@@TheFishinMagician20 Supposedly it's not so bad. You fillet them like any other fish, but you'll end up with Y-bones in the fillet that are not difficult to remove after they're cooked. I've never had the chance to fish for them though. Here in Arizona you're required to immediately kill or release the pike you catch, presumably to make sure anglers aren't moving around apex predator fish in a condition where they could reproduce, which would be bad news for any waters where they aren't already present. So if you intend to keep them, you better bring a cooler instead of a stringer. That's the one thing I think would make things difficult.
Awesome video. I have been wanting to go there for over a month now. Super cool to watch you guys slaying it. I thought about taking the canoe and trolling it too. Hopefully I will go soon 🤞. Great job man
a little tip for pike in az, go to Munds Park, caught two nice pike about the size of the last one about a month ago in Odell Lake. Golf courses are stocked too, gotta be sneaky though. Goodluck boys
I'm surprised the water came down even more since the last time we were there. I thought this last few Winters would have fixed that problem but apparently not. Maybe they let it out for other reasons. I was fishing that Lake with 2 lb test 😂
Brings back memorys, I grow up in Flag. Fished all the lakes around there and hunted elk all around stonemen lake. Quail hunting around Kingmen was alalways good. 86 COCO
Lower lake Mary for anyone who wants to know, I caught some nice pike this week in upper lake and a 4 lb bass, I don't fish for trout very often, that spot is full of people on weekends
@chicanobluesaz4191 trying to help people who don't know the location he didn't tell where , I Love his videos but just like to see people catch fish if that is wrong I'm sorry
Brother I am an avid fly fisher and I tie my own as well. Would love to see more fly fishing videos. When I moved to Arizona didn’t think the fly fishing would be good here I was wrong lol
Cool video bro. Nice to see lake mary didn't disappoint you. When you going back to pleasant for more white bass. Sucks you lost the stringer last trip.
I live in Wisconsin and in the pond near where I live have some nice Pike. I also used to live in Glenndale so the urban lakes around phoenix were very fun.
I was contemplating my whole white mountain trip around that lake. We're going to pinetop instead. Gonna hit Silver Creek for pb rainbow trout and hopefully firstApache!!!
Nick from 618 fishing is my favorite youtuber his skills in all aspects nit just fishing have imporved over the years editing B roll footage music selection locations are all great your quickly becoming my favorite fishing channel after his
Yall always having a blast man. Thats awesome. Im an AZ native born and raised. Where might this be?? Lower or upper part of the lake?? I would love to check it out bud. Yall keep it up. Love the vids
I have some GREAT pike swim bait lures. They absolutely love them. They're the Storm wildeye live perch lure. They come in bags of 4 or 5 and they have the tail that spins. That and a steel leader works great! Hold the pike down by it's eyes to avoid those teeth
Lower Lake Mary about a decade ago now we threw copper johns and elk hair caddis all day must have caught over 100 not a fish story. Waded out a bit and almost every cast was a rainbow. Also ,as a trout fisher feel free to get rid of the pike. Invasive anyway. Thanks for the video!
@@SilverThePeacemaker hahaha nope last trip I caught 4 and I wasnt even targeting them. Trip before that my dad and I got 10 and none nicer ones. You’ll slay em!
Wish they could find a way to keep water in that lake. It’s so very productive for trout, but they can’t survive with how they lose water. I could just imagine a fish surviving 3 years in the could truly be something to behold. Not a pike guy, wish they weren’t there, but I’ve hooked a couple of tanks that ended up biting through my tippet
I am visiting Tucson soon and didnt plan for any fishing gear in my luggage. Looks like I should bring at least 2 diffferent power rods and reels now. 😅
I’m here in Avondale/buckeye area just fishing in park ponds.. I just lost one due to what I believe was my line of possibly 6lbs. What lb. and type of line would you suggest I use for these waters?
My dude, what have you done to me? Somehow I’ve become an advanced amateur. I just left bass pro with a Sahara qualifier combo. 3x the quality and price of any setup I’ve ever had. My wife is like wtf happened to you, you’ve become addicted to fishing. It’s mainly your fault.
Love Lake Mary! Well, I have only fished at Upper Lake Mary, Lower was completely dried up at the time(2022)! It was a big green grassy field then, I would watch elk & mule deer graze out there from the parking lot right by the dam. I caught a 30lb northern pike in I believe July of that year, iirc, in Upper Lake Mary. There's video of it on my channel! It hit a big Strike King KVD squarebill crankbait(chartreuse w/black back) on 30lb Spiderwire braid (which broke!). I had to jump down & grab it with both hands!! I have caught sooooo many pike & walleyes there, big ones too, got LOTS of videos of em, check em out! There are also still pics on my community page. I was doing the #vanlife thing & just traveling & fishing every day... In the wintertime I'd stay down at Lake Havasu. Aaahhh, that was the life!
Most all them upper lakes got left overs! I’m from Seattle ain’t seen nothing comparable until I went up northeast to big lake, knoll lake and chevlon all got rainbows over 24-26” 4-5lbs. If you like big cuttthroat follow the stream down end of chevlon 150-200yds stealth mode cause there watching trust me! Goodluck rippin
I used to fish this lake s all the time growing up. I would fish on the other side also in waders. My pb there was over 5lbs on the fly rod. I miss fishing there. But if you want big pike, go to the upper lake to the far in. The pike in the lower lake are minnows. Don't know if you can still crappie and blue gill, unless I caught them all before I moved.
We worked the shore line. Oh yes there is. I don't remember the time of year, but at the end of the lake where you will find channels, the big ones would hang out there to spawn.
Those are some nice rainbows, I'll trade you my PB pike at 37" for a 4+ pound rainbow. Your videos help me a lot because I miss fishing with my dad back home and it helps me out a lot. Thank you for the wonderful content.
Going fishing, aiming for PB and doesn't bring the net.... it's like going to pick up the grandparents from the trainstation but you take the bicycle instead of the car :P
I've got a question and a comment. Q: Was that an 8 weight fly reel? C: Take out the H bones and pike tastes exactly like walleye if not frozen (incidentally, so does muskie). Of all the fish in the world, walleye is the best fresh!
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You and Porter find the most interesting places to fish and have the best times. Thanks for letting us tag along and have fun. Be blessed. My friend.
Glad you enjoyed it! We try and explore as much as possible
It's always nice to see someone enjoy fly fishing. Northern pike can definitely be solid table fare. 💯💯
I do like it sometimes! Gotta keep
Things interesting. I have heard! Heard they suck to filet tho so that stopped me lol
@@TheFishinMagician20 Supposedly it's not so bad. You fillet them like any other fish, but you'll end up with Y-bones in the fillet that are not difficult to remove after they're cooked. I've never had the chance to fish for them though.
Here in Arizona you're required to immediately kill or release the pike you catch, presumably to make sure anglers aren't moving around apex predator fish in a condition where they could reproduce, which would be bad news for any waters where they aren't already present. So if you intend to keep them, you better bring a cooler instead of a stringer. That's the one thing I think would make things difficult.
@@TheFishinMagician20pike are the worst to filet out. Tons of tiny bones and cartilage
Awesome video. I have been wanting to go there for over a month now. Super cool to watch you guys slaying it. I thought about taking the canoe and trolling it too. Hopefully I will go soon 🤞. Great job man
You should! Its guaranteed at least 10+ pike if you know what your doing.
This vid was fun to watch love the fish
Hell yeah let’s go! My sons going to bug me to watch the fishing guys as soon as he see this 😂 lucky for him I like watching too 😂
Hahaha awesome I’ll see yall there!
Awesome video man! Super pretty landscape!
Thanks! It’s beautiful up here forsure
a little tip for pike in az, go to Munds Park, caught two nice pike about the size of the last one about a month ago in Odell Lake. Golf courses are stocked too, gotta be sneaky though. Goodluck boys
I'm surprised the water came down even more since the last time we were there. I thought this last few Winters would have fixed that problem but apparently not. Maybe they let it out for other reasons. I was fishing that Lake with 2 lb test 😂
You and me both! It seems to fluctuate a lot. The first time here I fished 2lb also lol. Caught a few pike and some bows
So excited to watch... whenever i can't fish I just watch you instead lol
Hahaha awesome
Brings back memorys, I grow up in Flag. Fished all the lakes around there and hunted elk all around stonemen lake. Quail hunting around Kingmen was alalways good. 86 COCO
thats awesome! It was so cool getting up there!
The Panther Martin size #4 are also great, we catch a ton using them
I like the way you talk about your gear and set up. Very informative and im a new subscriber to your channel. 👍
awesome video i love that place!! i grew up there!! loved fishing it!
Thanks! It’s a cool place forsure
Lower lake Mary for anyone who wants to know, I caught some nice pike this week in upper lake and a 4 lb bass, I don't fish for trout very often, that spot is full of people on weekends
Minnesota?
@@blackbreezo4007 Lake Mary Flagstaff Arizona
Yeah I’m trying to go up this Friday to maybe beat crowds
No one knows where Lake Mary is.....Why did you give up this extremely huge secret spot????? 😂
@chicanobluesaz4191 trying to help people who don't know the location he didn't tell where , I Love his videos but just like to see people catch fish if that is wrong I'm sorry
Quality fish! Those fly fishing clips look awesome 💪
Had to throw some in there haha thank you sir 🎣
Brother I am an avid fly fisher and I tie my own as well. Would love to see more fly fishing videos. When I moved to Arizona didn’t think the fly fishing would be good here I was wrong lol
Cool video bro. Nice to see lake mary didn't disappoint you. When you going back to pleasant for more white bass. Sucks you lost the stringer last trip.
Thank man! The white bass have gone deep again already. They’re super tricky from shore now. Not sure when I’ll
Be back
I always thought pike were only up in northern states, but I have heard there are some in northern Arizona. Very cool to see proof.
INSANE DAY! Puts my trout and pike to shame 🤣
You shoulda whipped out the Cornwater!!!!
@@highthai7 😂😂😂😂😂
Loooool ‘twas epic
Good videos, learned so much.
Thank you man that’s what they’re here for
I live in Wisconsin and in the pond near where I live have some nice Pike. I also used to live in Glenndale so the urban lakes around phoenix were very fun.
Lower Lake Mary is very often dry or nearly dry. You caught it at a great time. Great video
Yes, thanks! Now it’s basically gone lol this was last winter
I was contemplating my whole white mountain trip around that lake. We're going to pinetop instead. Gonna hit Silver Creek for pb rainbow trout and hopefully firstApache!!!
Oh nice! You should do plenty well up there too!
Saw your video the other day of you catching catfish by the road side yesterday in Arizona liked the video so watching more
Awesome! Thank you! watch away my friend
Nick from 618 fishing is my favorite youtuber his skills in all aspects nit just fishing have imporved over the years editing B roll footage music selection locations are all great your quickly becoming my favorite fishing channel after his
Yall always having a blast man. Thats awesome. Im an AZ native born and raised. Where might this be?? Lower or upper part of the lake?? I would love to check it out bud. Yall keep it up. Love the vids
Thanks! Yes we do. Lower
I have some GREAT pike swim bait lures. They absolutely love them. They're the Storm wildeye live perch lure. They come in bags of 4 or 5 and they have the tail that spins. That and a steel leader works great! Hold the pike down by it's eyes to avoid those teeth
You guys killed it out there! I need to go soon!
You do man! In fire
New subscriber here, love the channel, what kinda boots are you wearing to be in the water?
@@daneboro6847 sorry for late reply! I can’t remember but they were neoprene boots!
Lake Mary is always fun
Lower Lake Mary about a decade ago now we threw copper johns and elk hair caddis all day must have caught over 100 not a fish story. Waded out a bit and almost every cast was a rainbow. Also ,as a trout fisher feel free to get rid of the pike. Invasive anyway. Thanks for the video!
@@Darcvigilante that’s awesome I hope lower gets some more water at some point
If you don’t have worms from the store, mud under the rocks will be full of worms and other hatching larvae and crawdads
Will be fun to go up to the Rim myself this weekend, would stay longer if it weren't for the gale force winds forecasted Sunday.
Should be amazing up there I haven’t even been close to skunking up there
@TheFishinMagician20 Hope the wild browns don't challenge that statement. 😆
@@SilverThePeacemaker hahaha nope last trip I caught 4 and I wasnt even targeting them. Trip before that my dad and I got 10 and none nicer ones. You’ll slay em!
Wish they could find a way to keep water in that lake. It’s so very productive for trout, but they can’t survive with how they lose water. I could just imagine a fish surviving 3 years in the could truly be something to behold. Not a pike guy, wish they weren’t there, but I’ve hooked a couple of tanks that ended up biting through my tippet
As always, love watching you fish.
Thank you! 🙏🏼
Sadly, I’ll be at the kids fishing event but after i’ll definitely come back to watch this
No worries! How was it?
Damn epic session pretty cool to see the stickers turn wild again hehe
Yea man it was crazy! Full fins
I am visiting Tucson soon and didnt plan for any fishing gear in my luggage. Looks like I should bring at least 2 diffferent power rods and reels now. 😅
You should!
Northern pike are a sweet tasting fish one of my favorites & Walleyes
Pike??? My first thought was, ya gotta be shitten me!! Question: Can you use a ORV to get around on these little lakes?
Thanks for the fly fishing! Some people look at you weird when you do it
You got that right! Haha I like fly fishing, just have to get the RUclips audience used to it. I’ll be sprinkling in some more here soon
I’m here in Avondale/buckeye area just fishing in park ponds.. I just lost one due to what I believe was my line of possibly 6lbs. What lb. and type of line would you suggest I use for these waters?
You’re at my local fishing hole Lower Lake Mary!!
Awesome bro watch your video n I always catch there bad a spot
Thanks 🙏🏼
This guy is a wealth of fishing information.
Nice fish. Is that upper or lower lake mary?
What part of Arizona is this? Does anyone know? I want to go catch a mondo rainbow and feel the fight they put up.
Lower Lake Mary...just South of Flagstaff
Those Az steelhead are great eating!
Heck yea bro 🔥
What month were you there? I’ll be up in flag tomorrow and Saturday. Mighttttttt try to get some casts in
maybe a month ago, heard its overgrown as heck now
My dude, what have you done to me? Somehow I’ve become an advanced amateur. I just left bass pro with a Sahara qualifier combo. 3x the quality and price of any setup I’ve ever had. My wife is like wtf happened to you, you’ve become addicted to fishing. It’s mainly your fault.
Love Lake Mary! Well, I have only fished at Upper Lake Mary, Lower was completely dried up at the time(2022)! It was a big green grassy field then, I would watch elk & mule deer graze out there from the parking lot right by the dam.
I caught a 30lb northern pike in I believe July of that year, iirc, in Upper Lake Mary. There's video of it on my channel! It hit a big Strike King KVD squarebill crankbait(chartreuse w/black back) on 30lb Spiderwire braid (which broke!). I had to jump down & grab it with both hands!! I have caught sooooo many pike & walleyes there, big ones too, got LOTS of videos of em, check em out! There are also still pics on my community page.
I was doing the #vanlife thing & just traveling & fishing every day... In the wintertime I'd stay down at Lake Havasu. Aaahhh, that was the life!
The size of those rainbows is absolutely ridiculous!!😂😂 that’s insane!!
I know right! Mondos
Most all them upper lakes got left overs! I’m from Seattle ain’t seen nothing comparable until I went up northeast to big lake, knoll lake and chevlon all got rainbows over 24-26” 4-5lbs. If you like big cuttthroat follow the stream down end of chevlon 150-200yds stealth mode cause there watching trust me! Goodluck rippin
I saw your video when you caught a carp on a tiny fishing rod. You should try this unique looking kid rod called The Rocket Fishing rod!
Man I haven’t seen that in years.
Awesome good time 💪💪
Yes it was!
Love the vid. One day you need to let Brock chase the fish 😂
lol when it’s not pike definitely 😂
what camera mount is that for 2nd person view thanks.
It’s just a tripod setup. A basic one from Amazon 👍🏼
Top 3 favorite fishing RUclipsrs
Are you asking?
@@TheFishinMagician20 no your my top 3 fav
Awesome!
Thanks ma 🙏🏼
What’s the name of the lake ? I want to go this weekend.
Can you catch trout here year round?? Even in the heat of the summer??
nah just in the colder months
Your first was a musky! Nice
No musky in here brother just a young pike! Thank you man
I used to fish this lake s all the time growing up. I would fish on the other side also in waders. My pb there was over 5lbs on the fly rod. I miss fishing there. But if you want big pike, go to the upper lake to the far in. The pike in the lower lake are minnows. Don't know if you can still crappie and blue gill, unless I caught them all before I moved.
Nice! Yea we tried upper for a Few hours and only got 1 pike there about the same size. I definitely believe there’s bigger in there
We worked the shore line. Oh yes there is. I don't remember the time of year, but at the end of the lake where you will find channels, the big ones would hang out there to spawn.
Those are some nice rainbows, I'll trade you my PB pike at 37" for a 4+ pound rainbow. Your videos help me a lot because I miss fishing with my dad back home and it helps me out a lot. Thank you for the wonderful content.
Going fishing, aiming for PB and doesn't bring the net.... it's like going to pick up the grandparents from the trainstation but you take the bicycle instead of the car :P
I went fishing on Monday night and checked my baitcater, and it was running, and i got a 5 lb catfish
Awesome 👏🏼
Idk if it’s just mine but the Mepps I bought (1/12 oz) does not spin very well and takes a long time to start spinning too.
The smaller ones don’t do as well forsure
You should do more trout fishing videos
Excellent!
Fishing in a bucket 🪣
I'm ok with that 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Not quite lol. We were in one cove of this huge lake
Where are u at I’m gonna try to go there next month
I went last week water is very low
Lower lake Mary
I’m heading up there on Friday
Lower lake mary has been real good lately
In your opinion what’s the best bait to use for fishing trout in ponds?
If you just wanna catch your limit? Powerbait on the bottom, work and bobber, even try mini jigging a spacebug or any small soft plastic
@@TheFishinMagician20 thank you for the tip
That looked like a Musky the first one
Is there a way can send you some pike spoons I use up here in Canada
Shoot me an email. thefishinmagician12@gmail
Is this in the white mountains?
You’ll have to wait and see
Lake mary
Nice pike and trout holy sheet
Preciate you man! 🔥
Let the dog have fun. Sheeesh
Caught a 44 inch 22 pound pike in flagstaff while fishing for trout
Insane! I think I saw pics of that
I've got a question and a comment.
Q: Was that an 8 weight fly reel?
C: Take out the H bones and pike tastes exactly like walleye if not frozen (incidentally, so does muskie). Of all the fish in the world, walleye is the best fresh!
5wt that’s what I’ve heard but just didn’t feel like dealing with it that day lol
Nelson Resevoir👍👍
You should go to canyon an saguaro and Bartlett
Done Bartlett but not canyon and sag yet
What lake is this
Lake Mary
Where is this at??
Those big trout put a good fight
they did man sheesh. Hardest AZ fight ive had on a trout
Where exactly is that lake?
It’s dried up now lower lake mary
Cant they be planted???anyways love your show watch it every day
Going up to lake mary right now
Where is this at
Lower lake Mary?
I knew it was the moment I started watching the video. I use to fish there
Let’s goooo!
Can you tell me where did you fish
Nice big quality trouts. Don't need to release then they're stocked for a reason. They want us to harvest and take them out.
Location please??
Try Velveeta cheese for bait
@TheFishinMagician20 Do you have any recommendations on decent urban pond/ponds in AZ? Also love the vids keep it up
All urban ponds have been stocked! I like Kiwanis and desert breeze the best
If you like cat fishing then hit up chapparel and also hit up pir they got catfish bass flathead and talapia and carp too .
Another one I fish a lot at is at greenfield and Guadalupe a lot of nice bass and catfish there
I heard that's single barbless hook only@@abrahamgarcia1924
What lake is this?
Lake Mary, specifically lower lake Mary
What a great day of fishing at Lower Kiwanis Park Lake!!!🎣
😂😂 love it
where is this?
@@AZFIREVIDS lower lake Mary it’s all dried up now
@@TheFishinMagician20 darn, i wanted to go there.
lake mary?
Looks like lake Mary a little low