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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

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."