Lyman Lake State Park near St. Johns offers a large warm-water reservoir. It is stocked and supports bass, catfish, and walleye.
Lyman Lake is a stocked Arizona fishing water near St. Johns, Apache County. Lyman Lake is a statewide stocking water rather than a community fishing pond, and anglers typically look here for catfish and rainbow trout. Official dates usually mark the Monday of a stocking week rather than a guaranteed same-day plant. Recent official weeks appear in the table below when AZGFD has published them.
Lyman Lake State Park near St. Johns offers a large warm-water reservoir. It is stocked and supports bass, catfish, and walleye. Anglers usually treat Lyman Lake as a St. Johns, Apache County destination for catfish and rainbow trout. The White Mountains of eastern Arizona are home to some of the state's premier trout fisheries. High-elevation lakes and streams are stocked regularly from spring through fall, offering cool-weather angling amid ponderosa pine forests.
Lake: Lyman Lake
City: St. Johns
Region: White Mountains
County: Apache
Community Fishing: No
Species: Catfish, Rainbow Trout
No recent official weeks are listed for Lyman Lake right now. AZGFD may still add this water in a later schedule.
No stocking activity found for this period.
Lyman Lake is a statewide stocking location. Plan for a longer drive, check seasonal road or forest access, and pack for the elevation and weather typical of the White Mountains area. Map coordinates on this page point to about 34.3362, -109.3773 near St. Johns, Apache County. Treat every date as a stocking week unless AZGFD publishes a more specific plant.
Lyman Lake fishes like a high-country water. Cooler air and water usually mean trout stay shallower in spring and fall; mid-day can still work after ice-off or a fresh plant.
Trout at Lyman Lake often take a small spoon, in-line spinner, or a simple fly-and-bubble setup in addition to bait. Work points, inlets, and any remaining ice-off shallows during the scheduled week.
If catfish are on the Lyman Lake schedule, fish bait on the bottom along the first break and any warmer pocket you can reach from shore. Low light after a listed week is the usual window.
These notes are local planning context for Lyman Lake, not official AZGFD advice. Conditions, crowds, and the exact plant day can change during the scheduled week.
Lyman Lake follows the AZGFD schedule. When a week is published, this page shows it as a scheduled week rather than a guaranteed single-day stocking event. No recent weeks are listed right now — check back after the next official update.
Lyman Lake is tracked for catfish and rainbow trout. Statewide waters in the White Mountains usually follow seasonal hatchery routes rather than a year-round neighborhood rotation. Species can still vary by hatchery plan.
No. Lyman Lake is listed here as a statewide stocking location near St. Johns, Apache County, not a community fishing program pond.
Anglers comparing Lyman Lake often also check Show Low Lake, Fool Hollow Lake, Rainbow Lake in the same White Mountains.
Dates are AZGFD stocking weeks, not guaranteed plant days. How this data is sourced