Arkansas Legacy Lunker Program
Celebrate Arkansas’s trophy bass and create a lasting legacy with the AGFC’s Legacy Lunker Program.
Donate your 10-pound-plus largemouth bass from January through March to help stock Arkansas waters with the next generation of lunker bass. Bass that come close to the donation requirements and those that fall outside the spring spawning season also give cause to celebrate, thanks to our Angler Recognition Program, where you can earn prize packs courtesy of our many partnering sponsors. Mega-sized smallmouth and spotted bass will also be eligible for recognition through the program. Join us to make the catch of a lifetime an enduring legacy for generations to come.
Harnessing the trophy potential of Arkansas’s home-grown trophy bass combined with cutting-edge research and technology, the Legacy Lunker Program will push the envelope in producing and managing trophy bass like never before in the history of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. From January to March, anglers can donate trophy bass weighing over 10 pounds from Arkansas waters. These donated fish will be bred with selected males that possess trophy genetic markers, identified through a collaboration with our genetic partners at Red Hills Fishery. After spawning, both the donated bass and their offspring will be released back into the same water body where the trophy bass were caught. This initiative will create a lasting legacy for trophy bass fishing in Arkansas.
Each fall, anglers who catch and donate a double-digit bass during the donation period will be invited to the Legacy Lunker banquet. At this event, they will be recognized for their achievements and generosity. Donors will receive a prize package that includes lures from PRADCO and a Bass Pro Shops gift card. Additionally, thanks to a partnership with Xpress Boats of Hot Springs, donors will be entered into a drawing for a fully rigged 21-foot boat and will receive a replica mount of their catch from Harper’s Pure Country Taxidermy of Mountain Home. Additional prizes provided by Arkansas companies are in the works.
The Legacy Lunker Program aims to generate excitement for bass fishing across Arkansas by recognizing anglers for their impressive catches throughout the year. Anglers will receive honors for catching largemouth bass weighing over 10 pounds (not donated), bass weighing over 8 pounds, and there will also be a youth category for bass over 6 pounds. Additionally, there will be recognition for smallmouth and spotted bass that weigh over 4 pounds.
These anglers will receive a prize pack recognizing their achievement, including lures from PRADCO and a gift card from Bass Pro Shops, with more prizes in the works.