Best ways to celebrate National Hunting and Fishing Day in Arkansas
Sept. 20, 2023
LITTLE ROCK — Thanks to a proclamation signed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders last week, Sept. 23 has officially been named National Hunting and Fishing Day in Arkansas. With the fall weather finally arriving, it’s a perfect time to take someone new into the outdoors and pass on a passion for conservation. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has cooked up the following five ways anyone can enjoy the benefits of hunting and angling on this special day:
AGFC Commissioner Meeting Notice
Sept. 19, 2023
You are hereby notified that Commissioners of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will meet on the following date and times to consider any business that may be brought before the Commission. Unless otherwise stated, meetings will be held at the AGFC offices, 2 Natural Resources Dr. in Little Rock. To view the recorded meeting video, click here.
Wild Science Webinar: September 2023 - Spring River Brown Trout and King Rails
Sept. 15, 2023
The Wild Science Webinar is a monthly series featuring Arkansas Game and Fish Commission staff and guest speakers presenting research and projects about Arkansas fish and wildlife. Joe Kaiser, Trout Management Biologist, will present "Spring River Brown Trout Growth and Diets" and Jess Schmit, master's student at the University of Arkansas, will present "Ain't no Rest for the Cryptid: Migration and Breeding Ecology of a Secretive Marshbird".
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Sept. 14, 2023
Russ Hannah caught this nice brown trout on a guppie pattern while fishing with Spring River guide Mark Crawford recently. The Spring River, though spring-fed, has been low like most of Arkansas's lakes and streams lately, but the fish are biting.
AGFC enforcement school graduates 12 Arkansas game wardens
Sept. 13, 2023
CONWAY – Twelve new faces will be seen behind the badge of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission as game wardens this fall after graduating from the AGFC’s training program Friday at Antioch Baptist Church.
Arkansas teal season opens Sept. 15
Sept. 13, 2023
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas duck hunters will get their first shot at some early birds this Friday when the early teal season opens at sunrise.
The early teal season is open Sept. 15-30, so hunters can have an opportunity to harvest some of these small ducks that typically migrate before the rest of the crowd.
AGFC stocks nearly half-million shad into Greers Ferry Lake
Sept. 13, 2023
HEBER SPRINGS — Biologists with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission boosted the food chain at Greers Ferry Lake this week with the release of at least 476,000 threadfin shad from the lake’s nursery pond near Mill Creek Recreation Area.