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 trout [...]

Southwestern Arizona

LAKE HAVASU – The striper action and bite is good right now as they continue to progress through their spawning cycle. They can be caught from early pre-dawn hours with top water baits throughout the daytime hours with cut baits such as mackerel and anchovies. While fishing through the [...]

Colorado River Northwest

LAKE POWELL – The weather in warming and Lake Powell is filling a foot every fourth day. Bass are guarding deep nests but the fast-rising water makes sight fishing difficult. Not to worry! Bass fishing is great with feisty smallmouth bass waking up and getting with the program.
Work [...]

Central Arizona

URBAN LAKES – Fishing for catfish is good with a variety of baits working well on the bottom. Cats are biting variously throughout the day and anglers willing to spend a couple hours or fish different times of the day are being rewarded with some 2- to 3-pound fish. Top [...]

Rory’s Tip

Well, it’s about time! If the weather gurus are right, it looks like we’ll have a weekend without wind blasting most of the state – maybe just normal afternoon breezes.
So whether you want high county trout or bass in the desert lakes, this looks like the best window in [...]

Mountain lakes now accessible:

Game and Fish experts expect best trout season in years

MOGOLLON RIM – The deep snow drifts across backcountry mountain roads have melted and now Arizona’s picturesque trout lakes in the national forests are not only accessible, most have filled and spilled as well, creating premium fishing [...]

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: Some streams are still flowing high, although peak runoff is now over and water flows are coming down. All lakes are now ice-free.
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 [...]

Mogollon Rim

Note: All lakes are now accessible. Some smaller secondary roads may still be muddy or contain snowdrifts, with trucks continuing to get stuck. CHEVELON LAKE - Fishing is fair to good. Anglers have been catching good numbers of moderate size trout near the dam. The lake is ice free, [...]

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 closed. Main parking lot and boat launch open for day use only. [...]