Thread: What about this article on the news ?

Is this Fact or Fiction? I once heard there was a AGFC Commissioner who owned a fish farm that raised Hybrids, Striper's, white bass, well you know WHO the AGFC is going to buy these fish from Right and stock in Arkansas waters? Got to keep the boss happy, and stock them in our lakes, I think Greers was one of the lakes being stocked through this commissioner owned fish farm and may still be doing it today. I don't know? Just saying I heard this from someone awhile back. Any truth to this story? I have a name but I will keep names out of it. Anybody heard of something like this going on?

If this happened... it's bad Biz on the AGFC's Part.

Ask the biologists , but I was under the impression the AGFC raised their own fish to stock ?

Looks like this is gonna be a high water year.

Originally Posted by CrappiePro

Is this Fact or Fiction? I once heard there was a AGFC Commissioner who owned a fish farm that raised Hybrids, Striper's, white bass, well you know WHO the AGFC is going to buy these fish from Right and stock in Arkansas waters? Got to keep the boss happy, and stock them in our lakes, I think Greers was one of the lakes being stocked through this commissioner owned fish farm and may still be doing it today. I don't know? Just saying I heard this from someone awhile back. Any truth to this story? I have a name but I will keep names out of it. Anybody heard of something like this going on?

If this happened... it's bad Biz on the AGFC's Part.

The guy you are talking about does not stock his fish into the AGFC lakes, I know this because I work closely with him in my job. His fish go to the fish farms raising hybrid striped bass for food. AGFC hatcheries, mainly the one in Hot Springs, does their own HSB spawning.

Originally Posted by creekslick

Looks like this is gonna be a high water year.

Needed it during the spawn but it should help .

Originally Posted by LMBarnett

The guy you are talking about does not stock his fish into the AGFC lakes, I know this because I work closely with him in my job. His fish go to the fish farms raising hybrid striped bass for food. AGFC hatcheries, mainly the one in Hot Springs, does their own HSB spawning.

Ok I know better than to step in this. No offense to anyone intended. But here it goes. It's the same thing, stop stocking hybrids, and he stops selling fish food. Follow the money and you'll find the motivation behind it.

Originally Posted by rockmike

It might be time to manage the lake for majority of the fishermen, rather than the weekend tourists.

Here is a stats for yall from a creel survey that ran on Greers from 1988 to 1992. The data that I talk about are averages of the 5 years during the study. It is pretty eye opening. I realize the study is 23 years old and needs to be reassessed.

Angler Effort by % of total effort:
-Black Bass 61.8%
-Hybrid Striped Bass 14.5%
-Crappie 10.9%
-Walleye 5.7%

Also during this time, 88% of hybrids were harvested.

Originally Posted by CrappiePro

Is this Fact or Fiction? I once heard there was a AGFC Commissioner who owned a fish farm that raised Hybrids, Striper's, white bass, well you know WHO the AGFC is going to buy these fish from Right and stock in Arkansas waters? Got to keep the boss happy, and stock them in our lakes, I think Greers was one of the lakes being stocked through this commissioner owned fish farm and may still be doing it today. I don't know? Just saying I heard this from someone awhile back. Any truth to this story? I have a name but I will keep names out of it. Anybody heard of something like this going on?

If this happened... it's bad Biz on the AGFC's Part.

It is fact that former AGFC Commissioner Mike Freeze does raise these species. It is fiction that he sells them to the AGFS to stock. Like LMBarnett said, the stripers and hybrids that are stocked in Aransas are raised on the hatchery in Hot Springs.