Lake Pleasant, AZ Aug 20 2024 Striper Report
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 10:42 am
Haven't posted on WB for a while but figured I'd share a useful report. Fished first light till 8:30am this morning with my buddy Jeff Cooper at Lake Pleasant. Water temps were 89 degrees and weather is starting to turn the corner on summer, but was still pretty humid this morning. We were targeting big fish throwing jumbo spoons on salt water gear (25lb Pline CXX, 8' Phenix Abyss PSX-807 and a Daiwa Lexa 500). The Nichols Bass Mafia Larry Spoon 2.5oz in white was the ticket this morning for us. Caught a 8lb 3oz and a 6lb 1oz fishing flooded timber in 40-50 ft of water around the main lake. The fish were targeting gizzard shad and even the small stripers would attack the jump spoons on the way down. Both fish released alive but the low oxygen in the lake and falling water levels has the fish really lethargic this time of year. Very little surface activity but most of the fish were cruising in 30-50 ft of water where they felt comfortable.