Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

It is a simple hot weather fishing strategy, but many anglers don’t follow the logical plan.

Keep your bait cool, advise anglers with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.

Minnows, worms, nightcrawlers, crickets, meal worms, wax…[more]

Look for a bright side, fishermen, in these days of oppressive heat. Early morning excitement can sometimes jar you out of the doldrums on a still, tranquil lake.

Consider topwater lures for bass.

With the popularity…[more]

Think it’s too hot to fish? That’s just an excuse. Enjoyable fishing can take place even in these hot periods, according to anglers on the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission staff.

They suggest getting out on the…[more]

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is inviting Arkansas Big Bass Bonanza participants to help stock more than 100,000 largemouth bass fingerlings in the Arkansas River during the statewide bass tournament this weekend.

“Instead of dumping all the…[more]

Arkansas fishing regulations on many waters include rules about the length of a particular species of fish.

Sometimes only fish longer than so many inches can be kept. Another example is a protected slot limit – fish within…[more]

Get your angling buddy, load up with bream and crappie fishing gear and head to Moro Bay State Park for the Perch Jerk Classic.

It will be Saturday, June 18, at the Park on the Ouachita River about…[more]

Are you an amateur angler looking to prove your mettle? Maybe you’d just like to win part of the $100,000 grant prize. If so, register to take part in the 12th Annual Arkansas Big Bass Bonanza, June 24-26 on Arkansas…[more]

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is tagging 1,600 legal-sized smallmouth bass on five rivers in southern Missouri as part of a research project. Anglers who catch tagged bass can earn $25 or $75 by reporting their catches to MDC…[more]

Free Fishing Days of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission begins next weekend. Free Fishing Days will start at noon Friday, June 10, through midnight Sunday, June 12. No sport fisherman, resident or non-resident, will be required to have a…[more]

“Gone fishing” signs will be posted on doors across the state June 11 and 12 as Missourians enjoy a favorite outdoor pastime at no cost. Each year, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) designates the weekend after the first Monday…[more]