Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Sept. 30, 2021
Lou Gabric, the operator of Hummingbird Hideway Resort on Norfork Lake in north Arkansas, and a contributor to the Weekly Fishing Report, has been getting out more these days on Norfork and landing some nice fish. Here he's shown with a nice stringer of walleye, and he says the crappie, walleye and catfish are all biting fairly well now on Norfork Lake.
AGFC lowers booms on giant salvinia spread at Lake Columbia and beyond
Sept. 29, 2021
MAGNOLIA – Giant salvinia, a highly invasive aquatic plant that was first detected in Lake Columbia in December 2019, has the full attention of Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Fisheries Division. AGFC biologists have partnered with multiple agencies in attempts to slow its potential spread not only in this lake, but in other nearby waterways.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Sept. 23, 2021
Preston Wedel from Kansas City recently landed this gorgeous rainbow trout while fishing the Spring River in northeast Arkansas. Rainbows have been eager to bite there recently. Photo provided by Mark Crawford.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Sept. 16, 2021
The rainbow trout have been hitting great on the Spring River in northeast Arkansas, according to guide Mark Crawford, and angler Debra Heaton (pictured) got to experience that recently with Mark. Small nymphs have been great for numbers. Blue-wing olives and caddis are hatching heavy most days. Anything to imitate them works. He adds that spin-fishing has been hot with Trout Magnets with the low, clear water.
AGFC fixing Lake Greenlee’s leaky pipes
Sept. 15, 2021
BRINKLEY — Contractors with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission are working to repair the discharge pipe from Marion McCollum Lake Greenlee in Brinkley after evidence of a leak began to erode away a small portion of the lake’s levee.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Sept. 9, 2021
Four-year-old Greyson Manning has had a big summer getting to fish, and catching some terrific bass (in the photo) and bream, his father, Justin Manning, tells us.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Sept. 2, 2021
Greers Ferry Lake fishing guide Tommy Cauley (pictured) got the honors to net a walleye caught by angler Chris Fischer recently on beautiful Greers Ferry. This was one of several walleye caught that day by the duo, in 60 feet of water. Tommy said Thursday that some walleye are roaming under schoolers, others are suspended and on the bottom from 30-50 feet; crawlers and artificial baits are working to catch them. Meanwhile, black bass are eating very shallow, on topwater and out deep too, on a variety of baits.