Deep Lake is a lake in Arizona, near Coconino County.
Deep Lake in Coconino County is a lake in Arizona and covers about 107.1 acres, reaches about 20.1 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 861.2 acre-feet.
Deep Lake can be broken down in a few passes: shallow cover, the first break, and the deepest useful water.
Fish listed for Deep Lake include Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, Flathead Catfish, Green Sunfish, and Largemouth Bass.
While looking for black crappie on Deep Lake, fish a small jig or minnow around wood, weeds, and sharp little drops.
The first bluegill pass on Deep Lake should use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.
At Deep Lake, try this for largemouth bass: work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.
Start the channel catfish search on Deep Lake by trying to fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat.
Use this plain plan on Deep Lake: other targets listed here include Common Carp; give each one its own bait and depth instead of trying to catch everything with the same rig.
On this water, use wind as a clue; a light push can carry food toward a bank, but hard wind may muddy it, so look for a clean edge near a point or protected pocket.
For an first pass, shallow water is worth a careful look in spring and again during fall; bright summer days favor shade, weeds, or lower breaks; under ice, a small depth change can be more useful than a long shift.
For an first pass, a medium spinning rod, 8-pound line, a small box of jigs, a few crankbaits, and a simple bottom rig cover most situations; change depth or speed before changing every piece of tackle.
After a bite, write down water color, productive depth, wind, and cover; that short note is more useful next time than a pile of spots that did not produce.
Test the quiet side before the windy side, then fish a small jig or minnow around wood, weeds, and sharp little drops; use one moving lure and one slow bait.
Treat 20.1 feet as the deepest point, not the automatic fishing depth; start beside cover and move deeper only when bites or bait give a reason.
For an first pass, shift after checking the same useful feature at several depths without finding bait, a clean edge, or a bite.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.