Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Oct. 28, 2020
This angler, whose first name is Nate and is from Texarkana, found out just how wild the "Millwood Mayhem" can be when the white bass join the largemouths in randomly schooling and going after the threadfin shad in the cooled-off waters of the lake. Photo provided by Mike Siefert.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Oct. 21, 2020
Brandon Lammers of Texas hauled in this nice brown trout measuring just over 19 inches in length from the Beaver Lake tailwater. Photo provided by Austin Kennedy. There were lots of big brown trout sitings and catches in the Arkansas trout waters this past week, as they appear on the move.
Lake Poinsett’s refilling to begin with dam closure on Dec. 1
Oct. 21, 2020
HARRISBURG – The gate at the Lake Poinsett dam, situated a little less than 4 miles southeast of here, will be closed Dec. 1 by Arkansas Game and Fish personnel, allowing the lake to begin refilling with rainwater following a renovation of the fishery, lake shoreline and the water control structure, a process that shut down the lake for three years and was officially completed last week.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Oct. 14, 2020
Billy Vanderbilt went fishing for rainbow trout in the Spring River in northeast Arkansas and found success. Photo provided by Mark Crawford.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Oct. 7, 2020
Brandon Pellham caught this 26.5-inch-long brown trout at Parker Bottoms in the Beaver Lake tailwater last Friday. Brandon was using a 2.5-inch Rapala Husky Jerk Minnow on a Fenwick HMG Rod, Mitchell308 reel with a 6-pound Power Pro Braid. Brandon released the trout back to the tailwater after this photo; perhaps another angler will catch it someday, he said. Photo provided by Jeremy Brown.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Sept. 30, 2020
Kara Reinbolt from Holiday Island recently brought in this nice 23-inch rainbow trout on the Beaver Lake tailwater. Photo provided by Austin Kennedy.
State’s alligator harvest sets mark, includes a near 14-footer
Sept. 30, 2020
MONTICELLO – Arkansas hunters harvested more alligators than ever before in the 2020 alligator season, which was held the third and fourth weekends in September in three hunting zones in the lower half of the state. Included in that harvest was the longest alligator taken since the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission began setting an annual alligator hunting season.