Swimming in AZ
 

always check the water. :helpme

YUMA, Ariz. (AP) - Arizona Game and Fish is offering a reward that leads to the arrest of those responsible for dumping a nonnative fish into Yuma area canals recently.

Adult peacock bass were found in the Welton-Mohawk canal system in southwest Arizona.

Peacock bass can grow fast and out compete other established game fish species found in Yuma waterways.

It is believed someone intentionally transported and illegally stocked the fish somewhere in the Yuma canal systems.

A second case involved a 32 inch shark of unknown species but similar to a lemon shark that was found dead in the West Main Canal in Yuma on Nov. 20.

Game and Fish biologists believe the shark was caught in either San Diego or Mexico and transported to Yuma and disposed of in the canal.