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Boaters urged to use caution in narrow areas of Lake Hamilton
HOT SPRINGS – Complaints about unsafe operation of boats in confined areas of Lake Hamilton have resulted in increased enforcement efforts by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Garland County Sheriff’s Office. An area of particular concern is the Big Mazarn basin.
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Spring rain, damp earth bring nightcrawler opportunities
LITTLE ROCK – Most Arkansas fishermen, young old and in between, know that springs means plentiful nightcrawlers for fishing – if you get out and look for them.
Nightcrawlers are right at the top of natural baits for fishing, and most anything will go for them – bass and bream to catfish and including walleye and trout.
Nightcrawlers are right at the top of natural baits for fishing, and most anything will go for them – bass and bream to catfish and including walleye and trout.
Categories: Arkansas
Fire council offers workshop for forest landowners
BATESVILLE - The Arkansas Prescribed Fire Council is conducting a prescribed burn workshop for private landowners beginning at 9 a.m. on April 19, at the UA Livestock and Forestry Branch Experiment Station near Batesville.
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McIlroy family honored for land donation
HUNTSVILLE - During the 1940’s fifty-five deer from Wisconsin and Sylamore, Arkansas were released on approximately 15,000 acres in Madison County. The McIlroy’s, a prominent family in Fayetteville, owned the land that the deer were released on.
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Deer management plan calls for more education work
LITTLE ROCK – Helping and encouraging Arkansans to learn more about deer and other wildlife is one of the segments of the new Strategic White-tailed Deer Management Plan of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
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Floods force emergency closure of turkey hunts
LITTLE ROCK – Continued high water throughout east Arkansas has forced the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to close spring turkey seasons on many public hunting areas in the impacted region.
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Kayaking basics workshop planned at Lake Charles
POWHATAN - If kayaking appeals to you but you have doubts about it, learn the basics of recreational kayaking when Lake Charles State Park in Powhatan offers the Kayaking Basics Workshop, Saturday, April 12.
Categories: Arkansas
AGFC website has quick routes for needed information
LITTLE ROCK – Are you in a hurry for some information from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission?
A good starting point is the agency’s Web site – www.agfc.com. Arlene Green, AGFC webmaster, said timely information is listed on the left side of the home page and often is a direct route to the answers Arkansas sportsmen need.
Categories: Arkansas
Trotlines can lead the way in putting fish on your table
LITTLE ROCK – For effectiveness in catching catfish, it’s hard to beat trotlining. Multiple hooks baited and in the water are the basics.
Trotlines catch fish. They usually catch catfish, but crappie, carp, drum and an occasional bass may be hooked.
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Recent floods shouldn’t affect Arkansas’s fisheries
LITTLE ROCK – There has been some concern among the state’s anglers regarding the recent floods and its effect on Arkansas’s waters. Not to worry, say Arkansas Game and Fish Commission fisheries biologists.Trout, bass, crappie, bream, catfish and other Arkansas fish have ways of adapting to flood conditions.
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Floods force emergency closure of permit turkey hunts on Choctaw Island and Trusten Holder WMAs
LITTLE ROCK - Due to the exceptionally high water levels along the Mississippi River and the lower Arkansas River, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will close the spring youth permit turkey seasons on Choctaw Island and Trusten Holder WMAs.
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Salmonella outbreak in birds confirmed in Camden
HUMPHREY – An outbreak of avian salmonella has been confirmed in Camden. The outbreak was confirmed by the National Wildlife Health Center through bird specimens submitted by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. There are other suspected outbreaks in the Little Rock area, as well. This disease outbreak is not unusual, given the fluctuating weather conditions in Arkansas this late winter and early spring.
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Salmonella outbreak in birds confirmed in Camden
HUMPHREY – An outbreak of avian salmonella has been confirmed in Camden. The outbreak was confirmed by the National Wildlife Health Center through bird specimens submitted by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. There are other suspected outbreaks in the Little Rock area, as well. This disease outbreak is not unusual, given the fluctuating weather conditions in Arkansas this late winter and early spring.
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Habitat a key ingredient of Arkansas deer management
LITTLE ROCK – If Arkansas real estate agents like to use the “location, location, location” theme, many Arkansas deer hunters reply with “habitat, habitat, habitat.”
They realize that without suitable habitat, all the wishing in the world for deer won’t bring them to where the hunters can get a shot at them.
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Trout to be the focus of 7th annual festival at Cotter
COTTER - The seventh annual Great Cotter Trout Festival will celebrate trout fishing with a variety of activities and events on April 18 to 19 at the Big Spring Park in Cotter.
The festival will feature trout fishing programs, the always-popular "kids fishing hole," exhibits, arts and crafts, and tasty food and enjoyable entertainment for the whole family.
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Outdoorsmen encouraged to take part in surveys
LITTLE ROCK - Every month, 10 sportsmen and women participating in the AnglerSurvey.com and HunterSurvey.com polls have been awarded $100 shopping sprees to the hunting and fishing retailers of their choice.
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Recent flooding in Arkansas shouldn’t harm wild turkeys
LITTLE ROCK - Recent floods in Arkansas may have some hunters concerned about the impacts to wild turkey populations. However, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission biologists say not to worry – yet. In most of the state, Arkansas’s spring turkey season begins April 12.
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2008-2009 hunting seasons set in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas hunters can begin planning their vacations now that commissioners from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission have formally approved the upcoming season dates. In a 4-2 vote, commissioners passed the seasons for modern gun, archery and muzzleloader deer seasons.
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Sage/Redington/Rio offer 8-wt Fly Fishing Outfit for Trout Unlimited Fundraiser
Bainbridge Island, Washington - The top names in Fly Fishing have joined forces together to put togther a world-class fly fishing outfit as a fundraiser for Trout Unlimited-Alaska to help with their efforts protecting the Bristol Bay watershed.
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SPRING CATFISH STOCKINGS BEGIN MARCH 21
The catfish season officially kicks off at all Urban Fishing Program lakes and ponds in the Phoenix and Tucson areas on Friday, March 21 when all lakes will receive deliveries of 15- 20-inch channel catfish. Two large trucks will be used to bring over 7,500 catfish to 19 waters throughout the day. Warming spring temperatures signal the stocking changeover from trout to catfish. Nearly 14,000 pounds of Arkansas farm raised catfish will be delivered and stocked into Urban Fishing Program lakes every two weeks from now through the end of June. Traditionally, as we change fish suppliers from winter trout to spring catfish deliveries, anglers are given the specific day of stocking. For all other catfish stockings, only the stocking week (Mon.-Sat.) is announced.
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