Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 2, February 2024
Section
31.00 - Sport Fishing
31.01 GAME
FISH DAILY AND POSSESSION LIMIT RESTRICTIONS. It shall be unlawful to take and
retain more than the daily or aggregate limit of Game Fish or to possess more
than the daily limit while fishing or returning from a one day fishing trip.
The possession limit shall not exceed two (2) daily limits.
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75
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Daily Limit - Black Basses, other
than
Smallmouth) Rock Bass and
Catfishes
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10
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Daily Limit - Bream (over four(4) inches
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50
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: Daily Limit - Crappie .................
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20
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6
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Daily Limit - Pickerel.................
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6
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6
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Daily Limit - Smallmouth
Bass..........
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6
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Daily Limit - Striped Bass or )
Hybrid Combination ..............
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6
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6
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6
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25
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EXCEPTIONS:
(1) No
limit on bream (4) inches or less in length;
(2)
Ten (10) inch minimum length
limit on smallmouth bass;
(3) No limit on catfish between the main
levees of the Mississippi River.
(4) No limit on white bass taken from Beaver
Reservoir and all tributaries above Beaver Dam including Lake
Sequoyah;
(5) Crappie daily limit -
50 between main levees of the Mississippi River;
(6) In compliance with Commission Code
Section 42.01 (Fish Farmer);
(7) In compliance with Commission Code
Section 35.01 (Spear Fishing);
(8) In compliance with Commission Code 34.00
(Put-and-Take Pay Lake Requirements);
(9) Catfish daily limit five (5) on Lake
Bailey-Conway County; Lake Bennett - Faulkner County; Lake Bentonville
r Benton County; Craighead Forest Lake - Craighead County;
Crowley Ridge State Park Lake - Green
County, Devils Den State Park Lake - Washington County; Gunner
Pool - Stone County; Lake Lou Emma - Crawford County; Shady Lake - Polk County;
Spring Lake - Yell County, Lake Sylvia - Perry County; Hubble Lake - Clay
County; Village Creek State Park Lake - Cross and St. Francis Counties; Old
Davidsonville State Park Lake - Randolph County;
(10) Black Bass Daily Limit five (5) on Lake
Lou Emma - Crawford County.
PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00.
31.02 BLACK BASSES MINIMUM LENGTH ON CERTAIN
LAKES. It shaU be unlawful to pos-
sess black basses less than twelve (12) inches in length on
Beaver Lake, Bull Shoals Lake, Lake Norfork, and Table Rock Lake or
less than fifteen (15) inches in length on Lake Maumelle in Pulaski County.
PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00.
31.03
TROUT PERMIT REQUIREMENT. It shaU
be
unlawful for persons 16 or more years of age to
retain trout from state waters without first obtaining and
validating by signature, a current trout permit. EXCEPTION:
(1)
In compliance with Commission
Code
Section
34.00
Put-and-Take Pay Lake
Requirements. PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00.
31.04
GIGGING OF GAME FISH PROHIBITED.
It
shall be unlawful to gig game fish at any
time.
PENALTY: $50.00 to $300.00.
31.05
NOODLING AND SNAGGING GAME FISH
PROHIBITED, It shall be unlawful to noodle
or snag game fish. EXCEPTIONS:
(1)
If snagged from bank within 100
yards below a dam.
(2)
If snagged from a boat located or anchored from 100 yards below all
locks and dams on the Arkansas River to the downstream entrance point of the
lock structure and from 100 yards below Dam number (2) to the boat launching
ramps immediately below the dam.
(3)
All game fish snagged from the bank or from a boat
shall be retained for personal use only (not sold) and applied to the daily
limit.
PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00.
31.06 BAITING WITH GAME FISH PROHIBITED. It
shall be unlawful to use game fish for bait.
EXCEPTION:
(1) Bream
(Ref: 01.00-C) four (4) inches or less in length. PENALTY: $25.00 to
$250.00.
31.07 SALE OF
GAME FISH PROHIBITED. It shaU be unlawful to sell or possess for sale any game
fish. EXCEPTIONS:
(1) In compliance with
Commission Code 41.13 (Undersized Commercial Fish Prohibited);
(2) In compliance with Commission Code 12.01
(Fish Farmer Permit Requirement);
(3) Bream four (4) inches or less in
length;
(4) Catfish 16 inches or
more in length taken by commercial fishermen.
PENALTY: $500.00 to $1,000.00.
31.08 YOYO FISHING RESTRICTIONS.
It shaU be unlawful to leave yo-yos or any mechanical fishing devices set, with
or without bait, unattended (out of sight or hearing) from sunrise to sunset or
to suspend more than one (1) yo-yo or mechanical device from any horizontal
line, wire, limb or support. PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00.
31.09 TROTLINE FISHING REQUIREMENTS. It shall
be unlawful to use any trotline with drops or hooks less than twenty-four (24)
inches apart or to fail to run trotlines and remove catch daily. Lines not
properly attended shall be removed and destroyed by Commission Officers.
PENALTY; $25.00 to $250.00.
31.10
TROTLINE FISHING RESTRICTIONS. It shall
be unlawful
to use trotlines and snaglines below
all Locks-and Dams on the Arkansas River from the Dam to
the nearest arrival point navigation marker downstream. (Ref: 32.14). PENALTY:
$25.00 to $250.00.
31.11 HERDING TROUT PROHIBITED. It shaU be
unlawful on any trout stream in Arkansas to drive, pursue, harass or rally
trout with the use of boats, wading, throwing objects, disturbing with noises,
or by any other means for the intended purpose of concentrating or congregating
trout. PENALTY: $50.00 to $500.00.
31.12 CHAIN DRAGGING ON NORTH FORK RIVER
PROHIBITED. It shaU be unlawful to drag chains or other objects from boats,
capable of destroying aquatic vegetation, on North Fork River in Baxter County.
PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00
Section
32.00 General Fishing Regulations
32.01 ELECTRICAL DEVICES FOR TAKING FISH
PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful to use or po^ess electrical devices of any
type for taking fish.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1)
Biological or restocking operations conducted by Commission
employees;
(2) Under scientific
permit issued by the Commission.
PENALTY: $500.00 to $1,000.00, jail
sentence
, not to exceed one{l) year may be imposed and fishing privileges
may be suspended for a period of one (1) year. (Confiscatidn and
Seizure Ref: 01.00-D).
32.02 TAKING FISH WITH FIREARMS AND EX-
PLOSIVES PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful to take fish with the use of firearms
or any explosives.
PENALTY: $500.00 to $1,000.00, jail sentence not
to exceed one( 1) year may be imposed.
(Confiscation and Seizure Ref: 01.00-D).
32.03 USE OF TOXIC. STUPEFYING OR KILLING
SUBSTANCES FOR TAKING FISH PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful to deposit any
toxic, stupefying or killing substances that will kill or injure fish, into any
public waters or to take fish affected by such substances.
EXCEPTION:
(1) Properly
licensed persons taking fish during biological or management operations
conducted by Commission employees. PENALTY: 550a(?0/o 57.0190.00, jail
sentence, . not to exceed one( 1) year may be imposed. (Confiscation and
Seizure Ref: 01.00-D).
32.04 TRAPPING FISH PROHIBITED. It shall be
un- lawful to possess or use wire basket, wire trap,
log net, box traps or any other fish trapping devices not
conforming to legal commercial Hshing tackle. EXCEPTIONS:
(1) In compliance with Commission Code 41.26
and 41.27 (Possession and Use of Fiddler Size Nets and Slat Type Fish
Traps)
(2) In compliance with
Commission Code 37.05 (Minnow and Shad Tackle Restrictions);
(3) In compliance with Commission Code 42.01
(Fish Farmer Permit Requirement).
PENALTY: $100.00 to $500.00. (Confiscation and Seizure Ref:
01.00-D).
32.05
DIPPING FISH PROHIBITED. It shall be unlaw-ful to take any species of fish from
pubUc waters by use of dip nets without first being caught on hook and line.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1)
Properly licensed persons taking fish during biological or management
operations conducted by Commission employees;
(2) In compliance with Commission Code
32.11-3 (Fishing Below Dams Prohibited);
(3) In compliance with Commission Code
37.05-E (Minnow and Shad Tackle Restrictions);
(4) In compliance with Commission Code 32.08
(Restricted Methods for Taking Rough Fish in Certain Waters).
PENALTY: S25.00 to S250.00.
32.06 GAFFING FISH PROHIBITED. It shall be
un- lawful to gaff fish without said fish first being caught on hook and line.
PENALTY: S25.00 to S250.00.
32.07
HOGGING RESTRICTIONS FOR ROUGH FISH (BUFFALO, CATFISH. CARP, DRUM, AND
SUCKER FAMILY). It shall be unlawful to hog rough fish.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) When
taken for personal use from August I to October 31 north and west of U.S.
Highway 67 from the Missouri State Line to the Texas State Line.
(2) When taken for personal use from June 1
to October 31 south and east of U.S. Highway 67 from the Missouri State Line to
the Texas
State Line. PENALTY: S50.00 to S300.00.
32.08 RESTRICTED METHODS
FOR TAKING ROUGH FISH IN CERTAIN WATERS. It shall be unlawful to take scaled
rough fish by the use of bow and arrow, dip nets, gig or speargun from sunset
to sunrise in Lakes Beaver, Blue Mountain, Bull Shoals, Catherine, Conway,
DeGray Reservoir, Erling, Greers Ferry, Greeson, Hamilton, Harris Brake,
Millwood, Nimrod, Norfork, Ouachita, Table Rock, and all impoundments created
by the locks and dams on the Arkansas River. The sale of any fish taken is
prohibited. PENALTY: $50.00 to $300.00.
32.09 ROUGH FISH GIGGING SEASON RESTRICT-
IONS. It shall be unlawful to gig scaled rough fish other than as specified
herein:
(A) From October 1 through January 31
from sunrise to midnight on South Sylamore Creek (Stone County) from Highway 14
bridge upstream, and above Devils Fork north of Greers Ferry Lake, starting at
the junction of Raccoon Creek and Beech Fork Creek upstream on both
creeks.
(B) Sunrise to sunset,
December 1 through May 31 in the remainder of the State. EXCEPTION:
(1) In compUance with Commission Code 32.08
(Restricted Methods forTakmg Rough Fish in Certain Waters). PENALTY: $50.00 to
$300.00.
32.10 TAKING FISH WITH BOW AND ARROW RE-
STRICTED. It shall be unlawful to take other
than scaled rough fish with bow and
arrow.
EXCEPTION:
(1) In
compliance with Commission Code 32.08 (Restricted Methods for Taking Rough Fish
in Certain Waters).
PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00.
32.11 FISHING BELOW DAM RESTRICTIONS. It
shall be unlawful to fish within 100 yards below any dam. EXCEPTIONS:
(1) When only one (1) pole or rod held in
hand is used;
(2)
When
taking scaled rough fish with bow and arrow;
(3) When taking shad with hand held dip net
for personal use only.
PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00.
32.12 FISHING OR TRESPASSING ON COMMIS- SION
POSTED AREAS PROHIBITED. It shaU
be unlawful to fish within 100 yards above or below dams or to
trespass on or fish from dams,
spillways, or walkways owned or controlled by the Commission
where prohibiting signs are posted.
PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00.
32.13 FISHING IN CLOSED AREAS PROHIBITED.
It shall be unlawful to fish in any waters or from any dam or
retainer wall designated as closed to fishing by the posting of signs by the
Commission or the U.S. Corps of Engineers. PENALTY: S25.00 to $250.00.
32.14 WATERS RESTRICTED TO CERTAIN
FISH- ING TACKLE. It shall be unlawful fish with any device other than rod or
pole in Lake Bailey - Conway County; Lake Bennett - Faulkner County; Lake
Bentonville - Benton County; Craighead Forest Lake - Craighead County; Crowley
Ridge State Park Lake and Reynolds Park Lake-Greene County; Devils Den State
Park Lake - Washington County; Gunner Pool - Stone County; Upper Lake Hogue ~
Poinsett County; Lake Hubble - Clay County; Lake Kingfisher - Yell County; Lake
Lou Emma - Crawford County; Mirrow Lake -- Stone County; Shady Lake -Polk
County; Lake Sylvia - Perry County; All Lakes in Village Creek State Park -
Cross and St. Francis Counties; Old Davidsonville State Park Lake -
Randolph County; Arkansas River from 100 yards below Dardanelle Dam to
Highway 7 bridge and 100 yards below Dam No. 2 to the mouth of Morgan Cut-Off
(Ref: Commission Code 41.22); Fourche LeFave River from 100 yards below Nimrod
Dam to Highway 7 bridge; Spring fork Dam to the White River: Spring River Lake.
PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00.
32.15
RESTRICTED ACTIVITIES ON LAKE HO- GUE. It shall be unlawful to fish in or
trespass on Lake Hogue (Poinsett County) during any declared open duck season.
PENALTY: S25.00 to $250.00.
32.16
FISHING IN NURSERY PONDS PROHIBITED.
It shall be unlawful to take fish or frogs in nur-
sery ponds, nursery pond egress areas or hatcheries where
prohibiting signs are posted. PENALTY; $25.00 to $250.00.
32.17 HOLLA BEND FISHING SEASON
RESTRICT-IONS. It shall be unlawful to fish in any manner within the boundaries
of Holla Bend National Wildlife Management Refuge from November I to February
28. PENALTY: $50.00 to $300.00.
32.18 SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION PERMIT
RE-QUIREMENTS! It shallbe unlawful for persons engaged in scientific studies to
take protected species of fish or wildlife outside the open season on said
species without first obtaining a scientific collection Permit from the
Director of the Commission and said wildlife species must be taken as specified
in permit.
Section 35.00
Game Fish Regulations
35.01 SPEARING GAME FISH
RESTRICTIONS. It shall be unlawful to take game fish with spear-
guns other than as specified herein;
(A) During the period of June 15 to March 15
inclusive from sunrise to sunset in Beaver Lake, Blue Mountain Lake, Bull
Shoals Lake, Lake Catherine. Lake Conway, DeGray Reservoir, Lake Eriing. Greers
Ferry Lake, Lake Greeson, Lake Hamilton, Harris Brake Lake, Millwood Lake, Lake
Nimrod, Norfork, Lake Ouachita, Table Rock Lake
and all impoundments created by the locks and dams on the
Arkansas River;
(B)
The taking of black basses prohibited in Beaver Lake, Bull Shoals Lake,
Lake Nor-fork, and Table Rock Lake;
(C)
The taking of flathead catfish
is prohibited from March 15 to July 15.
(D)
No more than one-half
{Vi)
of the daily game fish Umit (Ref: 31.01 GAME-FISH
DAILY AND POSSESSION LIMIT RESTRICTIONS) May be taken by
speargun;
(E)
The
possession of spearguns in public waters other than waters specified in this
section prohibited.
PENALTY; $50.00 to $300.00.
35.02
DIVERS FLAG
REQUIREMENT FOR SPEAR-FISHING. It shall be unlawful to engage in
the
taking of fish with a speargun without first displaying a
standard divers flag
(no less than 12 inches wide and 12 inches
long, red with white diagonal stripe), from the boat or other flotation at
least 12 inches above the surface of the water and to spearfish more than 300
feet from said flag. PENALTY: $25.00 to $200.00.
35.03
CLEANING SPEARED FISH
BEFORE LEAV-ING WATER PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful to clean or dress fish
taken by spearfisher-men before completing a daily fishing trip and leaving the
body of water where the fish were taken.
PENALTY: $50.00 to
$300.00.
Section
41.00 Commercial Fishing Regulations
41.20
Dardanelle Lake Commercial
Fishing Restrictions.
41.21
Dardanelle Lake Commercial Tackle Anchoring
Restrictions.
41.22
Arkansas River Below Dam No. 2 Commercial Fishing
Restrictions.
41.23
White and Cache River Lakes - Commercial Fishing
Restrictions.'.
41.24
Commercial Tackle Restrictions -
Steel Bend - Old River Lake (Pulaski County).
41.25
Commercial Tackle Restrictions -
Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
41.26
The Possession and Use of Slat
Type Fish Traps Restricted to Certain Waters of the State.
41.27
Slat Type Fish Trap
Restrictions.
41.28
Commercial Fishing Restrictions - Lake Millwood.
41.29
Commercial Fishing
Restrictions - Mercer Bayou (Southwest Arkansas).
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41.00
-A COMMERCIAL
LICENSES, PERMITS AND
COSTS.
Hoop Net (With or Without Leads) ____S 4.00
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Commercial Trotlines or SnagUnes Per IOC or Fractional
Part Thereof.........
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(Feet ?,00
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Slat Traps and Fiddler
Nets............
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12.50
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Commercial Tackle (Seine, Trammel and Gil Nets) 100 Yards
or Fractional Part
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I 15.00
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50.00
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41.01
COMMERCIAL TACKLE LICENSES RE- QUIREMENTS. It shaU be unlawful to fail to
obtain the appropriate commercial tackle license for each gill net, trammel
net, fish seine, hoop net,
slat trap, fiddler net, snag line,
'trotline, limb line, throw line, or set hook used in the waters of this state.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Trotlines limb lines, throw
lines and set hooks used for sportHshing and tish caught for personal use
only;
(2) In compliance with
Commission Code 40.00 (Picnic Seine and Net Restrictions);
(3) In compliance with Commission Code 42.01
(Fish Farmer Permit Requirements).
PENALTY: $50.00 to S500.00.
41.02 COMMERCIAL TACKLE TAG REQUIRE-MENTS. It
shall be unlawful to fail to attach the metal tags issued with commercial
tackle licenses to the tackle as specifled herein:
(A) Gill Net, trammel net and fish seine tags
must be attached to one(1) end of the float line.
(1)
if over 100 yards in length, an
additional tag is required for each additional 100 yards or fractional part
thereof.
(B)
Hoop net
and fiddler net tags
must be
attached to the 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 and throw line
tags must be attached to the bank end of luies.
(1)
If over 100 feet in length, an
additional ' tag is required for each additional 100 feet or fractional part
thereof. (£) Limb line and set hook tags must be attached to each line.
PENALTY: $50.00 to $300.00.
41.03
COMMERCIAL TACKLE MESH SIZE AND
SEASON RESTRICTIONS. It shaU be unlawful
to use nets, seines, leads, heart and leads
or
wings other than as specified herein:
(A)
Hoop nets, leads, heart and leads
and wings, minimum square bar mesh size - two and one-half (2H) inches when wet
and with thread not less than fifteen (15) gauge.
(B)
Fiddler nets, where permitted,
minimum square bar mesh size one and one-half (1'A) inches when wet. Thread
size not less than fifteen (15) gauge. Wings or leads
prohibited.
(C)
Commercial fish seines, minimum square bar mesh size - three (3) inches with
thread not less than fifteen (15) gauge when wet.
41.05 COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN PERMIT RE-
QUIREMENTS. It shall be unlawful to sell commercial or rough fish
or
parts thereof taken from public waters by commercial fishermen without
first obtaining a current Commercial Fisherman Permit and to fail to furnish a
bill of sale with permit number to fish markets, processors, or retailers for
fish
or parts- thereof sold in each transaction. Said bill of
sale shall be retained by the purchaser for a period of twelve(12) months and
made available for inspection by a Commission wildlife officer.
EXCEPTION:
(1) Applies
only to the first sale of comiriercial fish
or parts thereof.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $500.00.
41.05-A
COMMERCIAL FISH POSSESSION RESTRICT-IONS. It shall be unlawful
to possess more than
ten(JO) legal commercial size catfish, buffalo,
paddlefish or'the aggregate thereof taken from public waters by the use of
commercial tackle, without first obtaining a Commercial Fisherman Permit.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $500.00.
41.06 PURCHASE OF WILD COMMERCIAL FISH
RESTRICTIONS. It shaU be unlawful for fish markets, processors, or retailers to
purchase commercial fish taken from the waters of the state without first
obtaining a bill of sale from the seller for each transaction. Said bill of
sale must indicate the permit number of the seller. EXCEPTION:
(1) Business establishments preparing fish
for immediate consumption on the premises. PENALTY: $100.00 to
$500.00.
41.07
REQUIREMENTS FOR SELLING COMMER- CIAL FISH. It shall be uiiLnwful tor any
commercial fisherman owning or operaling commercial fishing tackle, and fish
taken therefrom being sold, to fail to obtain a Commercial Fisherman Permit as
specified in Commission Code 41.05 (Commercial Fishennan Permit Requirements).
PENALTY: S 100.00 to 5500.00.
41.08 ILLEGAL COMMERCIAL TACKLE PROHIB- ITED.
It shall be unlawful to use any tackle for commercial purposes other than as
specified herein: Properly licensed drag seines, hoop nets (with or without
wings or leads),
fidd/er nets (without wings or leads), where
periiiitted. slat traps (where periiiitfed). trammel nets, gill nets,
limb lines, set lines, trollines and snaglines in waters open to commercial
fishing. EXCEPTIONS:
(1) In compliance with
Commission Code 42.01 (Fish Farmer Permit Requirements).
(2) In compliance with Commission Code 42.04
(Fish Farmer Tackle Requirements).
PENALTY: S50.00 to S500.00.
41.09 COMMERCIAL FISHING PROHIBITED IN
CERTAIN WATERS. It shall he unlawful to fish commercial tackle in the following
counties or parts of counties: All waters in - Baxter, Benton, Boone, CarrolK
Cleburne, Izard, Madison, Marion, Montgomery. Newton, Pike, Polk, Scott.
Searcy, Stone, Van Buren, Washington; Clark, west of Highway 67 from
Arkadelphia south of county line and west of Highway 7 from Arkadelphia north
to county line; Cleveland, all channel scar lakes of the Salinis River except
when they are accessible by boat from the Saline River Channel; Conway, north
of Interstate 40, excluding Cadron Creek and the part of the north Cadron Creek
in Conway County, and Point Remove Creek up the east fork to Highway 95 and the
Kissire Bridge on the west fork; Crawford, north of Interstate 40; Faulkner,
north of Interstate 40 and Highway 64 except that part of the north Cadron
Creek in Faulkner County below Highway 285 and the Cadron Creek in Faulkner
County and the east fork of Cadron Creek, Faulkner County, from mouth to
Highway 287 bridge; Franklin, north of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and east
of Highway 23, and that part north of Interstate 40 and west of Highway 23;
Fulton, west of Highway 63; Garland, west of Highway 7; Hempstead, north of
Highway 24; Hot Springs. west of Highway 7; Howard, north of Highway 24;
Independence, west of Highway 167; Johnson, north of the southern route of the
Missouri Pacific Railroad excluding Dardanelle Lake;
Logan, south of Highway 10 (excluding Blue MounUiin Lake)
north of Highway 29 and west of Highway 19; Perry, west of Highway 7;
Pope, north of Interstate 40 and east of Highway 7, and north of the Missouri
Pacific Railroad and west of Highway 7, excluding Dardanelle Lake; Sebastian,
south of Highway 10; Sevier, north of Highway 24; Sharp, west of Highway 167
and Highway 62; White, north of Highway 64 and west of Highway 167; Yell, west
of Highway 7 and south of Highway 10 (excluding Blue Mountain Lake).
In addition, no commercial fishing is permitted in any of the
following waters; All waters upstream from 100 yards below Remmel Dam on the
Ouachita River (including Lakes Catheruie and Hamilton); Lake ErUng including
ail tributaries upstream from 100 yards below Lake Erling Dam to Arkansas
Highway 360; All lakes owned and/or operated by the State Parks, Recreation and
Travel Commission, the U.S. Forest Service, the Arkansas Game and Fish
Commission (excluding Grand Lake, all of Lake Chicot, and all natural or
channel scar lakes on Commission Wildlife Management Areas); Lake Wallace in
Drew and Chicot Counties; Lake Mau-melle in Pulaski County, and all lakes in
the Hot Springs Village Area of Garland and Saline Counties. PENALTY: $50.00 to
S500.00.
public waters.
(1)
Twelve (12) inche blue and
channel catfish
only may be taken in waters specified in
Section
41.26.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $500.00 and fishing
privileges may be suspended for a period of
one (1) year.
41.14
COMMERCIAL FISHING BY
NON-RESIDENTS
PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for non-residents
to assist or participate in any commercial fishing operation.'
EXCEPTIONS:(1)
In compliance
with Commission Code 30.01-A, 30.0I-B, 30.-1-C (Reciprocal
Agreements).
(2)
Residents of Texas - In the Red River where its south bank is the boundary line
between Arkansas and Texas.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $500.00,
41.15
NET LEAD OR WING
LENGTH REQUIRE-MENTS. It shall be unlawful to use any lead or
wing of any type in connection with hoop, barrel or pond
nets in excess of 100 yards in length. PENALTY: $25.00 to
$250.00.
41.16
NET LEAD OR WING PROXIMITY REQUIRE-MENTS. It shall be unlawful for any
lead or
wing of any type to be set within 100 yards of another lead or
wing. PENALTY: S25.00 to S250.00.
41.17 BLOCKING STREAMS WITH NETS PROHIBI-s
TED. it shall be unlawful to block horizontally from bank to bank more than
fifty iSO'A) percent or one-half ('/;) of the width of any
stream with nets, leads, wings or seines. PENALTY: S50.00 to S500.00.
41.18 SEINING AT NIGHT PROHIBITED. It shall
be unlawful to use any fish seine al night in the public waters of the State.
EXCEPTION:
(1) Between the main levees of the
Mississippi River. PENALTY: S50.00 to S500.00.
41.19 CORNING AND LONG LAKES COMMERCIAL LINE
RESTRICTIONS. It shall be unlawful to commercially fish trotlines. throw lines,
limb lines or snaglincs in Corning Lake or Long Lake in Clav County. PENALTY:
S50.00 to S500.00.
41.20 DARDANELLE
LAKE COMMERCIAL FISH- ING RESTRICTIONS.lt shall be unlawful to use commercial
tackle of any type from March 1 through November 30 in the waters of
Darda-nelle Lake north of the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Pope. Johnson and
Franklin Counties, and south of sighs posted on Shoal Bay, Cane Creek Bay and
south of Highway 22 in Delaware Bay in Logan County. PENALTY: S50.00 to
S300.00.
41.21 DARDANELLE LAKE
COMMERCIAL TACK- LE ANCHORING RESTRICTIONS. It shall be unlawful to fish nets
in any part of Dardanelle Lake without said nets being anchored so they are
within no less than three (3) feet of the water surface. EXCEPTION:
(1) December 1 to March 1. PENALTY: S50.00 to
S300.00.
41.22 ARKANSAS
RIVER BELOW DAM NO. 2 COMMERCIAL FISHING RESTRICTIONS. It shall be unlawful to
fish commercially on the Arkansas River downstream from Dam No. 2 to the Morgan
Cut-Off. EXCEPTION:
(1) Hoop nets only when
fished from a point five hundred (500) yards below, Dam No. 2 to Morgan
Cut-Off. PENALTY: S50.00 to S500.00.
41.23 WHITE AND CACHE RIVER LAKES - COM-
MERCIAL FISHING RESTRICTIONS, it shall be unlawful to fish, in any manner, for
commercial purposes in the months of July. August and
September in the Old River Lakes of White River from its mouth to
the mouth of Cache River and all Old River Lakes located between White River
and Cache River from Highway 64, Woodruff County, south of the confluence of
the two rivers west of Clarendon, Monroe County. . EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Where Old River Lakes are accessible by
boat from the White and Cache Rivers.
(2) From sunset to sunrise with 3 inch or
larger bar mesh gill nets and after a request has been submitted in Writing to,
and permission granted from the Wildlife Officer in the county of the location
of the lake to be fished. Tackle must be attended at all times during time
speciHed.
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PENALTY: $50.00 to $300.00.
41.24 COMMERCIAL TACKLE RESTRICTIONS STEEL
BEND - OLD RIVER LAKE PULASKI
COUNTY). It shaU be unlawful to fish gill nets in Steel Bend -
Old River Lake (Pulaski County) other than from noon November 15 to noon March
30. PENALTY: $50.00 to $500.00.
41.25 COMMERCIAL TACKLE RESTRICTIONS - BIG
LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.
It shall be unlawful to fish, in any manner, for commercial
purposes on the Big Lake National
Wildlife Refuge. EXCEPTION:
(1)
Three (3) inch or larger square bar
mesh,
gill and trammel nets used March 1
through October 31. PENALTY: $25.00 to
$300.00.
41.26
POSSESSION AND USE OF FIDDLER
SIZE
HOOP NETS AND SLAT TYPE FISH TRAPS
RESTICTED TO CERTAIN PUBLIC WATERS. It shall be unlawful
to use or possess fiddler size hoop nets or slat type fish tmps'in any public
waters other than those specified herein:
(A)
Arkansas River, including all
impoundments
thereon, from the mouth at the
Mississippi
River to the Arkansas - Oklahoma State
Line. (B)L'Anguille River from the mouth at the
St.
Francis River to the point of origin. (C) Little River
from the mouth at Red River to
the Arkansas - Oklahoma State Line. (D)All Arkansas
waters of the Mississippi River
bounding Arkansas. (E}Red River from the Louisiana State
Line to
U.S. Highway 71 Bridge north ofTexarkana. (F) St. Francis
River from the mouth at the Mississippi River to State Highway 18 Bridge
at
Lake City. (G)All lakes, bays or other bodies of
Water,
other than tributary streams, connected
to
waters specified, when accessible by boat
from
the main channel.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1)
Fiddler size hoop nets prohibited in Arkansas River from the State
Highway 7 Bridge. Yell County, to the Arkansas -Oklahoma
State Line.
(2)
Fiddler size hoop nets prohibited in Little River from 100 yards below Millwood
Lake Dam to the Arkansas - Oklahoma State Line.
PENALTY: $50.00 to $500.00.
41.27
SLAT TYPE FISH TRAP AND FIDDLER SIZE HOOP NET RESTRICTIONS. It shall
be unlawful to use any slat type fish trap or fiddler size net in public waters
listed in Commission Code 41.26 other than as specified herein:
(A)
Maximum slat trap length - six
(6) feet.
(B)
Maximum round slat trap diameter [BULLET] twenty -four (24)
inches.
(C)
Maximum square trap width and height -twenty-four (24)
inches.
(D)
Minimum of seven (7) iVz inch (width) by 3'A inch (length) unobstructed slots
evenly spaced around perimeter of the rear portion of catch area. Slat material
of wood or plastic.
(E)
Fiddler net mesh material of nylon or cotton with minimum square bar
mesh size P/2 inches with thread size not less than 15 gauge and wings or leads
are prohibited.
(F)
Reference Commission Code 41.00-A and
Settion 43.00 Boating Regulations
43.01 NEW BOAT REGISTRATION REQUIRE- MENTS.
It shall be unlawful for the owner or operator of new boats to fail to register
and properly number said boats within three (3) days of purchase and to fail to
have aboard, during said three (3) days, a bill of sale indicating date of
purchase of said boat. PENALTY: Not to exceed $50.00.
43.02 VESSEL RESTRICTIONS IN ARKANSAS AND
WHITE RIVER NAVIGATIONAL
CANAL. It shall be unlawful to operate any vessel in the Arkansas
and White River Navigational Canal between Dam No. 1 (Norrel Dam) and the lower
guardwall of the dam. EXCEPTION:
(1)
When the tailwater elevation exceeds 104 m.s.I. and U. S. Corps of Engineers "
signs are covered. PENALTY: Not to exceed $50.00.
43.03 BOATING RESTRICTIONS BELOW U.S.
CORPS OF ENGINEER DAMS. It shall be un-
lawful for any vessel to enter within 300 feet downstream below
any dam constructed by the U.S. Corps of Engineers on any stream or impoundment
in the State.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1)
Commercial river traffic;
(2) Boats
used by U.S. Corps of Engineers;
(3) Contractors working on construction or
maintenance of dam;
(4) State and
Federal Enforcement Officers. PENALTY: Not to exceed
$50.00.
43.04 RESTRICTED
BOATING - U.S. CORPS OF ENGINEERS LAKES. It shall be unlawful
to
operate a vessel in any manner contrary to signs, markers or
buoys placed by the U.S. Corps of Engineers controlling speed, skiing or
operation
of vessels.
PENALTY: Not to exceed $50.00.
43.05
BAY TOWN-INDIAN BAY AREA SKIING
PROHIBITED. It shaU be unlawful to water ski
in the Bay Town-Indian Bay area of White River where
proliibiting signs are posted. PENALTY: Not to exceed $50.00.
43.06
MELLWOOD LAKE SKIING
RESTRICTIONS.
It shall be unlawful to water ski on Mellwood
Lake north of the section Une common to Sections 30 and 31,
Township 5 south, Range 2 east of the 5th principal meridian, Phillips County,
Arkansas. PENALTY: Not to exceed $50.00,
43.07
SKIING PROHIBITED IN WHITE RIVER
-LA-GRUE BAYOU CONFLUENCE AREA. It shaU
be unlawful to water ski witliin 1,500 feet in any
direction of the confluence of LaGrue Bayou and White River. PENALTY: Not to
exceed $50.00.
43.08
OUTBOARD MOTOR RESTRICTIONS ON BUFFALO NATIONAL RIVER. It shall
be
unlawful to use an outboard motor on the,
Buffalo River upstream from Erbie Ford, or use outboard motors larger
than ten (10) horsepower from Erbie Ford to White River. PENALTY: Not to exceed
$50.00.
Section 44.00 Temporary and Emergency Orders
44.01 EMERGENCY CLOSURE TO COMMERCIAL FISHING
- BAYOU METO BAYOU. The Ark-
ansas State Board of Health has quarantined the Bayou Meto Bayou
pursuant to law due to the contamination of the fish in the waters thereof. The
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has declared an emergency closure to all
commercial fishing in the waters described herein:
Big Bayou Meto and all tributaries thereof extending five (5)
miles above their confluence with said bayou from State Highway 11 bridge at
the Jefferson-Arkansas County hne to the headwaters of Bayou Meto Bayou and all
overflow lakes, sloughs and bayous including Little Bayou Meto Bayou North of
Highway 88 and all water exchange ditches between Little Bayou Meto and Big
Bayou Meto.
Adopted on the 21st day of April, 1980, at a regular monthly
meeting at Little Rock, Arkansas. PENALTY: $50.00 to $500.00.
