Pintail Lake is a lake in Arizona, near Navajo County.
Pintail Lake is a lake in Navajo County, Arizona and covers about 42.8 acres, reaches about 17.6 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 301 acre-feet.
Pintail Lake is compact enough to fish slowly, but a change in weeds or bottom can still split it into separate patterns.
Fish listed for Pintail 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; use a smaller lure in clear water; match the hook and line to the named target on this 42.8-acre lake.
For bluegill, use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets; watch for food before choosing lure depth.
For largemouth bass, work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover; match the hook and line to the named target; match the hook and line to the named target on this 42.8-acre lake.
For channel catfish, fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat; work the bottom where the bank turns steep; match the hook and line to the named target on this 42.8-acre lake.
During the first hour on Pintail 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.
At Pintail Lake, start 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.
To narrow down Pintail Lake, in spring, start with warming banks, creek mouths, and shallow cover; summer usually pushes the better bite toward the outside weed edge or a nearby drop; fall can bring bait back to windblown points, while winter calls for smaller moves and a slower pace.
The plan for Pintail Lake starts here: 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 Pintail 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; test the drop before leaving.
Treat 17.6 feet as the deepest point, not the automatic fishing depth; start near cover and move deeper only when bites or bait give a reason.
Change depth before changing the whole spot, then move after checking the same useful feature at several depths without finding bait, a clean edge, or a bite; keep the first route short.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.