Yeh just moved to Arizona, from San Diego Fish mostly Canyon lake...For bass .
The depth is 110 max clarity now is 3 feet pretty brown cause of the rain. The structure is alot of steep rocky edges with some flats that lead out to deep water . I fish from shore . temp is about 58 59 degs its a resivior biggest bass to date is 17.89 lbs official weight .
The lake is stocked with trout i believe every week. The bottom is sand with a lot of rock structure and drop offs

My question is during this time of year the swimbaits you throw? Also Atre you thwrowing the ms slammer this time of year..

I ve been catching fish on cranks and crazy shads I guess I just need some confidence in them .

Thanks for the imput Chris ill post some pics tonight when i get back form fishing with thew girlie

ok thanks for the input. Now we are getting somehwere :)

Your number one hurdle is that you are fishing from shore. I assume most of the shore access is not on the steep cliff sections of the lake? Right now, it's prespawn, in Arizona the fish may be really getting ready to spawn right now. I'd look for the most obvious spawning coves and then start at the first point and work out from there. Fish will probably be on the closest secondary points to the spawning stuff.

Depth could vary a lot right now. Some fish are gonna be deep still. Some fish are going to be feeling frisky and coming up very shallow, especially if it's 3 foot visibility.

Baits wise you gotta match your bait to the conditions. This is true no matter where you are. If it's a shallow area, and you're fishing at night or during cloudy/choppy weather, that's your window for the Slammer. If you're fishing deeper, you need something that moves a lot of water to get the bass' attention in 3 foot visibility. Baits that come to mind are 9 or 10" stocker trout, ROF12 huddleston, and Optimum 8". All of those lures move water so fish can find them without being able to see them first. All of those baits are proven trophy bass baits. Now, fishing from shore, you're liable to lose some baits if you snag ... so that sucks and I don't know what to tell you, but those are the baits I would consider first in those conditions.

I hope you can see here that it's all about fishing the conditions. I fish 8 or 10 lakes around here for big bass, and they vary from 1 foot to 25 foot vis during the year. They have rocks, trees, grass, points, island, flats, etc etc. A lot of trips I have 4 or 5 swimbait rods rigged at all times to cover individual conditions at certain lakes. Sometimes I rig a rod the night before just to fish one specific spot in the lake and I only make a dozen casts with that rod all day.

I've never fished in Arizona so I'm not able to give you localized advice, but I think if you think logically about where the fish are located, and you try your best to put a bait in front of them, you'll get some bites. I would give this same kind of advice to anyone because I can guarantee you, that you'll have your greatest success in fishing not by trying to duplicate someone else's technique, but by reading the conditions and deciphering what works best for you. I wrote a piece about this a while back that expresses how I feel on this subject. I think it might help if you take a minute to read it, then clear your mind of outside influences, get out to the lake and get after those fish. Here is the link:

http://www.calfishing.com/archives/3_20_04.html

-Rob