Archive for January, 2009
TUCSON URBAN — Channel catfish are being stocked this week. Rainbow trout stockings have started and will continue all winter long at two week intervals. Trout range in size from 11-12 inches in length, with some recently stocked fish in the 14-18 inch range. Fishing is good to excellent for anglers [...]
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January 12th, 2009 | Posted in Southeastern Arizona | No Comments
Note: Most high mountain lakes as well as streams are ice covered. Ice should be considered unsafe at this time of year. State Highway 261 is closed to Big Lake and Crescent Lake. State Highway 273 on the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest is undergoing reconstruction and realignment and the following closures [...]
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January 12th, 2009 | Posted in White Mountains | 2 Comments
Note: Some ice cover can be expected on higher mountain lakes and streams. Ice should be considered unsafe at this time of the year. The gates on Interior roads are closed at this time. Contact the US Forest Service’s Black Mesa Ranger District office at 928-535-7300 for up to date information [...]
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January 12th, 2009 | Posted in Mogollon Rim | No Comments
Note: Snow and rain, with more snow and rain. Access is likely difficult. Expect ice on the lakes, even if just around the rims. Williams Lakes: KAIBAB LAKE — Campground area is closed. CATARACT LAKE — Campgrounds are closed. Must walk in to fish CITY RESERVOIR — No report. DOGTOWN LAKE — Campground [...]
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January 12th, 2009 | Posted in North Central Region | No Comments
Lake Havasu Fishing Report Lake Level 447.90
The Striper bite remains fair during the daylight hours using live shad still fished or trolling cut anchovies, ratl traps, pointer 128s or sassy shads with 3/4 leadhead. Better quality fish are being caught during dark hours of the evening or early a.m. using glow [...]
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January 12th, 2009 | Posted in Southwestern Arizona | No Comments
LAKE POWELL — By Wayne Gustaveson, Utah Division of Wildlife: It has been a great fishing season but this is my last regular report for the year. Next week we head up lake for annual gill net sampling, so I won’t be able to provide a new reports from my other [...]
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January 12th, 2009 | Posted in Colorado River Northwest | No Comments
URBAN LAKES – The new 2009 Urban Fishing Program booklets are now available from Game and Fish Department offices and all authorized license dealers. All Urban waters will receive incentive stockings the week of Jan. 5-10. These fish include many trout from 13-18 inches with some even over 4 pounds. On average [...]
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January 12th, 2009 | Posted in Central Arizona | No Comments
Recent trout stockings have included plenty of one pound beauties. Many anglers are bringing home stringers of four trout weighing over five pounds. More big trout arrive the week of January 5-10 as part of the Urban Fishing Program’s annual incentive trout stocking. One of the Colorado trout suppliers has [...]
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January 7th, 2009 | Posted in Urban Fishing | No Comments
No trout were stocked into Desert West Lake on December 22 due to high pH levels of 9.5-9.6. Two weeks earlier only a partial trout stocking was completed due to high pH. A persistent bloom of a microscopic diatom has been the culprit. Parks officials have been notified and have applied [...]
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January 7th, 2009 | Posted in Urban Fishing | No Comments
Join Anglers Legacy and share the fun of fishing with someone else. Ask a family member, friend or neighbor to join you for a fishing trip to your nearby urban lake. Be their coach for the day, teaching them how to use fishing equipment, methods to catch fish and the rules [...]
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January 7th, 2009 | Posted in Urban Fishing | No Comments