Big Lake fishing
Big Lake fishing is on a reservoir. No species or stocking events are on the current agency reports yet.
- Last stocked
- Not in these reports
- Plants on record
- 0
- Species recorded
- 0
- Surface acres
- 532
Access and facts
- Water type
- reservoir
- Nearest town
- Springerville, AZ
- Shore access
- Yes
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Facilities
- restrooms, camping, cleaning station
White Mountains reservoir at about 9,000 feet in Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, about 30 miles south of Springerville via Highways 260 and 261. Two boat ramps, fish cleaning stations, and multiple campgrounds. Winter road closures typically December to early April. Motors limited to electric…
Other places to fish at Big Lake
About Big Lake
About 400,000 fingerlings go in each year, mostly rainbows plus brook, cutthroat, and some Apache trout. AZGFD calls Big Lake one of the White Mountains' best trout waters. The 532-acre lake averages about 16 feet deep.
Nearest lakes
Camping near Big Lake
Campgrounds within 15 miles of Big Lake's mapped point, nearest first: Brookchar Campground (0.6 miles), Grayling Campground (0.8 miles), Rainbow Campground (0.9 miles), Cutthroat Campground (0.9 miles), and Apache Trout Campground (1.1 miles), each with its own campground page on campgroundsdb.com.
Straight-line distances.
Public land at Big Lake
Big Lake is inside Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests.
Boundaries from Public Lands DB, part of the same network.