Toad Suck Daze Drive-Thru postponed to May 20
May 15, 2020
CONWAY — The Toad Suck Daze Nature and Science Drive-Thru scheduled for Saturday has been postponed due to the increased chances for bad weather.
AGFC offering payments to rice farmers for waterfowl habitat and hunting access
May 13, 2020
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is accepting applications from rice field owners to enroll in its expanded Waterfowl Rice Incentive Conservation Enhancement program. Landowners may receive as much as $150 per acre annually while still maintaining the current production of rice fields by following post-harvest guidelines and allowing permit-based hunts during waterfowl season on their properties. The program is aimed at enrolling rice fields within 10 miles of many AGFC wildlife management areas popular with duck hunters.
Arkansas squirrel season opens May 15
May 13, 2020
LITTLE ROCK — With turkey hunting season wrapped up, deer and waterfowl hunting season may look like a million years away, but there’s another spring season that gives Arkansas hunters plenty of reasons to be excited. Arkansas’s squirrel season opens May 15, and for those who enjoy chasing these treetop targets, it’s a great excuse to be in the woods.
Lake Conway anglers see new boat lanes
May 13, 2020
MAYFLOWER — Despite the challenges of social distancing and rough spring weather conditions, contractors and Arkansas Game and Fish Commission staff completed the first boat lane renovation planned for Craig D. Campbell Lake Conway Reservoir last week.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
May 13, 2020
Jack Robinett found that high water can be productive with this male brown trout. He caught this big one on the White River May 6.
AGFC partners with Conway for Toad Suck Daze Drive-Thru
May 13, 2020
For the safety of participants and animals, the Nature and Science Drive-Thru in Conway scheduled for Saturday, May 16, 10 a.m.-1:20 p.m. is rescheduled for Wednesday, May 20, from 2-6 p.m.
CONWAY — Students may not be able to celebrate the end of the school year like usual this year, but that doesn’t mean there can’t be any celebration at all. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has teamed up with the Conway Chamber of Commerce and some local Little Rock partners to offer a special event from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Walleye catch completes Master Angler sweep for Flippin fisherman
May 13, 2020
FLIPPIN – A walleye that could top 9 pounds was all that was keeping Roger Pyzocha from claiming catches in all eight of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Master Angler Program categories, but it was proving elusive these past couple of years. Finally, after a few near misses on the weight scale with 8-pounders, Pyzocha recently landed a 9.2-pound walleye on Bull Shoals Lake to reach a goal he’d set out to achieve seven years ago.