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Fishing near the Talimena Scenic Drive When it comes to fish, Arkansas is most famous beyond its borders for the outstanding trout fisheries that have been developed over the last five decades by the AG&FC with help from two federal trout hatcheries. Today, more than 2.5 million trout are stocked annually in Arkansas's waters. Trout are stocked into two tailwater sites on the Ouachita River near Hot Springs and into two parts of the Little Missouri River in western Arkansas. The Little Missouri offers cool-season trout fishing only. Trout are also stocked in Lakes Ouachita, Hamilton and Catherine. Corps of Engineer dams on the White, Ouachita, Little Missouri, Caddo and Cossatot Rivers have produced almost a dozen large lakes known for their bass, crappie, bream and catfish. Millwood Lake, a 29,500-acre reservoir located in southwest Arkansas, has produced many trophy largemouth bass exceeding 10 pounds and four-to-five-pound fish are common. Millwood State Park offers camping and a full-service marina with boats available for rent. The park may be reached at 501-898-2800. One of Arkansas's most popular fishing lakes is the state's largest, the 48,300-acre Lake Ouachita. Bass, crappie, bream and catfish abound in the lake, which is also stocked with rainbow trout, northern pike and ocean stripers. Oklahoma has two introduced species of trout — rainbows and browns, with rainbow trout being far more abundant. Rainbow trout are native to the cold streams west of the Continental Divide but have been introduced here and elsewhere. Browns are stocked periodically in the Mountain Fork River below Broken Bow Lake. One of the best trout fishing areas is a stretch covering a 12 mile portion of the Lower Mountain Fork River and its tributaries from Broken Bow dam downstream to U.S. Hwy 70 bridge. About five miles of this designated trout stream lies within Beaver’s Bend State Park, which is six miles north of Broken Bow on U.S. Hwy 259, in McCurtain County. For information call: (580) 494-6300. Another designated trout fishing area is Robbers Cave State Park. The trout season runs from November 1 through March 15 of the following year. It covers 1.5 miles of Fourche Maline River immediately below Carlton Dam downstream to the Southern boundary of Robbers Cave State Park, which is located in Latimer County, five miles north of Wilburton on State Hwy. 2.
Talimena National Scenic Byway
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