Fish Stocked into Lake OuachitaThe Arkansas Game And Fish Commission employees work hard to keep Lake Ouachita Stocked with your favorite species of fish.●Use of Lake Ouachita Nursery Pond ●Lake Ouachita Striped Bass Stocking ● Lake Ouachita Jim Collins Net Pen AreaBrett Hobbs said as of April, for the year 2016 the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission stocked Ouachita with: • 350,000 fingerling Crappie have been stocked • 164,000 adult Crappie have been stocked • Walleye are being raised in nursery ponds to be released in May • 121,000 striped bass fingerlings have been stocked • 16,000 walleye fingerlings were stocked • 25,000 adult channel catfish were stocked • 56,000 yearling catfish were stocked
Bass stocked into Lake Ouachita.
Catching a Trophy Striped Bass
The AGFC Commission consists of seven Arkansans appointed by the governor to seven year terms. An eighth, non-voting, member sits as Chair of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville's Department of Biology. It is the sole responsibility of the Commission to oversee the AGFC function as a wildlife management entity. LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas Game and Fish Commission crews stocked over 1 million fish in Arkansas lakes and rivers during May, according to Mark Oliver, chief of fisheries. The total stocking of fish weighed more 147,300 pounds. | |
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