Prepare for the cold at tailwater trout locations this summer
July 7, 2021
HEBER SPRINGS — Although not normally thought of as float streams, Arkansas’s trout-fishing areas are quickly gaining solid reputations with the growing numbers of kayak anglers in the Natural State. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission would like to remind all boaters that preparing for a safe day on cold, flowing water in summer requires extra precautions beyond what most flat-water paddlers typically experience.
Former Commissioner Bill Ackerman dies at 85
June 23, 2021
FAYETTEVILLE — Former Arkansas Game and Fish Commissioner William Nelson "Bill" Ackerman died June 15 at his Fayetteville home. He was born Dec. 15, 1935.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Feb. 11, 2021
Jeff Jones didn't let the extra clothing to battle the cold weather stop him from battling and winning against a White River brown trout near Cotter Trout Dock recently. Photo provided by Cotter Trout Dock.
AGFC to host meeting on management of Bull Shoals and Norfork tailwaters
Aug. 2, 2019
MOUNTAIN HOME - The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will update all interested anglers about trout management and habitat work on the Bull Shoals and Norfork tailwaters in northern Arkansas at a town hall meeting from 6 to 8 p.m., Aug.15. The meeting will be held at the Arkansas State University Mountain Home Campus in the McMullin Lecture Hall (Room D200) of Dryer Hall.
Cutthroat catch breaks 32-year state record
Oct. 5, 2018
MOUNTAIN HOME – An Arkansas fishing mark that had held for nearly 33 years finally fell last weekend when a Kansas angler making an annual trek with friends to the White River pulled in a cutthroat trout weighing 10 pounds, 2 ounces. The catch was certified by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s chief of fisheries today.
Second public input meeting scheduled for trout management on White and North Fork rivers
Aug. 23, 2017
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will host a special public workshop from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Aug. 24, at the Vada Sheid Community Development Center in Convention Center Rooms A and B. The center is located on the ASU Mountain Home campus. The purpose of the workshop is to review and revise the Bull Shoals and Norfork Tailwaters Trout Management Plan.