TweetMeredith Jacks went to the ponds at Bryant’s Bishop Park ponds on Saturday, the start of the free fishing extended spring break that runs through March 29, and caught this 4.3-pound bass. Lisa Spencer from Lisa’s Bait Shop sent in the photo and said … Continue reading →
Tweet LITTLE ROCK – Winter weather may have many anglers sitting at home dreaming of warmer days, but it won’t be long until water temperatures begin to warm to the upper 50-degree range and put the crappie on the move … Continue reading →
Tweet Randy Zellers Assistant Chief of Communications LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Game and Fish Commission hatcheries produced and stocked more than 9.3 million fish during 2019 to improve fishing conditions for Arkansas anglers in 2019. Tommy Laird, AGFC Assistant Chief of … Continue reading →
Tweet BATON ROUGE, La.–Crappie regulations on Eagle Lake, a shared waterbody between Madison Parish, LA, and Warren County, MS, have become permanent. The regulations include a daily creel limit of 30 fish per day and a minimum total length limit … Continue reading →
Tweet Right now (and every other winter) there is an abundance of shad in the deeper portions of lakes like Lake Conway. This is particularly true of Wilhelmina Cove (aka “The Pool” or “The Cove”). Over the last month, AGFC Fisheries biologists have … Continue reading →
Tweet How about that nice crappie in the photo on the right. Capt. Darryl Morris, who guides for his Family Fishing Trips service, sent us the photo: a healthy 16-inch black crappie caught on Lake Hamilton on Tuesday of this week but … Continue reading →
Tweet White Bass, Black Bass, Crappie All Active A cold front followed by a little warming, all the way up to 70 degrees in some spots in the state, had the fish confused and active. Just when they, and most … Continue reading →
Tweet HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK — Get hooked on fishing and learn from some of the best in the crappie-fishing world at the inaugural Mr. Crappie Invitational and Crappie Expo in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Oct. 4-6. One hundred of America’s … Continue reading →
Tweet MAGNOLIA – The sun may have cooked away any rainbows over Lake Columbia on Saturday, July 27, but local angler David Allen Sisson certainly found the proverbial pot of gold when he netted a fish few in the fishing world have … Continue reading →
TweetToday, at its monthly meeting, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission passed a Notice of Intent to make the current crappie regulations on Eagle Lake in Madison Parish permanent. Eagle Lake is located in Northeast Louisiana and is shared border … Continue reading →
Tweet Check out Baylor’s crappie he caught! Take a kid fishing and make some memories today! Share your photos with us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. … Continue reading →
TweetCrappie update at West Boggs Lake West Boggs Lake in Loogootee, is one of many lakes statewide that is stocked and managed by fisheries biologists. Data from a recent survey revealed that West Boggs crappie are growing much faster than … Continue reading →
TweetCrappie biting well We’ve heard good reports of crappie biting well in various lakes throughout the state, now that they’ve long since completed their spawn and are regrouping. Lou Gabric from Hummingbird Hideaway Resort on Norfork Lake forwarded us this … Continue reading →
Tweet A large crop of crappie from 2017 is now coming into prime size for anglers The stars have aligned for another crappie “boom” at C.J. Strike Reservoir, and anglers will likely reap the benefits for the next couple of … Continue reading →
TweetBy Brian Pearson, Conservation Public Information Specialist Friday, April 12, 2019 – 4:17 PM MDT A large crop of crappie from 2017 is now coming into prime size for anglers The stars have aligned for another crappie “boom” at C.J. Strike … Continue reading →
TweetMost of the big lakes in Arkansas are getting back to normal level, though the Army Corps of Engineers continues to try to lowerGreers Ferry Lake, which in turn will affect the ability (or lack of it) to do any … Continue reading →
Tweet CASSCOE — Spring is in the air, and for many Arkansans that means baseball, turkey hunting, and crappie fishing. Many anglers only target crappie in spring, but good fishing for Arkansas’s most sought after panfish can be had all … Continue reading →
TweetMitzi Higgins (photo right) pulled some nice crappie out of Lake Ouachita this past week, just one of the hints we have that Lake Ouachita might be where to head for both crappie and black bass right now. Lisa Spencer, who … Continue reading →
Tweet Jeff Shell, park superintendent at Cane Creek State Park, provides this week’s report from Cane Creek Lake near Star City — and that’s Jeff in the photo left with a nice crappie caught there. He says that the water … Continue reading →
TweetLITTLE ROCK – When spring approaches, a large segment of Arkansas anglers think of crappie. Crappie can be caught any time of the year, but spring and crappie go together like ham and eggs, red beans and rice, grits and … Continue reading →
