04/01/2023
It's fishing season baby!
Sunshine, lake time, good vibes, and wet lines!
Strike King Lure Company
Pepper Custom Baits
Lew's
Trokar
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04/01/2023
It's fishing season baby!
Sunshine, lake time, good vibes, and wet lines!
Strike King Lure Company
Pepper Custom Baits
Lew's
Trokar
10/20/2022
I grew up fishing Parker Canyon Lake down by Sonoita AZ bordering Mexico.
This place is very special to my heart.
I was blown away how much water was in it spilling over the dam.
Never seen it this full and blossoming.
The fishing was epic!
Fall bite is on!
Lew's
Strike King Lure Company
Pepper Custom Baits
Trokar
02/22/2022
The bite was on today.
It's going to be a good year for fishing!
Feeling it
02/16/2022
Lower Oak Creek
Got on a good bite with a spinnerbait and jig as this storms blowing through.
Really cool hole!
02/16/2022
Nice Brown Slab from Oak Creek in Sedona AZ
Been awhile since I got out there but finally did!
Feeling that itch getting stronger.
It's fishing season baby!
03/30/2021
Norther Verde River
Cottonwood Arizona
Nice healthy female ready to spawn.
Mmm here's to springtime and the great outdoors!
FishAZ Bonafide Kayaks Lew's
03/24/2021
Gila River Adventure on my Bonafide fishing kayak.
What a cool desert oasis!
First time floating and fishing it.
It's an amazing fishery besides for all the trash which was depressing but the water and the land still retains beauty.
The fish were very green and very active.
Pretty much naked em on a flipping punch skirt and a spinnerbait.
2 of my favorites in the arsenal.
Can't never go wrong with a flipping bite when there's a lot of cover or stirring it up in the wind and current, Eddie's or brush piles.
Bonafide Kayaks Lew's FishAZ
03/06/2021
Lower Verde River Adventure down below Horshoe Lake Dam Arizona.
First time down in this area. What an amazing place even though its scorching desert but pretty magical.
The water was very stained but lots of cover.
I felt pretty good about catching some fish so I tied on the tried and true black and blue brush hog and then had my favorite spinnerbait in bluegil color. It's my fave!
Anyway, I flipped into a hole in the grass and got a bite so I was was sure about catching something. So I take the kayak down the river and start throwing the spinnerbait on a rocky bank and bam! Fish on! Solid 2 and a half pounder. Real healthy chunky fish. It was on!
So I mozy on down the river flipping the brush hog again, flipped into the shade and bam! Another one for about 3 pounds. They kept getting bigger after that.
I had a lot of bites, missed and lost 3 at the kayak and ending up catching about 10 in total but right before the sun went down I threw into a tree and Bam! This solid 4 pounder nails the brush hog. Lol the fish pulled me around like no big deal and landed it. Right after that I threw into another hole and had a real big bite but didn't get a good hook set. It felt over 5 but we'll never know.
All in all it feels good to be back on the water soaking up some much needed sun and nature time in a cool desert oasis.
Feeling more alive and grateful for an adventure and just fishing.
I love to fish!
Looking forward to more adventures in Bonafide Kayak.
Arizona Fishing Adventures