Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Kennedy Lake (Tucson) Mike said caught this 5-pound largemouth bass Monday, Feb. 11 at 4 p.m. on a Texas-rigged worm. More reports Editor’s note: This bass made the Hawg Bass Challenge Brag Board! Angler Reports are intended to be direct from anglers and are...
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...
Good news: storms and run-off are still saturating the state and increasing flowing into many of our waters. One example: As of Thursday, the releases out of Horseshoe Dam were up to 1,500 cfs. Already muddy Bartlett Lake already has risen to 47-percent full. Once a sunny and calm stretch of...
The rainbow trout stocking has resumed and we have Jim Rott with a limit of trout he landed in the Community Park area using PowerBait and fishing from shore. This time of year, our water levels are going some up — and a lot down. So anyone using a boat...
Bartlett Lake fishing report from Tuesday, Feb. 12 Water temperature: 51 degrees Lake level: 1,754 feet (46 %). The lake has risen about 3 feet during the past 2 weeks. As of Wednesday, the releases out of Horseshoe Dam were up to 1,000 cfs. The already muddy lake will come...
Lake level: 446.5 feet Average daytime water temp is 54 degrees. Stripers are hitting live shad and artificial baits like the Pointer 128s, green-tailed Bass Assassins & 3/4-ounce Rat-L-Traps in shad/white patterns fished around the island and mouth of the river. Best time has been predawn hours from 4 a.m....
Top weekend picks are trout-stocked waters such as Parker Canyon Lake (50-degree water temperature), Cluff Reservoir (57), Roper Lake (57), Dankworth Pond (58), Apache Lake (57), Canyon Lake (55), Dead Horse Lake (52) or our “core” Community waters (mid-50s to 60). Kennedy Lake in Tucson has been producing some monster...
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Kennedy Lake (Tucson) Alex Martinez with an 11-pound, 9-ounce, 25-inch largemouth bass caught Tuesday, Jan. 22. He said he caught the fish at 4 p.m. at the lake by Mission and Ajo, slow-dragging a dropshot with a morning dawn Roboworm near the rocks. Mike...
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Encanto Lake (Phoenix) Brandon F.: I caught it at Encanto Park in Phoenix Jan. 25 and I was just using a lipless crankbait and it weighed 5 pounds, 13 ounces. More reports Angler Reports are intended to be direct from anglers and are generally...
Anglers with questions regarding Lake Havasu fisheries and regulations can get answers at next week’s roundtable. The roundtable is planned from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, February 11 at ASU Havasu in Santiago Room 109 and is open to the public. The forum is hosted by the Arizona Game...
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Silver Creek Adam M.: I saw this strange-looking Apache trout swim past me antagonizing other fish on Silver Creek last Sunday (1/27/2019). It finally settled down and I threw half a dozen nymphs at it, which it would swim up to and reject. Finally,...
Have some buddies (or gal pals) coming over for Super Bowl Sunday? Dove season’s over, but we bet you might have some bags in the freezer. Ditch the chicken wings. Try this out instead and impress your crew. Ingredients For The Nugs -15 whole dove breasts, filleted off the bone...
The weekend weather in the desert regions is looking excellent for a fishing adventure with the exception of predicted rain in the Tucson area Sunday. Despite some of the lowest water temperatures of the year (low-50s in desert impoundments), anglers catch still find some spots to bend a rod. After...
Bartlett Lake fishing report: Tuesday, Jan. 28 From Professional Fishing Guide Gary Senft: Water Temp.: 51 degrees. Air Temp. 49 degrees Arrived at the lake at 9 a.m. with Robin and Josh (age 8). We fished all the way to the yellow cliffs. Fishing was a bit slow after a...
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Roosevelt Lake Dragging Roboworms in 8-15 feet resulted in more than 25 fish, including these beasts that went 4.10 & 4.09. Freddy V.: 6-inch ox blood Roboworms, drop shot 15- 20 foot. Off main lake points Jan. 27. One went 5 pounds, 3...
With our weather and water levels fluctuating, it’s been making it difficult for our boat or shore anglers to get out to the water. I am taking this slow time to show one of my favorite lures. I must first say that there are some really good ones to pick...
Send your fishing reports and pictures to BFishing@AZGFD.gov Rio Vista Pond (Peoria) Nathan Fisk. 16-inch 1.3-pound, rainbow trout at Rio Vista Pond using Gulp! Natural Garlic Trout Dough with 2 small split shot 1 foot above the bait, 10 feet out from shoreline. More reports Angler Reports are intended to be...
