Drawing for tagged catfish prizes Nov. 5
Oct. 28, 2020
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will host a Facebook Live drawing at 10 a.m. Nov. 5, to announce the winners of the Family and Community Fishing Program’s fall tagged catfish promotion. In addition to the prize packs already received by people who have turned in their tag from fish caught in FCFP ponds, the AGFC will be giving away three half-day fishing trips for two on Beaver Lake, complements of J.T. Crappie Guide Services.
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.
Fall fishing heating up in The Natural State
Oct. 7, 2020
JONESBORO — As the temperatures drop and the leaves change color, the thoughts of most Arkansans turn to the pursuit of deer, ducks, squirrels and other game. Fishing is put on the back burner, but the changing seasons and dropping temperatures will spur the fish of Arkansas into a feeding frenzy that can lead to some of the best angling days of the year.
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.
Introduce a new hunter or angler to the fold on National Hunting and Fishing Day
Sept. 23, 2020
LITTLE ROCK – Join the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission in its efforts to increase the number of hunters and anglers in The Natural State by pledging to take a newcomer to the woods or water this National Hunting and Fishing Day, Sept. 26.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Sept. 16, 2020
Craig Harrison of Bryant pulled this catfish, a 20-pounder, out of the Arkansas River recently using skipjack.