Any anglers who fish the deserts of Arizona know we have unique conditions as opposed to other regions. Our winters can be in the mid 70s but as low as the 40s. Recent weather conditions have brought a cold front to the Phoenix area. Night time temps in the 30s, with daytime highs is the 50s maybe up to 60. Past few weeks the bite have been sporadic. My question is what would be the best time of day to fish? I feel like once the sun is up high and at its warmest I will have the best results. But so far its truly hit or miss as far as timing. I'd like to take a most systematical approach.  Any suggestions? 

Oh...my.

Well...since no one has answered I'll give my two cents.  You have many fish in a body of water...they don't all bite at the same time.  If you like to fish and get up early....get er done.  If not...sleep in and go in the afternoon.  Point of fishing....have fun!

The biggest fish are caught between 10:00 Am and 2:00 PM.

 

The AZ open is 1/9-1/11 at Havasu with 5 bass limits pushing 30 lbs expected so not all of AZ is the same. Cold fronts are always difficult to forecast and shuts down the shallow bass bite everywhere. Your options are fish deeper in colder weather, timing is based on each lake, no set pattern.

Tom

I’m in New Mexico and winter fishing is tough here. Need to find something with access to deep water. I always try a crank and a spinner if no dice with that I start dragging a dropshot around or tube. As far as timing your just going to have to put time in on the water to figure out your lake.

meh just go fish the salt river for 6"ers.