http://www.azgfd.net/fish The Official Blog of the Arizona Game and Fish Department Fri, 16 May 2008 20:53:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Southeastern Arizona Southern Arizona Fishing Outlook The ample winter rains and snow fall have kept all the regional lakes full. This combined with a large spawn last year should lead to great year of fishing. Water temperatures will warm up soon putting fish into pre-spawn mode causing them to ... http://www.azgfd.net/fish/southeastern-arizona/southeastern-arizona-26/2008/05/16/ White Mountains Some streams are still flowing moderately high, although peak runoff is now over and water flows are coming down. All lakes are now ice-free. State Highway 261 is open to Big Lake and Crescent Lake, as well as most main Forest roads, including the road to ... http://www.azgfd.net/fish/white-mountains/white-mountains-25/2008/05/16/ Mogollon Rim Note: All lakes are now accessible and most have been stocked. Some smaller secondary roads may still be muddy or contain snowdrifts. Fishing is generally very good, with lots of anglers catching larger hold-over trout, as well as the stockers. With the wind ... http://www.azgfd.net/fish/mogollon-rim/mogollon-rim-26/2008/05/16/ 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 LAKES: KAIBAB LAKE Campground area is open. Main parking lot and boat launch open for ... http://www.azgfd.net/fish/north-central-region/north-central-region-25/2008/05/16/ Southwestern Arizona LAKE HAVASU – The striper bite will remain good to excellent as they are in full spawn right and the water temperature is consistently rising each day. Look for the topwater bait action to pick up and the quality of fish to increase as the ... http://www.azgfd.net/fish/southwestern-arizona/southwestern-arizona-27/2008/05/16/ Colorado River Northwest LAKE POWELL – By Wayne Gustaveson, Utah Division of Wildlife. Lake Powell continues to rise a foot per week. The fill rate will increase when warm weather finally releases the snow pack in the mountains. There has been one cold front per week for ... http://www.azgfd.net/fish/colorado-river-northwest/colorado-river-northwest-27/2008/05/16/ Central Arizona URBAN LAKES – Fishing for catfish is good to excellent with a variety of baits working well on the bottom. Cats are biting variously throughout the day and anglers willing to spend a couple hours or fish different times of the day are being ... http://www.azgfd.net/fish/central-arizona/central-arizona-26/2008/05/16/ Rory's Tip Sorry this report is late – I was out most of the week trying to set a record on how many Kleenexes I could use. What a strange, windy spring. But it looks like the winds may calm down this weekend (yes, they’ve said that before). Wind ... http://www.azgfd.net/fish/rorys-tip/rorys-tip-25/2008/05/16/ Catfish stockings going great All catfish stockings to Phoenix and Tucson area urban lakes were rated excellent on May 3.  Catfish have been biting well ever since.  Warmer pond conditions in Arkansas and stronger, well-fed catfish resulted in all stockings going great.  Park staff and urban fish ... http://www.azgfd.net/fish/urban-fishing/catfish-stocking-status/2008/05/13/ Southeastern Arizona TUCSON URBAN — Fishing activity at Urban Fishing Program lakes is excellent with anglers reporting nice stringers of catfish, aggressive bluegill and hybrid sunfish, some nice bass and a few remaining trout. On top of all the stockings of big fish, the lakes are producing good ... http://www.azgfd.net/fish/southeastern-arizona/southeastern-arizona-25/2008/05/08/