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Fishing regulations at Kiwanis Lake, AZ
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Fishing regulations in Arizona can change throughout the year. Make sure to check this page before fishing for the most up to date rules and regulations for the current season. Local regulations govern when you can fish, the max size of the fish you can keep, how many fish you can keep, and more.
Regulations for top species
Channel catfish
The maximum number of individual fish legally harvested per harvester per day. Bag limits are only for properly licensed anglers actively harvesting the species. People who are not actively harvesting or are not properly licensed (if a license is required) may NOT be counted for the purpose of bag limits.
The maximum number of individual fish across an aggregate group of species legally harvested per harvester per day.
No size limit.
These regulations apply statewide unless Site-Specific Special Regulations apply to that body of water. Click here to see Site-Specific Special Regulations Statewide includes all state and federal refuges, parks and monuments; open areas do not include any area closed to hunting, fishing, or trapping.
Special Regulation Areas: (catfish bag limit includes channel catfish and flathead catfish)
- Community fishing lakes: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Community fishing ponds: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Alamar Park Pond: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Alvord Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Apache Lake: bag limit = 5 catfish when taken by bow and arrow
- Bear Canyon Lake: no bag limit
- Beaver Creek (Wet and Dry): no bag limit
- Black Canyon Lake: no bag limit
- Bonsall Pond: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Canyon Lake: bag limit = 5 catfish when taken by bow and arrow
- Cataract Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- CC Cragin Reservoir (Blue Ridge): no bag limit
- Chaparral Park Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Chevelon Canyon Lake: no bag limit
- City Reservoir: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Cluff Ranch Ponds: catch and release only
- Colorado River-Glen Canyon Dam to Separation Canyon: no bag limit
- Copper Sky Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Cortez Park Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Council Avenue Pond: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Crystal Gardens Water Treatment Facility (city of Avondale): catch and release only
- Dankworth Pond: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Dave White Regional Park Pond: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Dead Horse Ranch State Park Lagoons: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Desert Breeze Park Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Desert West Park Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Discovery Park Ponds: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Dogtown Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- East Verde River: no bag limit
- Eastmark Park Pond: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Eldorado Park Pond: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Encanto Park Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Evelyn Hallman Pond: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Fain Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Festival Fields Pond: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Fortuna Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Francis Short Pond: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Freestone Pond: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Friendship Pond: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Gilbert Regional Park Pond: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Graham County Fairgrounds Pond: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Granite Basin Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Green Valley Park Lakes: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Greenfield Park Pond: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Heroes Regional Park Pond: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Horseshoe Lake: no bag limit
- Kaibab Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Kennedy Park Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Kiwanis Park Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Knoll Lake: no bag limit
- Lakeside Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Long Tom Lake: no bag limit
- Lower Goldwater: artificial flies and lures only; catch and release only
- Lower Lake Mary: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Mansel Carter Oasis Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- McQueen Pond: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Oak Creek: no bag limit
- Pacana Park Pond: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Pacific Avenue Athletic Complex Pond: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Paloma Park Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Papago Park Ponds: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Parker Canyon Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Patterson Ponds: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Pena Blanca Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Pioneer Park Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Red Mountain Park Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Redondo Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Rio Vista Park Pond: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Riverview Park Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Roadrunner Park Pond: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Roper Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Saguaro Lake: bag limit = 5 catfish when taken by bow and arrow
- Sahuarita Park Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Santa Fe Reservoir: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Show Low Creek Meadow: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Silverbell Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Steele Indian School Pond: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Stone Dam: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Sundance Park Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Surprise Park Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Tempe Town Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- The Pond at Town Hall (town of Gilbert): catch and release only
- Tucson waters in the city park system, but not in the CFP: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Upper Salt River (Roosevelt Diversion Dam upstream to the Reservation Boundary): no bag limit
- Verde River upstream of Horseshoe Dam including tributaries: no bag limit
- Veterans Oasis Park Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Virgin River: no bag limit
- Water Ranch Park Lake: bag limit = 2 catfish
- West Clear Creek: no bag limit
- West Wetlands Pond: bag limit = 2 catfish
- Whitehorse Lake: bag limit = 4 catfish
- Willow Springs Lake: no bag limit
- Woods Canyon Lake: no bag limit
- Yavapai Lakes: bag limit = 4 catfish
Largemouth bass
The maximum number of individual fish legally harvested per harvester per day. Bag limits are only for properly licensed anglers actively harvesting the species. People who are not actively harvesting or are not properly licensed (if a license is required) may NOT be counted for the purpose of bag limits.
The maximum number of individual fish across an aggregate group of species legally harvested per harvester per day.
AZ Methods
Hook and Line Methods• All new fishing and combo licenses allow the angler to fish with two poles or lines simultaneously. In no case are more than two lines allowed to be used at the same time.• "Angling" means the taking of fish by one line and not to exceed two hooks, by one line and one artificial lure, which may have attached more than one hook, or by one line and not to exceed two artificial flies or lures.• Fishing lines must be constantly attended and in immediate control.• The hook, fly or lure must be used in such a manner that the fish voluntarily attempts to take it in its mouth.• A single-pointed barbless hook is a fish hook with a single point, manufactured without barbs on or which barbs have been completely closed or removed. This does not include a treble hook. Regulations limiting tackle to single-pointed barbless hooks do not eliminate the angler's option for simultaneous fishing as defined. Anglers may use a single line with no more than two single hooks, as with a primary hook and a dropper hook or fly.Artificial Flies and Lures• "Artificial flies and lures" means manmade devices intended as visual attractants to catch fish. Artificial flies and lures does not include living or dead organisms or edible parts of those organisms, natural or prepared food stuffs, or chemicals or organic materials intended to create a scent, flavor, or chemical stimulant to the device regardless of whether it is added or applied during or after the manufacturing process.• Check the Special Regulations to determine if hooks must also be single- pointed barbless hook only.Other Fishing Methods• Bow and arrow, crossbow, snare, gig, spear or spear gun, or snagging are valid methods for taking common carp, buffalofish, mullet, tilapia, goldfish, and shad statewide unless a closure or Special Regulation restricts it.• Bow and arrow fishing for catfish (5 catfish daily bag limit, any combination) is valid at Apache Lake, Canyon Lake and Saguaro Lake.Capturing Baitfish and Crayfish for Bait• Live baitfish may be used only in areas approved for certain species.• Live bait may be taken by minnow trap, dip net, cast net, pole and line, handline, crayfish net or seine.• Cast nets shall not exceed a 4-foot radius (or an 8-foot diameter).• Seine nets shall not exceed 10 feet in length and 4 feet in width.• Except for sunfish of the genus Lepomis, the flesh of gamefish may not be used as bait.• Landing nets or dip nets may be used for the capture of legal baitfish or crayfish or only to land a legally hooked fish.• Any unattended traps or devices used to catch or hold aquatic wildlife or fish
No size limit.
These regulations apply statewide unless Site-Specific Special Regulations apply to that body of water. Click here to see Site-Specific Special Regulations Statewide includes all state and federal refuges, parks and monuments; open areas do not include any area closed to hunting, fishing, or trapping.
CATCH AND RELEASE ONLY:
- Cluff Ranch Ponds
- Crystal Gardens Water Treatment Facility (city of Avondale)
- The Pond at Town Hall (town of Gilbert)
- Water Ranch Park Lake
CATCH AND RELEASE artificial flies and lures only:
- Lower Goldwater
UNLIMITED — NO LIMIT FOR EITHER LARGEMOUTH OR SMALLMOUTH BASS:
- Bear Canyon Lake
- Beaver Creek (Wet and Dry)
- Black Canyon Lake
- CC Cragin Reservoir (Blue Ridge)
- Chevelon Canyon Lake
- Colorado River-Glen Canyon Dam to Separation Canyon
- East Verde River
- Horseshoe Lake
- Knoll Lake
- Long Tom Lake
- Oak Creek
- Upper Salt River (Roosevelt Diversion Dam upstream to the Reservation Boundary)
- Verde River and tributaries
- Virgin River
- West Clear Creek
- Willow Springs Lake
- Woods Canyon Lake
1 BASS LIMIT, MINIMUM SIZE = 13-INCHES:
- Alamar Park Pond
- Bonsall Pond
- Council Avenue Pond
- Dave White Regional Park Pond
- Discovery Park Ponds
- Eastmark Park Pond
- Eldorado Park Pond
- Evelyn Hallman Pond
- Festival Fields Pond
- Freestone Pond
- Friendship Pond
- Gilbert Regional Park Pond
- Goldwater Lake
- Graham County Fairgrounds Pond
- Greenfield Pond
- Heroes Regional Park Pond
- McQueen Pond
- Pacana Park Pond
- Pacific Avenue Athletic Complex Pond
- Papago Park Ponds
- Patterson Ponds (St. Johns)
- Rio Vista Park Pond
- Roadrunner Park Pond
- Show Low Creek Meadow
- Steele Indian School Park Pond
- West Wetlands Pond
1 BASS LIMIT: (no size limit):
- Community fishing ponds: bag limit = 1 bass (largemouth or smallmouth)
2 BASS LIMIT:
- Dead Horse Ranch State Park Lagoons
- Community fishing lakes: bag limit = 2 bass (largemouth or smallmouth)
2 BASS LIMIT, MINIMUM SIZE = 13-INCHES:
- Alvord Lake
- Cataract Lake
- City Reservoir
- Chaparral Park Lake
- Copper Sky Lake
- Cortez Park Lake
- Desert Breeze Park Lake
- Desert West Park Lake
- Dogtown Lake
- Encanto Park Lake
- Fain Lake
- Fortuna Lake
- Francis Short Pond
- Green Valley Park Lakes
- Kaibab Lake
- Kennedy Park Lake
- Kiwanis Park Lake
- Lakeside Lake
- Mansel Carter Oasis Lake
- Paloma Park Lake
- Pioneer Lake
- Red Mountain Park Lake
- Redondo Lake
- Riverview Park Lake
- Santa Fe Reservoir
- Silverbell Lake
- Sahuarita Park Lake
- Stone Dam
- Sundance Park Lake
- Surprise Park Lake
- Tempe Town Lake
- Veterans Oasis Park Lake
- Whitehorse Lake
- Yavapai Lakes
6 BASS LIMIT, MINIMUM SIZE = 13-INCHES:
- Topock Marsh
- Colorado River-Davis Dam to the International Boundary
20 SMALLMOUTH BASS, 5 LARGEMOUTH BASS LIMIT:
- Lake Powell
Rainbow trout
The maximum number of individual fish legally harvested per harvester per day. Bag limits are only for properly licensed anglers actively harvesting the species. People who are not actively harvesting or are not properly licensed (if a license is required) may NOT be counted for the purpose of bag limits.
The maximum number of individual fish across an aggregate group of species legally harvested per harvester per day.
AZ Methods
Hook and Line Methods• All new fishing and combo licenses allow the angler to fish with two poles or lines simultaneously. In no case are more than two lines allowed to be used at the same time.• "Angling" means the taking of fish by one line and not to exceed two hooks, by one line and one artificial lure, which may have attached more than one hook, or by one line and not to exceed two artificial flies or lures.• Fishing lines must be constantly attended and in immediate control.• The hook, fly or lure must be used in such a manner that the fish voluntarily attempts to take it in its mouth.• A single-pointed barbless hook is a fish hook with a single point, manufactured without barbs on or which barbs have been completely closed or removed. This does not include a treble hook. Regulations limiting tackle to single-pointed barbless hooks do not eliminate the angler's option for simultaneous fishing as defined. Anglers may use a single line with no more than two single hooks, as with a primary hook and a dropper hook or fly.Artificial Flies and Lures• "Artificial flies and lures" means manmade devices intended as visual attractants to catch fish. Artificial flies and lures does not include living or dead organisms or edible parts of those organisms, natural or prepared food stuffs, or chemicals or organic materials intended to create a scent, flavor, or chemical stimulant to the device regardless of whether it is added or applied during or after the manufacturing process.• Check the Special Regulations to determine if hooks must also be single- pointed barbless hook only.Other Fishing Methods• Bow and arrow, crossbow, snare, gig, spear or spear gun, or snagging are valid methods for taking common carp, buffalofish, mullet, tilapia, goldfish, and shad statewide unless a closure or Special Regulation restricts it.• Bow and arrow fishing for catfish (5 catfish daily bag limit, any combination) is valid at Apache Lake, Canyon Lake and Saguaro Lake.Capturing Baitfish and Crayfish for Bait• Live baitfish may be used only in areas approved for certain species.• Live bait may be taken by minnow trap, dip net, cast net, pole and line, handline, crayfish net or seine.• Cast nets shall not exceed a 4-foot radius (or an 8-foot diameter).• Seine nets shall not exceed 10 feet in length and 4 feet in width.• Except for sunfish of the genus Lepomis, the flesh of gamefish may not be used as bait.• Landing nets or dip nets may be used for the capture of legal baitfish or crayfish or only to land a legally hooked fish.• Any unattended traps or devices used to catch or hold aquatic wildlife or fish
No size limit.
These regulations apply statewide unless Site-Specific Special Regulations apply to that body of water. Click here to see Site-Specific Special Regulations Statewide includes all state and federal refuges, parks and monuments; open areas do not include any area closed to hunting, fishing, or trapping.
CATCH AND RELEASE artificial flies and lures only, single-pointed barbless hooks:
- Aker Lake
- Becker Lake
- Burro Creek — May 1 through Dec. 31
- Canyon Creek-OW Bridge to the Fort Apache Reservation Boundary
- Coyote Creek
- Dude Creek — May 1 through Dec. 31
- East Fork, Little Colorado River-above Colter Dam — May 1 through Dec. 31
- East Verde River-origin to the pumphouse
- Elk Tank
- Grant Creek – Pinaleno Mountains
- Grapevine Creek — May 1 through Dec. 31
- Horton Creek
- J.D. Dam
- Mamie Creek
- Middle Tank
- Perkins Tank
- River Reservoir — Oct. 1 through April 30
- Silver Creek — Oct. 1 through March 31
- Thompson Creek — May 1 through Dec. 31
- West Fork Black River- Hayground Creek to Fort Apache Reservation Boundary — May 1 through Dec. 31
CATCH AND RELEASE artificial flies and lures only, barbless hooks:
- Oak Creek-West Fork Oak Creek
CATCH AND RELEASE artificial flies and lures only:
- Lower Goldwater
2 TROUT LIMIT artificial flies and lures only:
- Carnero Lake
- Chevelon Canyon Lake
- Chevelon Creek, from the Confluence with Willow Springs Creek to Chevelon Crossing
- Lees Ferry
- Lee Valley Creek
- Lee Valley Lake
2 TROUT LIMIT:
- Alamar Park Pond
- Bonsall Pond
- Community fishing ponds
- Council Avenue Pond
- Dave White Regional Park Pond
- Discovery Park Ponds
- Eastmark Park Pond
- Eldorado Park Pond
- Evelyn Hallman Pond
- Festival Fields Pond
- Freestone Pond
- Friendship Pond
- Frye Mesa Reservoir
- Gilbert Regional Park Pond
- Graham County Fairgrounds Pond
- Greenfield Park Pond
- Heroes Regional Park Pond
- McQueen Pond
- Pacana Pond
- Pacific Avenue Athletic Complex Ponds
- Papago Park Ponds
- Patterson Ponds
- Rio Vista Park Pond
- Roadrunner Park Pond
- Show Low Creek Meadow
- Steele Indian School Park Pond
- Water Ranch Park Lake (barbless hooks only)
- West Wetlands Pond
4 TROUT LIMIT:
- Community fishing lakes
5 TROUT LIMIT:
- Colorado River-Separation Canyon to the California/Nevada Boundary, including Lake Mead and Lake Mohave
10 TROUT LIMIT:
- Colorado River-California/Nevada Boundary to the International Boundary
UNLIMITED TROUT REGULATIONS:
- Colorado River-Navajo Bridge to Separation Canyon
SEASONAL UNLIMITED TROUT REGULATIONS SEPT. 1 – MARCH 31 ANNUALLY:
- Chevelon Creek-Chevelon Crossing to the confluence with the Little Colorado River
- East Clear Creek
- Nutrioso Creek
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