Channel catfish are a favorite target and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission makes sure there are plenty for anglers to catch. Catfish reproduce naturally in all the region's lakes and rivers.

The glow of a camping lantern shines on a fishing pole quivering like mad in a rod holder stuck in the mud of a Beaver Lake shoreline.

A change of seasons calls for a change in fishing tactics, especially when it comes to catching walleye at Beaver Lake.

Those 60,000 catfish are now swimming in Beaver Lake. "Next year, we'll use baited hoop nets to catch catfish at the lake," said Jon Stein, area fisheries biologist with Game and Fish.