Cataract Lake (Williams)
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Rating - Fair
Tuesday, Jun 10 2025
CATARACT LAKE: Only boats with a 10 horsepower motor (or less) or single electric motor are allowed on Cataract Lake. The limit is 2 bass minimum size 13 inches, the limit is 4 Channel Catfish, the limit is 4 trout. Both the County and Forest Service Day Use Areas are currently open. On April 11, 2025 the Arizona Game and Fish Department in partnership with the Kaibab National Forest deployed approximately 25 juniper trees in the lake as fish habitat to benefit warm water species such as Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, and Black Crappie. Channel Catfish were stocked last week. Surface temperature 57.66 oF, pH 8.79, Dissolved Oxygen (D.O.) 8.22 mg/l, and turbidity 79.56 NTU on 4/23/2025. After having showers the past week water clarity in cataract is zero to none, this is a great time to target channel catfish in this lake with baitfish and other forage being churned off the bottom they should be feeding, some channel catfish may be spawning in the rocks or around any submerged structure a very effective way to target them during the spawn is floating punch bait under a bobber around structure adjust your depth as you begin to get bites to target their precise location in the water column. large mouth bass will be in 2-10 feet of water spawning along the shore lines target them with your favorite creature baits, neko worms, jigs, or bluegill glide baits. some largemouth may have already spawned usually large easy meals are what they are targeting. Slow moving paddle tails and slow sink/ suspending glides are great options as well as swim jigs and chatter baits around structure and good ambush points. whites and bluegill patterns are ideal. panfish should also be riddled throughout the rocks target them with smaller tube jigs or zman babyballerz black and greens as well as tractor glow have been successful colors. target trout with bright and dark patterns due to water clarity. Drys will be effective as well mosquitoes, blue duns, cicadas, and whatever else you can analyze on the surface.
Tuesday, Jun 10 2025
Access Info
Only boats with a 10 horsepower motor (or less) or single electric motor are allowed on Cataract Lake. The limit is 2 bass minimum size 13 inches, the limit is 4 Channel Catfish, the limit is 4 trout. This is the time of year when the Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Black Crappie, and Channel Catfish are active. The lake is full. Surface temperature 74oF, pH 7.89, D.O. 7 mg/L on 6/7/2024.Click here to unsubcribe from your fishing reports.
Cataract Lake (Williams)
RECEIVE FISHING REPORT UPDATES!
Rating - Fair
CATARACT LAKE: Only boats with a 10 horsepower motor (or less) or single electric motor are allowed on Cataract Lake. The limit is 2 bass minimum size 13 inches, the limit is 4 Channel Catfish, the limit is 4 trout. Both the County and Forest Service Day Use Areas are currently open. On April 11, 2025 the Arizona Game and Fish Department in partnership with the Kaibab National Forest deployed approximately 25 juniper trees in the lake as fish habitat to benefit warm water species such as Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, and Black Crappie. Channel Catfish were stocked last week. Surface temperature 57.66 oF, pH 8.79, Dissolved Oxygen (D.O.) 8.22 mg/l, and turbidity 79.56 NTU on 4/23/2025. After having showers the past week water clarity in cataract is zero to none, this is a great time to target channel catfish in this lake with baitfish and other forage being churned off the bottom they should be feeding, some channel catfish may be spawning in the rocks or around any submerged structure a very effective way to target them during the spawn is floating punch bait under a bobber around structure adjust your depth as you begin to get bites to target their precise location in the water column. large mouth bass will be in 2-10 feet of water spawning along the shore lines target them with your favorite creature baits, neko worms, jigs, or bluegill glide baits. some largemouth may have already spawned usually large easy meals are what they are targeting. Slow moving paddle tails and slow sink/ suspending glides are great options as well as swim jigs and chatter baits around structure and good ambush points. whites and bluegill patterns are ideal. panfish should also be riddled throughout the rocks target them with smaller tube jigs or zman babyballerz black and greens as well as tractor glow have been successful colors. target trout with bright and dark patterns due to water clarity. Drys will be effective as well mosquitoes, blue duns, cicadas, and whatever else you can analyze on the surface.
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