I had barely posted the fishing report when Victoria at the Black Canyon Ranger District sent me a note that all their roads — including the FS 300 Road (the Rim Road) are now open, and all Rim lakes are accessible. Things change quickly this time of year.
It’s time, just grab a [...]

Rory’s tips:
First off, sorry this is late this week. Doing a media event on quagga mussels consumed my week.
NEWS FLASH — Woods Canyon Lake is now accessible and the store is open. This is the time to catch some wonderful hold-over trout. Willow Springs has been stocked and is doing great.
Also, [...]

Rory’s tips:
My tips for the Easter Weekend are to take your kids to one of our mid-elevation streams for early spring trout. Tonto, Christopher, Haigler, the East Verde, Beaver Creek, West Clear Creek, the Verde River and Oak Creek are all fun options. All were either stocked this week or last [...]

Rory’s tips:
First I want to point out that the tentative trout stocking schedule has been posted on our Web site at www.azgfd.gov.  Keep in mind that road conditions, especially snow drifts, may result in some of the waters not being stocked as scheduled, so check the weekly reports.
However, down in the lower [...]

Crappies are spawning in the coves and shallow flats at Roosevelt, Alamo and Bartlett. Small curly-tail jigs fished on 1/16-ounce or even 1/32-ounce jig heads make a lot of sense right now. Live minnows can work well at times, but at other times jigs will out produce them.
This is the leading [...]

Rory has once again taken to the lakes and is currently out fishing. So for this week, I, Jim Harken, “fishing guru-in-training” am filling in for Rory. (Don’t worry, Rory will be back next week with new tips!)
I wish I had some earth shaking fishing tips to share with you, but sadly, all I [...]

Roosevelt, Alamo and San Carlos are hot spots with some anglers catching impressive numbers. If you are a bass or crappie angler, you don’t need to read any more. Just go.
It’s that topsy-turvy time of year when there can be an on-again, off-again bite for warmwater fish – the water temperatures are rising but [...]

Want to catch a large tail-dancing rainbow? Now’s your chance!
If you attended the International Sportsmen’s Exposition (ISE) this past weekend or watched the TV news segments showing the large trout we had in the Kids Fishing Pond, here is a tip for you. Those big feisty rainbows from our Tonto Hatchery [...]

What gorgeous weather.
Hey, here’s a news flash. I just found out that we are going to have pound to pound-and-a-half trout for the Kids Fishing tank at the International Sportsmen’s Exposition for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. They are much larger than we normally have for such events, which creates some [...]

Fishing Outlook for Lees Ferry
Fishing Synopsis and Forecast by Terry Gunn 2/18/09
RECENT FISHING CONDITIONS: Spring has arrived at Lees Ferry. I have always considered Feb. 15 to be our first day of spring, not only is the weather warming but the sun is moving higher in the sky and once again flooding [...]