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Water Body
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Bayou
Meto
WMA
Lakes
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Location
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Bayou Meto Wildlife Management Area, western ArkansasCounty, 18 miles southwest of Stuttgart |
AGFC Interactive Map
Directions
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District Information
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District 4
1201 Highway 49 North
Brinkley, AR 72021 |
Jeff Farwick, Biologist
jfarwick@agfc.state.ar.us
1-877-734-4581 |
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Size
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Halowell Reservoir - 600 acres
CoxCypressLake -150 acres |
Constructed: Halowell was constructed in 1959. Cox Cypress is a natural oxbow of Bayou Meto. |
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Regulations
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Click here to view specific regulations pertaining to this lake.
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Ownership
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Lake Barnett is owned by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. |
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Major Sportfish
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Bluegill, channel catfish, crappie, largemouth bass, redear sunfish (Halowell); bluegill, channel catfish, crappie, largemouth bass (Cox Cypress) |
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Other Fish
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Bowfin, bullhead, grass pickerel, green sunfish, warmouth (Halowell); bowfin, common carp (Cox Cypress) |
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Fish Forage
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Shad, small crappies & sunfish, silversides |
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Visible Cover
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Stumps, willows buckbrush, beaver lodges (Halowell); cypress trees, buckbrush, fallen trees (Cox Cypress) |
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Depth
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Halowell - average depth 1.5 feet, maximum depth 5 feet;
Cox Cypress - average depth 3 feet, maximum depth 6 feet |
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Bottom Features
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Borrow ditch channel along the shore, stumps, logs (Halowell); no prominent features on Cox Cypress |
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Aquatic Vegetation
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Coontail, water lilies (Halowell); little on Cox Cypress |
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Facilities
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Halowell has a single concrete boat ramp on the southeast corner behind the HamptonWaterfowlResearchCenter. Cox Cypress has a concrete boat ramp on the south end and several primitive lakeside campsites. Several dozen additional primitive campsites are scattered over the WMA. A restaurant is located near the lakes, with motels and fishing supplies available in Stuttgart. |
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Access
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Halowell difficult at best, but a wide ditch just inside the levees provides access around the entire impoundment. Eighty-acre Wrape Lake is also on the WMA and offers good fishing for crappies, catfish, bream and bass three miles north of Reydel. This lake is also a waterfowl rest area, so anglers should check open dates. |
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Description
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Halowell Reservoir and Cox Cypress Lake are within 33,901-acre Bayou Meto Wildlife Management Area, the largest WMA owned by the Game & Fish Commission. Cox Cypress is a natural oxbow of Bayou Meto. Halowell was once part of a private duck hunting club and now serves primarily as a rest area for thousands of wintering ducks. Because of Halowell's rest area status, visitors are not permitted on the lake during much of the fall and winter, so anglers should check open dates before planning a trip. Cox Cypress is open to fishing year-round.
Both lakes offer top-notch angling for bluegills, channel catfish, crappies and largemouth bass, and Halowell also has a healthy population of big redears. On Cox Cypress, most anglers fish around cypress trees and buckbrush. Halowell anglers work the lake's dense stands of buckbrush, willows, coontail, water lilies and dead timber. Heavy cover and shallow water make boating on
Hunting for small games, ducks, deer, turkeys and furbearers is available on the WMA, and wildlife watchers can view migrating song and water birds, wintering eagles and alligators.
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Other Points
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Other area attractions include White River NationalWildlife Refuge near St. Charles and wildlife and farming exhibits at the Stuttgart Agricultural Museum.
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Restaurants, Camping
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