(A)
BASS: It shall be unlawful to possess black bass as
follows:
(1) Less than 12 inches in length on
largemouth bass in Lake Frierson.
(2) Less than 12 inches in length on spotted
bass in Beaver Lake, Bull Shoals Lake, Norfork Lake and Table Rock
Lake.
(3) Less than 15 inches in
length on smallmouth bass in Beaver Lake, Bull Shoals Lake, Norfork Lake and
Table Rock Lake.
(4) Less than 15
inches in length on largemouth bass only in Beaver Lake, Big Lake National
Wildlife Refuge, Blue Mountain Lake, Bull Shoals Lake, Caddo Fishing Pond,
Upper and Lower Lake Chicot (including that portion of Connerly Bayou
downstream from Connerly Dam to the bayou's mouth and Ditch Bayou from the
inlet on Lake Chicot to Ditch Bayou Dam) in Chicot County, Georgia Pacific
Lake, Lake Greenlee, Kingfisher Lake, Greers Ferry Lake, Mercer Bayou (Sulphur
River WMA), Moss Creek Pond, Norfork Lake, Shady
Lake,Table Rock Lake, and Arkansas River.
(5) It shall be unlawful to possess
largemouth bass from
13" to 16" in length on Lake Barnett (White County), Lake Austell
(Cross County), Bear Creek Lake, Bob Kidd Lake, Lake Brewer, Lake DeGray,
Dierks Reservoir (Howard and Sevier counties), Lee Creek Lake, Sugar Loaf Lake
and Lake Wilhelmina (Polk County).
(6) Less than 16 inches in length on
largemouth bass only in Lake Millwood. Limit 3.
(7) It shall be unlawful to possess
largemouth bass from 16" to 21" in length or to possess more than one (1)
largemouth bass 21" or longer in Lake Atkins (Pope County) e iell. Limit
4.
(8) It shall be unlawful to
possess largemouth bass from 16" to 21" in length in Lake Pickthorne; limit 2,
only one of which may be 21" or longer.
(9) It shall be unlawful to possess
largemouth bass from16 inches to 21 inches in length in Lake #1 in Grandview
WMA. Limit 2 largemouth bass (1 over 21" and 1 under 16", or 2 under 16").
Limit on other game fish is one half the statewide daily limit.
(10) Less than 13 inches in length on
largemouth bass and spotted bass in Lake Ouachita.
(11) It shall be unlawful to possess
largemouth bass from 16" to 18" in length or to possess more than three
largemouth bass longer than 18" in Lower White Oak Lake and Lake
Columbia.
(12) Less than 21 inches
in length on largemouth bass in Mallard Lake. Daily limit one largemouth
bass.
(13) Less than 18 inches in
length on smallmouth bass in the lower Little Missouri River.
(14) It shall be unlawful to possess more
than (1) largemouth bass 18 inches or longer in Lake SWEPCO.
(15) Black bass greater than 16 inches in
Lake Winona.
(16) Less than 12
inches in length on black bass in Horseshoe Bend Pool on the Strawberry
River.
(17)
Less
than 13 inches in length on largemouth bass in the Ouachita River from Tate's
Bluff Bridge (Ouachita County) to Felsenthal Lock and Dam (Union and Ashley
Counties), including all waters accessible by boat from the main
channel
at normal water levels (65.0 ft. MSL at Felsenthal
Lock and Dam and 77.0 ft. MSL at Thatcher Lock and Dam). Persons fishing oxbow
lakes that are exempt from this regulation should access those waters directly
and not from the river channel during higher water levels.
(18)
Less than 13 inches
in length on largemouth bass in the Saline River form Stillion Bridge (Ashley
and Bradley Counties) to the mouth, including all waters accessible by boat
from the main channel
at normal water levels (65.0ft. MSL
at Felsenthal Lock and Dam). Persons fishing oxbow lakes that are exempt from
this regulation should access those waters directly and not from the river
channel during higher water levels.
(19) Largemouth bass 19-22 inches on Lake
Monticello. Daily limit eight, only one of which may be 22 inches or
longer.
The Fisheries Division recommends the following fishing
regulation change. These changes were approved at the August Commission
meeting. The following pages include the recommended Code Book language to be
adopted, allowing only one largemouth bass 22 inches or longer to be reatined.
If approved, all changes would go into effect 1 January 2011.
