Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Rule 002.00.17-014 - Special Commercial Fishing Season on Old River Lake

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
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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 Lake 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 Dardanelle:
Gill and
		  trammel nets must be anchored so they are not within 3 feet of the 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 fishing. 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 15th 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 15th 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 permit from 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 in 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 monthly
			 catch records to the local district fisheries biologist by the 15th of the
			 following month. All species of carp and all rough fish, excluding alligator
			 gar, caught must be removed from 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.
(O)
Old River Lake (Pulaski
		  County)
: Open noon, December 1, 2017 until noon February 28, 2018.
		  Commercial fishermen must register prior to fishing with the local district
		  fisheries biologist at the Brinkley Regional Office and must submit monthly
		  catch records to the local fisheries biologist by the
		  15th of the following month. All species of carp and
		  all rough fish, excluding alligator gar, caught must be removed from the lake.
		  Alligator gar must be released back into the lake. The 16 inch minimum length
		  limit on buffalo is waived.