Riggs Flat Lake is a small trout lake atop Mount Graham in the Pinaleño Mountains. At 8,600 feet, it is southern Arizona's only stocked mountain trout lake.
Riggs Flat Lake is a stocked Arizona fishing water near Safford, Graham County. Riggs Flat Lake is a statewide stocking water rather than a community fishing pond, and anglers typically look here for 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.
Riggs Flat Lake is a small trout lake atop Mount Graham in the Pinaleño Mountains. At 8,600 feet, it is southern Arizona's only stocked mountain trout lake. Anglers usually treat Riggs Flat Lake as a Safford, Graham County destination for rainbow trout. Southern Arizona's sky-island mountain ranges harbor small, scenic trout lakes at higher elevations. Riggs Flat Lake in the Pinaleño Mountains is a standout destination for anglers seeking solitude and native-like settings.
Lake: Riggs Flat Lake
City: Safford
Region: Southern Arizona
County: Graham
Community Fishing: No
Species: Rainbow Trout
No recent official weeks are listed for Riggs Flat Lake right now. AZGFD may still add this water in a later schedule.
No stocking activity found for this period.
Riggs Flat 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 Southern Arizona area. Map coordinates on this page point to about 32.6660, -109.8887 near Safford, Graham County. Treat every date as a stocking week unless AZGFD publishes a more specific plant.
Give Riggs Flat Lake a full bank circuit after a scheduled week. Stocked fish often cruise the first drop-off and any shade or inflow before they spread out.
Trout at Riggs Flat 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.
These notes are local planning context for Riggs Flat Lake, not official AZGFD advice. Conditions, crowds, and the exact plant day can change during the scheduled week.
Riggs Flat 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.
Riggs Flat Lake is tracked for rainbow trout. Statewide waters in the Southern Arizona usually follow seasonal hatchery routes rather than a year-round neighborhood rotation. Species can still vary by hatchery plan.
No. Riggs Flat Lake is listed here as a statewide stocking location near Safford, Graham County, not a community fishing program pond.
Use the Southern Arizona page to compare other stocked waters near Safford, Graham County.
Dates are AZGFD stocking weeks, not guaranteed plant days. How this data is sourced