Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
April 21, 2022
Mrs. Willie Bethea of Camden, a client of Millwood Lake Guide Service, was fishing with her husband and enjoyed the crappie bite on Millwood this past week, despite the darkening skies and impending rain. Guide Mackey Harvin took his clients to the crappie hot spots. Warmer temperatures helped the bite, and crappie have begun migrating to cypress trees for their spring spawning ground movements at Millwood. A few nice 2- to 2.5-pound crappie have been hitting jigs and minnows over the last week. They've also been hitting bass anglers' baits, such as spinnerbaits and lizards, which fishing the cypress stands. Photo provided by Mike Siefert.
Earn a master's degree in fishing with the AGFC
March 30, 2022
LITTLE ROCK — A quick glance at Arkansas’s state fishing records will reveal that March and April hold the lion’s share of biggest fish catches for most species. Only one catch can qualify as Arkansas’s state record for a certain species, but the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission still wants to help celebrate those memorable moments on the water with a Master Angler Award.
AGFC, UAPB to present trout research at Greers Ferry Tailwater plan meeting March 21
March 9, 2022
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff will present results of recent research on the wild brown trout fishery in the Greers Ferry Tailwater at 6 p.m. March 21. The presentation will be part of the regular meeting of the Arkansas Fly Fishers and will be held at the AGFC Little Rock Headquarters Auditorium at 2 Natural Resources Drive in Little Rock. Anyone interested in fishing on the tailwater is welcome to attend.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Feb. 3, 2022
A nice rainbow is displayed by an angler named Miles from Wichita, Kansas, who was fishing with guide (and Fishing Report contributor) Mike Winkler recently on the Little Red River. They were fishing pink San Juan worms on a deep-water nymph rig out of the boat with the floodgates open at Greers Ferry Dam. Photo provided by Mike Winkler.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Jan. 27, 2022
Chris Allen from Memphis, covered up and masked while fishing the Spring River recently with guide Mark Crawford, got ahold of a big brown trout that made for a nice photo. Mark said, "His big hands make the fish looker smaller than it was! Honest" Photo provided by Mark Crawford.
Anglers can celebrate Trout Day Saturday at MacArthur Park
Jan. 26, 2022
LITTLE ROCK – It’s not easy for some people in other parts of Arkansas to make it up to one of north Arkansas’s famous trout-fishing locations, so the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Family and Community Fishing Program brings the rainbow trout to other areas around the state.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Jan. 20, 2022
The Haylee family from Wisconsin caught some nice stripers on Norfork Lake last week. Photo provided by Steve Street.