Red Lake Fishing Guide, Coconino County, Arizona

• Overview

  Red Lake is a Coconino County water, Arizona side. This is mixed woodland ground. The water measures roughly 9 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Some 8.9 miles away sits Williams, the nearest settlement. Deer Valley sits 117 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 Red Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Coconino County include brown trout, common carp and flannelmouth sucker. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Read Red Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 69°F on average, January about 31°F. Fishing continues through most of the calendar, with quiet spells rather than closures. It is not guaranteed from one year to the next. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. Red Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. A car park sits roughly half a mile away. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. A phone call first saves an afternoon. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Kaibab Lake at 6.3 miles is the sensible second choice. Signs at Red Lake carry more weight than any list.