Slow leak causes troubles at Tri-County Lake
March 31, 2021
FORDYCE — Managing fisheries is a fight against Father Time, and it’s a battle the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has been fighting for decades. Mike Knoedl Tri-County Lake in Calhoun County is one of many lakes throughout the state that’s showing its age.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
March 25, 2021
This youngster from Bella Vista was fishing with guide Austin Kennedy on the Beaver Lake tailwater recently when he caught this nice rainbow trout using Pautzke Firegel. Photo provided by Austin Kennedy.
Life list adds angling excitement
March 24, 2021
Lists are commonplace in our society; shopping lists, to-do lists and wish lists are found in most every household. Most lists are met with anxiety, but there is a list that each Arkansas angler should try to keep: an Arkansas fish list.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
March 18, 2021
A couple of Prescott anglers ventured over to Millwood Lake for the hot bass bite and caught this near 8-pounder this week. Photo provided by Mike Siefert.
Lake Greeson gets massive habitat overhaul
March 17, 2021
KIRBY — Last week, 21 biologists and staff from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission worked with staff from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Greeson Project Office and Daisy State Park to cut, drag and sink more than 1,000 trees in 101 locations at Lake Greeson in southwest Arkansas. The trees will serve as habitat for crappie, bass and other sport fish and will offer anglers excellent locations to target on the aging reservoir.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
March 11, 2021
While lots of brown trout attention has been on the White River lately, they're catching them in the Little Red too: Trent Carlson caught this 20-inch brown on Tuesday. Photo provided by Greg Season.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
March 4, 2021
Brown trout aren't all being pulled out of the White River below Bull Shoals Dam, as Grant Morris from Tulsa caught (and then released) this nice 22-inch rainbow near Cotter. Photo provided by Cotter Trout Dock.