres each. They get stocked every week during the winter, couple thousand fish at a time. Powerbait is the standard bait there.
Basic set up is light/ultralight rod and reel, 6-lb. test nylon/fluorocarbon, 1/8th-oz. splitshot or lead weight (egg-style) about 12-16 inches above the hook (sz16).
I'm sending you a pm in case you want more info. I'll ask a couple of my urban lakes buddies if there's one that's getting more fish than the others.