Fishing near Carefree in Maricopa County, AZ
- Most Caught Species: Bluegill, Striped Bass Hybrid, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass
- # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 13
- # of reports within 25 miles: 7
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Carefree Fishing Photos
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Ford F-250 Power Stroke turbo diesel. LOTS of power!Added by: bassorbass
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Lowe Silhouette deck boat with 70 hp Johnson motor. Extremely dependable, stable, and comfortable boat!Added by: bassorbass
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6.75 pound channel cat
Caught on live bluegill while fishing for flathead catfish.Added by: bassorbass
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Top Fishing Spots near Carefree
Cave Creek
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Cave Creek Reservoir
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Cave Creek Dam
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Skunk Creek
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Horseshoe Dam
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New River
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Carefree Area Fish Species
Recent Carefree Fishing Reports
Sep 29, 2013
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Bartlett Lake with new boat.Bartlett Lake - Towed my new boat with my new truck to Bartlett lake for some sunfish, bass, and channel/flathead catfish action. Only got one very nice 9 to 10 inch ... |
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Apr 15, 2013
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Bartlett Lake, 4-12/13-13Bartlett Lake - We arrived at the lake and headed up river. Beached the boat next to "Flathead Ed", who 6 hours before our arrival, landed the new Arizona s... |
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Nov 09, 2013
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Bartlett Lake 11-8/9-13Bartlett Lake - Hit Bartlett again in the new boat! Only caught one fish, a pretty largemouth bass. the weather was perfect. *0's during the day, 40's over ni... |
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Jul 16, 2011
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Bartlett Lake 7-15/16-11Bartlett Lake - Took my granddaughter shore line fishing to Bartlett Lake this weekend... |
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Aug 23, 2011
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Lake Pleasant 8-20/21-11Lake Pleasant, AZ - Fished mainly Humbug Cove. The lake level was drwan down as low as I've ever seen it and made fishing tough. The up side was that I got to check o... |
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Jan 11, 2012
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Lake Pleasant 1-6/7-12Lake Pleasant - We didn't get any largemouths or catfish, but we did get on a school of striped bass twice and caught several. ... |
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Baits and Tackle used near Carefree
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- Caught on live nightcrawler.
- Used frozen squid cut in strips.
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- Caught the 6.75 pound channel cat on a live bluegill baited for flathead catfish.
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- Caught on a single squid tentacle I was using as bait to catch sunfish for flathead cat bait. Caught on light weight spinning tackle, great fun.