Post Lake Fishing in Coconino County, Arizona

• Overview

  Post Lake sits in Coconino County, out in Arizona. It sits in farm and woodlot country. Surface area is around 59 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Mountainaire is the closest town at 14 miles. Deer Valley sits 101 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Post Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Public occurrence data for Coconino County names brown trout, common carp, flannelmouth sucker, bluehead sucker and green sunfish. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Anyone new to Post Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 67°F and January reads 28°F. Most months fish reasonably, given the right weather. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. At Post Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. This one is mapped as intermittent, so a wasted trip is a real risk in a dry year. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Als Lake, 0.8 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Ask locally about Post Lake if anything is unclear.