The Arizona Game & Fish Department offer two free fishing days in June. Adults may fiah for free on Saturday, June 5, 2010  and Saturday, June 12, 2010. (Kids under 14 fish free every day all year.) Here are some fishin’ holes just waiting for you:

* Woods Canyon Lake and Willow Springs Lake on the Mogollon Rim have been providing terrific trout fishing this spring. You can even rent a boat at the Woods Canyon store.
* Big Lake in the White Mountains is providing superb fishing opportunities for rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, and brook trout. You might even catch a native Apache trout. The Big Lake store also has boat rentals.
* The Papago Ponds provide superb fishing for bass, bluegill and catfish. They are right next door to the Phoenix Zoo, so you can visit later.
* The streams just below the Mogollon Rim, including Christopher, Tonto, and Haigler, all offer some fun fishing adventures.
* Saguaro and Canyon lakes both have fishing piers where you can use some night crawlers or meal worms to catch everything from bass and catfish to sunfish and carp.
* Casino Row along the Colorado River is a great place to catch some rainbow trout or striped bass, then maybe stay in a room in one of the towering hotels at the water‚s edge where there are all-you-can-eat buffets and terrific stage shows.
* Tempe Town Lake, which is an inflatable engineering marvel in the Salt River where your family can fish for bass, catfish and sunfish. Be sure to take along your bicycle–there are miles of trails to ride.

Want tips on where to go fishing? Just visit the Game and Fish Department‚s weekly fishing report.

–Posted by Baroness Beaulah Lackdough