VERDE RIVER NEAR SCOTTSDALE, AZ
VERDE RIVER AZ USGS
VERDE RIVER NEAR SCOTTSDALE, AZ (09511300) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the VERDE RIVER in AZ, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 17 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 09511300
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- AZ
- Coordinates
- 33.5587, -111.6693
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Fishing regulations
AZ state-wide default defaultDefault area rules for fish in the public records above. A grey row means the release has no canonical regulation match for that species.
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Bluegill Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- no limit
- Notes
- includes bluegill, redear sunfish, green sunfish and hybrid sunfish. Statewide default daily bag limit. Possession limit is twice the daily bag limit. Open Statewide Jan. 1, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2026
Official rule · retrieved Aug 5, 2026
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Roundtail Chub Open · Catch & release only Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Notes
- Statewide default daily bag limit. Possession limit is twice the daily bag limit. Open Statewide Jan. 1, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2026
Official rule · retrieved Aug 5, 2026
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Walleye Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- 6
- Notes
- Statewide default daily bag limit. Possession limit is twice the daily bag limit. Open Statewide Jan. 1, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2026
Official rule · retrieved Aug 5, 2026
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Channel Catfish No season data
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Desert Sucker No season data
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Flathead Catfish No season data
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Green Sunfish No season data
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Largemouth Bass No season data
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Longfin Dace No season data
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Rainbow Trout No season data
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Red Shiner No season data
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Smallmouth Bass No season data
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Sonora Sucker No season data
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Speckled Dace No season data
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Threadfin Shad No season data
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Western Mosquitofish No season data
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Yellow Bullhead No season data
General area restrictions
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Open all year
- Notes
- Statewide default. Open all year (two-year Commission Order 40 cycle). Special Regulations and Seasons apply to the listed waters instead; possession limit is twice the daily bag limit.
Effective Jan 1, 2026 – Sep 14, 2027 · evaluated for 2026-09-10 in America/Phoenix
Regulations shown are for reference only and may not reflect in-season changes. Always verify current regulations with the Arizona Fishing Regulations and Seasons (AZGFD Commission Order 40) before fishing.
Fish recorded near this station
Sampled in this watershedVerde River Near Scottsdale, AZ has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 15060203 containing this station. The dataset includes 17 species with recorded observations.
Species include: longfin dace (Agosia chrysogaster), yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), desert sucker (Catostomus clarkii), sonora sucker (Catostomus insignis), red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis), and 12 others.
- Longfin Dace Agosia chrysogaster
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Desert Sucker Catostomus clarkii
- Sonora Sucker Catostomus insignis
- Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
- Threadfin Shad Dorosoma petenense
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Roundtail Chub Gila robusta
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- Speckled Dace Rhinichthys osculus
- Walleye Sander vitreus
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Sampled in this watershed
- Fish were sampled elsewhere in the same watershed — a provincial or federal survey nearby, not at the gauge itself.
- Records
- 17 species
- from 17 individual records
- Observed
- May 13, 1998 – May 13, 1998
- 1 dated record
Sources
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