Arizona Fishing News

Fall-Winter Trout Stockings Ramping Up in Arizona
Don't stash away your favorite trout fishing gear -- put it to good use!

Now that summer rainbow fishing is a pine-scented memory, don't stash away your favorite trout fishing gear - the increasingly popular fall-winter trout stocking season is ramping up in sunny Arizona.

PHOENIX - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) as part of the Environmental Assessment of its proposal to continue to fund, in part, the Arizona Game and Fish Department's (AGFD) sport fish stocking program over the next 10 years.

The Wildlife for Tomorrow Foundation is soliciting nominations for this year’s candidates for induction into the Arizona Outdoor Hall of Fame. The deadline to submit nominations is Friday, May 27, 2011, by 5 p.m.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department is seeking public review and input on an action plan for wildlife viewing recreation in Arizona.
The Wildlife Viewing Action Plan outlines objectives and strategies to help guide and implement a statewide watchable wildlife project. It identifies programs, products, and services the department is currently providing in wildlife viewing recreation, discusses opportunities and challenges for the future, and identifies new approaches that, if implemented, will help take advantage of opportunities and overcome challenges.

St. George -- A surprise was waiting for boaters who entered Utah from Arizona on the morning of May 13.

They were required to pull off of Interstate 15 at the port of entry just south of St. George. Then biologists and law enforcement officers with the Division of Wildlife Resources inspected their boats and personal watercraft for quagga mussels.

All 20 of the Phoenix and Tucson area Urban Fishing Program lakes are scheduled for catfish stockings the week of May 16-21. They were all stocked two weeks ago as well.

Trout stocking season ends on High Note

The next Arizona Game and Fish Commission meeting will be held on Friday, May 13 at the Game and Fish Department headquarters at 5000 W. Carefree Highway in Phoenix (1.5 miles west of I-17). The public session begins at 8 a.m.

ALEXANDRIA, VA - The Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF) has announced that the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) will participate in its State Fishing License Marketing Program aimed at increasing fishing license sales nationwide. More than 30 states currently participate in the initiative, which was developed by RBFF to increase participation in the sport and generate awareness of the connection between fishing license sales and conservation efforts.

Are you an avid angler? Are you willing to share a helpful fishing tip with those who may be new to the sport or the state?
Arizona's anglers are being invited to share their best fishing tips with readers of Arizona Wildlife Views, the state's official wildlife magazine, published by the Arizona Game and Fish Department. The magazine is looking for nuggets of wisdom gleaned from your years on Arizona waters, words of advice you would share with your best fishing buddy.

For 27 years, Western Outdoor News has been hosting the most popular striper fishing event in the world, and it's back again this year. This is the event that is ithe perfect get-a-way for families and long time fishing buddies in sunny Lake Havasu, Arizona. There is no place quite like it in May each year, as we are almost always greeted with perfect weather and a lot of hungry striped bass in the lake to cacth. This year should not be an exception based on recent reports.