Green Valley Lake gets a 100-pound Bonus
Green Valley Lake in Payson received 100 pounds of bonus rainbow trout for its first stocking of the season on Oct. 17, so anglers can expect fishing to be pretty good.
Green Valley Lake, use main street, is part of the Urban Fishing Program.
This special, season opening, stocking featured more 800 trout that includes an extra 25 percent more fish. Trout can be caught on small spinners and spoons, by fly fishermen using nymphs or wet flies, and by baits such as scented dough baits, worms or salmon eggs. Remember to use lighter line in the 2- to 6-pound range, smaller hooks and a minimal amount of weight.
The Green Valley Lakes are stocked differently than the 19 other Urban Program waters in the Phoenix and Tucson areas. Green Valley Lakes are stocked with rainbow trout for eight months of the year from mid October through early May at two week intervals.
Good populations of bass, crappie and sunfish can be found in this highly productive lake in Payson.
By the way, if you don’t have an urban fishing license or a Class A general fishing for 2007, you can get a smoking deal for the last two months of the year (November and December) when those two licenses are half price.
