Arkansas Fishing News

LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is offering a new way to anonymously report outdoor-related violations to the agency’s Enforcement Division agents. It’s called tip411 and is as simple as sending a text message.

LITTLE ROCK – After working toward a solution for more than 13 years, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission last week approved the final piece of an agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers to ensure a steady flow of water below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.

Amistad, Table Rock Highlight PAAuction
BENTON, Ky. (Oct. 6, 2011) - Trips on two fantastic fisheries - Lake Amistad in west Texas and Table Rock Lake in south-central Missouri - highlight the newest PAAuction offered by the Professional Anglers Association.

ATF Fishing announced their new move to American Tournament Fishing as the Nation's Fishing Media for all circuits. Along with the expansion they have partnered with the largest bass fishing tournament for amateurs in the U.S.A. "Big Bass Mania" and Pro/Am tournament "Proz Vs Joez". Together they will be kicking off the 2012 event with a guaranteed $125,000 first place and payout to 100 places. The new ATFfishing website will be launched with in the next month or two and will bring more tools, media, videos, and more than ever before. http://atffishing.com and http://bigbassmania.com

COLUMBIA, S.C. (June 3, 2011) - The Berkley Bass Tank will be at the Elite Series tournament in North Little Rock, Arkansas The tank is scheduled for June 11-12 and will feature product demonstrations and technique seminars.

LITTLE ROCK – The bass, the trout, the crappie and even the catfish get the headlines, but bream are the most numerous of fish caught and taken home for eating by Arkansas anglers.
First, the dictionary necessities. The comprehensive term bream is pronounced "brim," like the edge of a cup. It is a category, not a specific species. Bream refers to several members of the sunfish family, a family that also includes black bass and crappie. A European fish called the bream is not connected to the Arkansas bream.

LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas Game and Fish Commission crews stocked more than 181,100 fish in Arkansas lakes and rivers during April, according to Mark Oliver, chief of the Fisheries Division. The total stocking of fish weighed more than 109,900 pounds.

LITTLE ROCK – Fishing veterans can relate some unusual strategies. Crashing into brushy areas is one.
Richard Collins of Conway recalls when he and a couple of angling buddies used noise or disturbance as an asset, not a liability. "I used to fish in a little cutoff lake off the Arkansas River in the Lollie Bottoms. There was an old willow top that nearly always had crappie in it. If they weren’t biting, we would say, ’We need to wake them up.’ Then we would crank up that little 4-horse motor on the boat and run it back and forth over the willow top. Sure enough, most of the time, the crappie would start hitting."

The fishing on one of north Arkansas’s most heralded streams is on the upswing although not yet to the glory status of a few decades ago. Extensive renovation of the habitat in the Kelley’s Slab area is nearly completion, and more smiles are beginning to appear on anglers going after smallmouth bass and the other Crooked Creek denizens.

FLIPPIN, Ark.- Tyler Fisher and Matthew McClellan, seniors from the University of Texas at Tyler, recently became the first team of collegiate anglers to qualify for the Ranger Cup University Team of the Year finals - which includes an expense-paid trip to Texas' famed Choke Canyon Reservoir later this year where they will compete for over $2,000 in cash and prizes.