Winter conditions have finally arrived. For those lakes with open water, expect rimming ice.
WILLIAMS LAKES:   KAIBAB LAKE —  Campground area is closed.  Main parking lot and boat launch open for day use only. No reports on fishing. 
CATARACT LAKE — Campground is closed.  Lake is open for walk in fishing. The water level [...]

LAKE HAVASU – Striper bite is keeping consistent with the current winter weather conditions.  The best bite is at the south end of the lake near and around the Havasu Springs.  These fish are early feeders; they move up shallow with the best time for success beginning sometime after midnight.  The [...]

LAKE POWELL — By Wayne Gustaveson. Lake Elevation: 3,599. Water Temp: 59-61. The first freeze of the season occurred on Thanksgiving Day. The cold temperature finally allowed the water surface temperature to dip into the high 50s. Fish respond to cold temperatures by exhibiting springtime behavior. Best fishing happens when water [...]

URBAN LAKES – The weather is terrific and Incentive trout were stocked this week and included plenty of extra 1-3 pound trout with each lake delivery.  At least one trout 6 pounded was stocked somewhere in an Urban Fishing Program lake. 
Department biologists received reports of dying fish at Cortez Lake [...]

The urban lakes were stocked with super-sized trout this week, including some insentive fish ranging up to six pounds. These lakes may provide some of the best fishing in the state this weekend.
But the big, big news for anglers is the snowpack and runoff. The Salt River peaked at just below [...]

SUPER-SIZED INCENTIVE TROUT COMING THIS WEEK
The start of the new year means it’s time for the annual “incentive” rainbow trout stocking at all Urban Fishing Program waters. All lakes will receive the incentive stocking the week of January 7-12. In addition to the normal 10-13 inch trout, larger than usual trout are added to the delivery. These trophy-sized [...]

Super-sized incentive trout are coming to urban lakes

PHOENIX – Need a little extra incentive to go fishing during the opening weeks of 2008?
Well, look no further than your local urban lake – you might even catch a monster 6-pound rainbow to brighten your year or provide your child a magical memory for a lifetime.
It’s time [...]

TUCSON URBAN — Mark Robbins said that once again at Silverbell Lake, his 8-year-old daughter Ellie Zion Marie caught a 14-inch trout, my son Ryan caught a 15-inch trout and I pulled in a 16-inch trout. “Great fishing that day for a total of six trout.”
The new, 2008 Urban [...]

Note: Lakes and streams are ice-covered.  National forest roads are closed in most areas.
State Highway 261 is closed to Big Lake and Crescent Lake, as well as most interior Forest roads due to a recent snow storm. State Highway 273 on the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest is undergoing reconstruction and [...]

Note: The Mogollon Rim streams and lakes are ice-covered.  Forest roads are closed and snow packed.  Contact the US Forest Service’s Black Mesa office at (928) 535-4481 for the latest road information.
CHEVELON CANYON LAKE — Forest road 169, north of Chevelon Canyon is open but is snow packed, so drive [...]