Hey folks,

Sorry I’ve been off the blog for a while. But I had some surgery in late April, and the recovery was a bit tougher than I expected.

Anyway, I’m back near full strength now, and I wanted to update you on a couple of things.

Since my May 4 story on tilapia, I’ve gotten a lot of calls from people wondering where they can find these truly fascinating fish. The company I mentioned in the story, Southeastern Pond Management, can be reached at (888) 830-POND.

I haven’t heard about any public stockings of tilapia in Arkansas or Tennessee yet. But when I do, I will certainly publish an update.

Meanwhile, the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission did recently stock 180,000 pounds of other fish species into public lakes around the state.

Courtesy of the AGFC, here’s a complete breakdown of the species they stocked:

Lou Emma Lake, Crawford County, 250 catchable channel catfish

Springdale Lake, Washington County, 400 catchable channel catfish

Baltz Lake, Randolph County, 300 catchable channel catfish

Craighead Forest Kids Pond, Craighead County, 200 catchable channel catfish

Marion City Park Lake, Crittenden County, 150 catchable channel catfish

Poinsett Lake, Poinsett County, 500 catchable channel catfish

Truman City Pond, Poinsett County, 250 catchable channel catfish

Alma City Lake, Crawford County, 450 catchable channel catfish

Atkins Lake, Pope County, 1170 catchable channel catfish

Caddo River, Pike County, 325 catchable channel catfish

Calion Lake, Union County, 750 catchable channel catfish

Camp Clearfork Lake, Garland County, 352 catchable channel catfish

Cap Bedell Lake, Crawford County, 170 catchable channel catfish

Cargile Lake, Conway County, 260 catchable channel catfish

Cedar Creek Lake, Perry County, 284 catchable channel catfish

Columbia Lake, Columbia County, 1560 catchable channel catfish

Cox Creek Lake, Grant County, 588 catchable channel catfish

Darby Lake, Franklin County, 350 catchable channel catfish

Dardanelle City Park Lake 2, Yell County, 140 catchable channel catfish

Dardanelle City Park Lake 1, Yell County, 140 catchable channel catfish

DeGray Lake, Hot Spring County, 1,810 catchable channel catfish

DeSoto Lake, Union County, 1,010 catchable channel catfish

Dry Fork Lake, Perry County, 332 catchable channel catfish

Dutch Creek, Yell County, 356 catchable channel catfish

Grandview Lake 1, Hempstead County, 302 catchable channel catfish

Grandview Lake 2, Hempstead County, 312 catchable channel catfish

Greenwood City Lake, Sebastian County, 970 catchable channel catfish

Gurdon Lake, Clark County, 280 catchable channel catfish

Harris Brake Lake, Perry County, 1,351 catchable channel catfish

Hinkle Lake, Scott County, 1,443 catchable channel catfish

Huckleberry Lake, Pope County, 897 catchable channel catfish

Irons Fork Lake, Polk County, 440 catchable channel catfish

Jack Nolen Lake, Sebastian County, 340 catchable channel catfish

Lee Creek Lake, Crawford County, 910 catchable channel catfish

Lester Sites/Bois d Arc Lake, Hempstead County, 335 catchable channel catfish

Little Missouri River, Nevada and Clark Counties, 689 catchable channel catfish

Ludwig Lake, Johnson County, 588 catchable channel catfish

Mansfield City Lake, Scott County, 306 catchable channel catfish

Moss Creek Road Pond, Yell County, 356 catchable channel catfish

North Fork Lake, Montgomery County, 148 catchable channel catfish

Ola City Lake, Yell County, 507 catchable channel catfish

Old Forrester Pond, Scott County, 306 catchable channel catfish

Ouachita Lake, Garland County, 2,576 catchable channel catfish

Ouachita River, Hot Spring, Polk and Montgomery counties, 1,415 catchable channel catfish

Overcup Lake, Conway County, 1,154 catchable channel catfish

Paris City Lake, Logan County, 436 catchable channel catfish

Rock Creek Watershed Lake, Perry County, 332 catchable channel catfish

Spring Lake, Yell County, 359 catchable channel catfish

Square Rock Lake, Scott County, 306 catchable channel catfish

Sugar Loaf Lake, Sebastian County, 572 catchable channel catfish

Sylvia Lake, Perry County, 338 catchable channel catfish

T. J. House Reservoir, Crawford County, 393 catchable channel catfish

Tri County Lake, Calhoun County, 429 catchable channel catfish

Truman Baker Lake, Scott County, 306 catchable channel catfish

Waldron City Lake, Scott County, 725 catchable channel catfish

Lower White Oak Lake, Ouachita County, 1,206 catchable channel catfish

Upper White Oak Lake, Ouachita County, 1,232 catchable channel catfish

Catherine Lake, Garland County, 3,042 catchable rainbow trout

Little Missouri River, Montgomery County, 2,156 catchable rainbow trout

Narrows Dam Tailwater, Pike County, 1,814 catchable rainbow trout

Ouachita River, Hot Spring County, 1,519 catchable rainbow trout

Cotter Big Spring, Baxter County, 500 catchable rainbow trout

Little Red River, Cleburne and White Counties, 11,197 catchable rainbow trout

Mirror Lake, Stone County, 1,700 catchable rainbow trout

Spring River, Fulton County, 13,615 catchable rainbow trout

White River, Izard, Baxter, Marion and Stone Counties, 54,145 catchable rainbow trout

Columbia Lake, Columbia County, 3,400 yearling grass carp

Sherwood City Pond, Pulaski County, 32 yearling grass carp

Cabot Community Pond, Lonoke County, 500 catchable channel catfish

Cherrywood Lake, Pulaski County, 1,310 catchable channel catfish

Conner Park Pond, Pulaski County, 350 catchable channel catfish

Crystal Hill Pond, Pulaski County, 350 catchable channel catfish

Lake Village Community Lake, Chicot County, 533 catchable channel catfish

Paradise Lake, Pulaski County, 330 catchable channel catfish

Pathway Youth Camp, Saline County, 400 catchable channel catfish

Roderson Church Pond, Lonoke County, 500 catchable channel catfish

Sherwood City Pond, Pulaski County, 210 catchable channel catfish

Spirit Lake, Faulkner County, 850 catchable channel catfish

West Memphis City Park Lake, Crittenden County, 1,300 catchable channel catfish

Oden High School Ponds, Montgomery County, 320 yearling channel catfish

Atalanta Lake, Benton County, 300 catchable channel catfish

Murphy Park Lake, Washington County, 500 catchable channel catfish

Valencia Lake, Pulaski County, 1,300 catchable channel catfish

Beaver Tailwater, Carroll County, 5,000 catchable rainbow trout

Bull Shoals Lake, Marion County, 30,000 catchable rainbow trout

Norfork River, Baxter County, 5,750 catchable rainbow trout

Boyle Park Pond, Pulaski County, 500 catchable channel catfish

Cortez Lake, Garland County, 300 catchable channel catfish

Diamondhead Pond, Garland County, 250 catchable channel catfish

Family Park Lake, Garand County, 300 catchable channel catfish

Hamilton Lake, Garland County, 400 catchable channel catfish

Kiwanis Park, Pulaski County, 500 catchable channel catfish

MacArthur Park Lake, Pulaski County, 500 catchable channel catfish

Maurice Hendrix Pond, Hot Spring County, 600 catchable channel catfish

Shady Lake, Polk County, 150 catchable channel catfish

War Memorial Park, Pulaski County, 200 catchable channel catfish