Breezy Lake near Mountainaire: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Out in Coconino County, Arizona, sits Breezy Lake. The bank is 7,083 feet above sea level. With some 105 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Few waters listed in Coconino County are bigger. Some 17 miles away sits Mountainaire, the nearest settlement. The big place round here is Deer Valley, 100 miles distant. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Breezy Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. County-wide records name brown trout, common carp and flannelmouth sucker. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Take Breezy Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 67°F for July and 26°F for January. Seasons here are moderate, and the fishing runs most of the year. In a normal year the cover is thin and short-lived. The hot months push the fishing to dawn and dusk. It holds true on Breezy Lake more years than not. A rising level usually fishes better than a falling one.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Mapped as intermittent, it fills after rain and shrinks between. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Ducksnest Lake is 1.1 miles distant. None of that is settled for Breezy Lake in what we hold.