Urban Fishing Report
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Good fishing for trout will continue through March as all lakes receive their final stockings the week of March 2-7. Most trout are falling for Power Bait fished on the bottom. Other good baits include worms, corn and salmon eggs. The cool morning hours are the best times to target the trout. As waters warm up, try fishing for largemouth bass and bluegill that are now moving closer to shore as they prepare to spawn and search for food. Regulations require that all bass under 13 inches must be released unharmed immediately. This is a great time of year to fish your nearby park lake for trout, sunfish, bass and catfish. Reports keep coming in of anglers catching catfish, even though it has been nearly four months since the last cats were stocked. Speaking of catfish, the catfish stocking season starts on Thursday, March 19 at all Phoenix and Tucson area Urban waters. Excellent trout fishing conditions can be found at Payson’s Green Valley lakes. Best bets for these pine country trout are Power Bait, corn and worms. Some success has been found by anglers using spinners, small spoons and nymph and wet fly patterns. Crappie are just starting to bite at Green Valley and some good reports are coming in from Silverbell Lake in Tucson.