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9/13/2006
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New bass limit is
approved for Mallard Lake |
 MANILA
– Mallard Lake has long been in Arkansas’s fishing record book, but the
lake is struggling. A new length limit on largemouth bass has been set
as part of the treatment.
Beginning, Jan. 1, 2007, anglers can keep only one largemouth bass over
21 inches in length in a limit of four bass per day. The rule replaces
the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s previous 16- to 21-inch
protected slot limit, with four bass per day, that had been in effect
since 2000.
Mallard Lake is just 300 acres and is north of Manila in Mississippi
County. It adjoins Big Lake Wildlife Management Area and is a levee
lake, meaning it was formed by the building of earthen levees on all
four sides.
On March 2, 1976, Mallard Lake attracted nationwide attention when Aaron
Mardis of Memphis caught a 16-pound, 4-ounce largemouth from it on a
spinner bait.
 Bass
fishermen flocked to the little lake, but bass production sagged. In
1993 the lake was renovated and a catch-and-release rule for largemouth
bass put into effect. Continual monitoring of the lake by AGFC fisheries
biologists have shown that the larger bass are not as numerous as
desired for a balanced fish population despite the AGFC’s stocking of
fingerling bass into the lake. |
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