Open sky and sharp air tonight, with air barely moving and a rising glass. Conditions favour Common carp around the calm side of the wind on Theodore Roosevelt Lake. Make the evening the heart of the trip. Make the first hour count and build on it. The autumn feed-up is on; baitfish areas are the key.
The bites are average now
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Theodore Roosevelt Lake is a Gila County water, in Arizona. It sits in warm bottomland. At 14.2 sq miles you are fishing a fraction of it whatever you do. It is among the larger waters listed here for Gila County. The nearest town is Tonto Basin, 14 miles away. The nearest city of size is Mesa, 43 miles away. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.
Our records give 349 ft, so you have a figure to work from. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Species logged nearby in open biodiversity records include threadfin shad, black crappie, sonora sucker and channel catfish. Records show what people reported, not what is stocked. Fish Theodore Roosevelt Lake to its features, not to its size.
July runs about 88°F on average, January about 48°F. Heat, not cold, shapes the year here. Heat pushes fish deep from June onwards, so start early. June to September is hot work, so the first and last hours are what count. It sets the rhythm of the year at Theodore Roosevelt Lake.
The ground here is public, which usually keeps access simple. A jetty or pier is mapped about 0.9 miles from here. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Failing this one, try Apache Lake, 11 miles away. None of that is settled for Theodore Roosevelt Lake in what we hold.
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The bites are average now
| 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 0.9 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 6 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 3 | 2.4 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 57° | 56° | 57° | 56° | 56° | 54° | 53° | 53° | 56° | 60° | 63° | 66° | 69° | 71° | 72° | 73° | 73° | 71° | 67° | 65° | 63° | 61° | 60° | 58° |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29.99 | 29.99 | 29.98 | 29.98 | 29.98 | 29.99 | 30.04 | 30.06 | 30.05 | 30.05 | 30.05 | 30.03 | 30.01 | 29.99 | 29.98 | 29.97 | 29.97 | 29.99 | 30.01 | 30.04 | 30.06 | 30.07 | 30.08 | 30.09 |
| 79 | 80 | 78 | 80 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 80 | 75 | 70 | 63 | 58 | 50 | 46 | 44 | 42 | 44 | 51 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 69 | 69 | 70 |
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