Fishing

Big Fish of the Year 2017

Catch & Keep

Sonoran Sucker
5 lbs. 2.88 oz. 20.88 in., Lower Salt River
Ronald Nuss, Jr., 1/16/17

Striped Bass
20 lbs. 14.72 oz. 35 in., Lake Pleasant
David Campbell, 2/16/17

Channel Catfish*
33 lb., 5.76 oz., 39.5 in., Upper Lake Mary
Carson Pete, 3/26/17

Tiger Trout
1.49 lbs., 15.4 in., Carnero Lake
Roger Thompson, Concho 3/27/17

Carp
26 lbs., 13.12 oz., 39 in., Canyon Lake
Ronald Nuss Jr., 6/6/17

White Bass
2 lbs., 2.88 oz., 17 in., Lake Pleasant
James Brooks, 10/19/17

Green Sunfish
1 lb. 15.84 oz. 12.5 in., Patagonia Lake
Kevin Naujelis, 5/20/17

Brown Trout
4 lbs.14.88 oz., 20.8 in., Black River
Paul Deming, 6/19/17

Smallmouth Bass
6 lbs. 4.48 oz. 21 in., Lake Havasu
Sue Nowak, 2/23/17

Catch & Release**

Community Fishing Entries

Catch & Keep

Rainbow Trout
3 lb. 5.44 oz., 19.1 in., Pioneer Lake
Quentin Johnson, 2/25/17

Flathead Catfish
25 lb., 6.4 oz., 36 in., Tempe Town Lake
Quentin Johnson, 1/14/17

White Amur
20 lb. 10.4 oz., 33.5 in., Kiwanis Lake
Quentin Johnson, 3/5/17

Channel Catfish
9.6 lbs., 27 in., Red Mountain Lake
Richard Steele, 4/6/17

Catch & Release**

Rainbow Trout
26 in., Silver Creek
Michael Sims, 2/23/17

Tiger Trout*
14 in., Becker Lake
Savannah Thompson, 3/10/17

* New State Record
** Based on length only and rounded down to nearest inch. New entries must exceed existing entry by at least 1 inch.

Previous winners [PDF]
Arizona Fish Entry Form with Rules [PDF] (page 44 of the 2014 Fishing Regulations)
Arizona Fish Weighing Scale Locations [PDF] (page 45 of the 2014 Fishing Regulations)