CHEVELON LAKE – Fishing has really started to turn on lately for rainbows and it sounds like the brown trout fishing is starting to get better.
Brown trout should be staging at the mouth of Chevelon Creek. Brown trout typically spawn in November. Try big streamers such as brown, black or green [...]

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.  Fishing was fair over the weekend.
Where:kaibab lake
When:10/12/08
Caught:4 trout
Technique:3 on spinners and 1 on Power Bait
Comments:landed one [...]

ALAMO LAKE – Well folks, you have not missed a lot out here this last week.  The winds have blowing everyone off the lake for the most part.  Anglers have reported a decent topwater bite when they could get out.  Pop R’s and buzzbaits are working well.  Throw right up in the [...]

LAKE POWELL — Oct. 8. By Wayne Gustaveson. Lake elevation: 3,626. Water temp: 71-73 F.
Striper fishing is very selective while bass fishing continues to get better. The pattern for fat and fussy stripers requires finding fish and then conforming to their feeding behavior. There is no room for deviation. The over [...]

URBAN LAKES – Catfishing at urban lakes continues to be good to excellent with fall stockings well underway. Not much change in the top baits for channel cats: shrimp, stink baits and hot dogs.  Activity is best in the evening and early morning with cooler temperatures making the cats active during [...]

The cold, windy storm front blasting through the state last weekend likely chilled down a lot of lakes, especially the desert ones. Whether this will cool down the hot bite at some of the lakes, such as Pleasant, Bartlett and Saguaro, remains to be seen.
However, there is a pretty good chance [...]

Catfishing at Urban lakes continues to be good to excellent with fall stockings well underway.  Not much change in the top baits for channel cats: shrimp, stink baits and hot dogs.  Activity is best in the evening and early morning with cooler temperatures making the cats active during mid-day periods as well.  Catfish up to [...]

ODDS & ENDS

As of October 12, there are two more catfish stockings to go this fall.
Every other week trout stockings in the Phoenix and Tucson areas begin the week of November 10-15 (specific date to be announced in the next Bulletin issue).
End of season 50% off sale on 2008 Urban Fishing Licenses from [...]

The cooler weather signals the time for fall stockings of sunfish. These feisty 5-8 inch hybrid sunfish will be stocked the week of October 20-25 into all 20 Phoenix and Tucson area Urban Fishing Program lakes and ponds. A truckload of over 11,000 fish will be delivered from Arkansas, with each lake receiving about 80-100 fish per [...]

PAYSON TO WELCOME BACK THE TROUT TO GREEN VALLEY
The return of trout stockings to Payson’s Green Valley Lakes resumes on Friday, October 17 after a four month hiatus.  Over 700 Colorado grown rainbow trout will be delivered as part of the Welcome Back the Trout season opening kickoff.  These beautiful mountain lakes nestled in Green [...]