Illegal fish stocking: stealing future of fishing in Arizona
Did you know it is illegal to stock fish or aquatic wildlife including crayfish, frogs, waterdogs and turtles? Illegal fish...
Category: Fisheries Management
Learn how Arizona Game and Fish biologist manage the sport fisheries throughout Arizona.
Alert: Silver Creek Fish Hatchery to close Wednesday for repairs
UPDATE: This project has been completed and the hatchery is again open. We will be closing to the public the...
AZGFD adjusts trout stockings due to operational issues at Page Springs Fish Hatchery
Invasive New Zealand mudsnails discovered in Oak Creek and AZGFD hatcheries near Cornville The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD)...
Arizona boaters: prepare to clean, drain and dry
PHOENIX —The Arizona Game and Fish Department reminds boaters to “clean, drain and dry” – and especially decontaminate — their...
Arizona Crappie Association awards AZGFD with “thank you” plaque for management of crappie at Bartlett, Roosevelt lakes
On Friday, Nov. 8, the Arizona Crappie Association (AZCA) presented a “thank you” plaque to Arizona Game and Fish Department...
Video: Native Gila trout stocked into restoration stream near Alpine
On Saturday, Nov. 9, Arizona Game and Fish Department staff in the Native Trout and Chub Program, Research Branch, and...
Video: Frye Creek fish stocking — Gila trout restoration in Mt. Graham area gets major boost
Gila trout, one of two trout species native to Arizona, are being restored to the Mt. Graham area. A major...
Video: Electro-fishing at Alamo Lake shows robust fish populations
The Arizona Game and Fish Department Oct. 15-17 conducted an electro-fishing survey of Alamo Lake in southwest Arizona. These annual...
Florida-strain bass at Bubbling Ponds spawn; fry stocked into Saguaro Lake
The Florida strain-largemouth bass at Bubbling Ponds Fish Hatchery in Cornville have spawned for the first time! As part of...
“Mr. Fish” dedicated to AZ fishing, donates 10,000 tiger bass to Roosevelt Lake anglers
From Jan. 2012-today, “Mr. Fish” has hauled 1,411,588 pounds of fish (more than 1.6 million fish) to AZGFD, and stocked...
Available: Bartlett Lake habitat map
If you build it … the anglers will come. We’ve now built 140 Georgia cubes that are being installed into...
How many fish were harvested from Lake Havasu in 2017-18? Most targeted species? See our creel survey results
Results of 2017-2018 Lake Havasu Creel Survey Arizona Game and Fish Department personnel conducted a creel survey on Lake Havasu...
