The cool cats are coming to play
March 17th, 2008
The cool cats are coming to play
It’s time to jazz up your fishing – the 14,000 pounds of cool cats are coming to play starting March 21. Channel catfish that is; the Urban lakes are where it’s at for these fun bottom fish.
By the way, there are still lots of trout to be caught, so you can go for both.
All lakes and ponds in the Phoenix and Tucson areas will be stocked with 15- to 20-inch channel catfish on Friday, March 21. Warming spring temperatures signal the upcoming stocking changeover from trout to catfish.
Beginning with the season kick-off stocking, catfish will be stocked on an every-other week basis through June. Nearly 14,000 pounds of Arkansas farm-raised catfish will be delivered and stocked into 19 Urban Fishing Program lakes each time.
Green Valley Park in Payson will continue to receive trout.
Just as a general reminder; daily bag limits at Urban lakes are four trout, four catfish, 10 sunfish, and two bass for each angler per day in possession; two trout for unlicensed juveniles.
The Urban Ponds have a slightly different bag limit, two trout, two catfish, five sunfish and one bass for each angler per day in possession; unlicensed juveniles are restricted to one trout per day at the ponds. The Urban Ponds are: Rio Vista, Papago, Steele Indian School, and Evelyn Hallman. Juveniles can have the full bag limit if their parents bought the Family fishing license Class I with a $2 fee for each child.