Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.22-077 - 24.03 - Boat Motor Restrictions on Certain WMAs

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
Code Book
The regulations in this Code Book are hereby adopted by
				the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission under authority of Amendment 35 to
				the Constitution of the State of Arkansas. All laws, rules, regulations, or
				orders in conflict with the regulations in this Code Book are hereby repealed
				by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission.
24.03
Boat Motor Restrictions On
			 Certain WMAs
Boats and boat motors shall comply with the following
				restrictions on certain WMAs:
A. Boats
			 with outboard motors of more than 25 horsepower or surface-drive motors of more
			 than 37 horsepower and air boats may not be operated on Dr. Lester Sitzes III
			 Bois d'Arc (excluding Dr. Lester Sitzes III Bois d'Arc Lake), George H. Dunklin
			 Jr. Bayou Meto, Shirey Bay Rainey Brake (excluding Shirey Bay, Horseshoe Lake,
			 and Hill Slough during non-hunting activities), and Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek
			 Bottoms WMAs.
B. No boat motors
			 allowed on Frog Bayou WMA.
C. Boat
			 motors over 10 horsepower are prohibited on St. Francis National Forest
			 WMA.
D. Boats with motors greater
			 than 50 horsepower and airboats may not be operated on waters on Henry Gray
			 Hurricane Lake WMA during duck season (Addendum B1.08).
E. Airboats may not be operated on waters on
			 Bell Slough, Beryl Anthony Lower Ouachita (excluding Ouachita River), Freddie
			 Black Choctaw Island WMA and Deer Research Area (both units, excluding
			 Mississippi River), Cut-Off Creek, Cypress Bayou, Ed Gordon Point Remove, Earl
			 Buss Bayou DeView, Galla Creek, Harris Brake (excluding Harris Brake Lake),
			 Holland Bottoms (excluding Tommy L. Sproles Lake Pickthorne), Mike Freeze
			 Wattensaw, Petit Jean River (excluding Petit Jean River and Kingfisher Lake),
			 Seven Devils, Sheffield Nelson Dagmar, Sulphur River (excluding Sulphur River
			 and Mercer Bayou) and Trusten Holder (excluding Arkansas River, Arkansas Post
			 Canal, Merrisach Lake, Moore Bayou, and Post Lake) WMAs during duck season
			 (Addendum B1.08).
F. On Maumelle
			 River WMA all boating activities and trespassing is prohibited in the
			 Restricted Area Zone 1 on the east end of Lake Maumelle as marked by buoy line.
			 The Unrestricted Area Zone 2 covering the central and western portions of Lake
			 Maumelle is open to boating and fishing. The use of air boats, aquaplanes,
			 surfboards, motorized surfboards, wind-powered surfboards, personal watercraft,
			 water skis, rafts, or other similar devices or vehicles on any part of Lake
			 Maumelle is prohibited. Canoes and kayaks may only be operated in that portion
			 of Lake Maumelle west of the Arkansas Highway 10. That portion of Lake Maumelle
			 lying north of Arkansas Highway 10, east of Arkansas Highway 10 bridge and west
			 of the Restricted Area Zone 1 buoy line is not open to boats less than 14 feet
			 in length.
G. Effective September
			 1, 2023, factory-installed or factory equivalent exhausts are required for all
			 boat motors on Bell Slough, Beryl Anthony Lower Ouachita, Big Lake, Camp
			 Robinson, Cypress Bayou, Cut-Off Creek, Dave Donaldson Black River, Dr. Lester
			 Sitzes III Boid d'Arc, Earl Buss Bayou De View, Ed Gordon Point Remove, Frog
			 Bayou, Galla Creek, George H. Dunklin Jr. Bayou Meto, Harris Brake, Henry Gray
			 Hurricane Lake, Petit Jean, Rex Hancock Black Swamp, Seven Devils, Steve N.
			 Wilson Raft Creek Bottoms, Sheffield Nelson Dagmar and Shirey Bay Rainey Brake
			 WMAs. Outboards motors must not be ported (e.g. holes drilled) to allow exhaust
			 to evacuate above the water line at any point during operation.
EXCEPTION:
Boating activities by Central Arkansas
				Water Utility and U.S. Geological Survey personnel engaged in the performance
				of their duties are allowed in the Restricted Area Zone 1 of Lake
				Maumelle.
PENALTY:
Class 1