Pan for Gold Stop staring at the computer screen. Get out of the office and start panning for gold. Head for Lynx Creek, where you can pan for gold just like the prospectors did in the 1800s, when more than 1,600 prospectors crowded into the Bradshaw Mountains. Besides, you might have have a knack for panning it's all in the wrist. The Verde River offers primo fishing for bullheads, smallmouth bass, and channel catfish.
Lynx Lake has some sweet trout fishing.
And you can reel in crappies, catfish, bluegill, and largemouth bass at numerous water impoundments around the forest. All rights reserved.