Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 2, February 2024
26.05
HOGGING AND NODDLING RESTRICTED
It is unlawful to hog or noodle fish.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Buffalo, catfish, carp and drum may be
taken by these means for personal use. The portion of the state north and west
of U.S. Highway 67 is open July 15-Oct 31, and that portion of the state south
and east of U. S. Highway 67 is open May 15- Oct. 31.
The Arkansas River is open May 15-Oct. 31. The
Mississippi River is open from May 1-July 15. While engaged in hogging in these
areas, it is unlawful to raise any part of a natural or artificial device out
of the water, aiding in the capture of enclosed fish. Hogging and noodling is
prohibited on the Ouachita River from the confluence of the Little Missouri
River to Remmel Dam.
(2) Half daily
limit on catfish is allowed for hogged or noodled fish.
(3) Lake Charles and the Strawberry River
below U.S. Highway 167 is open June 1-Oct. 31.
PENALTY: Class 1
26.06
TAKING FISH WITH BOW AND ARROW
OR GIG RESTRICTED
It is unlawful to fish other than rough fish with bow and arrow
or gig.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1)
Annual limit of
one alligator gar longer than 36 inches may be taken
per year by Alligator Gar Tag holders (Codes 25.01;
26.28).
(2) Gigging is allowed 10
a.m.-midnight, Sept.l5-Feb.l5 statewide.
(3) Half the daily limit of catfish in the
waters being fished may be taken per day from noon to noon with bow and arrow
July 15-May 1.
PENALTY: Class 1
26.28
ALLIGATOR GAR PERMIT
REQUIREMENT
It is unlawful for any person to
harvest any alligator gar without a valid Alligator
Gar Tag in their possession in addition
to a fishing license in compliance with Code
03.02.
(A)
Immediately after harvesting an Alligator Gar and before moving it.
each fisherman must attach a temporary Alligator Gar Possession Tag to the
dorsal fin.
(B)
Fishermen must check each Alligator Gar within 12 hours of harvest
by contacting the Commission and following all tag requirements furnished by
the Commission before the season.
PENALTY: Class 1
26.29
_________TAKE OF
GRASS CARP PROHIBITED ON LAKE COLUMBIA
It is unlawful to take grass carp from Lake
Columbia.
PENALTY: Class 1
27.05
TROUT RETENTION RESTRICTED
ft is unlawful to release any trout after it has been placed on
a stringer, within a fish basket, live well, ice chest or retained by any other
device. PENALTY: Class 1
30.01
COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN'S PERMIT AND
REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS
It is unlawful to purchase commercial tackle tags or to operate
commercial tackle,
or sell or attempt to sell wild-caught commercial aquatic
wildlife without a current commercial fisherman's permit and sportfishing
license. A bill of sale or receipt of transfer with a commercial fisherman's
permit number must accompany all sales to fish markets, processors or retailers
of fish or fish parts in each transaction. Bills of sale must be retained by
the purchaser for a period of 12 months and made available for inspection by
the Commission. EXCEPTIONS:
(1)
Bill of sale or receipt
provision applies only to the sale of commercial fish or fish parts from a
commercial fisherman to a fish market, processor or retailer.
(2) Youths or individuals 65 years of age or
older are requu-ed to purchase a Junior/Senior commercial fishing
permit.
(3) A person with a
commercial fisherman helper's permit in his immediate possession may operate
the properly tagged tackle of tiie licensed commercial fisherman
who holds the permit. The holder of a commercial
fishermen's permit and sportfishuig license shall be fully responsible for
supervising the actions of the person using the commercial fisherman helper's
permit.
(4) In compliance with
Codes 03.07. 03.08. PENALTY: Class 2
30.04
COMMERCIAL
TACKLE TAG REQUIREMENTS
Metal tags issued with commercial tackle licenses must be
attached to the tackle
of the commercial fisherman that is fishing the
tackle as specified:
(A)
Gill net, trammel net and fish seine tags must be attached to one end of the
float line. If over 100 yards, an additional tag is required for each
additional 100 yards or fractional part.
(B) Hoop net and fiddler net tags must be
attached to first hoop at the opening of the net.
(C) Slat trap tags must be attached to the
first rib nearest the front opening of each trap.
(D) Trotline, snagline, throw line, limbline
and set hook tags (same tag used for each of these tackles) must be attached to
each line at the bank end. If over 100 feet, an additional tag is required for
each additional 100 feet or fractional part.
PENALTY: Class 2
30.10
POSSESSION OF GAME FISH BY
COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN
PROHIBITED
01-18 It is unlawful for commercial
fishermen to possess game fish while engaged in commercial fishing or while
possessing commercial tackle or commercial fish. EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Catfish 16 inches or longer.
(2) In compliance with Codes
30.11; 30.14; 35.01.
(3) Bream for bait. PENALTY: Class
2
30.13
POSSESSION AND USE OF FIDDLER SIZE HOOP NETS AND SLAT
TYPE FISH TRAPS RESTRICTED TO CERTAIN PUBLIC
WATERS
It is imlawfiil to use or possess fiddler size hoop
nets or slat type fish traps in any waters of the state other than those
specified below:
(A) Arkansas River,
including all impoundments, from the mouth of the Mississippi River to
Arkansas/Oklahoma state line.
(B)
L'Anguille River from the mouth of the St. Francis River to the point of
origin.
(C) Little River from its
mouth to the Corps of Engineers boat ramp on the west side of Little River
below Millwood Dam.
(D) All waters
of the Mississippi River bounding Arkansas.
(E) Red River from the Louisiana state line
to the Oklahoma state line.
(F) St.
Francis River from the mouth at the Mississippi River to the Missouri state
line in Clay Counly.
(G) Old Town
Lake, Phillips County.
(H) Only
slat traps may be used in liie White River from the Interstate 40 bridge to its
mouth. Fiddler size hoop nets are prohibited in the White River.
(I) All lakes, bays or other bodies of water,
other than tributary streams,
connected to waters specified, when accessible by boat from the
main channel.
(J) Bay Ditch,
(Cross, Poinsett and Craighead counties) from its mouth upstream to U.S.
Highway 63 in Craighead County.
(K)
St. Francis Floodway Diversion Ditch from its mouth upsfream to U.S. Highway 63
in Poinsett County.
(L) Cypress
Bayou (Whiskey Chute) in Phillips County (slat traps only).
(M) . Sulphur River from the mouth of the Red
River to the Texas state line.
(N)
Boeuf River from the Louisiana state line to the point of origin.
EXCEPTIONS:(1)
Fiddler size hoop nets prohibited in the Arkansas River from the Arkansas
Highway 7 Bridge in Yell County to the Arkansas/Oklahoma state line; and in Old
Town Lake, Phillips County.
(2)
Slat traps may be fished from noon Sept. 30-noon June 1 in Millwood Lake and
year-round in Little River above Millwood Lake to the Oklahoma state
line.
PENALTY: Class 2
30.15
COMMERCIAL FISHING SEASON
RESTRICTIONS
(A) The foUowiiig waters
are open year-round to legal commercial tackle as defmed in
Code
30.05:
ARKANSAS RIVER from its mouth to the
Arkansas/Oklahoma state line including that part of the Arkansas River from the
Ozark Dam to the Arkansas/Oklahoma state line, bounded on the north by the
Union Pacific Raihoad and on the south by Arkansas Highway 22 in compliance
with Code 30.24-25;
ARKANSAS WATERS between the main levees of the
Mississippi River.
BLACK RIVER from its mouth to the Missouri state
line;
CACHE RIVER and lakes accessible by boat from the
river;
FOURCHE La FAVE RIVER from its mouth to the Arkansas
Highway 7 bridge in Perry County;
LITTLE RIVER from its mouth in Hempstead and Little
River counties upstream to the Corps of Engineers boat ramp on west bank of
river below
Millwood Lake Dam;
OUACHITA RIVER from the Louisiana state line to U.S.
Highway 79B
bridge (Camden);
PETIT JEAN RIVER from its mouth to the Arkansas
Highway 10
bridge in Yell County;
RED RIVER in Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River and
Miller counties;
ST. FRANCIS RIVER upstream to the mouth of the Left
Hand Chute of Little River in Poinsett County;
SALINE RIVER from its confluence with the Ouachita
River upstream to the Stillion railroad bridge in Ashley and Bradley
Counties;
SULPHUR RIVER from its mouth to the Texas state
Ime;
WHITE RIVER upstream from its mouth to 100 yards
below Dam No. 1
at Batesville in Independence County;
All lakes, bays or other bodies of water, other than tributary
streams,
connected to waters as specified above, when accessible by boat,
from the main channel except as limited by Addendum Chapter H1.00;
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Emergency Closures listed m
Chapter 38.00.
(2) Flathead catfish, bowfin, drum, and gar
may not be taken or possessed by commercial fishermen on the Ouachita River
from Smackover Creek to the northern boundary of Felsenthal NWR.
(3) Blue catfish, flathead catfish, bowfin,
drum and gar may not be taken or possessed by commercial fishermen on the
Ouachita River from the northern boundary of Felsenthal NWR to the Louisiana
state line, all waters within Felsenthal NWR, and from the Saline River from
its mouth within Felsenthal NWR upstream to the Stilhon railroad
bridge.
(4) Island 40 Chute in
Crittenden County is closed to commercial fishing except noon, Nov. 1-noon,
March 30, or when accessible by boat from the Mississippi River.
(B) The following waters
are closed year-round to commercial fishing
and possession of
commercial fishing tackle is prohibited while on these waters:
Lake Erling, including all tributaries upstream from 100 yards
below Lake Erling Dam to Arkansas Highway 313 in Lafayette County; All lakes
owned and/or operated by Arkansas State Parks, USDA Forest Service, AGFC;
Columbia County Lake in Columbia County; Dorcheat Bayou from its headwaters in
Nevada County to the Arkansas/Louisiana state line; Horseshoe Lake in
Crittenden County; Saline River above the Arkansas Highway 278 in Bradley
County; Lake Wallace in Drew and Chicot counties; Hensley Lake in Jefferson
County; Lake Maumelle in Pulaski County; White Oak Bay (Ozark Lake/Arkansas
River); Little Missouri River, White River above the mouth of the Black River,
and all lakes in the Hot Springs Village Area of Saline County.
EXCEPTION:
Hoop nets shall not be used on Grand Lake (Chicot County).
(C) The following counties or
other parts are open year-round to legal commercial fishing unless noted closed
in Section B or other Chapter 30 Commission Codes. Legal gill and trammel nets
may be fished in the following counties only from noon, Sept. 30 to noon, May
1: Arkansas (Emergency Closure
Code 38.01"). Ashley
(Emergency Closure
Codes 38.04-06'), Bradley
(Emergency Closure
Codes 38.03:
38.06\
Calhoun (Emergency Closure
Codes
38.03-04:
38.06), Chicot, Clay, Columbia
(Dorcheat Bayou closed in (B) above; also see Emergency Closure
Code 38.02), Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Desha, Drew
(see Emergency Closure
Codes
38.04-
05), Greene, Hempstead,
hidependence, Jackson, Jefferson (see Emergency Closure
Code
38.01). Lafayette, Lawrence, Lee, Lincoln, Little River, Lonoke
(see Emergency Closure
Code 38.01). Miller,
Mississippi, Monroe, Nevada (Dorcheat Bayou closed in (B) above), Phillips,
Poinsett, Prairie (see Emergency Closure Code 38.01), Pulaski (see Emergency
Closure Code 38.01). Randolph, St. Francis, White, Woodruff and Union (see
Emergency Closure Code
38.06) counties.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) For waters in the above counties located
within the Dale Bumpers White River NWR below Arkansas Highway 1, gill and
trammel net season is from noon, Sept. 30-noon, Nov. 30 and fi*om noon, March
1-noon, Sept. 30 when accessible by boat fi-om the White River and the White
River is above 23.5 feet on the St. Charles gauge. All commercial fishermen
must obtain a special use permit from the Dale Bumpers White River NWR manager
prior to fishing refuge waters.
(2)
Saline River and backwaters from Stillion raihoad bridge in Ashley and Bradley
Counties to the Arkansas Highway 278 bridge in Bradley County are closed all
year to gill and trammel nets.
(3)
Open waters in Independence County include White River, Black River and oxbow
lakes that are north of Arkansas Highway 14 and east of Arkansas Highway 122
and Arkansas Highway 25. Landowner permission will be required for oxbow lakes
that are not accessible from the Black River.
(4) The Little Red river in White County is
closed year-round to commercial fishing upstream of the Arkansas Highway 367
Bridge at Searcy.
(D)
The following counties are closed year-round to commercial fishing unless open
in Section A or other 3 Commission Codes: Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll,
Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway, Crawford, Dallas,
Faulkner, Franklin, Fulton, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Howard, Izard, Logan,
Johnson, Madison, Marion, Montgomery, Newton,
Ouachita. Perry, Pike, Polk, Pope, Saline, Scott,
Searcy, Sebastian, Sevier, Sharp, Stone, Van Buren, Washington and Yell
counties. When a river or stream forms the boundary between opened and closed
counties, that boundary segment shall be open to tackle legal in the open
county, unless closed in other Codes.
EXCEPTION:
That part of Saline River south of Arkansas Highway 371 (old
Arkansas Highway 24) in Howard and Sevier counties is open year around to hoop
nets. PENALTY: Class 2
30.25
COMMERCIAL FISHING RESTRICTIONS
IN CERTAIN WATERS
(A)
Corning
Lake or Long Lake in Clay County: trotlines, throw line,
limblines or snag lines are prohibited.
(B)
Lake Dardanelle: Commercial
tackle of any type prohibited from noon, March 1-noon, Nov. 30 in the waters of
Dardanelle L^e north of the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Pope, Johnson and
Franklin counties, Dardanelle Bay in Yell County, and south of signs posted on
Shoal Bay, Cane Creek Bay, Six Mile Creek at O-Kane Island Access, and south of
Arkansas Highway 22 in Delaware Bay in Logan County.
(C)
Lake Bardanelle: Gill and
trammel nets must be anchored so they are notwithin3 feetofthe water surface
except noon, Dec. 1-noon, April 1.
(D)
Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge:
March 1-Oct. 31 with 3 inch or larger square bar mesh gill and trammel
nets.
(E)
Lake Millwood:
with legal gill and trammel nets open noon, Sept. 30-noon, May 1, and
slat traps open noon, Sept. 30-noon, June 1. Lake Millwood is open year-round
to other legal commercial fishmg. Commercial fishermen must
register with the local district fisheries biologist at the Hope Regional
Office prior to fishing and must submit monthly catch records to the local
district fisheries biologist by the 15'^ of the following
month.
(F)
Nimrod Lake, Blue Mountain Lake and Morgan Point Bendway Lake:
Open noon, Oct. 1-noon, March 1. All species of carp caught must be
removed from these lakes. Commercial fishermen must register prior to fishing
with the local district fisheries biologist and must submit monthly catch
records to the local district fisheries biologist by the 15'^ of the following
month. Only legal-sized gill and trammel nets or larger.
(G)
Entergy Nuclear Power Plant:
No commercial fishing in the discharge bay Nov. 1-March 1.
(H)
Cadron Creek and Point Remove
Creek: Legal commercial tackle during the commercial fishing season
noon, Sept. 30-noon, May 1 on Cadron Creek ~ from its mouth to Arkansas Highway
287 on its east fork in Faulkner County, North Cadron Creek - from its mouth to
Arkansas Highway 285 in Faulkner County; Point Remove Creek ~ from its mouth up
the east fork to Arkansas Highway 95 and the Kissire Bridge on the west fork in
Conway County.
(I)
Sheffield
Nelson Dagmar WMA: Open noon, Jan. 1 until the last day of
February.
(J)
First Old River
Lake (Miller County): Open noon, Nov. 1 until noon the last day of
February, with legal gill and trammel nets. Commercial fishermen must obtain,
and have in their possession while fishing, a commercial permit from the
district biologist at the Hope Regional Office and report their catch to the
Hope Regional Office by March 15.
(K)
Grand Lake (Chicot County):
Commercial fishing with slat traps noon, Nov. 1-noon, March
1.
(L)
Dr.
Lester Sitzes III Bois d'Arc Lake (Hempstead County): Open noon, Jan. 1
until noon February 28, with legal gill and trammel nets. Commercial fishermen
must obtain, and have in their possession while fishing, a commercial pemiit
fi-om the district biologist at the Hope Regional Office and report their catch
to the Hope Regional Office by March 15.
(M)
Calion Lake (Union County):
Open noon, February 1, until noon, March 15, with legal gill and trammel
nets. Commercial fishermen must obtain and have in their possession while
fishing, a commercial permit from the district biologist at the Camden Regional
Office and report their catch to the Camden Regional Office by March 31. All
rough fish caught m the nets must be retained.
(N)
Lake Chicot (Chicot
County): Open noon, November 1, until
noon
December 31. 2017. Commercial fishermen must register
prior to fishing with the local district fisheries biologist and must submit
monthlv catch records to the local district fisheries biologist by the 15th of
the following month. All species of carp and all rough fish, excluding aUigator
gar, caught must be removed fi'om the lake. Alligator gar must be released back
into the lake. The 16-inch minimum length limit on buffalo is waived. Only
legal-sized gill and trammel nets or larger may be used.
PENALTY: Class 2
30.27
POSSESSION OF RARE AND ENDANGERED
FISH BY COMMERCIAL
FISHERS PROHIBITED
It is unlawfiil for commercial fishers to possess rare and
endangered fish. Rare fish that may not be possessed include Lake Sturgeon,
AUigator Gar. American eel. Striped Mullet, Highfin
Carpsucker, Pealip Redhorse, and Silver Redhorse. Endangered fish species are
listed in Code PI.01. PENALTY: Class
2
32.04
BAITFISH TACKLE
RESTRICTIONS
It is unlawful to use tackle for taking or attempting to take
baitfish fi-om waters of the state other than as specified below. Only baiffish
may be retained for bait, and all other species offish must be immediately
returned to the waters where taken. The tackle allowed for taking baitfish is
as foUows:
(A) Seines not in excess of
50 feet long and 4 feet in depth with square mesh of 1/4 inch.
(B) Square traps or lifts not exceeding 6
feet by 6 feet by 3 feet in depth, and round traps not exceeding 3 feet in
diameter and 6 feet long with up to 3/4 inch wire or mesh and throat size of 2
inches square mesh.
(C) Throw nets
and casting nets with square mesh not larger than 1 inch, or shad trawl nets
with square mesh not larger than 1 inch.
(D) Plastic, glass or wire mesh minnow traps
not in excess of 1 gallon capacity with throat size of not more than 1.5
inches.
(E) Hand-operated dip nets
or lifts with up to 1 inch square bar mesh used to take legal baitfish for
personal use while in the act of sport fishing day or night, and all other
species offish are immediately returned to the waters where taken.
PENALTY: Class 1
CHAPTER N1.00
- GAME FISH RESTRICTION
AND LIMITS
N1.01
GAME FISH DAILY
LIMITS
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Alligator Gar
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1 Annuallv with Taa
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Black Basses (including not
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more than four Smallmouth)
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10
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Bream (over 4 inches length)
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50
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Catfish (except Bullhead)
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10
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Crappie
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30
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Rock Bass
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10
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Muskellunge
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6
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Paddlefish
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2
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Pickerel
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6
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Sanger
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6
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Saugeye
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6
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Shovelnose Sturgeon
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No Lunit
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Striped Bass or Hybrid (Combination)
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6
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Trout (including not more than:
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2 brown trout, 2 cutthroat
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trout, 2 brook trout)
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5
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Walleye
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6
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White Bass
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25
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EXCEPTIONS:
(1) The following bodies of water are
restricted to half the daily limit for all sportfish: Horseshoe Bend Pool of
the Strawberry River in Izard County. There is no daily limit for harvest of
game fish from Lake Poinsett and Mercer Bayou (Sulphur River WMA).
(2) BLACK BASS (LARGEMOUTH, SPOTTED,
SMALLMOUTH):
(A)
Smallmouth bass:
Ozark Zone (Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay,
Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Newton,
Randolph, Searcy, Sharp, Stone, Van Buren, and Washington counties) -
smallmouth bass minimum length limit of 12 inches with a daily limit of four,
except Bull Shoals, Beaver, Greers Ferry, Table Rock Lakes and Lake Norfork
(see Ex. 1(B) below). Greers Ferry Lake - smallmouth bass minimum length limit
of 12 inches, daily limit six.
Ozark Zone Blue Ribbon Streams - Crooked Creek from
Arkansas Highway 101 bridge downstream to the confluence with the White River;
between the U.S. Highway 62-412 and U.S. Highway 62 Spur bridges at Pyatt -
smallmouth bass minimum length limit 18 inches, daily limit of one. Buffalo
River from confluence with Clabber Creek downstream to the confluence with the
White River - smallmouth bass minimum length limit 18 inches, daily limit of
one. All other water of Crooked Creek and Buffalo River - smallmouth bass
minimum length limit of 14 inches, daily limit of two.
Ozark Zone Catch-and-Release Area - Crooked Creek,
along boundary of Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation property near Kelley's Slab
Access.
Ozark Zone Quality Streams - Kings River from
Trigger Gap to U.S. Highway 62 bridge smallmouth bass minimum length limit of
18 inches, daily limit of one.
All other water of the Kings, Illinois, Spring, South Fork of the
Spring and Eleven Point rivers and War Eagle Creek - smallmouth bass minimum
length limit of 14 inches, daily limit of two. Ouachita/Boston Zone
(all Arkansas counties not included in the Ozark Zone) - smallmouth bass
minimum length limit of 10 inches, daily limit of four.
Ouachita/Boston Zone Quality Streams - (Mulberry,
Caddo above DeGray Lake, DeGray Lake, Cossatot River, Ouachita River upsfream
from Lake Ouachita, Ouachita River downstream from Remmel Dam, Saline River,
including its four headwater forks m Saline, Perry and Garland counties, South
Fork/Ouachita, Little Missouri above Lake Greeson) - smalhnouth bass minimum
length limit of 12 inches, daily limit of two.
Ouachita/Boston Zone Catch-and-Release Area - aU
smallmouth bass caught in Lake Ouachita including the Ouachita River upstream
to the River Bluff access and the South Fork of the Ouachita River upstream to
Hovel Branch must be immediately returned to the stream.
(B)
Largemouth bass:
Lake Terre Noire and Lake Sylvia - daily limit five.
Lake Millwood - daily limit six.
Mallard Lake - daily limit one.
Marion MeCollum Lake, Lake Sylvia - Largemouth bass caught must
be immediately returned to the water.
(C)
Black Bass (all species
combined):
Beaver, Bull Shoals, DeGray, DeQueen, Norfork, Table Rock lakes,
Lake Jack Nolen, Ouachita, Ashbaugh - daily limit six. Lake Lou Emma - daily
limit five. Lake Atkins - daily limit four. War Eagle Creek - daily limit
two.
(3)
BREAM:
No limit on bream 4 inches or shorter.
(4)
CATFISH:
(A) No limit on catfish on Grand Lake -
Chicot County, Lake Chicot (including that portion of Connerly Bayou downstream
from Connerly Dam to the bayou's mouth and Ditch Bayou from the mlet on Lake
Chicot to Ditch Bayou Dam) and between the main levees of the Mississippi
River, from the confluence of the MississippiAVhite Rivers upstream to the
Benzal Railroad Bridge, and from the confluence of the Mississippi^Arkansas
Rivers upstream to the Yancopin Railroad Bridge. No limit on blue
and channel catfish fi-om Little River (below Millwood Dam) Red and Sulphur
Rivers. No limit on channel catfish on Marion McCollum Lake Greenlee -Monroe
County, and on Lake Chicot (uicluding that portion of Connerly Bayou downstream
fi-om Connerly Dam to the bayou's mouth and Ditch Bayou fi*om the inlet on Lake
Chicot to Ditch Bayou Dam).
(B) Catfish daily limit five on:
DeWitt City Park Lake (Arkansas County); Lake Atalanta_(Benton
County); Hidden Lake (Carroll County); Big Tunber Lake and Gurdon Lake (Clark
County); Hubble Lake (Clay County); Lake Bailey (Conway County); Lake
Cambadelle and Lake Lou Emma (Crawford County); Marion City Park Lake
(Crittenden County); Village Creek State Park Lakes (Cross and St. Francis
Counties); Lake Bennett (Faulkner County); Lake Clearfork (Garland County);
Crowley Ridge State Park Lake and Reynolds Park Lake (Greene County); Newark
City Lake (Independence County); Lake June (Lafayette County); Ward City Park
Lake (Lonoke County); Hindsville Lake (Madison County); Blytheville City Park
Lake (Mississippi County); Donald Branch Fishing Pond (Momoe County); Lake
Sylvia (Perry County); Shady Lake (Polk County); Twin Lakes A and B, Camp
Femcliff (Pulaski County); Old Davidsonville State Park Lake (Randolph County);
Forrest City Park Lake (St. Francis County); Truman Baker Lake (Scott County);
Cave City's Lakes (Sharp County); Gunner Pool and Hayden Bend Pond (Stone
County); Devils Den State Park (Washington County); Spring Lake, Kingfisher,
Clubhouse Lakes in Petit Jean WMA (Yell Comity) and posted USDA Forest Service
ponds and lakes.
(C) In
addition to daily limit, 10 channel catfish under 16 inches may be taken on the
Arkansas River.
(D) In addition to
daily limit, 10 channel catfish and 10 blue catfish any size may be taken in
Lake Erling.
(5)
CRAPPIE:
(A) Crappie daily limit
- 15 in Beaver, Table Rock, Bull Shoals, Norfork reservoirs, Cane Creek Lake
(Lincohi County), and Gurdon Lake (Clark County) and Dr. Lester Sitzes III Bois
d'Arc Lake.
(B) Crappie daily limit
- 50 between the main levees of the Mississippi River, from the confluence of
the Mississippi/White Rivers upstream to the Benzal Raihoad Bridge, from the
confluence of the Mississippi/Arkansas Rivers upstream to the Yancopin Raihoad
Bridge and on Horseshoe Lake (Crittenden County).
(C) Crappie daily limit - 20 in Lake Chicot
and Lake Monticello.
(D)
No Crappie daily limit on Lake Charles.
(6)
WALLEYE:
(A) Beaver Lake and its tributaries; Table
Rock Lake and its tributaries to Beaver Dam; Bull Shoals Lake, and Norfork Lake
- minimum length limit of 18 inches, daily limit four.
(B) Greers Feny Lake and its tributaries -
protected slot limit of 20-28 inches, daily limit of six (only one of which may
be longer than 28 inches).
(C) In
compliance with Addendum N 1.02 and Code
Chapter 28.00.
(7)
WHITE BASS, STRIPED
BASS, HYBRID STRIPED BASS:(A) White
bass:
Between the main levees of the Mississippi river, from the
confluence of the Mississippi and White rivers upstream to the Benzal Railroad
Bridge, and from the confluence of the Mississippi and Arkansas rivers upstream
to the Yancopin Raihoad Bridge -daily limit of 50, possession limit of 100.
Beaver Lake and its tributaries; lakes Ashbaugh, Sequoyah and Monticello - no
limit.
(B) Striped bass and
hybrid striped bass (combined): Beaver, Bull Shoals and Norfork lakes;
Lake Ouachita - daily limit three. Arkansas River and
connecting lakes - daily limit 10. Lake Monticello - no limit.
(8)
ALLIGATOR GAR:
Alligator gar longer than 36 inches may not be harvested from
noon. May 1-noon, July 1, statewide. Alligator Gar
Tag is required to harvest alligator gar
(Code 26.28'}.
(9)
TROUT (BROOK, BROWN, CUTTHROAT,
RAINBOW):(A)
Brown
trout:
White River from Bull Shoals Dam to Highway 58 Bridge (Bull
Shoals Tailwater) and North Fork White River (Norfork Tailwater) - minimum
length 24 inches, daily limit one. Spavinaw Creek (Benton County) west of
Arkansas Highway 59 and Spring River-minimum length 16 inches, daily limit two.
Little Red River from Greers Ferry Dam to Arkansas Highway 305 Bridge (Greers
Ferry Tailwater) - daily limit of five (only one of trout daily limit may be
longer than 16 inches). White River from Beaver Dam to boundary signs at
Houseman Access (Beaver Tailwater) - protected slot lunit of 13-16 inches,
daily limit of five (only one of trout daily limit may be longer th^i 16
inches). Little Missouri River from Narrows Dam to Arkansas Highway 27 Bridge
(Narrows Tailwater) - all brown trout must be released immediately.
(B)
Cutthroat trout:
White River from Bull Shoals Dam to Highway 58 Bridge (Bull
Shoals Tailwater), North Fork White River (Norfork Tailwater), Spavinaw Creek
(Benton County) west of Arkansas Highway 59, Spring River - minimum length 16
inches, daily limit of two. Little Red River from Greers Ferry Dam to Arkansas
Highway 305 Bridge (Greers Ferry Tailwater) - only one of trout daily limit may
be longer than 16 inches. White River from Beaver Dam to boundary signs at
Houseman Access (Beaver Tailwater) - protected slot limit of 13-16 inches (only
one of trout daily limit may be longer than 16 inches).
(C)
Brook trout:
White River (Bull Shoals Tailwater), North Fork White River
(Norfork Tailwater), Spavinaw Creek (Benton County) west of Arkansas Highway
59, Spring River - minimum length 14 inches, daily limit two. Little Red River
from Greers Ferry Dam to
Arkansas Highway 305 Bridge (Greers Ferry Tailwater) - only one
of trout daily limit may be longer than 16 inches. White River from Beaver Dam
to boundary signs at Houseman Access (Beaver Tailwater) - protected slot limit
of 13-16 inches (only one of trout daily limit may be longer than 16
inches).
(D) Rainbow trout:
Lake Atalanta (Benton County) - daily limit of five. Little Red
River from Greers Ferry Dam to Arkansas Highway 305 Bridge (Greers Ferry
Tailwater) - daily limit of five (only one of trout daily limit may be longer
than 16 inches). White River from Beaver Dam to boundary signs at Houseman
Access (Beaver Tailwater) -protected slot limit of 13-16 inches, daily limit of
five (only one of trout daily limit may be longer than 16 inches).
All fish measurements must follow procedures listed in
Code 01 .QO-C Length Limit
definition
N1.02
LENGTH AND PROTECTED LENGTH
LIMITS ON CERTAIN LAKES AND RIVERS (A)
BLACK BASS - It is unlawful to possess black bass as follows:
(1) Largemouth bass less than 12 inches on
Lake Frierson.
(2) Spotted bass
less than 12 inches on, Bull Shoals, Norfork and Table Rock lakes.
(3) All black bass less than 12 inches in
Horseshoe Bend Pool on the Strawberry River.
(4) Largemouth bass less than 13 inches on
Lake Ouachita.
(5) Largemouth bass
13-16 inches on lakes Austell (Cross County), Harnett (White County), Brewer,
Wilhelmina (Polk County), Bear Creek Lake, Bob Kidd, Lee Creek, and Sugar Loaf
Lake.
(6) Largemouth bass less than
13 inches on DeGray Lake and within the boundaries of Felsenthal NWR.
EXCEPTION: No restriction in Woodland Trail Pond -
located at the Felsenthal NWR Headquarters on Hwy 82 (Ashley County); Locust
Ridge Pond - located at Locust Ridge on Hwy 82 (Union County); Eagle Lake Pond-
located north of Eagle Lake on Bradley Road 53 (Bradley County); and Shallow
Lake Field Pond located west of Shallow Lake (Union County). Person(s) keeping
largemouth bass less than 13 inches from these waters must exit the NWR
boundm*ies immediately upon leaving these ponds and may not enter NWR
campgrounds or fish other NWR waters with largemouth bass less than 13 inches
from these four ponds in their possession.
(7) Largemouth bass less than 14 inches on
the Arkansas River and its tributaries.
(8) Smallmouth bass less than 15 inches on
Beaver, Bull Shoals, Norfork and Table Rock lakes.
(9) Largemouth bass less than 15 inches on
Beaver Lake, Big Lake NWR, Blue Mountain, Bull Shoals, Georgia Pacific, Greers
Ferry, Kingfisher, Norfork, Table Rock lakes; Upper and Lower Lake Chicot
(including Connerly Bayou downstream from Connerly Dam to the bayou's mouth and
Ditch Bayou from the inlet on Lake Chicot to Ditch Bayou Dam); Lake Greenlee
and Moss Creek Pond.
(10) Black
bass greaterthan 16 inches in Lake Winona.
(11) Largemouth bass 16-21 inches on Lake
Atkins. Daily limit four (only one of which may be longer than 21
inches).
(12) Largemouth bass 16-21
inches on Tonuny L. Sproles Lake Pickthome. Daily limit two (only one of which
may be longer than 21 inches).
(13)
Largemouth bass daily limit ten (only one of which may be longer than 20
inches) on Lake Columbia.
(14)
Largemouth bass daily limit 10 (only one of which may be longer than 18 inches)
on Lake SWEPCO.
(15) Smallmouth
bass less than 18 inches on the lower Little Missouri River from Narrows Dam to
its mouth. Daily limit one.
(16)
Largemouth bass 14-17 inches on Mallard Lake. Daily limit 10, only one of which
may be larger than 17 inches.
(17)
Largemouth bass 19-22 inches on Lake Monticello. Daily limit eight, only one of
which may be longer than 22 inches.
(18) Largemouth bass
18-21 inches on Lower White Oak Lake. Daily limit ten
(only one of which may be longer than 21 inchesV
(B)
CRAPPIE: It
is unlawful to possess crappie as follows:
(1) Less than 10 inches in Beaver, Table
Rock, Bull Shoals and Norfork Reservoirs; Cane Creek Lake in Lincoln County;
Lake Chicot (including Coimerly Bayou downstream from Connerly Dam to the
bayou's mouth and Ditch Bayou from the inlet on Lake Chicot to Ditch Bayou
Dam); Lake Charles, Lake Conway including Gold Creek downsfream
from the Sturgis Road Bridge, Stone Dam Creek downstream of 1-40 Bridge, Canev
Creek/Little Creek downstream from the Hwv 286 Bridge, and Palarm Creek
downstream from the Hwy 286 Bridge), Lake Monticello, Lake
Overcup, Harris Brake Lake and Lake Atkins.
(2) Less than 9 inches on Blue Mountain
Lake.
EXCEPTION:
(1) From December-February, the minimum
length limit is waived on Lake Monticello and the harvest is regulated by a
20-fish daily limit. The first 20 crappie caught, regardless of size, must be
kept. Culling is not permitted. From March-November, harvest is controlled by a
10-inch minimum length, daily limit of 20.
(C)
CATFISH (channel, blue and
flathead):
(1) It is unlawful to possess
flathead catfish less than 20 inches on the Ouachita River from Sandy Beach
Access (Ouachita County) to Remmel Dam.
(D)
STRIPED BASS: It is unlawful
to possess striped bass less than 20 inches on Lake Norfork and Beaver
Lake.
(E)
SHOVELNOSE
STURGEON: It is unlawfril to possess shovelnose sturgeon less than 21
inches. Shovelnose sturgeon may not be taken from the Mississippi River.
EXCEPTION:
(1) Sportfish may be snagged (except in
catch-and-release areas) in compliance with Codes 26.05; 26.17 and within the
resfrictive size limits in this addendum chapter.
N1.03
SPECIFIC TROUT WATER REGULATIONS
(A)
Beaver Tailwater (White
River from 100 yards below Beaver Dam to boundary signs at Houseman Access).
(1) No fishing, boating or wading within 100
yards of Beaver Dam.
(2) An angler
shall use no more than one fishing rod or pole and must attend it at all times.
No other devices shall be used to catch fish other than as specified for the
paddlefish-snagging season.
(3)
Bait fishing allowed only with a single, hooking point.
(4) From April 15-June 15, snagging game fish
is legal only from 100 yards below Beaver Dam from the Corps of Engineers "No
Fishing Beyond This Point" sign downstream to the first Corps of Engineers boat
ramp on the left descending bank to the first boat-launching ramp. Snagging
must cease after half the daily limit of any game fish has been snagged.
Snagged fish of any species shall not be released.
(5) Special Regulation Area:
Artificial Lures Only Area/No Bait Zone from
approximately 0.5 mile below Beaver Dam to approximately 100 yards
upstream of Parker Bend Access, as indicated by signs.
(a) Only artificial lures or flies shall be
used. All hooking points must be barbless. Natural or scented baits are
prohibited.
(b) Chumming is
prohibited.
(B)
Bull Shoals Tailwater (White
River from 100 yards below Bull Shoals Dam to Arkansas Highway 58 Bridge at
Guion).
(1) No fishing, boating or wading
within 100 yards of Bull Shoals Dam.
(2) An angler shall use no more than one
fishing rod or pole and must attend it at all times. No other devices shall be
used to catch fish.
(3) Special
Regulation Areas:
(a) Bull Shoals Dam
Catch-and-Release Area - Open to fishing from Feb. 1-Oct. 31 from 100 yards
below Bull Shoals Dam to the upstream boimdary of Bull Shoals/White River State
Park, as indicated by signs.
(1) All trout
caught must be immediately released.
(2) Only artificial lures or flies shall be
used. All hooking points must be barbless. Natural or scented baits are
prohibited.
(3) Chumming is
prohibited.
(b) Bull
Shoals Dam Closed Area - the area 100 yards below Bull Shoals Dam to the wing
dike at the Bull ShoalsAVhite River State Park Trout Dock. This area is closed
to fishing or wading Nov. 1-Jan. 31.
(c) Bull Shoals Dam Seasonal Brown Trout
Catch-and-Release Area, Nov. 1 -Jan. 31. From the wing dike at Bull
ShoalsAVhite River State Park Trout Dock to the downstream boundary of the Bull
ShoalsAVhite River State Park.
(1) All brown
trout must be immediately released.
(2) Only artificial lures or flies shall be
used. All hooking points must be barbless. Natural or scented baits are
prohibited.
(3) Chumming is
prohibited.
(4) No fishing 30
minutes after sunset-30 minutes before sunrise.
(d) Rim Shoals Catch-and-Release Area (near
Cotter). From sign immediately above mouth of Jenkins Creek to the first
electric power line downstream, as indicated by signs.
(1) All trout caught must be immediately
released.
(2) Only artificial lures
or flies shall be used. All hooking points must be barbless. Natural or scented
baits are prohibited.
(3) Chumming
is prohibited.
(e)
Monkey Island Catch-and-Release Area (between Reds Landing Access and Chesmond
Ferry Access), from the upstream end of Monkey Island to mouth of Moccasin
Creek, as indicated by signs.
(1) All trout
caught must be immediately released.
(2) Only artificial lures or flies shall be
used. All hooking points must be barbless. Natural or scented baits are
prohibited.
(3) Chumming is
prohibited.
(C)
Norfork Tailwater (North
Fork of the White River from 100 yards below Norfork Dam to the confluence of
the White River).
(1) No fishing, boating or
wading within 100 yards below Norfork Dam.
(2) An angler shall use no more than one
fishing rod or pole and must attend it at all times. No other devices shall be
used to catch fish.
(3) Chain
dragging is prohibited. It is unlawful to drag chains or other objects from
boats, capable of destroying aquatic vegetation.
(4) Special Regulation Areas:
(a) Norfork Catch-and-Release Area - from the
downstream end of Long Hole to the Bill Ackerman River Ridge Walk-in Access
(about 1-2 miles), as indicated by signs.
(1)
All trout caught must be immediately released.
(2) Only artificial lures or flies shall be
used. All hooking points must be barbless. Natural or scented baits are
prohibited.
(3) Chumming is
prohibited.
(D)
Greers Ferry Tailwater
(Little Red River from 100 yards below Greers Ferry Dam to the Arkansas
Highway 305 Bridge).
(1) No fishing, boating
or wading within 100 yards of Greers Ferry Dam.
(2) An angler shall use no more than one
fishing rod or pole and must attend it at all times. No other devices shall be
used to catch fish. Only a single hooking point per pole may be used for
bait-fishing.
(3) Special
Regulation Areas:
(a) JFK Catch-and-Release
Area (at John F. Kennedy Park below Greers Ferry Dam) - from 100 yards
downstream from Greers Ferry Dam to approximately 0.5 miles downstream to the
last Greer's Ferry National Fish Hatchery effluent outfall in John F. Kennedy
Park, as indicated by signs.
(1) All trout
caught must be immediately released
(2) Only artificial lures or flies shall be
used. All hooking points must be barbless. Natural or scented baits are
prohibited.
(3) Chumming is
prohibited.
(b) Cow
Shoals Catch-and-Release Area - from the head of Cow Shoals to the mouth of
Canoe Creek, as indicated by signs.
(1) All
trout caught must be immediately released.
(2) Only artificial lures with a single,
barbless hooking point per pole shall be used. Natural or scented baits are
prohibited.
(3) Chumming is
prohibited.
(4) Closed to night
fishmg from October 1 -December 31 (No fishing one-half hour after sunset to
one-half hour before sunrise).
(c) Mossy Shoals Catch-and-Release Area -
from the head of Dunham Shoals downstream to the end of Mossy Shoals, as
indicated by signs.
(1) All trout caught must
be immediately released.
(2) Only
artificial lures or flies shall be used. All hooking points must be barbless.
Natural or scented baits are prohibited.
(3) Chumming is prohibited.
(E)
Collins Creek (from its source in John F. Kennedy Park below
Greers Ferry Dam to the confluence of the Little Red River).
(1) An angler shall use no more than one
fishing rod or pole and must attend it at all times. No other devices shall be
used to catch fish.
(2)
Catch-and-Release Stream. All trout caught must be unmediately
released.
(3) Only artificial lures
with a single, barbless hooking point shall be used. Natural or scented baits
are prohibited.
(4) Chumming is
prohibited.
(5) Fishmg is limited
to youths upstream of the wooden vehicle bridge in John F. Kennedy
Park.
(6) Fishing is allowed from
sunrise to sunset.
(7) Downstream
of the wooden vehicle road bridge in John F. Kennedy Park, fishing is limited
to youths under age 16, anglers with a fishing license and a trout permit who
are accompanying a youth under age 16 in the act of fishing, and mobility
impaired anglers.
(8) Mobility
impaired anglers shall fish from the mobility impaired access piers
only.
(9) Mobility impaired card is
required for mobility-impaired anglers in compliance with Addendum
C1.11.
(F)
Dry Run
Creek (from its source on the east side of Norfork National Fish
Hatchery below Norfork Dam to the confluence with the North Fork of the White
River).
(1) An angler shall use no more than
one fishmg rod or pole and must attend it at all times. No other devices shall
be used to catch fish.
(2)
Catch-and-Release Stream. All trout caught must be immediately
released.
(3) Only artificial lures
with a single, barbless hooking point shall be used. Natural or scented baits
are prohibited.
(4) Chumming is
prohibited.
(5) Fishing is limited
to youths and mobility impaired anglers.
(6) Fishing is allowed from sumise to
sunset.
(7) Mobility impaired
anglers shall fish from the mobility impaired access pier or boardwalk
only.
(8) Mobility-impaired card is
required for mobility-impaired anglers in compliance with
AddendumCl.il.
(G)
Blanchard Spring Mirror Lake
(in Ozark National Forest Blanchard Spring, from its source to the
confluence with North Sylamore Creek, including Mirror Lake).
(1) An angler shall use no more than two
fishing rods or poles and must attend them at all times. No other devices shall
be used to catch fish.
(H)
Spring River, from 100 yards
below Dam No. 1 at Mammoth Spring State Park to the mouth of Myatt Creek.
(1) An angler shall use no more than
one fishing rod or pole and must attend it at all
times. No other devices shall be used to catch fish.
(I)
Spavinaw Creek (Benton County),
from its source downstream to the Arkansas Highway 59 bridge.
(1) An angler shall use no more than one
fishing rod or pole and must attend it at all times. No other devices shall be
used to catch fish.
(2) Catch and
Release Stream. All front caught must be immediately released.
(3) Only artificial lures with a single,
barbless hooking point shall be used. Natural or scented baits are
prohibited.
(4) Chumming is
prohibited.
(J)
Narrows Tailwater - Little Missouri River from 100 yards below
Narrows Dam (Lake Greeson) downstream to the low-water bridge
(Arkansas Highway 27 Bridge).
(1) An
angler shall use no more than one fishing rod or pole and must attend it at all
times. No other devices shall be used to catch fish.
(2) Special Regulation Areas:
(a) Narrows Catch-and-Release Area - from 100
yards below Narrows Dam downstream to the upsfream boimdary of Riverside Park
Access.
(1) All frout caught must be
immediately released.
(2) Only
artificial lures with a single, barbless hooking point per pole shall be used.
Natural or scented baits are prohibited.
(3) Chumming is prohibited.
(b) Narrows Summer
Catch-and-Release Area - May 1-Oct. 15. Downstream from the upsfream boundary
of the Riverside Park Access to the gas line crossing above River Ridge Pool.
(1) All trout caught must be immediately
released.
(2) Only artificial lures
with a single, barbless hooking point per pole_shall be used. Natural or
scented baits are not allowed.
(3)
Chumming is not allowed.
(c) Narrows Winter Catch-and-Release Area -
Oct. 16-April 30. From approximately 300 yards downstream of Hinds Bluff Access
to approximately 300 yards upstream of Old Factory Site (Weir 2), as indicated
by signs.
(1) All trout caught must be
immediately released.
(2) Only
artificial lures with a smgle, barbless hooking point per pole shall be used.
Natural or scented baits are prohibited.
(3) Chumming is prohibited.
(K)
Big Spring (at Cotter) firom its source to the confluence with the
White River.
(1) Fishing is limited to youths
and disabled anglers. Youths must be accompanied by an adult when fishing.
Adult disabled anglers must carry proof they are 100 percent permanently and
totally disabled ("Code Ol.GQ-C Disabled) and possess
a sport fishing, lifetime fishing, or combination hunting and fishing license,
plus a trout permit.
(2) An angler
may use no more than one fishing rod or pole and must attend it at all times.
No other devices may be used to catch fish.
(3) All fish caught must be
released.
(4) Only artificial lures
with barbless hook(s) may be used. Natural or scented baits are
prohibited.
(5) Chumming is
prohibited.
(6) Fishing is allowed
from sunrise to sunset.
(7) No
fishing in the swimming hole at the upstream end of Big Spring, as indicated by
signs.
(8) No motorized boats
allowed in Big Spring.
