Fool Hollow Lake in Apache, Arizona For Fishing & Camping

Fish Species

• Catfish (Channel)
• Largemouth Bass
• Rainbow Trout
• Smallmouth Bass
• Sunfish
• Walleye

Fool Hollow Lake is located less than two miles from Show Low, AZ, in the White Mountains. It is within the Fool Hollow Recreation Area. Fool Hollow Lake consists of 150 surface acres, with an average depth of 23 feet. It contains self-sustaining populations of largemouth and smallmouth bass, sunfish, walleye, carp and black crappie. The Arizona Game and Fish Department stocks the lake with catchable-sized rainbow trout throughout the spring and summer and occasionally stocks channel catfish. Recreational opportunities are plentiful, with amenities that include fishing, 31 tent camping sites, 92 RV sites with hookups, two boat ramps, two fish-cleaning stations, picnic tables, barrier-free restrooms, showers, drinking water and a dump station. There are also four barrier-free fishing piers, ten single-family picnic shelters and five large-group shelters that can each hold up to 150 people. With a wide variety of fish species, Fool Hollow Lake offers fishing fun for everyone, from first-time fishermen to seasoned veteran anglers. Fool Hollow Lake provides a great chance for beginners and kids to catch anything that bites. For them, night crawlers on the bottom or under a bobber are a good way to go. More experienced anglers can try spinner baits, jigs and night crawler rigs around underwater rocks, where large bass and walleye often hide. This is a great lake to catch trophy-sized walleye and expect to catch boatloads of catfish in summer and early fall. The lake is open all year and rarely ices over. Trout and walleye fishing are fair year-round.

Average Depth: 23ft.
Elevation: 6,260ft.