Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Rule 002.00.09-012 - 2009-2010 Boat and Boat Motor Restrictions Code Approval

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
Proposed 2009-2010 Boat and Boat Motor
			 Restrictions on WMAs Code Approval
Presented by David Goad
At the August Commission meeting, an alternative proposal was
			 offered by Commissioner George Dunklin and subsequently amended by staff
			 recommending changing the boat motor restrictions from the initially proposed
			 25 hp limit on Henry Gray Hurricane Lake and Rex Hancock Black Swamp WMAs to a
			 50 hp limit (Code 25.03, #9). Furthermore, the alternative proposal tabled the
			 proposed restrictions of airboats on the remaining 16 waterfowl areas listed in
			 code 25.03, #10. Both changes will be presented at this meeting for your
			 approval.
David Goad, Chief
Wildlife Management Division
Proposed 2009-2010 Boat and Boat Motor
Restrictions Code Approval
25.03
BOAT AND BOAT MOTOR RESTRICTIONS
		  ON CERTAIN WMAs
It shall be unlawful to fail to comply with the following list of
			 boat and boat motor restrictions for certain WMAs.
(1) Boats with motors of more than 25
		  horsepower and airboats may not be operated on waters within Bayou Meto, Dr.
		  Lester Sitzes, III Bois d'Arc (excluding Dr. Lester Sitzes, III Bois d'Arc
		  Lake), Shirey Bay Rainey Brake, Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek Bottoms
		  WMAs.
(2) No boats allowed on Dr.
		  Lester Sitzes, III Bois d'Arc green tree waterfowl area 14 days before the
		  opening day of duck season until the opening of duck season.
(3) No boats allowed on Bell Slough, Camp
		  Robinson, Ed Gordon Point Remove, Harris Brake, Dr. Lester Sitzes, III Bois
		  d'Arc and Shirey Bay Rainey Brake WMAs green tree reservoir from 12:00 p.m.
		  until 4:00 a.m. during duck season, except during the last three days of the
		  last duck season and during the special youth waterfowl hunt when boats may be
		  used from 4:00 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. daily.
(4) Commission personnel in performance of
		  their duties.
(5) No boat motors
		  allowed on Frog Bayou WMA.
(6) Boat
		  motors over lOhp are prohibited on St. Francis Forest WMA.
(7) No boats allowed on Bayou Meto WMA
		  froml2:00 p.m. until 4:00 a.m. during the duck season except as follows:
(1)during the last three days of the last
		  duck season and during the special youth waterfowl hunts when boats may be used
		  from 4:00 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. daily,
(2)boating access during the duck season only
		  from 12:00 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. at the following streams;
(1) Mulberry Access to include all of the
		  Salt Bayou Ditch to the confluence of Little Bayou Meto;
(2)Buckingham Flats Access to include Big
		  Bayou Meto, and Cannon Brake Access to include Little Bayou Meto only within
		  the Cannon Brake Impoundment.
(8) No boats allowed on the Government
		  Cypress Greentree Reservoir within Bayou Meto WMA.
(9) Boats with motors of more than 50
		  horsepower and airboats may not be operated on waters within Henry Gray
		  Hurricane Lake WMA during duck season (Ref. Code 12.15 Duck, Coot, Merganser
		  Season Restrictions).
(10) Airboats
		  may not be operated on waters within 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 (Ref. Code 12.15 Duck, Coot, Merganser Season
		  Restrictions). PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.