Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Rule 002.00.11-015 - Lower White Oak Lake Renovation Project Special Fishing Regulations; Fisheries Endangered Species Codebook Language Update

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
CHAPTER N1.00 GAME FISH RESTRICTIONS AND
		  LIMITS
N1.01
GAME FISH DAILY
		  LIMITS
Alligator Gar
1
Black Basses (including not more than four
						Smallmouth)
10
Bream (over 4 inches length)
50
Catfish (exc. Bullhead)
10
Crappie
20
Rock Bass
10
Muskellunge
6
Paddlefish
2
Pickerel
6
Sauger
6
Saugeye
6
Shovelnose Sturgeon
No Limit
Striped Bass or Hybrid (Combination)
6
Trout (including not more than:
2 brown trout, 2 cutthroat trout, 2 brook trout)
5
Walleye
6
White Bass
25
Yellow Bass
No Limit
Daily Aggregate Limit
75
Daily Limit for all sportfish on Dr. Lester Sitzes 111 Bois d'Arc
			 Lake, Horseshoe Bend Pool of the Strawberry River in Izard County and Lake 1 on
			 Rick Evans Grandview Prairie WMA
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daily limit. Daily limit
			 for all sportfish on Lower White Oak Lake double the daily limit from January
			 1, 2012 to April 30, 2012.
N1.02
LENGTH AND PROTECTED LENGTH
		  LIMITS ON CERTAIN LAKES AND RIVERS
(A)
BLACK BASS
- It is unlawful to possess black bass as follows:
(1) Largemouth bass less than 12 inches on
		  Lake Frierson.
(2) Spotted bass
		  less than 12 inches on Beaver, Bull Shoals, Norfork and Table Rock
		  lakes.
(3) All black bass less than
		  12 inches in Horseshoe Bend Pool on the Strawberry River.
(4) Largemouth and spotted bass less than 13
		  inches on Lake Ouachita.
(5)
		  Largemouth bass 13-16 inches on lakes Austell (Cross County), Bamett (White
		  County), Brewer, DeGray, Wilhelmina (Polk County), Bear Creek, Bob Kidd; Lee
		  Creek; Sugar Loaf Lake, and Dierks Reservoir (Howard and Sevier
		  counties).
(6) Largemouth bass less
		  than 13 inches on 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
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annel
		  at normal water levels (65.0
ft. M 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.
(7) Largemouth
		  bass less than 13 inches on the Saline River from Stillion Bridge (Ashley and
		  Bradley counties) to its mouth, 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.
(8) Smallmouth bass less than 15 inches on
		  Beaver, Bull Shoals, Norfork and Table Rock lakes.
(9) Largemouth bass less than 15 inches on
		  Beaver Lake, Big Lake NWR, Blue Mountain, Bull Shoals, Georgia Pacific, Greers
		  Ferry, Kingfisher, Norfork, Shady and Table Rock lakes; Caddo Fishing Pond;
		  Upper and Lower Lake Chicot (including Connerly Bayou downstream from Connerly
		  Dam to the bayou's mouth and Ditch Bayou from the inlet on Lake Chicot to Ditch
		  Bayou Dam); Lake Greenlee, Mercer Bayou (Sulphur River WMA); Moss Creek Pond,
		  and the Arkansas River.
(10)
		  Largemouth bass less than 16 inches on Lake Millwood. Daily limit
		  three.
(11) Black bass greater than
		  16 inches in Lake Winona.
(12)
		  Largemouth bass 16-21 inches on Lake Atkins. Daily limit four (only one of
		  which may be longer than 21 inches).
(13) Largemouth bass 16-21 inches on Tommy L.
		  Sproles Lake Pickthorne. Daily limit two (only one of which may be longer than
		  21 inches).
(14) Largemouth bass
		  16-21 inches in Lake 1 in Rick Evans Grandview Prairie WMA. Daily limit two
		  largemouth bass (only one of which may be longer than 21 inches).
(15) Largemouth bass 16-18 inches on Lake
		  Columbia. Daily limit eight (three of which may be longer than 18 inches) on
		  Lake Columbia. Lower White Oak Lake daily limit eight.
(16) Largemouth bass daily limit 10 (only one
		  of which may be longer than 18 inches) on Lake SWEPCO.
(17) Smallmouth bass less than 18 inches on
		  the lower Little Missouri River.
(18) Largemouth bass less than 21 inches on
		  Mallard Lake. Daily limit one.
(19)
		  Largemouth bass 19-22 inches on Lake Monticello. Daily limit eight, only one of
		  which may be longer than 22 inches.
(B)
CRAPPIE:
It is unlawful to
		  possess crappie as follows:
(1) Less than 10
		  inches in Beaver, Table Rock, Bull Shoals and Norfork
Reservoirs; Cane Creek Lake in Lincoln County; Lake Chicot
			 (including Connerly Bayou downstream from Connerly Dam to the bayou's mouth and
			 Ditch Bayou from the inlet on Lake Chicot to Ditch Bayou Dam); Lake Charles,
			 and Lake Monticello.
(2)
		  Less than 9 inches on Blue Mountain and Harris Brake lakes.
EXCEPTION:
(1) From December-February, the minimum
		  length limit is waived on Lake Monticello and the harvest is regulated by a
		  20-flsh daily limit. The first 20 crappie caught, regardless of size, must be
		  kept. Culling is not permitted. From March-November, harvest is controlled by a
		  10-inch minimum length, daily limit of 20.
(C)
CATFISH
(channel, blue and
		  flathead):
(1) It is unlawful to possess more
		  than one catfish (channel, blue or flathead) longer than 34 inches from the
		  Mississippi River along the common border with Tennessee, including oxbow lakes
		  between the main levees of the Mississippi River.
(2) It is unlawful to possess flathead
		  catfish less than 20 inches on the Ouachita River from Sandy Beach Access
		  (Ouachita County) to Remmel Dam.
(D)
STRIPED BASS:
It is unlawful
		  to possess striped bass less than 20 inches on Lake Norfork and Beaver
		  Lake.
(E)
SHOVELNOSE
		  STURGEON:
It is unlawful to possess shovelnose sturgeon less than 21
		  inches. Shovelnose sturgeon may not be taken from the Mississippi River.
EXCEPTION:
(1) Sportfish may be snagged (except in
		  catch-and-release areas) in compliance with Codes 26.05; 26.17 and within the
		  restrictive size limits in this addendum
		  chapter.