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Agua Fria River, posted areas immediately below Waddell Dam

The rule for this water, with the receipt.

Special regulations for Agua Fria River, posted areas immediately below Waddell Dam, as the state words them

Yavapai County · River · AZ

Has its own special rules
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The rules for this water, verbatimOfficial text

Straight from AZ's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.

Whole water
  • All fish
    Closed to fishing.

Statewide base layerParsed

These defaults apply where the rules above do not modify them.

Season
Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
Gear
“Angling” means the taking of fish by one line and not to exceed two hooks, by one line and one artificial lure, which may have attached more than one hook, or by one line and not to exceed two artificial flies or lures.Statewide
Bait
Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
Poles
In no case are more than two lines allowed to be used at the same time.Statewide

Where the verbatim rules above name a species, season, or limit, they replace the rows below. Each row is tagged with the layer it comes from.

SpeciesDaily limitSize
Trout
Varies by water: limit 2 (2 Trout Limit artificial flies and lures only); limit 5 (5 Trout Limit); limit 10 (10 Trout Limit); no minimum size, limit 4 (Community Fishing Program Waters - Lakes); no minimum size, limit 2 (Community Fishing Program Waters - Ponds)
4 Any combination-Statewide
Bass
Varies by water: limit Unlimited — No Limit For Either Largemouth Or Smallmouth Bass (Unlimited — No Limit For Either Largemouth Or Smallmouth Bass); 13 inches, limit 1 (1 BASS LIMIT, MINIMUM SIZE 13 INCHES); 13 inches, limit 2 (2 BASS LIMIT, MINIMUM SIZE 13 INCHES); 13 Inches, limit 6 (6 Bass Limit, Minimum Size 13 Inches); 13 inches or more, limit 2 (Community Fishing Program Waters - Lakes); 13 inches or more, limit 1 (Community Fishing Program Waters - Ponds)
6 Any combination-Statewide
Striped Bass
10-Statewide
Walleye
6-Statewide
Northern Pike
Unlimited Immediate kill or release-Statewide
Catfish
Varies by water: limit Unlimited — No Limit For Either Flathead Or Channel (UNLIMITED — NO LIMIT FOR EITHER FLATHEAD OR CHANNEL); limit 2 (2 CATFISH LIMIT); limit 4 (4 CATFISH LIMIT); limit 5 (5 Catfish Limit When Taken By Bow And Arrow); no minimum size, limit 4 (Community Fishing Program Waters - Lakes); no minimum size, limit 2 (Community Fishing Program Waters - Ponds)
10 Any combination-Statewide
Crappie
Varies by water: limit 15 (15 Crappie)
Unlimited-Statewide
White Amur (grass carp)
Varies by water: 30 inches or more (Community Fishing Program Waters - Lakes and Ponds)
1min. 30 inchesStatewide
Roundtail Chub
Catch and release only-Statewide
Sunfishes
Unlimited-Statewide
All Other Species
Unlimited-Statewide
crayfish
unlimited number-Statewide
Craugaster augusti (barking frog)
Two (2) per year or in possession live or dead-Statewide
Rana catesbeiana (bullfrog)
Unlimited dead-Statewide
Rana berlandieri (Rio Grande leopard frog)
Unlimited dead-Statewide
White Amur or grass carp
1 fishmin. 30 inch minimumStatewide

How this answer was assembled

  1. StatewideStatewide river rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
  2. This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
  3. Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.

Where this stretch begins and ends

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The drawn shape is the named water, matched from the official list against OpenStreetMap and accepted only because the name resolved to a single feature in this water's county.

Different sections of this water can have different rules. The exact section boundaries are not marked on the map yet; each rule above describes in plain words where it starts and ends, and that written description is the authoritative boundary. Map boundaries come water by water, never as a guess.

At the water nowContext

Overnight
83°F
Partly Cloudy
Wind 5 mph · 4% precip
Wednesday
105°F
Sunny
Wind 5 to 12 mph · 4% precip
Wednesday Night
85°F
Mostly Clear
Wind 5 to 12 mph · 4% precip

Forecast: National Weather Service. Flow: nearest active USGS gauge in this water's area, which may sit on a different reach. Conditions are context, not rules.

What are you fishing for here?Advice

Pick from the species named in Agua Fria River, posted areas immediately below Waddell Dam's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.

Receipts

Statewide rules
Statewide
Checked against this official source on July 11, 2026.
Special rules - Agua Fria River, posted areas immediately below Waddell Dam
This water
Checked against this official source on July 11, 2026.

Local services near Agua Fria River, posted areas immediately below Waddell Dam

Tackle shops, guides, and boat launches that serve this water will appear here - a separate lane below the rules, so a local business can reach you without ever getting between you and the regulation.

Run a shop or guide service on Agua Fria River, posted areas immediately below Waddell Dam? Get listed.