Mormon Lake is a lake in Arizona, near Pima County.
Mormon Lake in Pima County is a lake in Arizona and covers about 38.3 acres, reaches about 17.3 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 265 acre-feet.
Mormon Lake is compact enough to fish slowly, but a change in weeds or bottom can still split it into separate patterns.
Fish listed for Mormon Lake include Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, and Largemouth Bass.
For black crappie, fish a small jig or minnow around wood, weeds, and sharp little drops; look for a second bite before leaving.
For bluegill, use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets; fish the edge from top to bottom; test a point before fishing a featureless bank on this 38.3-acre lake.
For largemouth bass, work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover; work the bottom where the bank turns steep; test a point before fishing a featureless bank on this 38.3-acre lake.
At Mormon Lake, try this for channel catfish: fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat.
The plan for Mormon Lake starts here: 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.
For an first pass, begin where two things meet: weeds and open water, rock and mud, a point and a drop, or clear water and dirty water; fish that edge at more than one depth before leaving it.
At Mormon Lake, shallow water is worth a careful look in spring and again during fall; bright summer days favor shade, weeds, or deeper breaks; under ice, a small depth change can be more useful than a long move.
For a first pass on Mormon Lake, 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.
When working Mormon 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.
Start where bait gathers, then fish a small jig or minnow around wood, weeds, and sharp little drops; use wind to narrow the search.
While learning this water, treat 17.3 feet as the deepest point, not the automatic fishing depth; start near cover and move deeper only when bites or bait give a reason.
Look for a clean edge beside cover, then move after checking the same useful feature at several depths without finding bait, a clean edge, or a bite; slow the bait when a good edge appears.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.