Walleye and Hybrids

[waterpossum]

Growing up in NW Arkansas in the early 60s when GF was impounded I always heard of giant walleye in this lake. Were they original river fish incorporated into the population. Is the lake still productive?

[champ203]

I still don't get on Greers with any regularity since moving away myself.  However, I have family down there that fish it several times a month.  All those brush piles I spoke of a couple years ago are paying off for crappie and bass.  The baitfish recruitment has had to help all species.  The high water years have helped a bunch too.

As far as the walleye go, I am unsure of the original fish and whether they were river fish or stocked.  What I do know is there are a bunch in the lake.  In fact, my brother had a limit Saturday night, swimbaits and jerkbaits right at dark.  He can pretty well catch a limit any given day/night, whether cranks, swimbaits, jerkbaits or bottom bouncing.  There is some natural reproduction, but they are supplemented with stocking as well.

If memory serves me, it produced a world record walleye back in the early 80's that still stands as the Arkansas record....... from what I understand the late 70's early 80's it was a big walleye factory!