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You can fish Arizona waters for free the next two Saturdays, making this an ideal time to take the family out for some fun and relaxing outdoor recreation.  Arizona’s Free Fishing Days will be celebrated on June 1 and June 8 this year as part of National Fishing and Boating Week. On these Saturdays, no fishing licenses are required for persons fishing any public waters in Arizona.  M ember that bag limits and other fishing regulations are in full effect and must be observed on Free Fishing Days. Kids under the age of 14 can fish for free all year long in Arizona, so this special fishing license exemption day means that the older kids and parents get a free pass for the day. Try fishing, you’ll like it!  The Arizona Game and Fish Department will sponsor a number of Free Fishing Day clinics/events to give people the opportunity to try out this fun, family-oriented pastime. Loaner fishing rods, bait and instruction are provided for free at most of these venues.

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Gizzard Shad in Roosevelt
 by Don McDowell, Conservation Director, Arizona Bass Nation

Adobe Mountain Wildlife Center Needs Help!


I had an opportunity to go to the Adobe Mountain Wildlife Center site this week and I am sad to admit that after all these years and all the time I have spent around wildlife that this was my first visit to the facility. I had come for a specific purpose of picking up a cooler that I had left at an event and was full of freezer burned meat. While the meat was not edible for me, it certainly became table fare for the wildlife at the Adobe Mountain Wildlife Center.


Sandy Cate, the coordinator for the center has operated on a shoe string budget for years. The only money they receive is 1) Funds from the Heritage program (buying lottery tickets helps them) and 2) donations. The reason for my writing is simple. Almost every event I attend has the Adobe Mountain workers present and teaching the public about wildlife. All of these people are volunteers none of them are paid, period end of story. They reach the public in a way that most of the conservation groups (critter groups) cannot.


While we in the conservation groups can show pictures and trophies, the Adobe people work with live animals that provide the public with a close and personal encounter with wildlife. As society has progressed through the years from an agricultural basis to manufacturing and now the technological world, there has been a disconnect with nature. The “typical urban dweller” has so few chances to view hawks, eagles, buzzards, prairie dogs and the like that when given an opportunity to view these creatures up close, they find it fascinating and memorable. The work of the Adobe Center people is truly a missionary one and that leads me to the final analysis.


The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has for years pulled the wool over an unsuspecting public. The mantra of “saving wildlife” is their method of operation but in reality they do little to help wildlife. The lawsuits they file, the political agenda they carry and the outright disdain they have for conservationists (consumptive groups that maintain a balance of wildlife) all point to one thing…. Sell a message of “humane”, but spend all of your money trying to defeat hunting, fishing and rural farming that feeds our nation. I hear stories more frequently now about older generation people who regularly contribute to the “Humane society”, not knowing that they run no shelters, do no local work and simply get rich each year on misconceptions of a trusting and unsuspecting public. Local humane societies have nothing to do with the HSUS, but the damage has been done. An organization that has the financial wherewithal to send out slick ad pieces keeps the cycle of reeling in the cash, making the donors think there is money going one place and spending it in another….. In other words, a great con job.


Sadly, the Adobe Mountain people continue to do their volunteer jobs with an annual budget that is not even close to what a single mailing for the HSUS costs. If the public wants to help (and I hope you all do) look into the Adobe Mountain Wildlife Center. Attend the outdoor events and you will see them there. Of the thousands (estimated at least 50,000 people per year have contact with them) of people who attend and see wildlife would each donate a single dollar, it would more than double their annual budget. The benefits for wildlife are impressive and these are truly the professionals and they care deeply. It’s about time we recognized them and started helping. JK

2013 - Payson - Outdoor Wildlife Fair

May 11, 2013 - The Payson Outdoor Wildlife Fair sponsored by the Arizona Game & Fish Department.
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Greg Trompass was the winner with the 54# 4oz white Seabass, they also had a 40+ Sht seabass and a 30# yellowtail.

The bite is on in both the Coronados and La Jolla.

With more than 36 years in natural resource conservation - including Chief of Natural Resources for the National Wildlife Refuge System, Deputy Assistant Director for Fisheries in the USFWS, and FWS Southeast Regional Director, ending as Conservation Director for B.A.S.S. (2004-2007 and 2011-2013).

"It has been so fulfilling, personally and professionally, to see the B.A.S.S. Nation Conservation program grow and deliver amazing on-the-ground conservation and angler benefits. I’ve especially enjoyed involvement with the tournament staff and the pro anglers, and I take pride in their efforts to implement the highest tournament fish care standards. I have no doubt that the really best years for B.A.S.S. and bass fishing are those to come."

“Whether you’re an experienced angler who wants to introduce a newcomer to the sport, or someone who’s always been interested but never took that next step, this is an ideal time to gather up some friends and family members and head out to your nearest urban lake, or head up to the cooler country to fish a lake or stream,” said Nick Walter, editor of the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Weekly Fishing Report.

Noreen Clough retires as B.A.S.S. Conservation Director, August 9

The growing concern of the effects of Gizzard Shad on Roosevelt Lake has spawn how to fix the problem opinions, rumors, complaints, claim of dropping Tonto Basin property values, decreasing winter visitors fishing the lake and claims that major tournament circuits may be passing Roosevelt Lake in the future....

May 20: San Diego - Yellowtail Derby Results

On monday a 58# 6 oz Sht seabass was weighed in claim 1st place in the white seabass division.

Editorial
 by John Koleszar

June 8, 2013
Fly fishing in the high country is where I want to be when temps at the desert impoundments hit 105 and upward. So last Saturday I drove from Cottonwood through Jerome and "the back way" toward Williams AZ via Perkinsville Road.....

Carp fishing fly rod tragedy

Brian captures Bryan Colby, of Prescott, struggling with a carp in Wyoming

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