AGFC co-hosting youth fishing day during international fishing tournament on Hamilton
Aug. 30, 2023
HOT SPRINGS — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Fishing Education Program is joining forces with USA Bass and USAngling to put on a special youth fishing education event during the upcoming 2023 Pan American Bass Fishing Championship 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Sept. 9 at Andrew Hulsey State Fish Hatchery on Lake Hamilton.
AGFC, AEDC offer $713,000 from poaching fines to Arkansas schools
Aug. 28, 2023
LITTLE ROCK – Nearly three-quarters of a million dollars is available for Arkansas schools this year, thanks to a partnership between the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission’s Division of Rural Services to turn poaching violations into education opportunities.
AGFC launches new online hunting license system, smartphone app
Aug. 23, 2023
LITTLE ROCK — Renewing your hunting and fishing licenses this year will be easier than ever before, thanks to an upgraded online licensing portal launching this week. Smartphone users also will find a new AGFC mobile app to download and keep handy this hunting season.
Duck numbers drop in breeding grounds
Aug. 23, 2023
LITTLE ROCK – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its report on the 2023 Waterfowl Population Status late last week, and the numbers of ducks slid from 2022’s estimate, with drop attributed to extremely dry habitat conditions on the breeding grounds of Canada and the northernmost U.S.
Keep it between the buoys
Aug. 23, 2023
LITTLE ROCK – The heat of summer often leads anglers to large rivers where current breaks can position bass and other sport fish for fishing that lasts longer than the first hour after sunrise. But traveling on a river like the Arkansas and navigating some of Arkansas’s shallower, more cover-filled reservoirs can be a daunting task for people who don’t know what all those buoys and channel markers mean. How do you know which side of the buoys to stay on when traveling up or down a river?
Departee Creek diversity surprises hunters and birdwatchers
Aug. 23, 2023
BRADFORD – Henry Gray Hurricane Lake Wildlife Management Area nearby is far more renowned, and vastly larger, but there are three tracts of land just to the north in White County that make up Departee Creek WMA, which punches well beyond its weight in terms of wildlife opportunities.
Join the AGFC at the 24th annual SouthArk Expo
Aug. 23, 2023
EL DORADO — Visit the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s mobile aquarium and Education specialist at the 24th annual SouthArk Outdoor Expo 9 a.m-4 p.m. Sept. 9, at the El Dorado Conference Center.