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Salt River lakes get slot limits for 2 years: First-ever blue ribbon roundtail chub fishery approved

 

PHOENIX – Anglers enjoying the popular Salt River chain of lakes may want to keep a ruler handy starting in January 2009 when Arizona’s new fishing regulations go into effect.
e Arizona Game and Fish Commission on Oct. 11 voted to create slot limits at Saguaro, Canyon and Apache lakes just like [...]

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Invasive quagga mussels found at CAP-SRP canal connection

PHOENIX – Invasive quagga mussels have been discovered near the Granite Reef Diversion Dam in the Central Arizona Project (CAP) delivery canal that supplies water to Salt River Project’s (SRP) canal system.
SRP employees recently found 11 quagga mussels on concrete blocks placed in the CAP-SRP Interconnect channel that delivers water from [...]

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North Central Region

WILLIAMS LAKES:
KAIBAB LAKE — Campground area is closed.  Fishing was fair over the weekend.
CATARACT LAKE — Campgrounds are closed.  Must walk in to fish. Fishing was good over the weekend.  Stocked last week.   Stocked with catfish.
CITY RESERVOIR —     Stocked with catfish.
DOGTOWN LAKE —. Campground area is Closed. Lots of [...]

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Game and Fish Commission to consider fish regulation changes

PHOENIX – The Arizona Game and Fish Commission is considering various changes to the 2009-10 fishing regulations during its Oct. 11 meeting starting at 8 a.m. in Phoenix at the Game and Fish Department headquarters on 5000 W. Carefree Highway (just west of I-17).
The Game and Fish Department gathered public input on [...]

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Flashes of valuable gold return to Silver Creek

Flashes of valuable Apache gold have returned to Silver Creek near Show Low in the White Mountains to delight anglers again this fall and winter.
The Oct. 1 opening of the Apache trout catch-and-release (barbless hook only) section of Silver Creek has turned into an angler-pleasing annual event that draws fly fishers [...]

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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 AREA LAKES:
CATARACT LAKE — Campground is open.  Some larger catfish are being caught on worms and Power Bait. Fly-fishing for crappie was excellent. Stocked [...]

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Get ready for Mr. Whiskers’ return to urban lakes

Get ready for Mr. Whiskers’ return to urban lakes

PHOENIX - Put new line on your fishing reel and get the hot dogs ready – the ever-popular Mr. Whiskers is returning to the 20 urban fishing lakes in the Valley of the Sun and the Tucson area starting the week of Sept. [...]

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Collegiate anglers gear up for national championship Collegiate anglers gear up for national championship

Collegiate anglers gear up for national championship
Reprinted Courtesy the Outdoor Wire at http://www.theoutdoorwire.com/

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - College bass anglers, including a team from Arizona State University, are likely not the crown jewels of many campus sports programs yet, but the 200 young anglers competing in the 2008 BoatU.S. National Collegiate [...]

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4 public meetings remain on fishing regulation proposals

4 public meetings remain on fishing regulation proposals
There are still four public meetings remaining on proposed changes to the 2009-2010 fishing regulations and comments are also being accepted via mail or e-mail as well.
The following meetings are scheduled:
* Flagstaff, 7 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Flagstaff Regional Game and Fish office, [...]

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Lower Salt River clean-up set for Sept. 13

Lower Salt River clean-up set for Sept. 13
The annual Lower Salt River clean up is 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13.
This is one of the busiest recreation spots on the Tonto National Forest, the Lower Salt River Recreation Area hosts thousands of visitors every summer weekend. Many visitors leave [...]

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