Quote Originally Posted by rockmike View Post
What little walleye stocking has occurred on the White has boosted the population. With the constant flucuation in levels due to hydro releases, the natural spawn is not real productive, but we do have a native population of good fish. I have a 16 on my wall, and have caught quite a few over 10, but the pressure is greater now than ever before. Non trout species are a low priority for our fisheries folks.
Rock, you could not be more correct, our Game and Fish could care less about what the people would like to see stocked in our waterways around the natural state. If it aint a trout, or a trout related issue then their interest is vague at best. i have said for many years if the AGFC would stock more of the sport species into our lakes and streams the natural state could have some of the best fishing in the United states. We have the lakes and stream to support some of the big time sport fish that draws revenue to many states. However rather than relying on revenue generated through sport fishing, Its easier to say we aint got the revenue to support these kind of stocking programs. Well this is how i see it, you have to spend money to make money, its like a buisiness, the initial investment is costly, but the rewards come from the effort put into it. If i could go bass fishing in The lakes of arkansas and Catch the Kind of Fish that they catch in Lake fork in Texas i would spend more money bass fishing, I had a friend who went to Kentucky lake bass fishing not long ago, They caught on average over 100 bass a day, and they had a average weight of three to four pounds. Tell me of a lake in arkansas that can do that. If a lake can produce bass like that, just imagine how the crappie fishing is, or maybe it has dinner plate sized Bream in it. Thats unheard of in the lakes of Arkansas.