12-19-2003, 12:57 PM
[cool][size 2]Hey George, I met Floyd a couple of times, but never had the pleasure of fishing with him. You are right. He knew the local lakes better than anyone I know. His death to cancer was a 
time for all local anglers.[/size]
[size 2]Floyd also made the "yellowjacket" spinners. These were inline spinners, with his own color combinations. I also make a wide variety of inline spinners...as well as my bait bugs.[/size]
[size 2]As you probably realize, you can't fish any of these lakes effectively without a boat. I fish out of a float tube, and access to Apache, Canyon and Saguaro is extremely limited. Sometimes you catch it right, when the fish are within the zone you can reach by tube. Other times they are somewhere else around the lake...following the bait or the temperature levels they find more comfortable. But, without a boat, you just can't count on scoring consistently.[/size]
[size 2]If you do have a boat, and know the lakes, and have good sonar, you can almost always find the fish. And finding them is a key element in catching them. As I tell folks who don't believe in using sonar...you can't catch them where they ain't.[/size]
[size 2]In the deep and steep walled lakes of the Salt River chain, it is usually the 90/10 rule...90% of the fish are going to be in only 10% of the lake. But, because most of the species are predatory, if you can locate them and figure out a pattern you can pretty much "harvest" as many as you need.[/size]
[size 2]I have tried Apache only a couple of times. The two available launch sites for float tubes are too far away from the prime fishing areas and a couple of yellow bass are all I got to play with.[/size]
[size 2]Canyon is about the same, only with heavier boat traffic. There is some decent fishing to be had within range of launch sites, but the power squadron makes it impossible to operate effectively. The Boulder Canyon area, behind the marina, has produced a few fish for us, but again it is pure luck to find fish in there on any given trip.[/size]
[size 2]Let's see how the upcoming spring shapes up. I still want to get you out in a float tube and show off my line of lures for you.[/size]
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time for all local anglers.[/size] [size 2]Floyd also made the "yellowjacket" spinners. These were inline spinners, with his own color combinations. I also make a wide variety of inline spinners...as well as my bait bugs.[/size]
[size 2]As you probably realize, you can't fish any of these lakes effectively without a boat. I fish out of a float tube, and access to Apache, Canyon and Saguaro is extremely limited. Sometimes you catch it right, when the fish are within the zone you can reach by tube. Other times they are somewhere else around the lake...following the bait or the temperature levels they find more comfortable. But, without a boat, you just can't count on scoring consistently.[/size]
[size 2]If you do have a boat, and know the lakes, and have good sonar, you can almost always find the fish. And finding them is a key element in catching them. As I tell folks who don't believe in using sonar...you can't catch them where they ain't.[/size]
[size 2]In the deep and steep walled lakes of the Salt River chain, it is usually the 90/10 rule...90% of the fish are going to be in only 10% of the lake. But, because most of the species are predatory, if you can locate them and figure out a pattern you can pretty much "harvest" as many as you need.[/size]
[size 2]I have tried Apache only a couple of times. The two available launch sites for float tubes are too far away from the prime fishing areas and a couple of yellow bass are all I got to play with.[/size]
[size 2]Canyon is about the same, only with heavier boat traffic. There is some decent fishing to be had within range of launch sites, but the power squadron makes it impossible to operate effectively. The Boulder Canyon area, behind the marina, has produced a few fish for us, but again it is pure luck to find fish in there on any given trip.[/size]
[size 2]Let's see how the upcoming spring shapes up. I still want to get you out in a float tube and show off my line of lures for you.[/size]
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