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 [...]

No doubt about it, the first 3-5 days after a fish stocking offer the best catch rates for catfish.  But it is a serious mistake to think that “all the fish have been caught out.”  Time after time, Game and Fish biologists witness, and get reports, of anglers catching limits of catfish from one week [...]

Fishing for catfish should be good to excellent once the fall stocking program kicks off the week of September 21-26.  Orders have been placed for regular stockings of 1.5-2 pound channel catfish into all 20 Urban Program lakes in both the Tucson and Phoenix areas.  Lakes will be stocked at rates of 35-70 catfish per [...]

Despite the challenging economy, or maybe because of it, the Urban Fishing Program is experiencing increased angler participation.  Sales of Urban Fishing Licenses in 2009 are over 10% above the record breaking 2008 year.
Eric Swanson, Urban Fisheries Program Manager, sees the growth trend as “Lots of people recognizing the excellent value of this high [...]

Fish stockings, featuring channel catfish, will resume during the week of September 21-26 at all 20 Urban Fishing Program waters in the greater Phoenix and Tucson areas.  The fall catfish stockings represent the “second half” of the spring/fall catfish delivery season that included a two month summer “halftime” break from stockings.  Over 14,000 pounds of [...]

Fishing is slow at all Urban Fishing waters statewide through the summer no stocking period.  Fish stockings will resume at all Phoenix and Tucson area Urban waters the week of September 21-26.  Catfish and bass have been tough to catch with the higher lake temperatures making them lazy and sluggish.  Fishing activity will begin to [...]

In 1985 what started out as a small fishing program at three lakes in Scottsdale and Tucson has now grown into one of the largest urban fishing programs in the nation.  The year 2010 will represent the 25th anniversary of Arizona’s Urban Fishing Program (UFP) and Game and Fish is planning some fun and innovative [...]