Sport Fish Creel Results of 9 Arkansas State-owned Lakes With Some Management Implications
Creel surveys were conducted on 9 state-owned public fishing lakes during 1981 and 1982 to determine harvest, pressure, and angler success rates. Anglers harvested a mean 50.4 kg/ha (SD = 18.0 kg/ha) among all lakes surveyed and had a mean success rate of 0.94 fish/angler-hour and 0.18 kg/angler-hour. Mean pressure among all lakes was 318.2 angler-hours/ha (SD = 145.3 angler-hours/ha). Lepomis macrochirus was the most sought after species during the survey, followed by Pomoxis sp., Micropterus salmoides, and lctalurus punctatus, respectively. Negative relationships were detected between...
