Arkansas game and fish stocked ponds

Cabot Community Pond. Conway Station Park. Carol Ann Cross Pond. Torraine Lake. John Benjamin Glenwood Community Pond. Matthews Park Pond. Entergy Park. Family Park. Paradise Park Pond. Arkansas State University Pond.

Boyle Park Pond. Conner Park Pond. Hindman Park. Rock Creek in Boyle Park. Western Hills. Marion Sports Complex. Amon's Lake. Reynolds Park Pond.

Martin Luther King Jr. Redfield City Park. Lake Atalanta Statewide limits apply. Pleasant View Park Pond. Strictly looking at the numbers, threadfin shad made up the largest amount of fish stocked in Arkansas last year, and stockings of forage species have been well received by anglers throughout the state. The sizes at which the fish are stocked play a key role in the survival and contribution that stocking may play in a lake or river.

Laird says channel catfish and rainbow trout likely represent the best survival rate, as most of them are near to 12 inches when they are released for fishing derbies and seasonal fisheries to get anglers hooked. Stocking is only part of fisheries management, but it often is the first solution that comes to mind for anglers. Batten points to one study in where 17 percent of fish found in the backwater areas of the Pine Bluff pool of the Arkansas River were identified as having previously been stocked.

This is probably a best-case scenario on a year when natural reproduction was not very successful due to high river flows. Number of fish stocked per species in Arkansas during Site Menu.