The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is stocking hundreds of thousands of catchable catfish at community ponds and public fishing derbies across the state this spring. Warm afternoons are back, and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is making sure Arkansans have a great reason to head outside after school and work. The agency is shipping catchable-sized channel catfish from its four warmwater hatcheries to ponds and fishing derbies across the state, giving families an easy, affordable way to fish close to home. Where Arkansas Catfish Come From: Joe Hogan State Fish Hatchery in Lonoke Every channel catfish the AGFC