Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Rule 002.00.10-008 - To Amend Fishing Regulation for Game Fish Length Limits

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
31.02
GAME
		  FISH LENGTH LIMITS AND PROTECTIVE SLOT LIMITS ON CERTAIN LAKES AND
		  RIVERS
(A)
BASS
: It shall be unlawful to possess black bass as
		  follows:
(1) Less than 12 inches in length on
		  largemouth bass in Lake Frierson.
(2) Less than 12 inches in length on spotted
		  bass in Beaver Lake, Bull Shoals Lake, Norfork Lake and Table Rock
		  Lake.
(3) Less than 15 inches in
		  length on smallmouth bass in Beaver Lake, Bull Shoals Lake, Norfork Lake and
		  Table Rock Lake.
(4) Less than 15
		  inches in length on largemouth bass only in Beaver Lake, Big Lake National
		  Wildlife Refuge, Blue Mountain Lake, Bull Shoals Lake, Caddo Fishing Pond,
		  Upper and Lower Lake Chicot (including that portion of Connerly Bayou
		  downstream from Connerly Dam to the bayou's mouth and Ditch Bayou from the
		  inlet on Lake Chicot to Ditch Bayou Dam) in Chicot County, Georgia Pacific
		  Lake, Lake Greenlee, Kingfisher Lake, Greers Ferry Lake, Mercer Bayou (Sulphur
		  River WMA), Moss Creek Pond, Norfork Lake, Shady
Lake,Table Rock Lake, and Arkansas River.
(5) It shall be unlawful to possess
		  largemouth bass from
13" to 16" in length on Lake Barnett (White County), Lake Austell
			 (Cross County), Bear Creek Lake, Bob Kidd Lake, Lake Brewer, Lake DeGray,
			 Dierks Reservoir (Howard and Sevier counties), Lee Creek Lake, Sugar Loaf Lake
			 and Lake Wilhelmina (Polk County).
(6) Less than 16 inches in length on
		  largemouth bass only in Lake Millwood. Limit 3.
(7) It shall be unlawful to possess
		  largemouth bass from 16" to 21" in length or to possess more than one (1)
		  largemouth bass 21" or longer in Lake Atkins (Pope County) e iell. Limit
		  4.
(8) It shall be unlawful to
		  possess largemouth bass from 16" to 21" in length in Lake Pickthorne; limit 2,
		  only one of which may be 21" or longer.
(9) It shall be unlawful to possess
		  largemouth bass from16 inches to 21 inches in length in Lake #1 in Grandview
		  WMA. Limit 2 largemouth bass (1 over 21" and 1 under 16", or 2 under 16").
		  Limit on other game fish is one half the statewide daily limit.
(10) Less than 13 inches in length on
		  largemouth bass and spotted bass in Lake Ouachita.
(11) It shall be unlawful to possess
		  largemouth bass from 16" to 18" in length or to possess more than three
		  largemouth bass longer than 18" in Lower White Oak Lake and Lake
		  Columbia.
(12) Less than 21 inches
		  in length on largemouth bass in Mallard Lake. Daily limit one largemouth
		  bass.
(13) Less than 18 inches in
		  length on smallmouth bass in the lower Little Missouri River.
(14) It shall be unlawful to possess more
		  than (1) largemouth bass 18 inches or longer in Lake SWEPCO.
(15) Black bass greater than 16 inches in
		  Lake Winona.
(16) Less than 12
		  inches in length on black bass in Horseshoe Bend Pool on the Strawberry
		  River.
(17)
Less
		  than 13 inches in length on largemouth bass in the Ouachita River from Tate's
		  Bluff Bridge (Ouachita County) to Felsenthal Lock and Dam (Union and Ashley
		  Counties), including all waters accessible by boat from the main
		  channel
at normal water levels (65.0 ft. MSL at Felsenthal
		  Lock and Dam and 77.0 ft. MSL at Thatcher Lock and Dam). Persons fishing oxbow
		  lakes that are exempt from this regulation should access those waters directly
		  and not from the river channel during higher water levels.
(18)
Less than 13 inches
		  in length on largemouth bass in the Saline River form Stillion Bridge (Ashley
		  and Bradley Counties) to the mouth, including all waters accessible by boat
		  from the main channel
at normal water levels (65.0ft. MSL
		  at Felsenthal Lock and Dam). Persons fishing oxbow lakes that are exempt from
		  this regulation should access those waters directly and not from the river
		  channel during higher water levels.
(19) Largemouth bass 19-22 inches on Lake
		  Monticello. Daily limit eight, only one of which may be 22 inches or
		  longer.