Menagers Lake is a lake in Arizona, near Pima County.
Menagers Lake is a lake in Pima County, Arizona and covers about 153 acres, reaches about 21.2 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 9,635 acre-feet.
Menagers Lake is compact enough to fish slowly, but a change in weeds or bottom can still split it into separate patterns.
Fish listed for Menagers Lake include Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, Flathead Catfish, Green Sunfish, and Largemouth Bass.
For black crappie, fish a small jig or minnow around wood, weeds, and sharp little drops; match the hook and line to the named target; keep the first route short on this 153-acre lake.
For bluegill, use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets; try a natural color before a loud pattern; keep the first route short on this 153-acre lake.
For largemouth bass, work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover; repeat the first clean pattern; keep the first route short on this 153-acre lake.
For channel catfish, fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat; watch water color during the day.
At Menagers 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.
During the first hour on Menagers Lake, make one shallow pass and one deeper pass on the same shoreline; that shows whether fish are tight to cover or using the first break.
Before moving far on Menagers Lake, early in the year, protected water and the first warm afternoon can be the best clues; as the water heats up, check deeper edges without assuming every fish is on the bottom; cooling fall water often makes points and firm banks useful again.
The first look at Menagers Lake should cover this: 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.
At Menagers Lake, record the wind, water color, productive depth, and cover after a bite; those four notes are more useful on the next trip than a long list of spots that did not produce.
Follow any bait found near the surface, then fish a small jig or minnow around wood, weeds, and sharp little drops; watch water color during the day.
While fishing this water, treat 21.2 feet as the deepest point, not the automatic fishing depth; start near cover and move deeper only when bites or bait give a reason.
Search one cove before changing areas, then move after checking the same useful feature at several depths without finding bait, a clean edge, or a bite; fish isolated cover before a long empty edge.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.