Lake Pleasant fishing

Lake Pleasant fishing is on a reservoir. No species or stocking events are on the current agency reports yet.

Lake Pleasant
Photo: Cathixx, CC BY-SA 3.0
Last stocked
Not in these reports
Plants on record
0
Species recorded
0

Access and facts

Water type
reservoir
Nearest town
Peoria, AZ
Facilities
dock

Scorpion Bay Marina offers pontoon and speed boat rentals, covered and uncovered wet slips, a restaurant, a general store, and a free electric tram from parking to the dock.

Other places to fish at Lake Pleasant

Scorpion Bay Marina

A full-service marina with boat rentals, wet slips, a restaurant, and a general store. (scorpionbayaz.com, accessed September 25, 2026)

Pipeline Cove

Just outside Scorpion Bay Marina, the lake's best fishing spot per the marina itself, with about 85% of catches being striped bass. (scorpionbayaz.com, accessed September 25, 2026)

Castle Creek arm

A named tributary arm, productive for white bass and largemouth bass. (omniafishing.com, accessed September 25, 2026)

Aqua Fria River arm

Productive for catfish in summer, fished with live gizzard shad. (omniafishing.com, accessed September 25, 2026)

Humbug Cove

A named cove on the lake, per a bass-fishing report. (omniafishing.com, accessed September 25, 2026)

About Lake Pleasant

Fall and early winter, striped bass rule the catch near Scorpion Bay Marina on Lake Pleasant. The lake sits about 45 minutes north of Phoenix in Peoria. You will also find white bass, largemouth, spotted bass, bluegill, crappie, catfish, and tilapia.

Photo of Lake Pleasant
Cathixx, CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo of Lake Pleasant
John Menard from Phoenix, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo of Lake Pleasant
Scotwriter21, CC BY-SA 4.0

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