San Carlos Lake Report Apr 28, 2009

Myself and friend caught some real nice crappie on the Northside (Tulapai/Jackrabbit flats) area.
We totaled 15 crappies plus many tossed backed and the channel cats in the mix. A couple fish were real nice slabs (1-1.5#). We fished from about 4pm til dark. The bite seemed to really pickup at sundown.We were basically fishing minnows in about 6-8' depth with a float/bait. Our rig was pretty simple; float about 4' above bait and spilt-shot. We caught our bait right off shore with castnet. The shad are everywhere in the backs of coves.

While fishing for crappie, we also tried for bass. 2 for myself, 3 my friend caught all on plastic worms (watermelon, pumkinseed colors).

-- Wes
Tue. Apr 28, 2009

Pros:	Shorefishing, easy and not hard to find a good spot.
Cons:	Watch for the winds to pick-up in mid-day. It'll slow or stop by 5-6pm.

Prehistoric piranhas from Lake Havasu

Prehistoric piranhas from Lake Havasu coming in 3-D

An earthquake tears open the floor of Lake Havasu, freeing scores of prehistoric piranhas, that are soon discovered by a diver for the U.S. Geological Survey. Sounds like the basis for a great horror movie, right?

Well, "Piranha 3-D" is being filmed in Arizona for release next March. It's a remake of the 1978 Joe Dante 'classic' film. Movie fan sites are posting details on the stars, director, etc.

Didn't they do a terrestrial version of this concept with the filming of "Evolution" here in Arizona a few years ago? Ah, but that wasn't in 3-D!

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John F Kennedy Park

We stopped by Kennedy Park to get some photos of Kennedy Lake in south west Tucson, Arizona one evening in Sept 2008. The water level was about average and a few people had lines in the water testing their luck fishing for the fish the lake is stocked with each year. An Arizona Urban Fishing License required to fish at Kennedy Lake (as with all the Tucson Urban Lakes). No live baitfish allowed. Kennedy lake contains: channel catfish, rainbow trout (in season), bluegill, redear sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, carp, and white amur. Buy a two-pole stamp and try different baits to double your odds. There is a map below you can use to help find Kennedy Lake in southwest Tucson, north of Aio Way between La Cholla Boulevard and Mission Road.

Click Here for our page dedicated to Kennedy Lake for more information, pictures and lake reports from other people who have fished Kennedy Lake recently

Unintended consequences on Arizona hydrology

A new article in the journal BioScience by a team of ASU scientists found that creation of artificial lakes and canal systems along with extensive groundwater pumping have had "unintended impacts on nutrient cycling." [above, Tempe Town Lake. Photo by Greg Folley]

The study concludes that water systems such as canals "cut across stream channels, disrupting the flow of water and sediments from tributary networks to the main channel. In pristine streams, sandbars and other patches created where these sediments collect are often ideal places for nutrient cycling. By starving streams of their historic supply of this material, canals accidentally alter the way nutrients are cycled in stream ecosystems."

The authors report that "surface and subsurface hydrologic network is short circuited with water entering the channel from well and canal sources, and water leaving by evaporation, seepage, and canal redirection."

http://arizonageology.blogspot.com/

Took some pictures of Mission Lake the other day, We'll post them soon

Welcome to our new Arizona Fishing Blog

Welcome to our new Arizona Fishing Blog.. looks like most of the pictures stopped working in our first set of posts, we'll add them a different way next time.

More reviews, photos along with our thoughts on the way..

Small Camera Tripod

Small Camera Tripod
Posted By: Leads Unlimited
Posted: Fri Apr 18 2008
We use these small plastic tripods to hold and point our digital cameras.The tripods fold up and weigh almost nothing so they ...Click Here for full article