Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Family and Community Fisheries Program is continuing their efforts to get families involved in fishing with a tagged catfish campaign. Thousands of channel catfish from the AGFC’s warm-water hatchery facilities are currently being stocked…[more]

Bull Shoals Lake is an incredible fishery – just ask a pro, especially those at the recent Bassmaster Elite Series TroKar Quest held April 19-22 on this 60,000-acre impoundment.

“Most definitely this is one of the best lakes…[more]

When the fish are not biting, go to the bottom. It’s a technique that has worked for generations and often one that turns a poor fishing day into a satisfactory one. The basic idea, according to experienced anglers with the…[more]

The term “bream” is familiar to any Arkansan who has fished and also to others who have partaken of the small, tasty fish at the dinner table. But the term bream is a label, a catch-all word. There isn’t a…[more]

When spring approaches, a large segment of Arkansas anglers think of crappie. It is true that crappie can be caught any time of the year, but spring and crappie seem to go together like ham and eggs, red beans and…[more]

High School anglers near and far will come together again at Lake Dardanelle State Park, July 15-21, for the 2012 High School Fishing World Finals. Last year, over 600 attendees made up of high school anglers, family members and sponsors…[more]

Almost 36 years to the day, Arkansas’s largemouth bass state record has finally been broken. On Tuesday, Paul Crowder of Forrest City set the new record on Lake Dunn near Wynne. Crowder’s lunker weighed 16 pounds 5 ounces, breaking the…[more]

A multi-lure rig for largemouth bass fishing, commonly called the Alabama or umbrella rig, is a hot topic this spring because anglers are having good success catching fish with them. But while the rigs allow multiple lures to be used,…[more]

If Missouri is the state “Where the Rivers Run,” hatcheries at Missouri trout parks are the confluence of spiritual health and financial wealth.

More than 1.7 million visitors from Missouri and beyond flock to the Show-Me State’s four…[more]

With catch-and-keep trout season opening March 1, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds trout anglers to help prevent the spread of a new threat to Missouri’s cold-water streams and rivers. Called “didymo” (Didymosphenia geminata) or “rock snot,” this invasive…[more]