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Urban lake fishing
Hours:
Sunrise to 10:30 p.m.
License:
Urban fishing license required. License is available for $16 at most outdoor supply stores.
Allowed:
Boats up to 14 feet and canoes up to 17 feet are permitted.
The catch:
All lakes contain channel catfish, rainbow trout (in season), bluegill, redear sunfish, hybrid sunfish and largemouth bass. Silverbell Lake also contains crappie, carp and white amur. Lakeside Lake also contains crappie. Kennedy Lake also contains carp and white amur.
Daily limit:
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Four catfish, four trout, two bass (13-inch minimum), 10 sunfish, one white amur (30-inch minimum). No limit on crappie or carp.
Prohibited:
Gasoline engines, live baitfish, swimming, wading and feeding the waterfowl.
Information:
Tucson Parks and Recreation Department, 791-4873; Arizona Game and Fish Department, 628-5376
Silverbell Lake
Where:
Silverbell Lake at Christopher Columbus Park, 4600 N. Silverbell Road.
Drive:
The park is east of Silverbell Road between El Camino del Cerro and Grant Road.
What:
Silverbell Lake is 13 acres, with an average depth of 4 feet and a maximum depth of 6 feet.
Et cetera:
No fishing allowed in nearby Archer Lake.
Lakeside Lake
Where:
Chuck Ford–Lakeside Park, 8300 E. Stella Road.
Drive:
From Golf Links Road, turn south on Stella Road. The park is on the northwest corner of Stella Road and Sarnoff Drive.
What:
Lakeside Lake is 14 acres at full capacity, with an average depth of 15 feet and a maximum depth of 35 feet.
Kennedy Lake
Where:
John F. Kennedy Park, 3770 S. Mission Road.
Drive
: Take Ajo Way west of Interstate 19. The park is north of Ajo Way between Mission Road and La Cholla Boulevard.
What:
Kennedy Lake is 10 acres, with an average depth of 8 feet and a maximum depth of 12 feet.