MAYFLOWER — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is doubling down on its “Cash In on Conway” fishing promotion, increasing the prize money for each tagged fish from $500 to $1,000. …
MAYFLOWER, Ark. (ARKANSAS GAME & FISH) —Since Lake Conway will be drained and close for rehabilitation, there will be a large gap in fishing for the region.
Revitalizing the fishing habitat in Lake Conway will be among the most ambitious projects in the long history of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. The commission will drain the 6,700-acre lake, restore its average depth to 1975 levels, remove stumps in boat lanes, tear down abandoned docks, add spawning beds for fish, install thousands of artificial fish structures, build brush piles and plant cypress trees.
Bart Castleberry, mayor of Conway, said that folks are worried about what will become of Lake Conway s alligator when the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission starts draining the lake in September.
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