Yarborough Landing closed for renovations
May 19, 2023
ASHDOWN — The parking area at Yarborough Landing on Millwood lake will be closed beginning May 22 for the expansion and improvement of this popular fishing and boating access.
Millwood one of many Arkansas lakes seeing Florida bass boost
June 22, 2022
SARATOGA — Arkansas Game and Fish Commission hatchery trucks delivered a quarter of a million Florida bass to the rich waters of Millwood Lake in southwest Arkansas last week as part of the AGFC’s continued effort to elevate the trophy potential of fish for Natural State bass anglers.
Apply for a 2022 Arkansas alligator hunt permit
June 15, 2022
LITTLE ROCK – Applications for the 2022 Arkansas alligator season are available at www.agfc.com from 8 a.m., June 15 through midnight, June 30. Anyone interested in pursuing alligators on public land in Arkansas must apply for one of the six hunting locations within two of Arkansas’s three open Alligator Management Zones.
Invasive plant threatens angling, hunting at Millwood Lake
Jan. 6, 2021
ASHDOWN — Giant salvinia, a harmful aquatic plant, was discovered in Millwood Lake Monday, Dec. 28, by Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Army Corps of Engineers staff. This is the fourth known location in southern Arkansas infected by the aquatic invasive species.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Oct. 28, 2020
This angler, whose first name is Nate and is from Texarkana, found out just how wild the "Millwood Mayhem" can be when the white bass join the largemouths in randomly schooling and going after the threadfin shad in the cooled-off waters of the lake. Photo provided by Mike Siefert.
Resourceful recycling benefits bank anglers at Millwood Lake
June 24, 2020
SARATOGA — Thanks to some quick thinking and a little groundwork, several bundles of PVC pipe will now play a helpful role in fishing instead of wasting away in a landfill in southwest Arkansas. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission fisheries biologists recently added several large fish habitat structures in Lake Millwood constructed of leftover pipe destined for the dump.
Harmon, Jacks top pack at 2020 Commissioners’ Cup youth bass tournament
June 24, 2020
HOT SPRINGS – There was no “blast off” of boats or large crowd to watch the weigh-in at this year’s Commissioners’ Cup youth bass tournament, presented by Xpress Boats, but the fishing fever was no less evident in the ranks of high school and junior high anglers fishing across the state Saturday, June 20. At the end of the day, it was the team of Kanon Harmon of Haskell and Brody Jacks of Tull who stood above the field with an impressive limit of fish from Millwood Lake in Southwest Arkansas. Their six-bass limit measured 102.5 inches, nearly half a foot longer than second place.