Staff at the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission hatcheries throughout the state work in the colder months to improve future fishing conditions. More than 4 million threadfin shad have been raised in ...

Each year around this time in the spring, threadfin shad, the primary forage fish on Belton Lake, begin to spawn. Like many things in nature, the threadfin shad spawn follows a bell-shaped curve, ...

When longtime Lake Powell fisheries biologist Wayne Gustaveson looks back on the the 2014 fishing year, he might be thankful for a silvery little fish that sustains the lake's entire food pyramid.

The resurgence of the threadfin shad population in 2014 at Lake Powell afforded anglers a great year for sport fishing, and it appears fishing in 2015 will remain strong. Shad came back last summer in ...

While talking with a couple of Lake Mead fishermen recently, the subject turned to gizzard shad. Since they showed up in Lake Mead in 2007, gizzards have displaced threadfin shad as both the primary ...

HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. (May 18, 2017) – Recent rainfall has elevated the water at Greer’s Ferry Lake a good 7-8 feet above its normal level. Recent electrofishing by Arkansas Game and Fish Commission ...

There's a healthier forest around Swepco Lake and better habitat for fish thanks to a week of teamwork on land and water. Workers from Southwestern Electric Power Co. and the Arkansas Game and Fish ...