The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) is finalizing a process to develop a statewide Reservoir Black Bass Management Plan. This plan provides broad guidance on policies addressing the complex management challenges and issues related to producing desirable fishing experiences for black bass in Arkansas’s lakes and reservoirs. The plan results from a collaboration between the AGFC and a Stakeholder Advisory Committee (citizen volunteers representing a cross-section of black bass fishing interests). It includes management goals that reflect stakeholder values, specific objectives designed to attain each goal, and potential general strategies for achieving objectives. The plan provides broad guidance for the AGFC Commissioners and AGFC staff for managing black bass in Arkansas’s lakes and reservoirs. (more…)