Are There Any MONSTER Fish in This Mountain Lake? (WILD)

Me and porter ventured to a high mountain lake here in northern AZ in search of a new personal best fish. I had 2 of them to beat and he had a first to catch! Did we do it?
Northern AZ is a great place to be especially when the weather is heating up in the valley. This lake is absolutely loaded with fish.
Allegedly there are even some monsters in here, so that is what we will be targeting.
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[@davidferguson5011]

Lower lake Mary for anyone who wants to know, I caught some nice pike this week in upper lake and a 4 lb bass, I don't fish for trout very often, that spot is full of people on weekends

[@blackbreezo4007]

Minnesota?

[@davidferguson5011]

@@blackbreezo4007 Lake Mary Flagstaff Arizona

[@richrodgers9961]

Yeah I’m trying to go up this Friday to maybe beat crowds

[@chicanobluesaz4191]

No one knows where Lake Mary is.....Why did you give up this extremely huge secret spot????? 😂

[@davidferguson5011]

@chicanobluesaz4191 trying to help people who don't know the location he didn't tell where , I Love his videos but just like to see people catch fish if that is wrong I'm sorry

[@JoeHazlet]

You and Porter find the most interesting places to fish and have the best times. Thanks for letting us tag along and have fun. Be blessed. My friend.

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Glad you enjoyed it! We try and explore as much as possible

[@greghicks9401]

Brings back memorys, I grow up in Flag. Fished all the lakes around there and hunted elk all around stonemen lake. Quail hunting around Kingmen was alalways good. 86 COCO

[@TheFishinMagician20]

thats awesome! It was so cool getting up there!

[@ohno4458]

a little tip for pike in az, go to Munds Park, caught two nice pike about the size of the last one about a month ago in Odell Lake. Golf courses are stocked too, gotta be sneaky though. Goodluck boys

[@CrayzMark]

It's always nice to see someone enjoy fly fishing. Northern pike can definitely be solid table fare. 💯💯

[@TheFishinMagician20]

I do like it sometimes! Gotta keep Things interesting. I have heard! Heard they suck to filet tho so that stopped me lol

[@MaxBrains]

@@TheFishinMagician20 Supposedly it's not so bad. You fillet them like any other fish, but you'll end up with Y-bones in the fillet that are not difficult to remove after they're cooked. I've never had the chance to fish for them though. Here in Arizona you're required to immediately kill or release the pike you catch, presumably to make sure anglers aren't moving around apex predator fish in a condition where they could reproduce, which would be bad news for any waters where they aren't already present. So if you intend to keep them, you better bring a cooler instead of a stringer. That's the one thing I think would make things difficult.

[@montanamountainman]

​@@TheFishinMagician20pike are the worst to filet out. Tons of tiny bones and cartilage

[@TroutWest]

I'm surprised the water came down even more since the last time we were there. I thought this last few Winters would have fixed that problem but apparently not. Maybe they let it out for other reasons. I was fishing that Lake with 2 lb test 😂

[@TheFishinMagician20]

You and me both! It seems to fluctuate a lot. The first time here I fished 2lb also lol. Caught a few pike and some bows

[@vextragaming2304]

Brother I am an avid fly fisher and I tie my own as well. Would love to see more fly fishing videos. When I moved to Arizona didn’t think the fly fishing would be good here I was wrong lol

[@CAVERUNLAKE]

The Panther Martin size #4 are also great, we catch a ton using them

[@ddhh6552]

Awesome video. I have been wanting to go there for over a month now. Super cool to watch you guys slaying it. I thought about taking the canoe and trolling it too. Hopefully I will go soon 🤞. Great job man

[@TheFishinMagician20]

You should! Its guaranteed at least 10+ pike if you know what your doing.

[@FishingWithPorter]

INSANE DAY! Puts my trout and pike to shame 🤣

[@highthai7]

You shoulda whipped out the Cornwater!!!!

[@FishingWithPorter]

@@highthai7 😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Loooool ‘twas epic

[@mangotheballpython]

So excited to watch... whenever i can't fish I just watch you instead lol

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Hahaha awesome

[@Salty_Sals]

Hell yeah let’s go! My sons going to bug me to watch the fishing guys as soon as he see this 😂 lucky for him I like watching too 😂

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Hahaha awesome I’ll see yall there!

[@KG-xf9ew]

Lower Lake Mary is very often dry or nearly dry. You caught it at a great time. Great video

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Yes, thanks! Now it’s basically gone lol this was last winter

[@montanamountainman]

I have some GREAT pike swim bait lures. They absolutely love them. They're the Storm wildeye live perch lure. They come in bags of 4 or 5 and they have the tail that spins. That and a steel leader works great! Hold the pike down by it's eyes to avoid those teeth

[@nathanielwhitehead2463]

I live in Wisconsin and in the pond near where I live have some nice Pike. I also used to live in Glenndale so the urban lakes around phoenix were very fun.

[@alexanderostrowski628]

I was contemplating my whole white mountain trip around that lake. We're going to pinetop instead. Gonna hit Silver Creek for pb rainbow trout and hopefully firstApache!!!

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Oh nice! You should do plenty well up there too!

[@jbatina]

Wish they could find a way to keep water in that lake. It’s so very productive for trout, but they can’t survive with how they lose water. I could just imagine a fish surviving 3 years in the could truly be something to behold. Not a pike guy, wish they weren’t there, but I’ve hooked a couple of tanks that ended up biting through my tippet

[@wademarsh2560]

Lake Mary is always fun

[@MikeMaez]

This guy is a wealth of fishing information.

[@faith_ofc1]

Sadly, I’ll be at the kids fishing event but after i’ll definitely come back to watch this

[@TheFishinMagician20]

No worries! How was it?

[@codytso6214]

awesome video i love that place!! i grew up there!! loved fishing it!

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Thanks! It’s a cool place forsure

[@HECTORGONZALEZ-fe7xf]

Cool video bro. Nice to see lake mary didn't disappoint you. When you going back to pleasant for more white bass. Sucks you lost the stringer last trip.

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Thank man! The white bass have gone deep again already. They’re super tricky from shore now. Not sure when I’ll Be back

[@DarienDudley]

Northern pike are a sweet tasting fish one of my favorites & Walleyes

[@JC_Outdoors]

Quality fish! Those fly fishing clips look awesome 💪

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Had to throw some in there haha thank you sir 🎣

[@GetTheNetProductions2020]

Awesome video man! Super pretty landscape!

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Thanks! It’s beautiful up here forsure

[@BiggDawgC]

Yall always having a blast man. Thats awesome. Im an AZ native born and raised. Where might this be?? Lower or upper part of the lake?? I would love to check it out bud. Yall keep it up. Love the vids

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Thanks! Yes we do. Lower

[@lineshooter5w]

I like the way you talk about your gear and set up. Very informative and im a new subscriber to your channel. 👍

[@chapsteronetime2000]

Most all them upper lakes got left overs! I’m from Seattle ain’t seen nothing comparable until I went up northeast to big lake, knoll lake and chevlon all got rainbows over 24-26” 4-5lbs. If you like big cuttthroat follow the stream down end of chevlon 150-200yds stealth mode cause there watching trust me! Goodluck rippin

[@SilverThePeacemaker]

Will be fun to go up to the Rim myself this weekend, would stay longer if it weren't for the gale force winds forecasted Sunday.

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Should be amazing up there I haven’t even been close to skunking up there

[@SilverThePeacemaker]

​@TheFishinMagician20 Hope the wild browns don't challenge that statement. 😆

[@TheFishinMagician20]

@@SilverThePeacemaker hahaha nope last trip I caught 4 and I wasnt even targeting them. Trip before that my dad and I got 10 and none nicer ones. You’ll slay em!

[@TonyHookedonVanlife]

Love Lake Mary! Well, I have only fished at Upper Lake Mary, Lower was completely dried up at the time(2022)! It was a big green grassy field then, I would watch elk & mule deer graze out there from the parking lot right by the dam. I caught a 30lb northern pike in I believe July of that year, iirc, in Upper Lake Mary. There's video of it on my channel! It hit a big Strike King KVD squarebill crankbait(chartreuse w/black back) on 30lb Spiderwire braid (which broke!). I had to jump down & grab it with both hands!! I have caught sooooo many pike & walleyes there, big ones too, got LOTS of videos of em, check em out! There are also still pics on my community page. I was doing the #vanlife thing & just traveling & fishing every day... In the wintertime I'd stay down at Lake Havasu. Aaahhh, that was the life!

[@donalderickson3385]

Those are some nice rainbows, I'll trade you my PB pike at 37" for a 4+ pound rainbow. Your videos help me a lot because I miss fishing with my dad back home and it helps me out a lot. Thank you for the wonderful content.

[@MikeMaez]

Good videos, learned so much.

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Thank you man that’s what they’re here for

[@_JUN3BUG]

The size of those rainbows is absolutely ridiculous!!😂😂 that’s insane!!

[@TheFishinMagician20]

I know right! Mondos

[@RobertAshmead-bg2lw]

Saw your video the other day of you catching catfish by the road side yesterday in Arizona liked the video so watching more

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Awesome! Thank you! watch away my friend

[@RobertAshmead-bg2lw]

Nick from 618 fishing is my favorite youtuber his skills in all aspects nit just fishing have imporved over the years editing B roll footage music selection locations are all great your quickly becoming my favorite fishing channel after his

[@johnqualls5990]

Thanks for the fly fishing! Some people look at you weird when you do it

[@TheFishinMagician20]

You got that right! Haha I like fly fishing, just have to get the KZbin audience used to it. I’ll be sprinkling in some more here soon

[@charlesgrymko6796]

If you don’t have worms from the store, mud under the rocks will be full of worms and other hatching larvae and crawdads

[@tboneaja]

You’re at my local fishing hole Lower Lake Mary!!

[@codeanski]

I've got a question and a comment. Q: Was that an 8 weight fly reel? C: Take out the H bones and pike tastes exactly like walleye if not frozen (incidentally, so does muskie). Of all the fish in the world, walleye is the best fresh!

[@TheFishinMagician20]

5wt that’s what I’ve heard but just didn’t feel like dealing with it that day lol

[@Krush0-0]

I am visiting Tucson soon and didnt plan for any fishing gear in my luggage. Looks like I should bring at least 2 diffferent power rods and reels now. 😅

[@TheFishinMagician20]

You should!

[@JC_Outdoors]

Those Az steelhead are great eating!

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Heck yea bro 🔥

[@weremuppet7625]

Going fishing, aiming for PB and doesn't bring the net.... it's like going to pick up the grandparents from the trainstation but you take the bicycle instead of the car :P

[@darianhonahnie1467]

Awesome bro watch your video n I always catch there bad a spot

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Thanks 🙏🏼

[@keelidavenport1245]

As always, love watching you fish.

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Thank you! 🙏🏼

[@TDFishing]

You guys killed it out there! I need to go soon!

[@TheFishinMagician20]

You do man! In fire

[@daneboro6847]

New subscriber here, love the channel, what kinda boots are you wearing to be in the water?

[@raulosorio8337]

Damn epic session pretty cool to see the stickers turn wild again hehe

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Yea man it was crazy! Full fins

[@Arizona_Fishing]

I went fishing on Monday night and checked my baitcater, and it was running, and i got a 5 lb catfish

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Awesome 👏🏼

[@sebastianrios3133]

I saw your video when you caught a carp on a tiny fishing rod. You should try this unique looking kid rod called The Rocket Fishing rod!

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Man I haven’t seen that in years.

[@NOTANOOB-s6k]

You should do more trout fishing videos

[@ChadFarthouse-h8r]

Let the dog have fun. Sheeesh

[@adamkitto7747]

Your first was a musky! Nice

[@TheFishinMagician20]

No musky in here brother just a young pike! Thank you man

[@noahvaughn7852]

Love the vid. One day you need to let Brock chase the fish 😂

[@TheFishinMagician20]

lol when it’s not pike definitely 😂

[@nrainfidelforlife]

Fishing in a bucket 🪣 I'm ok with that 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Not quite lol. We were in one cove of this huge lake

[@highthai7]

What a great day of fishing at Lower Kiwanis Park Lake!!!🎣

[@TheFishinMagician20]

😂😂 love it

[@JoshuaFlores-ru3eh]

That looked like a Musky the first one

[@richrodgers9961]

I’m heading up there on Friday

[@panchoarce5688]

Lower lake mary has been real good lately

[@outdoorfreedom9778]

Pike??? My first thought was, ya gotta be shitten me!! Question: Can you use a ORV to get around on these little lakes?

[@MovewithGina]

Awesome!

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Thanks ma 🙏🏼

[@CommonPerson0]

Nice big quality trouts. Don't need to release then they're stocked for a reason. They want us to harvest and take them out.

[@ssunshinee-wsp9]

Caught a 44 inch 22 pound pike in flagstaff while fishing for trout

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Insane! I think I saw pics of that

[@kunaiwithchain5278]

Idk if it’s just mine but the Mepps I bought (1/12 oz) does not spin very well and takes a long time to start spinning too.

[@TheFishinMagician20]

The smaller ones don’t do as well forsure

[@blakeridley2806]

You should go to canyon an saguaro and Bartlett

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Done Bartlett but not canyon and sag yet

[@digitalmdrealmd9124]

Nice fish. Is that upper or lower lake mary?

[@cmqguy]

What part of Arizona is this? Does anyone know? I want to go catch a mondo rainbow and feel the fight they put up.

[@rakitakhan]

Lower Lake Mary...just South of Flagstaff

[@robbysmusic8507]

Excellent!

[@nqi87]

Can you catch trout here year round?? Even in the heat of the summer??

[@TheFishinMagician20]

nah just in the colder months

[@bigbear1499]

Awesome good time 💪💪

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Yes it was!

[@the92guy]

I’m here in Avondale/buckeye area just fishing in park ponds.. I just lost one due to what I believe was my line of possibly 6lbs. What lb. and type of line would you suggest I use for these waters?

[@michaelratcliff5422]

I used to fish this lake s all the time growing up. I would fish on the other side also in waders. My pb there was over 5lbs on the fly rod. I miss fishing there. But if you want big pike, go to the upper lake to the far in. The pike in the lower lake are minnows. Don't know if you can still crappie and blue gill, unless I caught them all before I moved.

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Nice! Yea we tried upper for a Few hours and only got 1 pike there about the same size. I definitely believe there’s bigger in there

[@michaelratcliff5422]

We worked the shore line. Oh yes there is. I don't remember the time of year, but at the end of the lake where you will find channels, the big ones would hang out there to spawn.

[@FishEditRepeat]

Nice pike and trout holy sheet

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Preciate you man! 🔥

[@diamondbacks224]

Those big trout put a good fight

[@TheFishinMagician20]

they did man sheesh. Hardest AZ fight ive had on a trout

[@calebsiegler5471]

What month were you there? I’ll be up in flag tomorrow and Saturday. Mighttttttt try to get some casts in

[@TheFishinMagician20]

maybe a month ago, heard its overgrown as heck now

[@calebsiegler5471]

My dude, what have you done to me? Somehow I’ve become an advanced amateur. I just left bass pro with a Sahara qualifier combo. 3x the quality and price of any setup I’ve ever had. My wife is like wtf happened to you, you’ve become addicted to fishing. It’s mainly your fault.

[@rikergrier828]

Going up to lake mary right now

[@nunyabizznizz7326]

lake mary?

[@stevematlock6527]

Looks like lake Mary a little low

[@jonathandelatorre4040]

Try Velveeta cheese for bait

[@DadBeard-pi2oy]

Nelson Resevoir👍👍

[@markcharles2565]

Lower lake Mary?

[@michaelratcliff5422]

I knew it was the moment I started watching the video. I use to fish there

[@SilverThePeacemaker]

I'm annoyed how the Game and Fish Department wants to remove all the pike from the last few lakes where they persist.

[@TheFishinMagician20]

I kinda get it, upper has walleye and pike but used to have more gamefish like perch, more crappie, etc. the pike eat everything and diminish. The thing is tho unless they electroshock the lake they’ll never be able to remove them

[@YETI-q7o]

Top 3 favorite fishing KZbinrs

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Are you asking?

[@YETI-q7o]

@@TheFishinMagician20 no your my top 3 fav

[@billyt-v7u]

Upper lake Mary. The dam and spill way

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Fished that area and only Got 1 fish. There was a ton of pressure

[@Ghossty1444]

Love you guys but unless that lake in az is connected to the ocean, those are definitely just regular rainbows

[@TheFishinMagician20]

We are aware 😂 steelhead was said jokingly

[@jasonvining8108]

We get plenty of huge steelhead in Michigan not connected to the ocean

[@Ghossty1444]

@@jasonvining8108 must be. If you look up what a steelhead is you would also know that it can’t be called a steelhead unless it is anadromous

[@epimartinez5347]

In your opinion what’s the best bait to use for fishing trout in ponds?

[@TheFishinMagician20]

If you just wanna catch your limit? Powerbait on the bottom, work and bobber, even try mini jigging a spacebug or any small soft plastic

[@epimartinez5347]

@@TheFishinMagician20 thank you for the tip

[@wyioughta]

most scenic lake drive in Az.

[@ryryk6977]

Is there a way can send you some pike spoons I use up here in Canada

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Shoot me an email. thefishinmagician12@gmail

[@MovewithGina]

Let’s goooo!

[@mikeyjenkins6235]

Where are u at I’m gonna try to go there next month

[@TheFishinMagician20]

I went last week water is very low

[@CactusJackFit]

Lower lake Mary

[@InstrumentalArcanum]

The question still remains. Where is this ?

[@yongfuchen7066]

what camera mount is that for 2nd person view thanks.

[@TheFishinMagician20]

It’s just a tripod setup. A basic one from Amazon 👍🏼

[@salt_river_fishin]

Is this in the white mountains?

[@TheFishinMagician20]

You’ll have to wait and see

[@morganyazzie1081]

Lake mary

[@markvanderstelt8999]

Looks like a man made Pond is this a Friends Pond ?

[@TheFishinMagician20]

This is man made like a lot of the water here in AZ, this was only a small cove of the huge lake tho

[@Mega_fish1234]

Can you tell me where did you fish

[@davidferguson5011]

They sell worms about 100 yards away a bait store

[@TheFishinMagician20]

i realized that after the fact lol luckily we didnt need them

[@RubenB2010]

I thought it was illegal in AZ to throw caught Pike back into the water?

[@therealbnasty223]

What lake is this

[@Dirtdiggerjohn]

Lake Mary

[@cody.chambers.9421]

Fishing sucked for me today went to Mansel Carter oasis it’s official I will never fish there again.

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Haven’t you said that before? 🤔 you should some canals over there

[@cody.chambers.9421]

@@TheFishinMagician20 yeah but the only transportation I have is a bike. And some of the lakes and canals close to me are pretty far to ride to.

[@Gordo12330]

Where is this at??

[@Explorando_Arias]

The REAL ONES!! SUWOOOOT!! Monster Trout!! Definitely bigger Pike!! Why didn't you weigh it?? The teeth??

[@TheFishinMagician20]

Thanks man! We coulda weighed it yea but wasn’t even thinking about it lol maybe 3lbs

[@HVSJR-n5q]

Small pike need to grow up. They’re too bony. Taste good but many small bones. They’ll never be as easy as a trout for eating. But Arizona this surprises me. Where’s the Cold water come summer? Off the higher mountains?