Lake Valencia

Arkansas Game & Fish Commission stocked Lake Valencia with trout today!

The Family and Community Fisheries Program enhances and creates destinations in urban areas, so excellent fishing is available within a stone’s throw of all Arkansans. The Family and Community Fisheries Program is a team effort. We receive support from the Aquatic Resource Education Program and AGFC hatcheries to fulfill our mission. We often partner with city parks and recreation departments to enhance park facilities that are convenient to inner-city residents. Our efforts include sampling fish populations, aquatic habitat improvements, setting harvest restrictions and stocking thousands of pounds of fish each year.

We stock many community ponds with channel catfish in the warmer months and rainbow trout in winter. We hold kick-off events at select urban locations and beginner fishing clinics in select cities prior to our kick-off events. Hundreds of rods and reels are awarded annually to children that attend the fishing clinics, or are given away as door prizes at kick-off events.