Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

Of the three species of catfish in Arkansas, the flathead may rank at the top, at least in fishermen’s interest.

Flatheads aren’t the most numerous. Channel catfish hold the lead there. Flatheads aren’t the largest since the blue…[more]

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently formalized a historic agreement on minimum flows from Norfork Lake into the tailwaters. The project calls for a steady release of cold water flowing from Norfork…[more]

The only thing anglers like as much as fishing is telling fish stories. The Missouri Department of Conservation will pay up to $150 for your story if you catch the right catfish.

In its continuing effort to put…[more]

It’s billed as the nation’s largest amateur bass competition, the Big Bass Bonanza on the Arkansas River. The dates this year are Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 25, 26 and 27.

“Amateur” means the event is directed toward…[more]

Free Fishing Days have become a tradition in Arkansas, looked forward to by persons with licenses and long experience as well as those who wonder what all the talk is about.

This year it is from noon Friday,…[more]

Anglers can fish for free June 5-6 during Oklahoma’s Free Fishing Days, when people can fish without state fishing licenses, which are normally required of most anglers. “Oklahoma’s Free Fishing Days provide a great opportunity for our veteran anglers to…[more]

Discover the lure of Missouri outdoors with Free Fishing Days on June 12 and 13. Each year the Missouri Department of Conservation designates the weekend after the first Monday in June for permit-optional fishing. The goal of Free Fishing Days…[more]

Landing that trophy fish is a major influence for the popularity of fishing in Oklahoma. However, it is pretty rare that an angler can proudly display a trophy-size blue catfish.

Over several years of collecting information on blue…[more]

Just when things are getting right, extremely right, for hot and heavy spring fishing, the wind starts blowing.

As sure as death and taxes, spring in Arkansas means wind. The best strategy is to get away from it.…[more]

Jigs are tried and true utensils for catching fish of many species in Arkansas, from trout requiring tiny jigs to lead-heavy ones used for striped bass.

In crappie fishing, many of Arkansas’s better crappie anglers use only jigs.…[more]