Stockings Suspended Due To Leak at Mike Freeze England Community Fishing Pond

ENGLAND - The Mike Freeze England Community Fishing Pond is leaking and Arkansas Game and Fish Commission stocking of the lake will be suspended until the leak can fixed. The pond has been losing about 2,000 gallons of water per day.

The water loss amounted to about ¾ of an inch in pond height per day, according to AGFC community fisheries biologist Clifton Jackson. “A subtle issue of maintaining a normal water level in the heat of summer became an obvious problem in the winter months. The pond does not stay full, even with considerable amounts of precipitation,” Jackson said.

The source of the leak has not yet been determined, Jackson noted. But we are working on a strategy to get this issue resolved,” he explained.

The 16-acre pond is located just off Highway 165. The lake is six feet deep and sports a 30 foot by 40 foot fishing pier along with a 20 foot wide boat ramp. Water for the lake is provided by a well that maintains the lake’s water level.

The pond provides a handicap-accessible fishing pier, boat ramp and several earthen jetties to aide in bank fishing. There are also many habitat structures placed throughout the pond to provide structures for fishing.