Fishing
The Arkansas Ozarks What You'll Find In Fishing The Arkansas Ozarks Web Site There's plenty of great fishing in the Arkansas Ozarks near Mountain Home and Bull Shoals, Arkansas. The White River, Bull Shoals Lake, Lake Norfork, North Fork River, The Buffalo River, Crooked Creek, The Spring River, Myatt Creek, Piney Creek, and Dry Run Creek are all within a 60 minute drive of each other. Mountain Home Arkansas (population 10,000) and Bull Shoals Arkansas (population 2,000) are in the georaphical center of the Ozark Mountains just 16 miles south of the Missouri border. Bull Shoals is a 20 minute drive from Mountain Home. All of the waters mentioned above are within a 5 to 60 minute drive from either Bull Shoals or Mountain Home. Arkansas Ozarks fisheries offer a wide range of sportfishing adventures. They have already produced several official State & World-class Trout, Crappie, Bass, Striper, and Walleye records to back up the big fish claims! The secret is preparation because fishing in the Arkansas Ozark Mountains requires a unique clear water technique. You must "finesse" the fish with light weight lines. This Web site is dedicated to introducing you to exciting, successful Arkansas Ozarks fishing trips. This means you'll find more than just fishing tips, fishing reports, and big fish photos. Included are guide services, lodging, tackle shops, bait shops, and sight-seeing activities. The information herein has been written by some of the most successful fishers in the sport fishing industry, and by the top-notch fisheries biologists from the District 2 Arkansas Game & Fish Commission. District 2, headquartered in Mountain Home, Arkansas, is managed by Mark Oliver, who is a native of the Mountain Home area. Whether you bait fish, flyfish, or spincast, you'll find your "how-to" instructions here. Detailed are 20 Arkansas Ozarks sportfish species, 11 bodies of Arkansas Ozarks water the fish inhabit, District 2 Arkansas Game & Fish Commission fishery management and stocking programs that clearly show there's lots of great fish in the Arkansas Ozark Mountains, monthly Arkansas Game & Fish Commission newsletters for keeping you up to date on what the fisheries biologists have done, or are "fixin" to do, to help you catch more and bigger fish, fishing reports provided by professional area guides updated every two weeks (approximately) so you can plan your next trip based on what the fish are up to, annual lake reports detailing fish population prepared by the fisheries biologists, fishing tournament results to show what the pros are catching here and how they do it, plus some 45 "how to catch" articles. To help you plan your fishing trip to the Arkansas Ozark Mountains you find details guide services , area fishing resorts, lodges, and tackle shops. There are links to area attractions and things for your family to do while you fish. With all this lunker lore if you don't catch Arkansas Ozarks fish big enough to scare the hounds back under the porch after browsing this site, we'll have Jan show you how to fish. That's a 23" 5 pounder she's holding. Yes, she really did catch that monster largemouth. And Jan's a beginner! It's hard to tell who's more surprised, Jan or the fish, but Jan sure won the fight. And we hope you win with several big ones when you come to fish the Arkansas Ozarks! The fish are not only large, they are plentiful, and come in a surprisingly broad range of species. Further, you can fish in your choice of lakes, rivers, and creeks, all in the same day. There are numerous public access points with plenty of parking on most waters. Crowds are rare. Knowledgeable guides, friendly tackle shop owners, and service oriented resort operators are all as plentiful as the fish. Most sell licenses and give away truly helpful tips on technique and hotspots. Trout? You can catch rainbow, brown, brook, and Cutthroat. Bass? Largemouth, Smallmouth, Spotted, Stripers, Hybrids, and Whites. Black and White Crappie, Walleye, Bluegill, Redear, Ozark Bass, Shadow Bass, Channel Cat, Blue Cat, and Flathead Cat are all common catches. You can even catch Tiger muskies in the Spring River. Carp, Gar, and Drum are also caught on a regular basis. Primary baitfish are Shad. In all, some 200 fish species can be found in the Ozarks. The diversity of sport species, the variety of productive fisheries with quanities of quality fish, and the easy water access are all the result of one of the best Game & Fish management programs in the U.S.A. Special thanks go out to Mark Oliver and Ken Shirly, fishery biologists with District 2 Arkansas Game & Fish Commission. Mark and Ken have provided much of the information in this site. Both men have contributed greatly to the high quality of District 2 fisheries. To see more click below |