Bryan Hendricks
Recent Stories
Smallmouth joy
posted: 02/05/2012 3:34 a.m. Discuss
Unrestrained joy. That’s what I felt overflowed when I saw the size of the brawny smallmouth bass as it rocketed from the icy waters of the Caddo River Every year, I join a friend I call “The Instigator” for a midwinter fishing trip on the Caddo River between Caddo Gap and Glenwood. For years, this was one of my favorite spring and summer haunts, but in recent years I’ve discovered how good it fishes in cold weather. The smallmouth bass are almost always big, fat and surprisingly aggressive, and in winter there’s almost never anyone else on the river. You can fish all day and not see another soul.
ARKANSAS SPORTSMAN: Hunters favor eliminating flood-prone zones
posted: 02/05/2012 3:32 a.m. Discuss
Thirty-three people attended the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s public meeting in Little Rock Tuesday to discuss proposed regulations for 2012.
ARKANSAS SPORTSMAN: ‘Triangle’ yields double bands
posted: 02/02/2012 4:18 a.m. Discuss
I didn’t recognize him through his mask.
BIG BUCK CLASSIC: ‘Starburst’ buck good for Hickey
posted: 01/30/2012 4:07 a.m. Discuss
In a “starburst” finish, Jay Hickey of Texarkana won the 2012 Arkansas Big Buck Classic with a white tailed deer he killed in Little River County during the 2011 modern gun season.
Life at Bayou Meto
posted: 01/29/2012 3:05 a.m. Discuss
Contrary to some reports, ducks were plentiful in the Wabbaseka Scatters during the closing days of duck season.
ARKANSAS SPORTSMAN: Alabama Rig gets Arkansas twist for crappie
posted: 01/29/2012 3:04 a.m. Discuss
Crappie fishermen didn’t take long to adopt the Alabama Rig.
ARKANSAS SPORTSMAN: Stuttgart set for turkey calling
posted: 01/26/2012 4:50 a.m. Discuss
Besides hosting the world’s biggest duck calling contest, Stuttgart will also host one of the nation’s biggest turkey calling competitions Feb. 24-26 at Macks Prairie Wings.
ARKANSAS SPORTSMAN: Alabama Rig not a threat to Arkansas fisheries
posted: 01/22/2012 4:32 a.m. Discuss
Until proven otherwise, Ron Pierce of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission says there’s no need to ban the Alabama Rig in Arkansas.
Winter trout
posted: 01/22/2012 4:31 a.m. Discuss
With low water levels and warm temperatures, last weekend was a near perfect time for trout fishing on the White River.
Flow project started in 1999 nearing completion
posted: 01/20/2012 2:40 a.m. Discuss
To complete a project started in 1999, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission finalized an an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to establish a minimum flow regimen for the White River below Bull Shoals Dam.
