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Seasonal trout stocking returns to West Memphis
WEST MEMPHIS - For the second year in a row, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Urban and Community Fisheries Program is partnering with the West Memphis Parks and Recreation Department to bring trout fishing to east Arkansas.

Three years ago, the AGFC kicked off the urban trout program in Little Rock. That initial program was so successful that it was offered in other cities around the state.

The program starts with trout fishing clinics, according to Christopher Racey of the AGFC’s Family and Community Fisheries Program. “We will host a beginner fishing clinic on Thursday, Dec. 1 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Eugene Woods Civic Center in West Memphis” Racey said. “The first 50 children 15 and under that attend the clinic will receive a certificate for free rods and reels at Saturday’s event,” he added. There is no cost for the trout clinic.

The trout derby will take place on Saturday, Dec. 3 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the West Memphis City Park Pond in the Tilden Rogers Sports Complex. There will be door prizes and gifts for participants.

The program is an effort by the AGFC to provide inner city children with the opportunities to explore nature outside of city sidewalks and rain filled ditches. In just the first year of the program, about 1,000 children in Little Rock experienced first hand the pure excitement of trout fishing on just the first day of the stocking.

The West Memphis pond will be restocked monthly through late March, according to the AGFC’s Family and Community Fisheries biologist Clifton Jackson. “This put and take fishery will provide convenient and exciting outdoor recreational opportunities for families and friends in eastern Arkansas,” Jackson said. “The AGFC fisheries division is committed to ensuring that ample fishing opportunities will be presented at this location all winter long. Our Jim Hinkle/Spring River Hatchery will bring a fresh supply of adult rainbow trout about every three to four weeks throughout the winter months,” he explained. “Please bring your own gear and plenty of bait as these fish normally provide plenty of winter time action,” he added.

A fishing license is required for persons 16 years of age or older to fish and a trout permit is required for anglers 16 and over to harvest trout.  There will be a five fish limit of trout.

For more information on the trout program, call the AGFC fisheries division at 501-223-6371.

 

 

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