Fishing in Phoenix
Arizona · Deserts & Dry Basins · hardiness zone 10a
Now
39°C · Partly cloudy
Today
40° / 32°
Sun
06:11 – 18:35
Moon
Waxing Crescent · solunar good
Warm water holds less oxygen. Fish the springs, the inflows and the deep water, and release quickly.
- Bluegillbest now — On the beds and the shallow flats, in water warm enough to see the bottom.
- Largemouth bass — Cruising the weed edges, pads and shallow flats, ambushing anything that moves across the top.
In the water now · September
What's biting
The sport fish active near Phoenix, Arizona in September — where they hold, how to know one on the line, and the tactic that usually works. Check your licence and the current limits before you go.
FishApr–OctLargemouth bass
Micropterus salmoides
Green with a dark lateral stripe, and an upper jaw that extends past the back of the eye.
Where and how to catch it →Photo: Nick Tobler (Cowturtle) · CC BY 4.0
Writing your field guide — reading the forecast, the moon and the map…
Overhead · Phoenix, Arizona
The sky over the water
The two clocks nothing on the ground can argue with: the length of the day, and the phase of the moon.
The sun
12h 23m of light
Sunrise
06:11
Solar noon
12:23
Sunset
18:35
A month from now the day will be 1h 01m shorter. Enough light for steady growth.
Right now · Phoenix, Arizona
Forces at work
Nothing here is a guess. Each of these is read from this week's forecast and this location's climate record, and each one is pushing the season one way or the other.
- Worth watching
The moon
Waxing Crescent · 11%
Waxing, 3 days old. Full moon in 11 days. Fishing outlook: good.
It moves water — in the sea, in a lake's edge, and, by long tradition, in the sap of a plant. Fish feed hardest on the days around new and full.
- Worth watching
Wind
6 km/h now · 31 peak
Calm. Good for spraying, for transplanting, and for spotting a rise on flat water — but calm bright days push fish deep.
It pollinates corn and grasses, dries soil, breaks stems — and it decides where the bait, and therefore the fish, end up.
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