Browse Arizona lakes and ponds that receive fish stocking from the Arizona Game and Fish Department. Lakes are grouped by region to help you find stocked waters near you.
Kiwanis Lake is a 13-acre, 8-foot-deep Tempe park lake that stays open until midnight and allows permitted canoes and kayaks.
Red Mountain Lake is an 8-acre, 17-foot-deep Mesa park lake that produced Arizona's hook-and-line state record white amur in 2019.
Riverview Lake is a 3-acre, 16-foot-deep Mesa lake in Riverview Park, next to the Cubs' Sloan Park and linked by pathway to Tempe Town Lake.
Desert Breeze Lake is a 4-acre, 12-foot-deep Chandler park lake for bank fishing only, circled by walking paths and a weekend park railroad.
Steele Indian School Park Pond is a 2.5-acre central Phoenix pond on the old Phoenix Indian School grounds, with pond bag limits and light rail access.
Papago Park Ponds are three stocked ponds totaling 6 acres beside the Phoenix Zoo and the sandstone buttes of Papago Park; pond limits apply.
Encanto Lake winds through Phoenix's 1930s Encanto Park, a 7.5-acre lagoon system with pedal-boat rentals and a nationally registered historic setting.
Kennedy Lake is a 10-acre, 12-foot-deep community fishing lake in Tucson’s John F. Kennedy Park, stocked with catfish and winter rainbow trout.
Lakeside Lake in east Tucson’s Chuck Ford Lakeside Park is a 14-acre community lake up to 35 feet deep, stocked with catfish and winter trout.
Silverbell Lake is a shallow 13-acre community lake in Tucson’s Danny Lopez Park, stocked with catfish and trout, with a do-not-eat advisory on its bass.
Woods Canyon Lake: an electric-only, 7,510-foot Rim lake off Forest Road 300 with a seasonal store, rental boats, and stocked rainbow and tiger trout.
Willow Springs Lake is a 150-acre Rim reservoir just off Highway 260 that allows 10-hp motors and produced Arizona's record rainbow trout.
Show Low Lake is a 100-acre, year-round lake at 6,500 feet that holds Arizona's record walleye, plus holdover trout, catfish, and a campground.
Fool Hollow Lake, a 149-acre state recreation area lake in Show Low, holds trout, walleye, and pike. Low water currently limits it to hand-launched boats.
Rainbow Lake is a shallow 116-acre irrigation reservoir in Lakeside with one public AZGFD landing. Its public access and stocking are under review in 2026.
Big Lake sits at 9,000 feet in the White Mountains, with five campgrounds, a seasonal store, and rainbow, brook, cutthroat and Apache trout.
Canyon Lake, a 950-acre Salt River reservoir on the Apache Trail that produced Arizona’s record largemouth, is closed for a dam-safety drawdown.
Saguaro Lake, the last reservoir on the lower Salt River, is a Tonto National Forest bass lake with a marina and more than 2,200 fish-habitat structures.
Goldwater Lake is a City of Prescott pine-country lake with docks, electric-only boating, frequent cool-season trout stocking, and a fly-and-lure lower lake.
Watson Lake fills a granite basin in Prescott's Granite Dells, with two launches, flat-wake boating, winter trout, and bass, catfish, and crappie.
Lynx Lake is a 55-acre Prescott National Forest reservoir with trout, a paved west-shore trail, and a boat ramp closed while the lake refills.
Upper Lake Mary is a 5.7-mile Flagstaff water-supply reservoir with no motor size limit, known for northern pike and walleye rather than stocked trout.
Tempe
Mesa
Mesa
Chandler
Tempe
Gilbert
Gilbert
Queen Creek
Peoria
Peoria
Glendale
Glendale
Phoenix
Phoenix
Phoenix
Phoenix
Phoenix
Scottsdale
Scottsdale
Apache Junction
Mesa
Carefree
Show Low
Show Low
Pinetop-Lakeside
Alpine
Springerville
St. Johns
Alpine
Williams
Williams
Williams
Williams
Flagstaff
Flagstaff
Flagstaff
Flagstaff
Dates are AZGFD stocking weeks, not guaranteed plant days. How this data is sourced