White Mountains

ACCESS (with some recent changes): State Highway 261 is open to Big Lake and Crescent Lake.
State Highway 273 on the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest is undergoing reconstruction and realignment and the following closures are in effect.
State Highway 273 from the Forest and Fort Apache Indian Reservation boundary to Gabaldon Campground is closed 24 hours [...]

Mogollon Rim

CHEVELON CANYON LAKE — The lake is full but not spilling. Fishing is fair. Anglers are catching a few rainbow trout on lures and flies. Keep in mind that brown trout spawn in the fall, so this may set the stage for good fishing in a month or two for the big bruisers. Some [...]

North Central Region

Channel Catfish were stocked into Stone Dam, Santa Fe, City and Kaibab lakes.  Remember that the catfish limit on Stone dam, Santa Fe and City Lakes is four catfish per day.  The trout limit on City Reservoir is also four trout.  Trout fishing is improving as the weather cools.
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WILLIAMS LAKES:  
KAIBAB LAKE — Campground [...]

Southwestern Arizona

LAKE HAVASU – Striped bass boils continue to be sighted in the middle of coves, scattered in the basin of the lake and the shorelines near Windsor Beach. These fish are primarily staying in the main lake basin and down south as far as Skiers Island. Quantities of small bass can be caught on cut anchovies and [...]

Colorado River Northwest

LEES FERRY – Today’s Fly Fishing: Good reports, the water came up slow so fishing the tail-outs was O.K. until the water peaked. Those who drifted did well after noon. Same old flies San Juan worms, zebra midges and the laser is picking up fish as well.
Spin Fishing Tips: Had a good report [...]

Central Arizona

URBAN LAKES – Andrew Huynh fished Alvord using raw shrimp and caught his largest fish ever – a channel catfish. “I took lots of pictures with the fish, got measurements and then released it. Its head was six-inches wide and from mouth tip to the tip of the tail it was 25.5 inches.”
The trout stocking [...]

Fishing News
We still need volunteers at Canyon Lake
We still need volunteers to help build Pisces pyramids at Canyon Lake to help improve this classic fishery along the Salt River. The department has an immediate need for some more people for Sunday, Nov. 18. To volunteer, contact Natalie Robb with Game and Fish at (480) 324-3541.
Volunteers [...]

Rory’s Tip

It looks like another weekend of sunny, warmer weather. If it feels like summer, you might as well fish that way too, you just don’t have to go far to catch a trout if you don’t want to.
This is the week – the Urban Program Lakes are being stocked with trout on Thursday for [...]

TROUT SEASON KICKS OFF NOVEMBER 15
The scheduled date for the first trout delivery of the winter season is Thursday, Nov. 15 for all lakes in the Phoenix and Tucson areas.  Trout averaging from 11-12 inches will be stocked at rates of 80-100 fish per lake surface acre for Urban Lakes and at lower rates for [...]