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Francis Short Pond Fish Report for 4-23-2026


Rainbow trout were stocked last week

Francis Short Pond - Flagstaff, AZ (Coconino County)


by Arizona Game & Fish Department
4-23-2026
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The limit is 2 bass minimum size 13 inches, the limit is 4 channel catfish, the limit is 5 sunfish, the limit is 4 trout. Anglers are finding success catching rainbow trout on worms, inline spinners, and flies (#10 black bead-headed Simi Seal Leech and #10 black and brown Wooly Bugger patterns). Rainbow trout were stocked last week. Surface temperature 55.18 F, pH 8.55, D.O. 5.78 mg/l, turbidity 14.00 NTU on 4/9/2026.




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