The trout plant is working well and producing some nice rainbows for our anglers. We have two stocking sites this time of year: Davis Camp and Community Park. Anglers are having great luck at both sites. Our local angler Jason Trautwein (above) was fishing from the shore at Davis Camp....
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Lower Salt River Patrick V.: My catch of the week at Salt River at Phon D. Sutton off a Rooster Tail. Hope you enjoy! More reports Angler Reports are intended to be direct from anglers and are generally posted unedited. However, AZGFD reserves the...
Catfish stockings are scheduled to return to Community waters next week! Mark Tuesday, March 19 on your calendars for the return of Mr. Whiskers. See the stocking schedule. Be sure to check out our stocking schedules below — some of the best options will be where we’ve just stocked trout....
MOGOLLON RIM Bear Canyon Lake Fishing Rating: Good Bear Canyon Lake will not be accessible until significant snow melt occurs and Forest Road 300 reopens for the season. Bear Canyon Lake is steep, as well as deep. There is little shallow water, except at the upper end of the lake....
Note: As long as there continues to be moisture in this region, and waters continue spilling over, stocking of the lakes (except Lower Lake Mary) is on hold. Ashurst Lake Fishing Rating: Hot Fishing at Ashurst is will be excellent for large holdover trout once the road is opened...
5 years after world-record redear sunfish catch, invasive quagga mussels considered a likely contributor to monster sizes of these sunfish at Lake Havasu PHOENIX — Have the redear sunfish at Lake Havasu really gone quagga crazy? Have these panfish that really can fill a pan, and are widely regarded as...
Results of 2017-2018 Lake Havasu Creel Survey Arizona Game and Fish Department personnel conducted a creel survey on Lake Havasu from July 2017 – June 2018. A total of 85 days of creel surveys at access points to interview boat anglers, 28 days of roving creel surveys to interview shore...
Roosevelt Lake Fishing Rating: Hot Lake temperatures will be warming up from mid 50s in March to low 70s in May. Typically largemouth bass spawning is cued when temperatures reach 60 to 70 degrees. Above-average winter precipitation and snow pack means higher water levels as we get farther into summer....
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Chaparral Lake (Scottsdale) Chandler S.: On March 12, at 4:25 p.m., I caught this largemouth on a squarebill crankbait at Chaparral Lake in Scottsdale. It took me about 3 minutes to get it in since I was only using 8-pound test line. I didn’t...
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COLORADO RIVER SOUTHWEST Alamo Lake Fishing Rating: Good Overall, fishing at Alamo Lake could be very good this spring. As of the writing of this forecast, the lake has risen 26 feet since the since the middle of January and is nearly as high as back in the spring of...
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Alvord Lake (Phoenix) Arturo C.: Trout fishing is hot early mornings. Many good size trout being pulled out. Anthony Gastelum with two 16-inch trout and stringer of 14″ers. White marshmallow and salmon peach PowerBait. Been the best choice. More reports Angler Reports are intended...
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Lake Havasu Don H.: My 21-inch largemouth caught and released at Lake Havasu during the KBF Trail series Kayak Fishing Tournament on Saturday March 9, 2019. It was caught in Castle Rock Bay throwing a Berkeley Chigger Craw on a dropshot rig. It was...
Rose Canyon Lake Fishing Rating: Hot Spring marks the return of fishing at Rose Canyon Lake. Although the gate for vehicular access doesn’t open until the third week of April, anglers can still access the lake by walking in. Fishing during March prior to the gate opening can be quite...
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Mansel-Carter Oasis Lake (Queen Creek) Gene M.: Largest of 3 rainbow trout caught at Mansel-Carter Oasis Lake, Queen Creek, by this angler week of March 4, 2019. Trout were 19, 14, and 12 inches. More reports Angler Reports are intended to be direct from...
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Chaparral Lake Wayne: Austin was all smiles after landing this rainbow on the fly at Chapparal! It smashed a white bugger right off the bank. More reports Angler Reports are intended to be direct from anglers and are generally posted unedited. However, AZGFD reserves...
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Lake Pleasant Frank F.: Caught these two striper north of 4-lane boat ramp from shore, fishing a cove at Lake Pleasant on Thursday, March 7. More reports Angler Reports are intended to be direct from anglers and are generally posted unedited. However, AZGFD reserves...
Colorado River waters fishing report The good news is we are still getting a great trout plant from the Willow Beach hatchery. Our local anglers Del Pragnell (white shirt) and his sidekick Walter Waite (dark shirt) are showing their limits of rainbow trout. They were fishing in the Community Park...
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Lake Havasu Mike Stallcup of Hayden, Idaho caught this 30-pound, 2-ounce, 42-inch striped bass Monday, March 4. (Girth not taken.) Water temperature mid-lake was 57.7 degrees. More reports Angler Reports are intended to be direct from anglers and are generally posted unedited. However, AZGFD...
