Fishing near Ponca, AR
Ponca sits in Newton County in the Arkansas Ozarks, right on the Buffalo National River — one of the first national rivers designated in the U.S. The upper Buffalo near Ponca is clear, fast-moving water best known for smallmouth bass, and the river's 74 documented fish species make it one of the most productive Ozark fisheries in the region.
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Species & education
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American Shad
Alosa sapidissima
Blue Catfish
Ictalurus furcatus
Brook Trout
Brown Trout
Channel Catfish
Ictalurus punctatus
Cutthroat Trout
Flathead Catfish
Pylodictis olivaris
Largemouth Bass
Micropterus salmoides
Longnose Gar
Lepisosteus osseus
Rainbow Trout
Rock Bass
Ambloplites rupestris
Skipjack Herring
Alosa chrysochloris
Smallmouth Bass
Micropterus dolomieu
Spotted Bass
Micropterus punctulatus
Striped Bass
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Spencer Clark
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