Lakes likely to bounce back from frozen fish
Feb. 24, 2021
LITTLE ROCK — The polar vortex that covered The Natural State in snow and wreaked havoc on people’s plumbing also may have caused some temporary setbacks with threadfin shad populations in some Arkansas lakes, but biologists at the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission say there’s little cause for concern.
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
Sept. 23, 2020
Joe Cebula landed a stringer-full of slab crappie fishing Norfork Lake recently. Photo provided by Lou Gabric at Hummingbird Hideaway Resort.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Sept. 2, 2020
This angler enjoyed the trout fishing on the tailwater of the Beaver Lake Dam recently. Photo provided by Austin Kennedy.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Aug. 26, 2020
David Brewer, kayak fishing with his dad, E.J. Brewer, on Aug. 11, caught this nice, 4-pound, 4-ounce bass. Photo provided by E.J. Brewer.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Aug. 12, 2020
Guide Jon Conklin, who reports for the Fishing Report from Beaver Lake, went fishing with another guide, Jeff Wilson, and caught this striper last week on the lake. He says the bite is strong early in the morning using bream and brood minnows, and some great topwater is going on, too, at Beaver Lake.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
July 29, 2020
Jake Young, an 8-year-old from Harrison, caught his first bass on Lake Hamilton a couple of weeks back. His "nana," Nancy Godsey of England, Arkansas, who sent us the photo, says she's not sure whether Jake or she was more excited. Jake told her the fish was "a real fighter."