November fishing is excellent at Urban Program lakes with catfish, bluegill, bass and rainbow trout stockings all taking place this month.  The rainbow trout stocking season is scheduled to begin Monday, November 16 at all Urban Fishing Program waters.  Fishing should be good to excellent for anglers using scented dough baits (such as PowerBait), worms [...]

END OF YEAR REMINDERS

Time is running out to submit your big fish catches for the 2009 Fish-of-the-Year contest.  With less than two months to go, there are plenty of chances to report your big fish catches in either of two categories; kept or released.  Application forms and instructions for the contest are in the current [...]

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 [...]

The scheduled date for the first trout delivery of the winter season is Monday, November 16 for all lakes in the Phoenix and Tucson areas.
Trout averaging from 11-12 inches will be stocked at rates of 80-100 fish per lake surface acre for Urban Lakes and at lower rates for Urban Ponds.  Fish deliveries will occur [...]

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 [...]