Roosevelt Lake fishing

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

Roosevelt Lake
Photo: ksblack99, Public domain
Last stocked
Not in these reports
Plants on record
0
Species recorded
0
Surface acres
21,000

Access and facts

Water type
reservoir
Nearest town
Roosevelt, AZ
Shore access
Yes
Boat ramp
Yes
Fee required
Yes
Facilities
camping, dock

Six boat ramps and the Roosevelt Lake Marina (with Ffinch's Waterfront Kitchen and Bar) serve the lake. A Tonto National Forest pass is required. Camping ranges from primitive to RV sites with canopies.

Other places to fish at Roosevelt Lake

Connor's Ledge

A shallow flat good for early-morning schooling bass. (discovergilacounty.com, accessed September 25, 2026)

Goose Flats

Another shallow flat area for bass. (discovergilacounty.com, accessed September 25, 2026)

Methodist Cove

Fish the backs of this cove for bass. (discovergilacounty.com, accessed September 25, 2026)

Salome Cove

Another cove best worked from the back. (discovergilacounty.com, accessed September 25, 2026)

Salt River end

A shoreline catfish spot, where catfish over 70 pounds have come from at night in summer. (discovergilacounty.com, accessed September 25, 2026)

About Roosevelt Lake

Plants of more than 1 million fish bring regular 8-10 pound bass and year-round tournaments. Florida-strain largemouth drive Roosevelt Lake. Smallmouth, crappie, sunfish, and flathead and channel catfish fill out the mix. A Salt River catfish run has produced flatheads over 70 pounds. At full pool the lake covers 21,000 acres and 128 miles of shore.

Nearest lakes

Camping near Roosevelt Lake

Campgrounds within 15 miles of Roosevelt Lake's mapped point, nearest first: Frazier Horse Campground (1.8 miles), Frazier Group camping (2.1 miles), Burnt Corral Campground (4 miles), Windy Hill Campground (4.1 miles), and Apache Lake North Shore Boat Campground (4.2 miles), each with its own campground page on campgroundsdb.com.

Straight-line distances.

Public land at Roosevelt Lake

Roosevelt Lake is inside Tonto National Forest.

Boundaries from Public Lands DB, part of the same network.

Sources