Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.22-011 - 30.13 Commercial Fishing Season Restrictions

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
It is unlawful to fish commercial tackle in waters of the state
				and possession of commercial fishing tackle is prohibited while on these
				waters, including all lakes owned and/or operated by Arkansas State Parks, USDA
				Forest Service, or AGFC, except for the following:
A. The following waters, including all lakes,
			 bays or other bodies of water, other than tributary streams, connected to
			 waters as specified below, when accessible by boat, from the main channel
			 except as limited by Addendum Chapter H1.00 and in accordance with landowner
			 permission Code 05.35, are open year-round to legal commercial tackle as
			 defined in Code 30.05:
1. ARKANSAS RIVER from
			 its mouth to the Oklahoma state line including that part of the Arkansas River
			 from the Ozark Dam to the Oklahoma state line, bounded on the north by the
			 Union Pacific Railroad and on the south by Arkansas Highway 22 in compliance
			 with Section C codes below. It is unlawful to fish with commercial tackle in
			 waters between arrival point signs and any lock and dam;
2. MISSIPPI RIVER Arkansas waters between the
			 main levees of the river;
3. BLACK
			 RIVER from its mouth to the Missouri state line;
4. CACHE RIVER from its mouth to its
			 headwaters in Clay County;
5.
			 FOURCHE LaFAVE RIVER from its mouth to the Arkansas Highway 7 bridge in Perry
			 County;
6. 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; Little River upstream
			 of Patterson Shoals boat ramp to the Oklahoma state line;
7. OUACHITA RIVER from the Louisiana state
			 line to U.S. Highway 79B bridge (Camden) (see Emergency Closure Code
			 38.01);
8. PETIT JEAN RIVER from
			 its mouth to the Arkansas Highway 10 bridge in Yell County;
9. RED RIVER in Hempstead, Lafayette, Little
			 River, and Miller Counties;
10. ST.
			 FRANCIS RIVER upstream to the mouth of the Left Hand Chute of Little River in
			 Poinsett County;
11. SALINE RIVER
			 from its mouth upstream to the Arkansas Highway 278 bridge in Bradley County;
			 Saline River and backwaters upstream of the Stillions Railroad Bridge is closed
			 to gill and trammel nets; Saline River above Highway 278 bridge in Bradley
			 County closed to commercial fishing; (see Emergency Closure Code
			 38.01);
12. SULPHUR RIVER from its
			 mouth to the Texas state line;
13.
			 WHITE RIVER upstream from its mouth to the mouth of the Black River; White
			 River above the mouth of the Black River is closed to commercial
			 fishing;
14.
EXCEPTIONS:
i. 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.
ii. 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 Stillion railroad
			 bridge.