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I read where these rains have refilled Pena Blanca Lake in Nogales enough where they restocked it with fish, and I saw quite a few fishing boats heading that way last time I was in Nogales.
Anyone have pictures of this lake? Is it a mud puddle? Jetskiable?

1orange4u

no jetskis

GERFF

Game and Fish restocks Pena Blanca Lake with fish



NOGALES, Ariz. – The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD) re-stocked fish into Pena Blanca Lake today, earlier than expected because of high rainfall from winter storms that replenished the lake.
The approximately 2,000 nine to 11-inch rainbow trout were transported by truck from the AGFD Page Spring Hatchery in Sedona to the lake, located northwest of Nogales off State Road 289. Pena Blanca Lake reopened in August 2009 after being closed in the fall of 2008 by the Coronado National Forest. In the interim, it was drained to rid it of dangerous chemicals, debris and non-native plants and create a mercury-free fishery.
The dredging project was completed in July 2009, but low rainfall amounts limited water there to a small pool. Recent winter storms replenished the lake, with water overflowing its dam spillway within one 14-hour period, despite an initial estimate that it could take up to four years to refill.
"Let's see who will be the first to catch a fish in the newly renovated Pena Blanca Lake," said Sportsfish Specialist Jason Kline of the AGFD Region V office in Tucson. "These put-and-take stockings will allow an opportunity for anglers to catch the first fish at the newly dredged lake while the aquatic ecosystem re-establishes itself to a point that warm water species like bass, sunfish and catfish can be stocked."
Access to the lake is limited to shore fishing and boats small enough to hand launch, as new boat launching facilities, planned for completion this spring, are still under construction. The west side of the lake will remain closed to vehicle traffic because of construction, but anglers may park and walk the shore to fish.