The month of November offers some of the best fishing available at Urban Program lakes.  The lakes have been loaded with catfish all fall with one last stocking the week of Nov. 2-7.  Stockings of bluegill sunfish took place October 28-29 at all lakes.  The first trout delivery for the winter season begins November 16.  [...]

If you recently found out about the great fishing in the urban lakes and the start of the trout stocking season, we have a deal for you.  The 2009 Class U, Urban Fishing, license is now 50% off for the last two months of the year.  Stop by a Game and Fish office or any [...]

Urban waters were stocked with 5-6 inch bluegill sunfish on October 28-29.  Bluegills are stocked twice a year (fall and spring) to provide fishing fun for kids and families.  Fish sizes ran on the smaller side this last delivery, but our productive lakes should support rapid growth.  A truckload of over 22,000 fish were [...]

The fall catfish stocking season wraps up the week of November 2-7 with another 14,000 pounds of fish delivered to the 20 Urban Fishing Program waters in the Phoenix and Tucson areas.  Starting in a couple weeks, fish stocking trucks change from delivering channel catfish to rainbow trout.  Lake temperatures are within five degrees of [...]

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.  Bluegill and bass [...]

We have some impressive entries so far in the Urban Fishing Program 2009 Big Fish-of-the-Year contest.  Topping the list is a 26.9 pound channel catfish caught by Tuy Sayasavanh from Green Valley Lake in Payson.  This is an “all-time” record and is just five pounds shy of the state record channel cat.  A 6.9 pound [...]

Catchable size bluegill are delivered twice each year to Urban waters, in the fall and spring.  A truckload of 11,000 bluegills will be delivered from Arkansas on the week of October 26-31.  Each urban lake will receive from 80-100 fish per lake surface acre.  Bluegills are fun to catch for all ages and will bite [...]

Payson residents and visitors can welcome back the trout to beautiful Green Valley Park on Tuesday, October 20.  Over 900 Colorado-grown rainbow trout will be delivered to kick off the trout stocking season that features 11-14 inch rainbow trout delivered every two weeks.  Fall is a wonderful time to visit the rim country, see the [...]

Fishing for catfish is good to excellent now that the fall stockings have resumed. Catfish have been biting throughout the day.  While the majority of stocked catfish are caught in the first five days of stocking, anglers are still catching cats 1-2 weeks later at a slower rate.  Top baits for catfish have been stink [...]

The fall fish stocking season began September 23 with a delivery of 1.5-2 pound channel catfish at all 20 Urban Fishing Program waters in the greater Phoenix and Tucson areas.  The fall season includes four deliveries of catfish, 14,000 pounds per load, delivered every two weeks through early November.  Catchable size bluegills are delivered once [...]