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White Mountain Apache Tribe Wildlife & Outdoor Recreation Division

Fishing/Camping/Boating Areas


The White Moutntain Apache Tribe welcomes you to the Reservation. We will make your fishing and camping experience as enjoyable and relaxing as possible. With one third of Arizona's coldwater resources (800 miles of streams and 2300 acres of reservoirs), the Reservation provides the widest variety of fishing experiences in the southwest. Anglers can fish for bass and catfish in low elevation waters, fish for Apache, brook, brown, and rainbow trout in one of twelve lakes or 40 streams, rent a lake exclusively for your group, or fish in waters managed for "trophy" fish.

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Boating Information Camping Information Fishing Information

Lakes
(Boating allowed)

Lake Name Acreage Elevation Location Trailer Safe Water Camping Family Units Store Special Permit Service Dates
A-1 Lake
24
8,000
C-8
Y
 
Y
15
    May 15 - Sept 15
Bog Tank Lake
12
8,150
B-7
            May 15 - Sept 15
Bootleg Lake
10
6,800
B-6
         
 
Year-round
Christmas Tree Lake
41
8,200
D-7
         
Y
May 24 - Sept 9
Oct 13 - Nov 11
Cooley Lake
11
7,100
B-6
            May 15 - Sept 15
Cyclone Lake
37
9,000
C-7
Y
Y
Y
   
Y
May 15 - Sept 15
Drift Fence Lake
16
8,000
D-8
Y
 
Y
10
    May 15 - Sept 15
Earl Park Lake
47
8,500
C-7
Y
Y
     
Catch &
Release Only
May 15 - Sept 15
Hawley Lake
260
8,500
C-7
Y
Y
Y
100
Y
  May 15 - Sept 15
Horseshoe Lake
121
8,500
C-7
Y
Y
Y
100
Y
  May 15 - Sept 15
Hurricane Lake
19
9,000
D-8
Y
Y
Y
20
 
Y
May 15 - Sept 15
McNary Mill Ponds
50
7,250
B-6
            May 15 - Sept 15
Pacheta Lake
68
8,500
E-8
Y
Y
Y
15
 
Catch &
Release Only
May 15 - Sept 15
Reservation Lake
280
9,500
D-8
Y
Y
Y
60
Y
  May 15 - Sept 15
Shush Be Tou Lake
(Big Bear)
18
7,600
B-7
Y
Y
Y
30
    May 15 - Sept 15
Shush Be Zahze Lake
(Little Bear)
15
7,500
B-7
Y
Y
Y
6
    May 15 - Sept 15
Sunrise Lake
891
9,000
C-8
Y
Y
Y
 
Y
  May 15 - Sept 15


Rivers and Streams


River Name Elevation Location Trailer Safe Water Camping Family Units Special Permit Service Dates
Big Bonito Creek
6000
F6-D8
 
Y
Y
 
Year-round
Black River
4100
E4-F8
Y
 
Y
50
Y
Year-round
Ditch Camp, N. Fork
7,600
C-8
   
Y
 
Catch &
Release Only
May 15 - Sept 15
Lower Log Road
6,500
C-6
Y
 
Y
40
  May 15 - Sept 15
McCoy's Bridge
7,400
C-7
   
Y
10
  May 15 - Sept 15
Upper Log Road
6,800
C-6
Y
 
Y
120
  May 15 - Sept 15
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Wildlife & Outdoor
Recreation Division
P.O. Box 220
Whiteriver, AZ 85941
(928) 338-4385 gamefish@wmatoutdoors.org