Over 152,000 pounds of fish stocked in state’s waters

[ZackHoyt]

per the AGFC newsletter.......

Over 152,000 pounds of fish stocked in state’s waters
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas Game and Fish Commission crews stocked over 823,200 fish in Arkansas lakes and rivers during October, according to Mark Oliver, chief of fisheries. The total stocking of fish weighed more 152,000 pounds.

 October stockings:

Lake Atalanta, Benton County, 1,400 catchable rainbow trout
Beaver Lake, Benton and Washington Counties, 35,684 yearling blue catfish
Beaver Lake, Benton and Washington Counties, 60,000 yearling channel catfish
Beaver Tailwater, Carroll County, 7,636 catchable rainbow trout
Beech Springs Lake, Ouachita County, 400 yearling blue catfish
Bicentennial Lake, Sebastian County, 300 catchable channel catfish
Blue Mountain Lake, Logan County, 5,940 yearling channel catfish
Bob Kidd Lake, Washington County, 1,003 yearling blue catfish
Boyle Park Pond, Pulaski County, 1,200 catchable channel catfish
Bull Shoals Lake, Boone, Baxter and Marion Counties, 47,307 yearling blue catfish
Cane Creek Lake, Lincoln County, 310 catchable channel catfish
Lake Catherine, Hot Spring and Garland Counties, 4,000 yearling channel catfish
Cavester Cove, Sharp County, 250 catchable channel catfish
Champagnolle Creek, Calhoun County, 1,300 yearling blue catfish
Lake Chicot, Chicot County, 48,000 yearling black crappie
Lake Chicot, Chicot County, 2,000 yearling white crappie
Lake Columbia, Columbia County, 60,900 yearling black crappie
Crossett City Park Lake, Ashley County, 400 catchable channel catfish
Crowley’s Ridge State Park Lake, Greene County, 500 catchable channel catfish
Dorcheat Bayou, Columbia County, 500 yearling blue catfish
Desoto Park Pond, Garland County, 300 catchable channel catfish
Dupree Park Lake, Pulaski County, 300 catchable channel catfish
Eagle (L’Aigle) Lake, Bradley County, 500 yearling blue catfish
El Dorado City Pond, Union County, 2,000 catchable channel catfish
Entergy Park Lake, 450 catchable channel catfish
Eudora City Lake, Chicot County, 400 catchable channel catfish
Fair Park Pond, Hempstead County, 400 catchable channel catfish
Family Park Lake, Garland County, 1,100 catchable channel catfish
Felsenthal Pool, Union County, 8,167 yearling hyrbrid carp
Forrest City Sports Complex Pond, St. Francis County, 200 catchable channel catfish
Grand Lake, Chicot County, 10,800 yearling black crappie
Grandview Lake #2, Hempstead County, 3,510 yearling black crappie
Greers Ferry Lake, Van Buren County, 10,800 yearling blue catfish
Greers Ferry Lake, Van Buren and Cleburne Counties, 40,634 yearling channel catfish
Lake Greeson, Pike County, 1,400 yearling blue catfish
Lake Hamilton, Garland County, 10,252 yearling channel catfish
Lake Hamilton, Garland County, 250 catchable channel catfish
Hindman Park A, Pulaski County, 500 catchable channel catfish
Lake Hindsville, Madison County, 3,000 yearling redear bream
Hogue Lake Kids Fishing Pond, Poinsett County, 350 catchable channel catfish
Horseshoe Lake, Crittenden County, 15,158 yearling channel catfish
Huckleberry Lake, Pope County, 1,020 yearling blue catfish
John Benjamin Glenwood Community Fishing Pond, Pike County, 200 catchable channel catfish
Jones Lake, Union County, 500 yearling blue catfish
Kiwanis Park, Pulaski County, 808 catchable channel catfish
Lee Creek Lake, Crawford County, 600 yearling channel catfish
Little Bay Lake, Calhoun County, 500 yearling blue catfish
Little Johnson, Ouachita County, 500 yearling blue catfish
Little Red River, Cleburne and White Counties, 23,787 catchable rainbow trout
Long Lake, Calhoun County, 500 yearling blue catfish
MacArthur Park Lake, Pulaski County, 750 catchable channel catfish
Mansfield City Lake, Scott County, 360 yearling redear bream
Marion City Park Lake, Crittenden County, 150 catchable channel catfish
Martin Luther King Park, Jefferson County, 800 catchable channel catfish
Mike and Janet Huckabee Kids Pond, Hempstead County, 1,100 catchable channel catfish
 Mirror Lake, Stone County, 1,440 catchable rainbow trout
Lake Monticello, Drew County, 30,000 yearling black crappie
Moody Pond, Jefferson County, 400 catchable channel catfish
Murphy Park Lake, Washington County, 300 catchable rainbow trout
Mustin Lake, Ouachita County, 500 yearling blue catfish
Lake Nimrod, Yell County, 2,710 yearling blue catfish
Lake Nimrod, Yell County, 6,050 yearling channel catfish
Norfork Lake, Baxter County, 13,800 yearling blue catfish
Norfork Lake, Baxter County, 88,125 yearling black crappie
Norfork River, Baxter County, 8,274 catchable rainbow trout
Oak Grove Elementary Pond, Greene County, 702 catchable channel catfish
Ola City Lake, Yell County, 1,700 yearling black crappie
Ola City Lake, Yell County, 3,000 yearling redear bream
Otter Creek Park Pond, Pulaski County, 650 catchable channel catfish
Lake Ouachita, Garland County, 5,250 yearling blue catfish
Lake Ouachita, Garland and Montgomery Counties, 60,830 yearling channel catfish
Pedron Lake, Ouachita County, 500 yearling blue catfish
Pinnacle Mountain Pond, Pulaski County, 500 catchable channel catfish
Pirogue Lake, Bradley County, 500 yearling blue catfish
Pleasant Hills Training Center Pond, Garland County, 400 catchable channel catfish
Poteau Mountain Lake, Scott County, 300 yearling channel catfish
Prairie Grove Lake, Washington County, 600 yearling channel catfish
Regional Park Pond, Jefferson County, 400 catchable channel catfish
SAU Armory Pond, Columbia County, 750 catchable channel catfish
Saline River, Grant County, 11,800 yearling black crappie
Sebastian County Lake, Sebastian County, 300 yearling channel catfish
Shadow Lake, Sebastian County, 300 yearling channel catfish
Sherwood City Pond, Pulaski County, 200 catchable channel catfish
Spirit Lake, Faulkner County, 200 catchable channel catfish
Lake Springdale, Washington County, 900 catchable rainbow trout
Spring River, Fulton County, 16,062 catchable rainbow trout
Sunset Lake, Saline County, 1,300 catchable channel catfish
Table Rock Lake, Boone County, 2,000 yearling channel catfish
Tri County Lake, Dallas County, 18,000 yearling black crappie
War Memorial Park, Pulaski County, 200 catchable channel catfish
Webb Lake, Ouachita County, 500 yearling blue catfish
Wells Lake, Sebastian County, 1,000 catchable channel catfish
White Oak Lake Lower, Ouachita County, 2,500 yearling blue catfish
White Oak Lake Upper, Ouachita County, 1,600 yearling blue catfish
White River, Izard, Stone, Baxter and Marion Counties, 113,285 catchable rainbow trout
Lake Wofford, Sebastian County, 300 yearling channel catfish

[Kevin]

That's a hell of a lot of rainbows in the White.

[ZackHoyt]

That is alot of fish. Consider that the Norfork Tailwaters is a little more than a tenth the size of the White........and it got 8k+ fish. There is alot of fish in our waters. Part of the reason I love fishing and guiding for trout.  

[Kevin]

Something I"ve always wondered ... is the fishing better right after stocking?

[ZackHoyt]

I think I know what your asking.

Technically.....since there are more fish in the water.....then yes, fishing is better.  

But....the fish are not fed for a bit before being stocked, so they will bite anything and everything. It takes them a few days to acclimate to normal feeding. Alot of guys will use corn and such because it resembles trout food, not my cup o' tea. The fish find out quick the food source is scuds, sowbugs, sculpins, etc.

I have seen guys fishing right behind a truck while they are dumping....kinda like big game hunting in a zoo to me.

[DeerWoods26]

Heck i'd always heard it wasn't the kind of fishing you'd think it would be considering you just had thousands of fish dropped in your lap. Always figured maybe they were in shock or something.  

Whoever told me that didn't knoww what they were talking about I guess

[ZackHoyt]

DW,

As with hunting, fishing is not an exact science. Experiences I have are not the same as you or others. Each vary a bit. I have talked to alot of people who say the fish, as you said, are in a form of shock when they are dumped. 6 of one half-doz of the other. Just my experiences. Don't write off what your friend says, just be sure and grab all the info.