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Chandler lakes ready for fi shing
Chandler has some wriggling additions to Veterans include the Class D one-day-only license, $16.25;
Oasis and Desert Breeze parks. New 500-pound the Class L, Super Fish, $53 for residents, $63 for
shipments of Arkansas-raised channel catfi sh have nonresidents; and the Class P Pioneer license for those
been added to the fi shing lakes. ages 70 and older who have been Arizona residents at
“Catfi sh are very popular because they can be least 25 years. There are also complimentary licenses
challenging to catch. They are fi nicky eaters, and they for disabled veterans, and a two-day fi shing license for
put up a good fi ght when they are on the line,” says youth groups.
naturalist Sandra Munoz-Weingarten, who oversees Licenses may be purchased at any Game and
Veterans Oasis Park and Chandler’s Environmental Fish offi ce, license dealers or sporting goods stores
Education Center. “The lake will be stocked with statewide. Licenses are not available at the park, but
catfi sh every two weeks through the end of October, a list of Chandler-area license stores is available at
and then we switch to rainbow trout for the colder www.chandleraz.gov/veterans-oasis.
winter months.” STSN photo by Gordon Murray The daily catch limits for urban fi shing lakes are
Arizona’s Urban Fishing Program, a partnership
GRAB A POLE: Employees of Mr. Fish of Lonoke, AR, transfer 500
four catfi sh or four trout, with a two-trout limit for
of the Game and Fish Department and local parks
pounds of catfi sh from their truck into the lake at Chandler’s
unlicensed juveniles. Most types of bait are legal.
Veterans Oasis Park. The catfi sh are the fi rst fi sh in the lake,
departments, is recognized nationally as one of the
which is part of the Urban Fishing Program of the Arizona Game
For a complete list of fi shing rules and regulations
best in the country. and Fish Department. and lake stocking schedules, go to www.azgfd.gov.
“Not everyone has the time or ability to get out of For more information on the Urban Fishing Program
town and fi sh in one of our mountain lakes, rivers
for Chandler residents of all ages and abilities.”
at Veterans Oasis Park, call 480-782-2890 or visit
or streams, so this program brings the fi sh to the
Urban fi shing requires a license for those ages 14
www.chandleraz.gov/veterans-oasis.
cities,” explains Munoz-Weingarten. “It’s convenient,
and older. The Class U urban fi shing license costs
affordable and adds another fun recreational activity
$18.50 for the calendar year. Other valid licenses
City encourages water conservation Free child fi ngerprinting
Free landscape and irrigation workshops are open plant combinations. With more than 15,000 children reportedly claimed
to City of Chandler utility customers in an effort to Chandler’s three-part Irrigation Workshops walk
to be missing every week in the United States, the
promote water conservation. residents through the components of their irrigation
Community Policing Advisory Board (CPAB) invites
Learn to shape trees and shrubs during “Pruning systems, teaching them how to design and install a
parents and children to a free fi ngerprinting event from
and Maintaining Your Landscape,” from 6:30 to 8:45 system, use program irrigation timers and troubleshoot
7 to 8:30 p.m. Tue., Oct. 7 in the Chandler Community
Center, Room 205, at 125 E. Commonwealth Ave. in
p.m. on Tue., Oct. 7. A certifi ed arborist shares low- problems. Participants learn about drip irrigation
downtown Chandler
desert plant selection, planting, staking and pruning system installation on Nov. 4, yard watering on Nov.
Conducted by the Arizona Safety and Security Institute,
techniques. 18 and irrigation system maintenance on Nov. 25.
there will also be pizza and a child safety video presentation.
In the three-class Tuesday series, “Southwest Sessions run from 6 to 8:45 p.m. According to the news release, offi cials with CPAB say the
Landscaping,” held from 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. on Oct. All classes are held at the Chandler Senior Center, organizations does not collect data or maintain records,
14, 21 and 28, homeowners learn desert landscaping 202 E. Boston St. Registration is required by calling
and that the parent will have the only record.
basics, including design concepts, planning for small 480-782-3580.
For details, contact CPAB at 480-421-8999 or email
spaces, the desert plant palette, plant selection and
cpab@cox.net.
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