District 1 Fisheries Newsletter

[NWAfishbiologist]

Here is our fisheries newsletter for District 1 in NWA. If you want to be put on an email list for the newsletter contact me at Jonathan.Stein@agfc.ar.gov. Good luck fishing.

Jon Stein

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
District Fisheries Supervisor

2805 West Oak Street

Rogers, AR 72758

479-631-6005

District 1 july 2014 newsletter ozark angler forum.doc

[showmebass]

Interesting report. Thanks!

[Quillback]

Yes, thanks!

[kjackson]

And more thanks!

[J-Doc]

Thanks for sharing! Very valuable information!

[YAKFM]

Thanks for sharing, Jon. At the end of the write-up there was a short paragraph that stated the following: "We completed the walleye spawning project on the Kings River and Beaver Tailwater this spring". Does this mean that AGFC collected brood fish from these areas for the hatchery?

[Chillfish]

I talked to them in the wee hours of the morning at the Monte Ne boat ramp early this past April. They were very nice and spoke for a few minutes with me about the size and numbers of crappie that they were pulling out. Even took the time to pull some of the biggest out of their tanks for a little show and tell. They had some monster slabs in the back of that truck. Also said they were sampling large numbers of big bass in the area, and if I'm remembering correctly they said there were multiple 7 lb plus that got away from them.

[mojorig]

Jon is an excellent biologist and works hard for D-1.

[NWAfishbiologist]

We collect adult walleye from the Kings River just above Table Rock Lake. We normally put in at the Romp Hole Access and motor downstream to collect a few bigger fish for spawning. We also work on Beaver Tailwater around the Highway 62 bridge, if water levels are right. We normally need about 20-30 females and around 30 males to complete the spawning project. Fish are spawned on the bank, if the females are free flowing eggs. If the fish are not free flowing, we take them back to the hatchery and Charlie Craig Hatchery personnel monitor them 24 hours a day until they can be spawned. Once the fish have spawned, the hatchery takes the brood fish back to the Kings River and Beaver Tailwater. The eggs hatch and the hatchery raises them to fingerlings. The fingerlings are then stocked back into Arkansas waters, including Beaver Lake.

We also collected our crappie broodstock for Beaver Lake Nursery Pond from Beaver Lake. We have a good number of fingerling crappie in the pond that will be released into Beaver Lake this fall.

Thanks everyone for the good comments. Hope to see you on the water sometime.

Jon Stein

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
District Fisheries Supervisor

2805 West Oak Street

Rogers, AR 72758

479-631-6005

[J-Doc]

We collect adult walleye from the Kings River just above Table Rock Lake. We normally put in at the Romp Hole Access and motor downstream to collect a few bigger fish for spawning. We also work on Beaver Tailwater around the Highway 62 bridge, if water levels are right. We normally need about 20-30 females and around 30 males to complete the spawning project. Fish are spawned on the bank, if the females are free flowing eggs. If the fish are not free flowing, we take them back to the hatchery and Charlie Craig Hatchery personnel monitor them 24 hours a day until they can be spawned. Once the fish have spawned, the hatchery takes the brood fish back to the Kings River and Beaver Tailwater. The eggs hatch and the hatchery raises them to fingerlings. The fingerlings are then stocked back into Arkansas waters, including Beaver Lake.

We also collected our crappie broodstock for Beaver Lake Nursery Pond from Beaver Lake. We have a good number of fingerling crappie in the pond that will be released into Beaver Lake this fall.

Thanks everyone for the good comments. Hope to see you on the water sometime.

Jon Stein

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

District Fisheries Supervisor

2805 West Oak Street

Rogers, AR 72758

479-631-6005

Fascinating stuff and awesome! Kudos for all the hard work!