Southeastern Arizona

Southern Arizona Fishing Outlook
The ample winter rains and snow fall have kept all the regional lakes full. This combined with a large spawn last year should lead to great year of fishing. Water temperatures will warm up soon putting fish into pre-spawn mode causing them to feed voraciously; many personal [...]

White Mountains

NOTE: State Highway 261 is open to Big Lake and Crescent Lake, as well as most main Forest roads, including the road to Reservation Lake on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation.
State Highway 273 on the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest is undergoing reconstruction and realignment and the following closures are [...]

Mogollon Rim

Note: Access roads are open to all the Mogollon Rim lakes. There is a Bald Eagle closure located in the northwest shore area of Woods Canyon Lake. The Bald Eagle closure area is marked by red signs. Access to the shore and parking a boat on the shoreline [...]

North Central Region

Note: Northern Pike have been illegally stocked in Francis Short. If you catch a Northern Pike at Francis Short Pond please REMOVE IT FROM THE POND.
WILLIAMS LAKES:
KAIBAB LAKE — Campground area is open. Main parking lot and boat launch open for day use only. Some [...]

Southwestern Arizona

LAKE HAVASU – The striper bite will remain good to excellent as they are in full spawn right and the water temperature is consistently rising each day. Look for the topwater bait action to pick up and the quality of fish to increase as the next couple weeks approach. [...]

Colorado River Northwest

LAKE POWELL –
Where: Lake Powell
When:05/03/08
Caught: Walleye (one week, 5 boats, 137 Walleye)
Technique: Jigging/grubs and crawler harnesses, no spinner, just beads and a float.
Comments: Walleye seem to be in “post spawn” bite is very light. Catching Smallmouth, Crappie, and Bluegill all day long. Additional info in our newsletter [...]

Central Arizona

URBAN LAKES – All urban lakes will be stocked with catfish the week of May 26-31, with the exception of Water Ranch Lake in Gilbert (see golden alga article below). Cool, favorable weather last week helped to slow biological activity that elevates lake pH levels. Biologists will continue [...]

A long tradition many thought would succumb due to key retirements has been given prolonged life by one of its creators – Camp Carp returns on May 30-31.
Master carpologist Jim Warnecke, who retired from the Game and Fish Department last year, has graciously agreed to continue this long-standing carp-catching tutorial. Come experience first-hand why carp [...]

Rory’s Tip

This is the tail-end of the best trout fishing in the high country. With triple-digit heat returning to the desert, the lure of high county trout can become irresistible, and with good reason.
There are still larger holdover fish to be caught along with the plentiful rainbow and Apache stockers. A [...]

BEHIND THE SCENES WITH OUR ARKANSAS CATFISH CONTRACTOR
Urban Fishing Program Manager Eric Swanson took a journey to Arkansas and back with catfish contractor, Mr. Fish, to get an in-depth, behind the scenes look at the entire catfish delivery operation.  The trip started with a one-way ticket to Little Rock, Arkansas and included visits to [...]