Everything You Need to Know About Canal Fishing in Arizona 

This was actually the best fishing video I’ve seen in a very long time, if not the best I’ve ever seen. Too many other fishing channels quickly devolve into: “Hey everyone, come watch me fish at another undisclosed location.” Or there is of course the other fan favorite: “Oooo! Watch me eat whatever I catch!” These videos grow tiresome very quickly. However, there was much more helpful information in this video than in perhaps 50 other videos from other channels. BRAVO!!!

Make sure if you are on reservation land that you have a indian ,CRIT fishing license. If you do not and you get caught they can fine you and take your gear and vehicle. Be safe

Another great video, i tried walking following my bobber with the current yesterday and caught over 50lbs of carp and catfish, it was much more productive than sitting in one spot 😀

Found your channel recently. Great content. Been watching non stop.

Thank you for the great tips Im learning how to fish. And your channel has been huge help. Ill use these tips to fish the in the imperial valley CA

It’s best to get NASTY while fishing. You know what I mean. Great tutorial.

Excellent video. I am planning to take up canal fishing here in Yuma and your video was VERY helpful. Thank you

Very, very good video truly enjoyed it thank you so much.

thanks for the carp tips. a local pond near me has some huge carp and koi, will try for them this long weekend

Our list of fish from the canals so far is red ear, bluegill, tilapia, large, small and striped bass, common and grass carp, flathead and channel cats. We fish the canal that you have in your recent desert canal videos. Catching the panfish really is a struggle. Our most caught fish is small mouth bass.

Love watching your videos

Use to work right there at Amazon and I have caught a bunch of carp in that exact spot and when I would walk to work in the morning around 10 I would see no joke hundreds of carps and some that were massive!

Great fishing tutorial. I hope you inspire some young kids to go fishing. It will make a great difference for them to get out and enjoy nature and have fun. Be blessed. My friend.

Thank you for the tips hitting canals tomorrow morning

I always target striper where water churns probably my 3rd most caught fish after carp and bass. Definitely have caught many in the last couple years even more than catfish lol

Great video. Might have to check the canals out

The flathead seems like a hard fish to find and catch. But there’s one fish that you missed. This fish is probably the most elusive out of the other species that live in the SRP canals. How they found their way there is a bit of a mystery And they are not easy to find or even catch for that matter. And that fish is… The striped bass

Forgot striper! I catch those out of the canals all the time. 👍🏽

Great video, man, thanks

Great video

Great job Mork! Miss ya buddy.

There are big catfish in the srp canal on power rd and the 202 east freeway under the freeway or behind the quick trip

I've only ever caught a single baby flathead by the canal near Adobe & Lindsay around 6 years ago. I've also caught yellow bass in the same canal as well.

The way you use the bridges fishing is very smart. Fish love structure. Especially in a place like Arizona weather wise. Ty I like your stream. Too warm there to support Walleyes. Also, how do these canals fish during monsoon season?

Caught a flathead last year on a morning dawn roboworm in the canal next to kiwanis.😅

I appreciate the tips looks like I'm heading towards pheonix.

You remind me a lot of Karl Von Dibble. Keep up the great videos!

Thank you!

W video, was wondering if you could do a fly fishing canal video, something different but would cool to watch

You should go fish the canal in Tempe by Kiwanis they have really big cat fish and big bass in them . Me and my daughter went other day and I got a 8lb channel cat and a 3 pound bass as well all on chicken liver !

Hey mark! I’m new in arizona I just moved from Germany. I’ll watch you since I’m here. would be grate if you would do something like going fishing for a day with your community!! LETS GOO

you ever catch bass with senkos in the canals?

Hey, Mark! Great vids! I see you’re using a different cast net than I’ve seen you use before. Is this new one somehow better. I’ve been scrolling through Amazon trying to pick one. Thanks for any insight! Brian

I catch carp on the fly rod in that exact spot lol. Hopefully I’ll seeya there one of these days

Love the disclaimer @10:48 haha unfortunately need to do it on almost every video! Damn, 9 Times for the flats is crazy haha they are for sure very very tough in the canals!

This is my exact fishing spot! 😂😂

In Maryland, I've used shrimp, hot dogs, and even slim jim snacks for all types of catfish.

Another canal to go to is Glamis Sand Dunes. There are tons of catfish in the canals if your in the area. You can’t put your pole down that’s it’s that fast

Wow brother..Az is like Fl without all the tropical fish in the canals..alot of water ways / channels..its crazy

Carp love Shrimp too.

Fish jumps right behind ya @1:50 haha

You should do a video fishing with Southwest Fishing that’ll be Dope seen you 2 fishing together 🤙🏼

Hey I live in az and want to try to get familiar with salt river for trout, is there anyway we could meet up and you show me the ropes?

Bomb spot, i got my first carp ever this same spot just a few hours ago

Where did you get your net? Did you make it? Thanks

What canals do you go to? Where do you park? Can you please list some locations. Thank you!

There are big small mouth, and rainbow trout too

Love the video bro isn't there stripers and those canals also??

Dude you need to fish Florence az. I live there but haven't had any kind of I fo about these canals please let me know im dieing to get in there

I throw a kvd 1.5 crawdad color sqaurebill catches catfish !

I always catch talipia on small roster tails

can you go to maricopa copper sky AZ also can we fish together

its now 110 for the next 4 months or so. whats the plan for the heat? btw, i did the free floating bread and it works. saw a fish position for the bite but i set the hook too early

I catfish carp on Carolina riga

Caught a 7lb. Cat on a smokey sausage link. Watched it swim by my bait. Catch a wif of the oil in the sausage and turn back to it.

Im in Yuma and ive never caught any carp - Mainly channel cat and bass -- and striper

You can usually find maps showing public and private land in your areas. Can be a bit of a pain, but some Google searches can do wonders. If you're ever unsure, then do your research.

Is the water in these canals clean? It looks good. Can you eat the fish? Just curious

Nice vid, Mark! I'd say with artificials and flies, panfish are easiest, followed by bass, then carp, then catfish... I only know a few guys who can consistently catch flatheads on artificials (which would be pretty epic)! Arizona canals .... 🤙🤙🤙🤙✌️🎣

I have a question mark! Or anyone else with knowledge on the topic I have a small pond where I'm at in Tennessee and there is two absolutely MASSIVE catfish that are coming up eating off the lily pads and will only bite at floating things, I hooked one with a marshmallow but he broke my line and I haven't got him to bite since. What's a good floating bait for fish who are eating off the top?

They alway bite when you leave your pole😂

59th Ave and thunderbird I caught my 8lb large mouth

What about crappie do you catch them?

Yo man that first spot is right by my house i have fished there good spot. Definitely would like to meet up and go fishing lmk

How do the talapia get into the canals?

Where does the Striper rank?

I wonder how many people drove their car into that canal 😮

Sally. The brown fish.

Striper tilapia and channel caught on white Mr twister flathead on night crawler

I here me talking on your phone 😂

Would you eat a catfish out of that canal?

Corn n bread will catch carp and white amur in 30 mins

Are there stripe bass in these canals?

2:24 got fish jumping out the water behind you

Lets gooooo

No way he hearts me

Do you need a fishing license to fish the canals?

If there’s minows does that mean there’s fish in canals

why do you prefer to keep a short liter length from your swivel/weight? i noticed the bobber length was longer like 24 inches but your bottom rig setup was shorter? good job!!

What about bluegill

First you say it is a Grass Carp, then you discribe a Mirror Carp. Did I miss something?

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Hello

Yesirr this video was probably my 1 or 2 favorite hey brother do you think I can get a shot out I’m at 91 subs i fish in Chandler I hope one day I can see you while I’m fishing🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Bass guys like what? 😛🤣😂

Hell yeah dude. You going to watch out for all the homeless people that are going to try to get over on you on the west side

Corn does not kill carp, as they can digest it effectively. In fact, carp are attracted to and consume corn. However, the juice found in canned corn may contain preservatives or salt that may deter carp

5:19 you just gave me PTSD

I wanted to give more specifics about trespassing law in AZ. True, there is no requirement to have a sign stating no trespassing in AZ. Also true, if a property is not gated, it is pretty much fair game. The comment where you said, 'you could be treapassing and zero way for you as a citizen to find out if you are," isn't completely correct. A reasonable person generally knows if they are trespassing when they are some place they know they should not be (nuclear generating station, police station, water treatment plant, railroad track, hiding in ex-girlfeinds closet), even if there was no sign and the door/gate was left open. If someone is sitting in your front yard (no fence) and there is no - no trespassing signs, they are not trespassing. If you tell them to "get off my lawn!" and they don't leave, then they are trespassing because they've been given reasonable notice, by you, verbally. Put that same person into your backyard and it's got a fence around it, then they are trespassing even without telling them. Even with no sign. It's all about reasonable notice. It comes down to either you need a barrier of some kind (even a red velvet rope?) or something else that lets people know that they do not have permission to be there (a sign/verbal notice). Basically, if you have to walk through a gate, or door, climb over a fence, squeeze between two sections of fence, cross the red velvet rope, you're obviously trespassing. Otherwise, you have an legal argument that you weren't given prior reasonable notice that you did not have permission to be somewhere. The CAP canals are usually fenced in pretty good and the RWCD canals are signed everywhere. It would be hard to argue that you didnt see the signs. So go forth and fish! Most likely you'll ne good. Because if your trespassing, you most likely already know it.

Keep in mind some of those fish in the canal system are protected and heavy $$$$ go with them.. And you need a fishing license to fish the canals.. And they are enforced $$$$

Why don't you provide actual locations? Such as recently you were at a mountain lake and that is all we know.

I thought arizona law only allowed one pole per person, you would be ticketed if you have two poles, plus your fishing privileges could be revoked for life, if you get caught more than once.

Says, get a rod holder but leaves the rod laying down unprotected 😂🙄

i wouldn't eat any of those fish...I like my liver tyvm

no bigger than 4' on cast nets last I seen

On my mamas account 😂 but i catch nothing but tilapia in the canals i only use worms 🪱 or nightcrawlers