The majority of the course ran through rocky mountain terrain, offering little margin for error. The 55th SCORE International Baja 500 went down not only as one of the most technical races of the year, totaling 473 grueling miles but acted as the ultimate proving ground for our lights for most of the racers that finished at night. Yuma area: Council Avenue Pond, Fortuna Lake, Redondo Lake, West Wetlands Pond.The Baja 500 is widely known as the second most grueling off-road race in the world, a race that quickly humbles some of the toughest drivers, and this year was no exception. Tucson area: Kennedy Lake, Lakeside Lake, Sahuarita Lake, Silverbell Lake. Tempe: Hallman Pond, Tempe Town Lake, Kiwanis Lake.Ĭasa Grande: Dave White Regional Park Pond. Scottsdale: Chaparral Lake, Eldorado Pond. Phoenix: Alvord Lake, Cortez Lake, Desert West Lake, Encanto Lake, Papago Pond, Roadrunner Pone, Steele Indian School Pond. Gilbert: Discovery Pond, Freestone Pond, McQueen Pond, Water Ranch Pond. Community fishing watersĬhandler: Desert Breeze Lake, Veterans Oasis Lake. He said the goal is to get that number up to 200,000 by 2025. Gurtin said the most recent department survey estimates that about 70,000 people have participated. “There’s interest in several other cities like Mammoth, Holbrook, Thatcher, Kearney.” “We’re working on establishing partnerships with Show Low and Gila Bend,” Gurtin said. Johns. After the last expansion of the program in 2014, the number of stocked locations jumped from 21 to 36 and more could be added soon.
Community lakes and ponds are being stocked in the Yuma area Ash Fork, Casa Grande, Maricopa, Payson and St. The program has since expanded into other areas of the state. Hopefully people won’t have to drive more than five miles from home to go fishing.” “We started partnering with various cities in the Phoenix and Tucson areas to establish good quality fishing close to home. “The department recognized that most of the new growth in the state was in the urban areas,” Gurtin said. The Community Fishing Program was known as the Urban Fishing Program when it began in 1985. According to program manager Scott Gurtin, it started when Game and Fish realized that people in cities might enjoy the chance to do a little fishing close to home. You can see the locations on the website. To purchase a license, visit purchase one at game and fish department offices or from one of more than 300 licensed dealers in the state.
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“The dollars they spend on a license go back in the form of wildlife conservation and continuing the programs they’re actively engaged in.” “That’s just to get them used to purchasing a license and doing the right thing,” Gurtin said of the low youth fee. Kids younger than 10 can fish without a license. Kids 10-17 can get a youth combo hunt-and-fish license for $5 per year. Adults can also use a general fishing license ($37 for Arizona residents, $55 for non-residents), a combo hunt-and-fish license ($57/$160) or a short-term hunt-and-fish license ($15 per day). “We haven’t done that in a few years.” Go catch a fishĪdults can purchase a community fishing license for $24 per year. “We don’t add them because of the cost, but this year we’re going to do a bass stocking,” Gurtin said. However, the bass population will get a boost soon. The program discontinued stocking largemouth bass because of the cost, but there are small, self-sustaining populations of the fish in most of the ponds. Sunfish are stocked once a year in spring. “We caught a lot of sunfish.”Ĭatfish are purchased from hatcheries in Arkansas and stocked from from mid-March until mid-June and mid-September through November. No fish are stocked during the hottest months of the year.įrom mid-November through March, the focus switches to trout. “When I was a kid we used to come out here all the time,” Devinney said. They were visiting from northern California, but Devinney grew up in Phoenix. Ryan Devinney and his family also were enjoying an evening of fishing at the park. The park has one of the three dozen small bodies of water that comprise the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Community Fishing Program. The program offers city dwellers a chance to relax, enjoy the outdoors and maybe catch a few fish. He was fishing at Encanto Park in central Phoenix. Martinez was able to get away without leaving the heart of a busy city. I just wanted to take a little time before going home to more work. “I work with kids and it can be stressful.
“Self-care, you could call it,” Martinez said. Took a little time out for himself on a recent weekday evening, sitting on the shore of a pond near a tranquil waterfall. View Gallery: Arizona Game and Fish Department's Community Fishing Program
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