Bunch Reservoir is one of a trio of lakes on the Little Colorado River that provides trout fishing opportunities in and around the town of
Greer.
Location
Bunch Reservoir is located at on the
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. The Greer Lakes, as they are collectively known, include Bunch,
Tunnel
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and
River
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
Reservoirs, and are a short distance apart from each other.
Description
Bunch is in size, and has an average depth of . The Department stocks the lake with catchable-sized rainbow trout in the spring and summer. Like its two neighboring reservoirs, Bunch gets a few
brown trout
The brown trout (''Salmo trutta'') is a European species of salmonid fish that has been widely introduced into suitable environments globally. It includes purely freshwater populations, referred to as the riverine ecotype, ''Salmo trutta'' morph ...
from the Little Colorado River diversion that refills it in the winter, but
browns are not stocked here.
Fish species
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Rainbow trout
The rainbow trout (''Oncorhynchus mykiss'') is a species of trout native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead (sometimes called "steelhead trout") is an anadromous (sea-run) form of the coasta ...
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Brown trout
The brown trout (''Salmo trutta'') is a European species of salmonid fish that has been widely introduced into suitable environments globally. It includes purely freshwater populations, referred to as the riverine ecotype, ''Salmo trutta'' morph ...
References
Sources
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External links
Arizona Boating Locations Facilities MapArizona Fishing Locations Map
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White Mountains (Arizona)
Reservoirs in Apache County, Arizona
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests
Reservoirs in Arizona