Drier conditions make for fantastic fishing in mountain tributaries
Oct. 18, 2023
MT. IDA — I knew this would be a fishing excursion like no other I’d experienced when my guide, Shane Goodner of Catch’em All Guide Service in Hot Springs, told me I’d need snake boots.
DiCenzo to head up AGFC’s focus on bass management
Jan. 27, 2021
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has selected Vic DiCenzo, a veteran fisheries biologist with an additional background in human dimensions to lead its Black Bass Management Program as coordinator. He and AGFC Black Bass Program Biologist Jeff Buckingham will serve statewide in the AGFC’s effort to focus on largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass and the needs of anglers who enjoy them as a resource.
Walleye catch completes Master Angler sweep for Flippin fisherman
May 13, 2020
FLIPPIN – A walleye that could top 9 pounds was all that was keeping Roger Pyzocha from claiming catches in all eight of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Master Angler Program categories, but it was proving elusive these past couple of years. Finally, after a few near misses on the weight scale with 8-pounders, Pyzocha recently landed a 9.2-pound walleye on Bull Shoals Lake to reach a goal he’d set out to achieve seven years ago.
Tagged bass in Crooked Creek worth more than a few dollars
June 3, 2019
PYATT — Arkansas Game and Fish Commission biologists are collecting and tagging smallmouth bass for angler-based research on Crooked Creek near Yellville. Dozens of smallmouth in this blue-ribbon fishery will sport yellow and red tags inserted alongside the dorsal fin worth a monetary reward.
Season four of Arkansas Wildlife springs into action this weekend
March 28, 2018
LITTLE ROCK – The fourth season of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s award-winning television show, Arkansas Wildlife, is primed and ready to hit the airwaves and Internet this weekend.