Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission
Division 01 - Legal Division
Rule 002.01.24-019 - 26.21 Passive Fishing Requirements

A. Fish more than 25 limblines, yo-yos or other mechanical fishing devices or to leave such unattended (out of sight or hearing) during daylight hours;

B. Suspend more than one yo-yo or mechanical fishing device from any horizontal line, wire, limb or support;

C. Use a stake to mount a yo-yo, limbline, or mechanical fishing device on a Commission-owned lake unless the stake is made from wood or cane;

D. Fail to remove any mounting stake placed in a Commission-owned lake after the stake is no longer in use for fishing;

E. Fish in excess of 25 freefloating fishing devices (jugs) and to fail to attend such devices at all times;

F. Use trotlines and limblines with drops or hooks less than 24 inches apart statewide;

G. Use any trotline or snagline below any lock and dam on the Arkansas River from the dam to the nearest arrival point navigation marker downstream;

H. Fail to run any line and remove catch every 24 hours;

I. Fail to remove any trotlin, yo-yo, or limbline when no longer in use for fishing (not baited for 24 hours or more); or

J. Fish any more than 100 hooks at any time between the main levees of the Mississippi River (Code 26.08).

K. Fish more than 2 hooks per limbline, free floating, yo-yo, or other mechanical fishing device.

A. the name and address;

B. driver's license number;

C. current vehicle license plate number; or

D. AGFC customer identification number of the person using such equipment.

A. Freefloating Fishing Devices are not required to be attended from sunset to sunrise.

B. Trotlines that otherwise comply with the provisions of this regulation may be used on Lake Maumelle, except in areas where signs prohibiting use of trotlines are posted by the Commission or Central Arkansas Water Authority.

C. Limblines may not be used within the boundaries of Buffalo River National Park.