Once The Ice Breaks The Santa Cruz Sand Trout Season Opens
Sunday, April 28th, 2013
Tucson sportsmen are eagerly awaiting the opening of the Santa Cruz Sand Trout fishing season. Fishing can’t begin until the ice breaks on the Santa Cruz river. When it does, the fish emerge and anglers can net the tasty morsels.
Conditions are right when Tucson’s temperature first hits 100 degrees.
The date and time of this event varies widely from year to year. Last year’s icebreak was relatively early: April 22 at 1:51 PM. The latest icebreak on record was June 6, 1985 at 12:59 PM....
