ALEXANDRIA, VA – World Fishing Network (WFN) is kicking off an Anglers’ Legacy contest to help increase participation in boating and fishing, the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF) announced today.
Visitors to www.wfn.tv/pledge are encouraged to “Take the Pledge” and make a promise to introduce at least one newcomer to fishing. The [...]

TUCSON — Kearny Lake is on the comeback trail after a bout with golden algae – rainbow trout were stocked Nov. 18.
The Town of Kearny and the Arizona Game and Fish Department teamed up to treat the lake in October. The town has also instituted ongoing water quality monitoring efforts.
Everything is looking [...]

Get ready to reel in some rainbow action after Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman stocks the first trout in Tempe Town Lake on Nov. 25 to kick off the “Welcome Back the Trout” celebration after school lets out on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving.
It’s an annual angling tradition beneath the desert skies to [...]

TUCSON URBAN — Rainbow were trout stockings the morning of Nov. 13.  Fishing should be good to excellent for anglers using scented dough baits (such as Power Bait), worms or small trout lures.  Trout stockings will continue every two weeks from November to March.  All lakes were recently stocked with bluegill [...]

ACCESS NOTE: 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 the Fort Apache Indian Reservation.
State Highway 273 on the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest is undergoing reconstruction and realignment and the following closures are in [...]

CHEVELON LAKE – Fishing is fair. Fishing is fair.  Recent snow storms may have caused the roads into the lake to be wet or snow packed, so use caution when driving to the lake. Brown trout should be staging at the mouth of Chevelon Creek. Brown trout typically spawn in November. Try [...]

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.
CATARACT LAKE — Campgrounds are closed.  Must walk in to fish. [...]

ALAMO LAKE – Report courtesy Mark Knapp, Alamo Lake State Park. Well folks, winds and cold fronts pretty well sum up this week out here.    According to the weather forecast, and my neck, we’re in for some decent weather for the rest of the week.   This morning the lake was like glass [...]

LAKE POWELL — By Wayne Gustaveson, Utah Division of Wildlife: LAKE POWELL – Courtesy Wayne Gustaveson, Utah Division of Wildlife (Wayne’s Words): It has been a great fishing season but this is my last regular report for the year. Next week we head up lake for annul gill net sampling, so I [...]

URBAN LAKES — Rainbow trout stockings are scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 13 at all Urban Fishing Program waters.  Fishing should be good to excellent for anglers using scented dough baits (such as Power Bait), worms or small trout lures.  Trout stockings will continue every two weeks from November to March.  All [...]