Arizona fishing outlook is best in 25 years2008 is shaping up as the Year of the Pisces

 
PHOENIX – This is shaping up to be the best fishing year in Arizona in 25 years – this may indeed be the Year of the Pisces.
According to Salt River Project (SRP), the projected [...]

The Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Tucson Regional Office is conducting an Angler’s Roundtable in Sierra Vista from 7-9 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Big 5 Sporting Goods Store, 135 S. Highway 92.
This is an opportunity to find out what Game and Fish is doing, voice any concerns or questions, and [...]

Note: The area received lots of snow recently. Higher elevation lakes are still ice-covered. Lower elevation lake conditions can change from day to day and have unsafe ice. Some lakes have received lots of recent runoff and can be turbid.
Forest roads are closed. State Highway 261 is closed to Big Lake [...]

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

Most higher elevation lakes are ice covered.
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 has increased to near the spillway.
CITY [...]

LAKE HAVASU – The striper action continues to be hit-and-miss as the water temperatures fall.  The best time for success is in the predawn hours and again around sunset and dark.  Baits that are working well are white Clatter Shads, green tailed Bass Assassins. Live shad is the best live bait for still fishing, and a [...]

LAKE POWELL — By Wayne Gustaveson. Lake Elevation: 3,599. Water Temp: 59-61. Fish respond to cold temperatures by exhibiting springtime behavior. Best fishing happens when water is warmest - usually in the afternoon. Feeding periods are farther apart meaning there are times when fish just will not bite. These dormant periods [...]

URBAN LAKES – Scheduled for stocking with rainbow trout this week. Fishing for trout continues to be good to excellent at most Urban Fishing Program waters.  Winter storms have invigorated the trout and anglers willing the brave the weather are rewarded with good action and little competition.  Anglers using scented dough [...]

Fishing News
Angler’s Roundtable planned for Sierra VistaCome join the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Region V fish program staff at the angler’s roundtable meeting in Sierra Vista from 7-9 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Big 5 Sporting Goods at 135 S. Highway 92.
“This is an opportunity to find out what Game and Fish is doing, [...]

More rain, more snow, more runoff – what a fantastic winter so far! We are poised for an historic fishing year in Arizona.
One of our fisheries biologists, Eric Swanson, put the inflows into perspective. “Larger reservoirs such as Roosevelt Lake, Bartlett Lake and Alamo Lake receive high amounts of storm water [...]