Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Rule 002.00.15-008 - 2016 Fishing Regulations

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
01.00-C
DEFINITION OF TERMS
For the puiposes of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Code of
			 Regulations, the following terms shall be construed, respectively, to mean and
			 include:
ADULT GOBBLER
- Male turkeys having at least one of
			 the following characteristics:
a) tail
		  feathers which are the same length,
b) wing feathers that have white barring all
		  the way to the tip or
c) a beard
		  more than six (6) inches in length.
ALLIGATOR DEALER
- Any person, firm or corporation
			 engaging in the sale, purchase, barter or exchange of an American alligator
(Alligator
mississippiensis)
or other crocodilian
			 species, or any part, nest or eggs thereof in Arkansas.
ALLIGATOR FARMER
- Any person, firm or corporation
			 possessing an American alligator
(Alligator mississippiensis)
or other crocodilian species, or any part, nest or eggs thereof in
			 Arkansas for the purpose of propagation, production or rearing.
ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE DEALER-
Any person, firm
			 or corporation engaged in the sale or purchase of alligator snapping
			 turtles.
ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE BREEDER-
Any person, firm
			 or corporation possessing alligator snapping turtles for the purpose of
			 propagation, production, rearing or sale.
ANIMAL
- An organism of the animal kingdom, as
			 distinguished from the plant kingdom, including any part, product, egg or
			 offspring thereof.
ANTLERLESS DEER-
A doe or a buck having 2
			 inches or less of hardened bone antler (this type of deer must be checked as a
			 buck).
ANTLERLESS ELK-
Any elk (male or female) not meeting
			 requirements to be a legal bull elk.
AQUACULTURE SPECIES
- Any species listed on the
			 Approved Aquaculture Species List (
Addendum J1.00
) and
			 species not listed but allowed under Unlisted or Restricted Species Possession
			 Permits.
AQUATIC WILDLIFE
- All aquatic species, including
			 aquatic snails, aquatic turtles, crayfish (crawfish and crawdads), fish
			 (including minnows), frogs, mussels and salamanders.
ARKANSAS RIVER BOUNDARY (Sportfishing Only)
- The
			 Arkansas Post Canal from Norrell Lock and Dam No. 1 to the Arkansas River and
			 the Arkansas River from Wilbur D. Mills Dam No. 2 upstream to the Oklahoma
			 state line, including all lakes, bays and tributary streams accessible by boat
			 from the main channel except:
* Big Bayou Meto upstream from Arkansas Highway 11;
* Plum Bayou upstream from U.S. Highway 79;
* Little Maumelle River upstream from Pinnacle Mountain State
			 Park;
* Maumelle River upstream from Lake Maumelle Dam;
* Fourche LaFave upstream from Arkansas Highway 113;
* Palarm Creek upstream from Interstate 40;
* Cadron Creek upstream from the weir;
* Point Remove Creek upstream from Arkansas Highway 113;
* Petit Jean River upstream from Pontoon Boat Ramp at Arkansas
			 Highway 154;
* Illinois Bayou upstream from Russellville Waterworks
			 Dam;
* Big Piney and Little Piney creeks upstream from Arkansas
			 Highway 359;
* Horsehead Creek upstream from Interstate 40;
* Mulberry River upstream from Interstate 40;
* Frog Bayou upstream from Arkansas Highway 162 and Lee Creek
			 upstream from Lee Creek Dam,
* And from the first non-navigable shoal for streams entering the
			 Arkansas
River along the right bank descending from the Oklahoma state
			 line to Lake Dardanelle Dam.
ARTIFICIAL LURE OR FLY
- Terminal fishing tackle
			 made entirely of rubber, wood, metal, glass, feathers, hair, synthetic fibers
			 or plastic, with hook attached.
BAITFISH
- Minnows, logperch, gizzard and threadfin
			 shad, gar (other than alligator gar), bullhead catfish, crayfish, drum, bowfin
			 under 6 inches, skipjack herring, brook and inland silversides, bigmouth,
			 smallmouth and black buffalo, river carpsucker, banded and Ozark sculpin, bream
			 4 inches and under, and bream over 4 inches that are caught by hook and
			 line.
BAITING
- The direct or indirect placing, exposing,
			 depositing, distributing or scattering of salt, grain or other feed that could
			 serve as a lure or attraction for wildlife to, on or over any areas where
			 hunters are attempting to take them.
BIG GAME
- Alligator, black bear, deer, elk and
			 turkey.
BLACK BASS
- Largemouth bass, redeye bass,
			 smallmouth bass and spotted bass.
BLOCKING OUT
- The removal of the head and/or tail
			 associated with the processing of a commercial fish. The blocked-out carcass
			 (bullet) must be at least the minimum length required for the body of water
			 where the commercial fish was harvested (Code 30.i a
BONUS DEER
- A harvested deer that is not included
			 in a hunter's statewide bag limit.
BOX TYPE TURTLE TRAP
- A floating trap designed to
			 capture aquatic turtles, but does not permit capture offish (
Code
			 34.07)
.
BREAM
- A species of the genus Lepomis, including
			 bluegill,
redear,
warmouth and other sunfish.
BUCK
- A male deer (see LEGAL BUCK
			 definition).
BUCK DEER SEASON
- A deer season in which no deer
			 other than legal buck deer may be taken.
BUY
- To purchase, barter, exchange or trade,
			 including any offer to purchase, barter, exchange or trade.
CAPTIVITY OR HOLD CAPTIVE
- The holding of living
			 wildlife in a controlled environment that is manipulated by man for the puipose
			 of exercising ownership, possession or control of the wildlife, and that has
			 boundaries designed to prevent selected species from entering or leaving the
			 controlled environment.
CARCASS
- The body of a dead animal.
CASE
- A container specifically designed to hold a
			 firearm which completely encloses the firearm by being zipped, snapped,
			 buckled, tied or otherwise fastened with no portion of the firearm
			 exposed.
CATCH-AND-RELEASE
- The requirement that fish of a
			 designated species must be immediately released into the water where
			 caught.
CERVH
- A member of the Family Cervidae including
			 without limitation deer, reindeer, moose, elk and caribou.
CHASE FOR PLEASURE
- To search for, pursue or chase
			 game animals or other wildlife with the use of dogs for recreational purposes
			 only, with no intent of hunting such game animals or wildlife.
CHECKING WILDLIFE
- The reporting of specific
			 information to the Commission concerning harvest of alligator, bear, deer, eik
			 and turkey by one of the following methods: phoning a designated number to
			 report bear, deer or turkey harvests, electronically through the Commission's
			 on-line deer and turkey checking Web site or mobile applications, and in person
			 to report harvest of elk and alligator at a designated check station.
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE (CWD)
- Fatal disease
			 affecting the brain of cervids that belongs to a group of diseases called
			 transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
CHUMMING
- To dislodge or deposit any substance not
			 attached to a hook which may attract fish.
CITES TAG
- a permit that allows shipping of certain
			 animal pelts outside the State of Arkansas and assures compliance with the
			 Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species.
CLEAN
- Having no meat matter or tissue attached to
			 the carcass.
COMPUTER-ASSISTED HUNTING
- The use of a computer
			 or any other device, equipment or software to remotely control the aiming and
			 discharge of a firearm, bow or crossbow to kill wildlife located in
			 Arkansas.
COMMERCIAL FISH
- Bowfin (over 6 inches),
			 paddlefish, shovelnose, sturgeon, and all species of buffalo, catfish, carp,
			 drum, gar, and sucker family (except silver redhorse).
COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN
- Any person who fishes with
			 tackle designated as commercial tackle requiring a license and/or tag issued by
			 the Commission.
COMMERCIAL
TACKLE - Properly licensed tackle used to
			 catch aquatic wildlife for commercial purposes.
COMMERCIAL WILDLIFE HUNTING RESORT
- A facility,
			 location, business, or operation that offers, for pay or other consideration,
			 an opportunity to hunt native wildlife, other than pen-raised game birds, held
			 in captivity. Includes all contiguous land, and structures, other
			 appurtenances, and improvements on the land, used for the hunting
			 activities.
COMMERCIAL WILDLIFE PERMIT
- Any or all of the
			 following permits:
Alligator Farmer/Dealer, Alligator Snapping Turtle
			 Breeder/Dealer, Resident Shell Taker and Seller, Shell Buyer, Non-Resident
			 Shell Buyer, Resident Roe Taker/Seller, Resident Roe Buyer/Exporter,
			 Non-Resident Roe Buyer, Resident Fur Dealer, Non-Resident Fur Dealer, Special
			 Commercial Quail, Game Bird Shooting Resort, Commercial Wildlife Hunting
			 Resort, Wildlife Breeder/Dealer and Wildlife Importation.
COMMISSION
- The Arkansas State Game and Fish
			 Commission, unless otherwise designated.
DEFERRED HUNTER EDUCATION (DHE)
- Designates a
			 holder of a valid Arkansas hunting license/permit who has deferred completion
			 of the hunter education program.
DISABLED
-Any individual who is 100 percent
			 permanently and totally disabled as declared by one or more of the following
			 federal agencies: the U.S. Social Security Administration, the U.S. Department
			 of Veteran's Affairs or the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board.
DOE
- A female deer.
DISABLED VETERAN:
(a) any individual whom the United States
		  Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has rated 100% permanently and totally
		  disabled as a result of his or her U.S. military service;
(b) any individual whom the VA has rated
		  permanently disabled as a result of his or her U.S. military service and who
		  received the Purple Heart medal as a result of his or her service-connected
		  disability.
DOE DEER SEASON
- A deer season in which a doe may
			 be taken.
DROWNING SET
- Any leg-hold trap that uses one or
			 more of the following techniques to retain the target animal in water of
			 suitable depth for drowning: a slide wire with lock, a tangle stake or a
			 drowning weight.
DUCKS
(includes the following species) - All species
			 of teal, merganser, whistling duck and scaup; American wigeon, American black
			 duck, bufflehead, canvasback, gadwall, common goldeneye, mallard, mottled duck,
			 northern shoveler, redhead, ring-necked duck, ruddy duck, northern pintail and
			 wood duck.
EDIBLE PORTIONS
- portions of the following animals
			 are considered edible as stated below:
(a)
Game Mammals:
front
		  quarters, hind quarters, loins and tenderloins.
(b)
Game Fish:
fillets
		  offish.
(c)
Game Birds:
breasts.
(d)
Frogs:
hind legs.
(e)
Alligators:
tails, legs, flanks, loins and tenderloins.
EITHER-SEX
- A male or a female.
EITHER-SEX DEER SEASON
- A deer season in which a
			 doe or a legal buck may be taken.
EMERGENCY CONDITION
- Any condition
			 involving:
(a) imminent peril to the
		  health, safety, or welfare of the public or the wildlife resources of the
		  State; or
(b) immediate action
		  mandated by federal law or regulation.
ENCLOSE
- To surround wildlife using man-made
			 barriers, including but not limited to fencing, walls, structures or other
			 devices, so that the wildlife are not free to leave a particular
			 environment.
ENCLOSURE
- Any area surrounded by a man-made
			 barrier, including but not limited to fencing, walls, structures or other
			 devices that prevent wildlife from leaving a particular environment.
ENDANGERED SPECIES
- A wildlife species or
			 subspecies endangered or threatened with extinction listed, or proposed as a
			 candidate for listing, by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or_any native
			 species or subspecies listed as endangered by the Commission (Addendum
			 PI.00).
FALCONRY
- The caring for and training of raptors
			 for pursuit of wild game, and hunting wild game with raptors. It includes the
			 taking of raptors from the wild to use in the sport and caring for training and
			 transporting raptors held for falconry.
FEDERAL WATERS
- Waters designated by federal law as
			 federally controlled or under the jurisdiction of a department or agency of the
			 United States Government.
FEE LAKE
- A lake in which there is a fee for
			 fishing rights. All persons 16 years of age and older must possess an Arkansas
			 fishing license. Daily limits apply.
FERAL HOG
- Any hog, including but not limited to
			 Russian and European wild boar, any Old World swine, or the family Tayassuidae,
			 including without limitation peccary, javelin, and New World swine, which is
			 roaming freely and is living in a wild or feral state, and is not conspicuously
			 identified as required under §§
									2-34-101 and
			 §§
									2-34-102.
FIREARM
- Any device designed, made, or adapted to
			 expel a projectile through a barrel, including without limitation modem guns,
			 air guns and muzzleloaders (see LOADED FIREARM).
FISH OR FISHING
- To lure, attract, collect or
			 pursue fish species or aquatic wildlife for the purpose of taking or attempting
			 to take such species by any method.
FISH DEALER
- Any person who sells live fish,
			 including baitfish.
FISH FARM
- Waters and adjacent premises confined
			 within a pond, tank or lake not connected with public waters, and under
			 management of a fish farmer.
FISH FARMER (AQUACULTURIST)
- A person, firm,
			 partnership or corporation engaged in the propagation or rearing of aquaculture
			 species for sale.
FREEFLOATMG FISHING DEVICE
- A floating fishing
			 device unanchored or unattached to a stationary object.
FURBEARERS
- Badger, beaver, bobcat, coyote, gray
			 fox, red fox, mink, muskrat, nutria, opossum, raccoon, river otter, spotted
			 skunk, striped skunk and weasel.
GAFF
- To take or attempt to take fish with a hand-
			 held or handled hook.
GAME ANIMALS
- Alligator, black bear, bobcat,
			 coyote, deer, elk, gray fox, red fox, mink, opossum, eastern cottontail rabbit,
			 swamp rabbit, raccoon, gray squirrel and fox squirrel.
GAME BIRD SHOOTING RESORT
-A facility, location,
			 business, or operation that offers, for pay or other consideration, an
			 opportunity to hunt captive-raised game birds.
Includes all contiguous land, and structures, other
			 appurtenances, and improvements on the land, used for the hunting
			 activities.
GAME BIRDS
- Turkey, quail, pheasant, chukar and all
			 birds classified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as migratory game
			 birds.
GAME FISH
- Alligator gar, black bass, white bass,
			 striped bass, hybrid striped bass, crappie, catfish, trout, bream, goggle-eye,
			 walleye, muskellunge, sauger, saugeye, paddlefish and pickerel.
GEOCACHE
- Items in a container (cache) placed or
			 hidden for individuals to subsequently find using a Global Positioning System
			 (GPS) receiver.
GEOCACHING
- An outdoor sport, similar to "high-tech
			 treasure hunting," involving use of a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver
			 to find a cache.
GUIDE
- A person who provides, for monetary or any
			 other compensation, that person's personal services for the purpose of
			 assisting others to locate, pursue, catch or hunt wildlife.
HACKING
- The temporary release of a raptor held for
			 falconry to the wild so that it must survive on its own.
HARASS
- An intentional or negligent act which
			 creates the likelihood of injury to wildlife by annoying it to such an extent
			 as to significantly disrupt normal behavioral pattern which include but are not
			 limited to, breeding, feeding, or sheltering.
HARVEST/HARVESTING
- To reduce to possession.
HEN TURKEY
- Female turkey with or without a
			 beard.
HIGH-FENCE ENCLOSURE
- An enclosure that contains an
			 area of at least 500 contiguous acres, with at least 60 percent of the acreage
			 in forested cover that has been classified as timberland by the local county
			 tax assessor, that has a perimeter fence at least 8 feet high, with no
			 cross-fencing that has the effect of reducing the size of the area to less than
			 500 contiguous acres with at least 60 percent of the acreage in forested cover
			 as herein provided.
HOGGING
- The taking offish by the use of hands only
			 in or under the water.
HUNT OR HUNTING
- Taking or attempting to take
			 wildlife by any method including but not limited to searching, pursuing,
			 chasing, tracking, luring, or attracting.
HUNTING INCIDENT
- When bodily injury above basic
			 first aid or death occurs due to an activity directly related to a hunting
			 excursion in the field. Examples of such activities wouldjnclude discharge of a
			 firearm, bow, or crossbow and falls from an elevated platform (tree stand,
			 tower stand, or elevated duck blind).
HUNTING PARTY
- Two or more persons hunting
			 together.
HYBERB RAPTORS
- A raptor produced from a
			 cross-breeding birds of two different taxa, one or both of which are listed in
			 50 CFR
			 10.13, and any offspring of such
			 raptors.
IMPORT OR IMPORTATION
- To ship, convey, cany,
			 transport, bring or introduce into Arkansas anything from outside its
			 borders.
IMPRINT
- A bird that is hand-raised in isolation
			 from other raptors from two weeks of age until it has fledged and will be
			 considered to be an imprinted bird for its entire life.
JAKE
- Sub-adult male turkey having all these
			 characteristics: longer central tail feathers, outermost one or two wing
			 feathers lacking white barring all the way to the tip and a beard 6 inches or
			 less in length.
KILLING DEVICE
- Any firearm, bow and arrow,
			 crossbow, compressed gas or spring-powered pistol or rifle, blowgun, speargun,
			 hand-thrown spear, slingshot,
irritant
gas device, explosive device, or any other implement designed to
			 discharge a projectile capable of killing wildlife.
LARGE CARNIVORE
-
Tigers (Panthera tigris),
			 African Lions {Panthera led),
or any hybrid thereof and all species of
			 bears.
LEGAL BUCK
- A male deer may be considered legal
			 under the following rules as applied by this Code:
(a)
Buck of Choice:
A male
		  deer.
(b)
Button Buck:
A male deer less than 12 months old with no hardened boned
		  antler.
(c)
Three-point Rule:
A male deer having both antlers under two inches (including button buck)
		  or at least one antler with at least three points, each a minimum of one inch
		  long, including the tip of the main beam. (
Code
		  21.03
).
(d)
12/15 Rule:
1) A male deer having both antlers under two inches
		  (including button buck) or 2) a male deer having an inside spread of at least
		  12 inches or more in width, 3) a male deer having at least one main beam 15
		  inches or more in length (
Code 21.03)
.
(e)
15/18 Rule:
1) A male deer
		  having both antlers under two inches (including button buck) or 2) a male deer
		  having an inside spread of at least 15 inches or more in width 3) a male deer
		  having at least one main beam 18 inches or more in length (
Code
		  2
1
.03
).
(f)
WMA Special Restrictions:
Special restrictions may apply on certain WMAs (
Code
		  21.03
).
LEGAL BULL ELK
- An elk having at least one antler
			 visible above the hair line.
LEGAL TURKEY
- A turkey may be considered legal
			 under the following rules as applied by this Code:
(a) Hunters 16 years and older a legal turkey
		  is an adult gobbler or bearded hen.
(b) Hunters 6 to 15 years of age is an adult
		  gobbler, bearded hen or jake.
LENGTH LIMITS-
(a)
Minimum Length Limit:
The
		  shortest length of a fish of a designated species that can be kept.
(b)
Maximum Length Limit:
The
		  maximum length of a fish of a designated species that can be kept.
(c)
Protected Length:
A
		  species/size limit that prohibits anglers from keeping fish within a designated
		  size group. Unless otherwise specified, all fish are measured from the front of
		  the lower jaw with the mouth closed to the tip of the tail with tail lobes
		  pressed together when laid flat on a rule, on its side. All fish not meeting
		  the length limit requirements
...
for a particular water or species must be immediately released
			 into the water where caught.
LIMITS-
(a)
Daily Limit:
the maximum
		  number of a species allowed to be taken during a specific 24-hour time period
		  (midnight to midnight, unless otherwise specified).
(b)
Seasonal Limit:
the maximum
		  number of a species allowed to be taken during a specific season.
(c)
Possession Limit:
the
		  maximum number of species allowed to be possessed at any time. Any fish or
		  wildlife, excluding migratory game birds, legally taken for personal
		  consumption and stored in processed form within a residence of the possessor
		  shall not count toward the possession limit
LITTER
-
All
waste which has been
			 discarded or otherwise disposed of, including, but not limited to, convenience
			 food and beverage packages or containers, trash, garbage, all other product
			 packages or containers, and other post consumer solid wastes as referenced in
			 State Law, or discarded game animal carcasses.
LOADED FIREARMS
- Firearms are considered loaded if
			 shells or cartridges are in the chamber, magazine or cylinder. Percussion cap
			 muzzleloading firearms are considered loaded if the percussion cap is on the
			 nipple. Flintlock muzzleloading firearms are considered loaded if there is
			 powder in the flashpan. Electronic pulse ignition muzzleloaders are considered
			 loaded if the ignition circuit is charged.
MIGRATORY BIRDS
- All birds protected by the Federal
			 Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 and subsequent amendments.
MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS
- Coots,'crows, doves, ducks,
			 gallinules or moorhens, geese, rails, snipe and woodcock.
MILITARY RETIREE
- Any individual at least 60 years
			 old who is entitled to retired pay as a result of his or her United States
			 military service.
MINNOWS
- Small nongame fish commonly used for bait
			 including bluntnose minnows, bullhead minnows, chubs, dace, fatheads, common
			 carp under 6 inches, goldfish, shiners and stonerollers.
MOBILITY IMPAIRED
- A designation made by the
			 Commission based upon a satisfactoiy showing that a person has
a
permanent physical condition, verified by a physician duly licensed to
			 practice medicine by a state medical board, which severely impairs the person's
			 mobility and prevents him or her from being able to engage in hunting or
			 fishing activities without the use of an ATV or similar specialized device for
			 transportation.
NATIVE WILDLIFE
- Those species and sub-species of
			 wildlife that have established, naturally reproducing, free-ranging, wild
			 populations within Arkansas.
NIGHT
- The time period 30 minutes after sunset to
			 30 minutes before sunrise.
NOODLING
- The taking of fish by the use of a
			 pole-mounted breakaway hook that detaches at the time of the strike or catch,
			 or snare type device, with an attached line manipulated by hand when a person
			 is in or under the water.
NONGAME WILDLIFE
- All wildlife other than
			 rurbearing or game animals, game birds and game fish.
NON-NATIVE WILDLIFE
- Any wildlife not defined as
			 native wildlife.
NONRESIDENT
- A person not defined as a
			 resident.
NUISANCE WILDLIFE
- Any wildlife creating a problem
			 by committing damage to personal property or crops.
OPEN SEASON
- A time frame established by the
			 Commission during which a designated species may be lawfully taken.
PEN-RAISED QUAIL
- Quail raised or hatched in
			 captivity.
PERSON
- Any individual, firm, corporation,
			 association, partnership or other legal entity in singular or plural as the
			 context requires. All pronouns shall include the masculine, feminine and
			 neuter.
PORTABLE HUNTING STAND
- Any device or structure
			 used for the purpose of hunting that can be carried in its entirety by one
			 person at one time including but not limited to tripod stands, lean-to stands,
			 lock-on stands, ladder stands, and climbing stands (Box stands are not portable
			 hunting stands).
PORTABLE POP-UP BLIND
- A structure used to conceal
			 a person that can be collapsed and carried in its entirety by one
			 person.
POSSESS OR POSSESSION
- Having or holding wildlife,
			 or any property in one's power; the exercise of dominion over property.
			 Possession includes actual possession (physical occupancy or control over
			 property) and constructive possession (control or dominion over property
			 without actual possession or custody of the property).
PRIMATE
- A live individual animal of the taxonomic
			 order Primates, excluding humans.
PROPAGATE OR PROPAGATION
- To allow plants or
			 animals to breed or multiply.
PUBLIC ROAD
- The traveled portion and the shoulders
			 on each side of any road maintained for public travel by a city, county, state,
			 or federal government and includes all structures within the limits of the
			 right-of-way of any such road.
PUBLIC WATERS
- Waters that members of the public
			 have a legal right to access and use for recreational purposes, including all
			 legally navigable waters.
PUT-AND-TAKE PAY LAKE
- Private waters open to
			 public fishing for a fee, after being licensed by the Commission and where no
			 fishing license or daily limit offish is imposed.
RAPTOR
- Migratory bird of the Order Falconiformes,
			 Accipitriformes or the Order Strigiformes.
REAR OR REARING
- To maintain plants or animals to
			 increase their size or development.
REHABILITATION
- Providing medical treatment or
			 other care to orphaned, sick or injured wild animals that have come into human
			 possession with the goal of returning the animal to the wild.
RESIDENCE
- Any dwelling such as a house,
			 manufactured home, or apartment that is permanently fixed in place and is
			 owned, leased, or rented fully or in part by an individual. This term does not
			 include tents; temporaiy lodging or rental units such as hotels, motels,
			 resorts, or commercial campgrounds; recreational vehicles; mobile travel
			 trailers; or, motor vehicles.
RESIDENT
-
(a) A person who physically inhabits a bona
		  fide residence in Arkansas for at least 60 days and declares full-time
		  residency. Possession of Arkansas real estate and/or proof of payment of
		  associated services or utilities do not qualify the owner/renter as a resident
		  if he lives out of state.
Additional facts considered in establishing proof of current
			 Arkansas residency are:
(i) Possession
		  of a valid Arkansas driver's license or Arkansas identification card.
(ii) Possession of a valid Arkansas vehicle
		  registration in his name and display of current Arkansas license tags on his
		  vehicle.
(iii) Other documentation
		  may be considered.
(b)
		  The following persons are considered residents for purposes of this Code:
(i) Residents of Arkansas enrolled as
		  full-time students in colleges and universities outside of Arkansas,
(ii) Nonresidents enrolled as full-time
		  students in colleges and universities in Arkansas,
(iii)  Nonresident foreign exchange students
		  attending school in Arkansas,
(iv)
		  Resident foreign exchange students attending school outside of
		  Arkansas,
(v) Active-duty military
		  personnel assigned to duty stations in Arkansas.
(vi) Active-duty military personnel who were
		  Arkansas residents at the time of entering service, regardless of where
		  currently stationed,
(vii) Members
		  of the National Guard who are assigned to an Arkansas Guard
		  Unit.
(c) Proof of at
		  least one year residency must be provided when applying for the following
		  licenses/permits:
Special Guide, Alligator Farmer/Dealer, Alligator Snapping Turtle
			 Breeder/Dealer, Commercial Fisherman's and Sportfishing, Commercial Fisherman's
			 Helper, Junior/Senior Commercial Fishing, Resident Shell Taker/Seller, Shell
			 Taker Helper, Shell Buyer, Resident Fish Dealer, Resident Roe Taker/Seller,
			 Resident Roe Taker Helper and Resident Roe Buyer/Exporter. Non-Expiring
			 Lifetime Resident Hunting and Fishing License and Sportsman's Permit.
(d) The director or his
		  representative shall make the final determination as to the resident status of
		  any license applicant.
ROUGH FISH
- Gars, bowfin, bullhead catfish, common
			 carp, Asian carp (grass carp, bighead carp, silver carp), suckers (including
			 buffalo), drum and yellow bass.
SEINE
- A fishing net that hangs vertically in the
			 water where the ends can be drawn together to entrap fish.
SEINING
- The act of moving a seine by boat or human
			 power to capture fish.
SELL OR SALE
- To exchange or deliver for money or
			 its equivalent; to offer for sale, barter, exchange or trade or the act of
			 selling, bartering, consigning, exchanging or trading.
SHELL BUYER
- Anyone who buys mussels or mussel
			 parts from a Taker. An agent purchasing for a licensed buyer is not a
			 buyer.
SMALL GAME
- Furbearers, migratory game birds,
			 quail, rabbit and squirrel.
SNAG
- to take fish using conventional rod-and-reel
			 tackle where the fish is impaled by the forceful retrieval of one or more
			 hooks.
SNAGLINE
- Commercial tackle consisting of a
			 horizontal line with hooks or drops less than 24 inches apart.
SPORTFISH
- See GAME FISH for definition.
TACKLE
- An apparatus or device used to take
			 wildlife.
TAKE
- To shoot, kill, injure, trap, net, snare,
			 spear, catch, capture or reduce to possession.
TAXIDERMY
- The art of preparing, stuffing and/or
			 mounting wildlife and parts thereof.
TRAP OR TRAPPING
-A device to catch and hold
			 wildlife.
TROUT
- Any members of the Salmonidae family
			 including rainbow trout, brown trout, brook trout, lake trout, cutthroat trout,
			 salmon and char.
WATERFOWL
- AH species of coots, ducks, geese and
			 swans.
WATERS OF THE STATE
- All streams, lakes, ponds,
			 sloughs, bayous, marshes or any other waters either permanent or intermittent
			 located wholly or partially within Arkansas. Provided, however, "waters of the
			 state" shall not include pay lakes and fish farms or any waters that are
			 confined within a pond, tank, or lake, situated entirely on the premises of a
			 single private owner and which, except under abnormal flood conditions, are not
			 connected with_any of other flowing stream or body of water that extends beyond
			 the premises of such owner.
WELD
- To be living in a state of nature and not
			 domesticated.
WILDLIFE
- All wild birds, mammals, fish, reptiles,
			 amphibians and other wild aquatic forms, and all other wild animals, regardless
			 of classification, whether resident, migratory or imported, protected or
			 unprotected, dead or alive, and shall extend to and include any and every part
			 of any individual species of wildlife, including animals living in a captive
			 state and which lack a genetic distinction from members of the same species
			 living in the wild. Aquatic wildlife includes all aquatic species, including
			 aquatic snails, aquatic turtles, crayfish (crawdads and crayfish), fish
			 (including minnows), frogs, mussels and salamanders.
WILDLIFE CHECK METHODS
- The following are the
			 official wildlife check methods:
(a) a
		  designated elk check station;
(b)
		  the Commission on-line deer and turkey checking Web site and mobile
		  applications;
(c) a designated
		  alligator check station; and,
(d)
		  the designated bear checking telephone number or the designated deer and turkey
		  checking telephone number.
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA (WMA)
- Designated areas
			 owned or controlled by the Commission and distinguished by certain markers and
			 considered a separate zone with regard to wildlife regulations including:
			 wildlife management area (WMA), waterfowl rest area (WRA), wildlife
			 demonstration area (WDA), special use area (SUA) and state park-conservation
			 area (SP-CA).
YOUTH-
(a)
		  for sections of this Code pertaining to big game, "youth" means any individual
		  not less than 6 years old or more than 15 years old.
(b) for all other sections of this Code,
		  "youth" means an individual less than 16 years of age.
ZONE
- An area defined by the Commission where
			 hunting and/or fishing activities are regulated.
09.14 NATIVE WILDLIFE PETS RESTRICTED
It is unlawful to possess native wildlife as pets except as
			 follows:
(A) Native wildlife captured
		  from the wild:
(1) No more than six per
		  household of any combination of the following animals may be possessed as pets:
(a) Hand-captured bobcat, coyote, gray fox,
		  red fox, opossum, rabbit, raccoon and squirrel; and
(b) Deer that were captured by hand prior to
		  July 1,2012 may be retained until their death.
(c) Hand-captured native non-game wildlife
		  other than birds, bats, alligator snapping turtles, ornate box turtles,
		  hellbenders,
Ouachita streambed salamanders
, collared
		  lizards, troglodytic species (cave dwellers), or those animals defined as
		  endangered species.
(2)
		  It is unlawful for any person to remove such wildlife or their offspring from
		  Arkansas except under the terms of a permit that may be issued by the Chief of
		  Wildlife Management to persons who are moving to another state and have
		  presented proof from that state that it is legal to import the
		  wildlife.
(3) The sale or transfer
		  of ownership of such wildlife or their offspring is prohibited except as
		  provided in (A)(7) of this regulation.
(4) All wildlife possessed in captivity shall
		  be maintained in enclosures, pens, or cages that are sufficiently strong to
		  prevent escape of the wildlife and that will protect the wildlife from
		  injury.
(5) All adult deer kept in
		  compliance with (A) of this regulation shall be confined within an enclosure
		  that complies with the following requirements:
(a) Enclosures shall have a perimeter fence
		  that is not less than eight feet in height and shall be constructed so as to
		  prohibit the escape of confined cervids and the ingress of native
		  cervids.
(b) The area of the
		  enclosure shall not be less than 200 square feet for the fust cervid and shall
		  be increased in size 150 square feet for each additional cervid.
(6) Males and females of the same
		  species must be kept in separate enclosures, or if kept in the same enclosure,
		  the owner shall provide proof that all males within the enclosure have been
neutered.
(7) Native
		  wildlife, except white-tailed deer, kept as personal pets in compliance with
		  this regulation may be transferred to a wildlife rehabilitator permitted by the
		  Commission (
Code 09.12
) and released back into the
		  wild in the county where they were captured provided such animals were not
		  confined with commercially obtained, captive born wildlife of the same
		  species.
(B) Captive
		  born native wildlife: No more than six per household of any commercially
		  obtained, captive born native wildlife may be possessed as personal pets in
		  compliance with the following restrictions:
(1) Commercially obtained, captive born
		  wildlife pets and/or their offspring shall not be confined with the same
		  species of wild born animals and/or their offspring.
(2) Owners shall maintain records of proof of
		  legal ownership of such animals including licenses, bills of sale, bills of
		  lading, receipts, invoices and copies of Wildlife Importation Permits or other
		  satisfactory evidence. The date of acquisition, place of origin, and the name,
		  address, and telephone number of the person from whom the wildlife was acquired
		  shall be recorded. Owners shall provide these records to the Commission upon
		  demand.
(3) Commercially obtained,
		  captive born wildlife pets or their offspring shall only be sold in compliance
		  with
Code 09.07
.
(4) Males and females of the same species
		  must be kept in separate enclosures, or if kept in the same enclosure, the
		  owner shall provide proof that all males within the enclosure have been
		  neutered.
(5) Owners of
		  commercially obtained or captive born white-tailed deer or elk that were
		  acquired prior to June 30,2005, and that are kept as personal pets may retain
		  ownership of such animals provided they registered with the Wildlife Management
		  Division by June 30,2008, and are in compliance with all provisions of this
		  regulation.
(6) Owners must
		  immediately test all deer and elk that die in captivity for CWD and forward
		  copies of test results to the Commission within seven days of
		  receipt.
(7) All cervids kept in
		  compliance with (B) of this regulation shall be confined within an enclosure
		  that complies with the following requirements:
(a) Enclosures shall have a perimeter fence
		  that is not less than eight (8) feet in height and shall be constructed so as
		  to prohibit the escape of confined cervids and the ingress of native
		  cervids.
(b) The area of the
		  enclosure shall not be less than 200 square feet for the first ceivid and shall
		  be increased in size 150 square feet for each additional cervid.
(8) All wildlife possessed hi
		  captivity shall be maintained in enclosures, pens, or cages that are
		  sufficiently strong to prevent escape of the wildlife and that will protect the
		  wildlife from injury.
(C) It is unlawful for anyone to keep a
		  native wildlife pet under inhumane or unhealthy conditions.
EXCEPTION:
Aquatic pets taken in compliance with
Code
			 26.26
.
PENALTY: Class 1
26.08
WATERS RESTRICTED TO CERTAIN
		  FISHING TACKLE
It is unlawful to fish with any device other than rod or pole in:
(A) Arkansas County - DeWitt City
		  Park Lake
Benton County - Lake Atalanta and Lake Bentonville
Clark County - Big Timber Lake
Carroll County - Hidden Lake
Clark County - Guidon Lake
Clay County - Lake Hubble
Conway County - Lake Bailey, Lake Roosevelt in Petit Jean State
			 Park
Craighead County - Craighead Forest Lake
Crawford County - Lake Cambadelle and Lake Lou Emma
Crittenden County - West Memphis City Parks Lake and Marion City
			 Park Lake
Cross County - All lakes in Village Creek State
			 Park
Faulkner County - Lake Bennett
Fulton County - Spring River and tributaries from 100
			 yards below Dam
No. 1 to the mouth of My art Creek; Spring River
			 Lake
Greene County - Crowley Ridge State Park Lake and Reynolds Park
			 Lake
Hempstead County - Lakes 1 and 2 on the Rick Evans Grandview
			 WMA
Izard County (2 pole maximum limit) - Horseshoe Bend Pool
			 on
Strawberry River
Lafayette County - Lake June
Monroe County - Lake Greenlee
Montgomery County - North Fork
			 Lake
Lonoke County - Tommy L. Sproles Lake Pickthorne and Ward City
			 Park Lake
Madison County - Hindsville Lake
Monroe County - Lakooe
d
Donald Branch Fishing
			 Pond
Perry County - Lake Sylvia
Polk County - Shady Lake
Poinsett County - Upper Lake Hogue
Randolph County - Old Davidsonville State Park Lake
Scott County - Truman Baker Lake
Sebastian County - Carol Cross Lake
St. Francis County -
All lakes in Village Creek State
			 Park
; Forrest
City Park Lake Stone County - Gunner Pool and Hayden Bend
			 Pond
Yell County - Lake Kingfisher
Washington County - Devil's Den State Park Lake and posted U.S.
			 Forest Service ponds and lakes.
Prairie County - Mike Freeze Wattensaw WMA ponds and lakes,
			 except oxbow lakes
(B)
		  Arkansas River from 100 yards below Dardanelle Dam to Arkansas Highway 7 bridge
		  and 100 yards below Dam No. 2 to the mouth of Morgan Cut-Off; Fourche La Fave
		  River from 100 yards below Nimrod Dam to Arkansas Highway 7 bridge.
(C) Waters listed in
Code
		  26.25
.
EXCEPTIONS:
1) Gigging or bowfishing for rough fish is
		  permitted in compliance with
Code 26.06
. in waters
		  listed in Section B and in other unrestricted state waters.
2)
Catching bait is allowed in
		  compliance with Code Chapter
		  32.00.
PENALTY: Class 1
26.17
SNAGGING GAME FISH
		  PROHIBITED
It is unlawful to snag game fish.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) From
		  the bank within 100 yards below a dam (prohibited below the Upper White Oak
		  Lake Dam).
(2) From a boat froin
		  100 yards below all locks and dams on the Arkansas River to the downstream
		  entrance point of the lock structure, and from 100 yards below Dam No. 2 to the
		  boat-launching ramps immediately below the dam.
(3) From the bank below Beaver Dam, from the
		  Corps of Engineers "No Fishing Beyond This Point" sign, downstream to the first
		  Corps of Engineers boat ramp on the left descending bank April 15-June
		  15.
(4) Daily limit: With the
		  exception of catfish and paddlefish, no more than half the daily game fish
		  limit may be taken by snagging, or the lesser whole number nearest half the
		  limit, when the limit is an odd number.
(5) Snagging must be discontinued once the
		  daily limit of any species of game fish has been harvested.
(6) Game fish snagged must be retained for
		  personal use and applied to the daily limit.
(7) Catfish may be snagged Jan. 1-Feb. 15 on
		  the Black River from the Missouri state line to the Spring River confluence and
		  on the St. Francis River from the Missouri state line to the Payneway
		  Structure, with a daily limit of five catfish (no more than two of which may be
		  flathead catfish) and no more than one paddlefish.
PENALTY: Class 1
26.21
YO-YO FISHING RESTRICTED
It is unlawful for a person to:
(A) fish more than 30 yo-yos or other
		  mechanical fishing devices or to leave such unattended (out of sight or
		  hearing) during daylight hoursrer-te;
(B) suspend more than one yo-yo or mechanical
		  fishing device from any horizontal line, wire, limb or supports;
(C) use a Sstakeeor to mounting a yo-yos-er,
		  limblines, or mechanical fishing device on a Commissioned-owned lakes-s unless
		  the stake is made from
(D) fail to
		  remove any mounting stake placed in a Commission-owned lake after the stake is
		  no longer in use for fishing; or
(E) fail to clearly labeled each mounting
		  stake, yo-yo, limbline, and mechanical fishing device with the name and
		  address, vehicle operator's license number, or
current
vehicle
		  license number of the person using such equipment.
For purposes of this regulations, "yo-yo" shall appll- include
			 any yo-yos left in place whether "set" or "tripped" (disabled).
PENALTY:
			 Class 1
26.25
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY FISHING
		  PROGRAM RESTRICTIONS
(A)
FAMILY
		  FISHING PROGRAM RESTRICTIONS
The restrictions in this subsection shall apply to the following
			 waters:
Chicot County - Lake Village Community Fishing Pond
Clay County - Mom's Lake
Columbia County - Armory Pond
Craighead County - Craighead Forest Park Youth Fishing
			 Pond
Drew County - Monticello High School Pond
Faulkner County - Dr. James E. Moore Jr. Camp Robinson Firing
			 Range
Fulton County - Salem City Lake
Hempstead County - Mike and Janet Huckabee Youth Fishing
			 Pond
Jefferson County - Pine Bluff Regional Park Youth Fishing
			 Pond
Lawrence County - Walnut Ridge City Lake
Pulaski County - Landers Lake, War Memorial Park Pond
Union County - Mattocks Park Lake
RESTRICTIONS:
(1) Fishing is open only to youths or persons
		  65 years of age or older. All other properly licensed persons may fish if
		  accompanied by a youth who is actively fishing. Fishing is also open to holders
		  of a disabled fishing license (either a three-year or combination disability
		  license). One licensed person may assist and fish with an actively fishing
		  disabled fishing license holder.
(2) Only hand-held rod or pole
		  allowed.
(3) Largemouth bass: catch
		  and release only.
(4) Catfish daily
		  limit: 3
(5) Bream daily limit:
		  25
(6) Trout daily limit:
		  5
(7) Hybrid striped bass:
		  3
(8) Lakes open to electric
		  trolling motors only.
(9) All other
		  sportfishing daily limit: same as statewide.
(B)
COMMUNITY FISHING PROGRAM
		  RESTRICTIONS
The restrictions in this subsection shall apply to the following
			 waters:
Baxter County - Anion's Lake
Benton County - Lake Springdale, Lake Bentonville,
Lake Keith
Clark County - Clear Lake
Crawford County-Van Buren Municipal Park Pond
Crittenden County - Tilden Rodgers Park Pond
Faulkner County - Conway Station Park
			 Pond
Garland County - Family Park Pond, Entergy Park Pond
Jefferson County - Martin Luther King Jr. Park Pond in Pine
			 Bluff
Lonoke County - Cabot Community Pond, Mike Freeze England
			 Community
Pond
Miller County - Lake Dieffenbacher
Pike County - John Benjamin Glenwood Community Pond
Pope County - Pleasant View Park Pond
Pulaski County - all lakes, ponds and streams managed by the City
			 of Little
Rock Parks and Recreation Department within the city limits of
			 Little Rock,
Community Center Pond, Cherrywood Lake, Lake Valencia, Little
			 Rock Air
Force Base Pond, North Little Rock City Park waters, Paradise
			 Lake, Pinnacle
Mountain State Park Pond, Sherwood
Municipal City Pond, Willow Beach Park Pond
White County -
Bald Knob Community Pond
,
			 Searcy City Lake
Saline County - Sunset Lake
Sebastian County - Carol Ann Cross Pond
Sebastian County - Wells Lake, Fort Chaffee
Yell County - Dardanelle City Park Ponds, Yell County Wildlife
			 Federation
Pond
Washington County - Murphy Park Pond
RESTRICTIONS:
(1) Only hand held rod or pole
		  allowed.
(2) Largemouth bass: catch
		  and release only.
(3) Catfish daily
		  limit: 3
(4) Bream daily limit:
		  25
(5) Trout daily limit:
		  5
(6) Hybrid striped bass:
		  3
(7) Lakes open to electric
		  trolling motors only.
(8) All other
		  sportfish daily limit: same as statewide. PENALTY: Class 1
30.25
		  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.
(F)
Nimrod Lake, Blue Mountain Lake and
Morgan Point Bendwav Lake
:
Open noon, Oct.
		  1-noon, March I. 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
		  15tU 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) Cation Lake (Union County): Open noon,
		  February I until noon 1'ebr 2&-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 44 3 I. All rough
		  fish caught in the nets must be retained.
PENALTY:
Class 2
30.26 POSSESSION OF FILLETED FISH
		  PROHIBITED WHILE COMMERCIAL
FISHING
It is unlawful to possess filleted fish or fish with head or
			 tail removed while commercial fishing. It is unlawful to transport filleted
			 fish or fish with head or tail removed by boat if such fish were taken by a
			 commercial fisherman or were taken by means of commercial tackle.
EXCEPTION:
Blocking of paddlefish in compliance with Code 30.21 PENALTY:
			 Class 2
34.04 COMMERCIAL
		  AQUATIC TURTLE HARVEST RESTRICTIONS
(A) It is
		  unlawful to take or attempt to take aquatic turtle eggs from the
		  wild.
(B) It is unlawful to take or
		  attempt to take aquatic turtles for commercial purposes by any means other than
		  hoop nets or box type turtle traps. Commercial aquatic turtle harvest is
		  allowed in waters of the following counties or specified portions thereof,
		  and/or bodies of water as specified:
(1)
		  Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot (Exception 2), Cleveland, Clay,
		  Columbia (Exception 2), Craighead, Crittenden (Exception 2), Cross, Dallas,
		  Desha, Drew (Exception 2), Grant, Greene, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette
		  (Exception 2), Lawrence (Exception 2), Lawrence (east of the Black River), Lee,
		  Lincoln, Lonoke, Miller, Mississippi [Exception 2(g)], Monroe, Nevada,
		  Ouachita, Phillips, Poinsett, Prairie, Pulaski (south of I-30 and east of 1-440
		  and Arkansas Highway 67), Randolph (east of the Black River) from the southern
		  border to Pocahontas; from Pocahontas to Maynard east of Arkansas Highway 115;
		  and from Maynard to the state line east of Arkansas Highway 166), St. Francis,
		  Saline (east of 1-30), Union, White (east of Arkansas Highway 67) and Woodruff
		  counties;
(2) Arkansas River, from
		  its mouth to the Arkansas/Oklahoma state line, including that part of the
		  Arkansas River from the Ozark Dam to the Arkansas/Oklahoma state line, bounded
		  on the north by the Union Pacific Railroad and on the south by Arkansas Highway
		  22 in compliance with Code 30.25.
(3) Black River from its mouth to the
		  Missouri state line;
(4) Little
		  River from its mouth to the Corps of Engineers boat ramp on west bank of river
		  below Millwood Lake Dam;
(5)
		  Ouachita River from the Louisiana state line to the
Arkansas
		  Highway 79B Bridge (Camden)
;
(6) Red River from the Louisiana state line
		  to the Oklahoma/Texas state line;
(7) Sulphur River from its mouth to the Texas
		  state line;
(8) White River from
		  its mouth to 100 yards below Dam No. 1 at Batesville, Independence
		  County;
(9) Arkansas waters between
		  the main levees of the Mississippi River.
(10) All lakes, bays or other bodies of
		  water, other than
tributary
streams, connected to waters as
		  specified above, when accessible by boat, from the main channel except as
		  limited by Addendum Chapter HI.00.
(C) When a river or stream forms the boundaiy
		  between opened and closed counties, that boundary segment shall be open to
		  tackle legal in the open county.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Bayou
		  Meto Bayou in compliance with
Code 38.01
.
(2) The following waters are closed to
		  commercial aquatic turtle harvest:
(a) Lake
		  Erling, including all tributaries upstream from 100 yards below Lake Erling Dam
		  to Arkansas Highway 313 (Lafayette County)
(b) All Commission-owned lakes (excluding all
		  natural lakes when accessible by boat from river or stream channel on WMAs in
		  counties listed above);
(c) Lake
		  Columbia (Columbia County);
(d)
		  Horseshoe Lake (Crittenden County);
(e) Lake Wallace (Drew and Chicot
		  counties);
(f) Upper and Lower Lake
		  Chicot (Connerly Bayou to Ditch Bayou Dam inclusive)(Chicot County).
(g) The Mississippi River in Mississippi
		  County, from the Sans Souci Landing downstream to the head of Sunrise Towhead,
		  due east of Butler, AR, and all waters within and bounding the area known as
		  "Driver Bar", which forms the east bank of the river channel within this river
		  segment.
(3) USD A
		  Forest Service lakes, State Park lakes and lakes owned by municipalities or
		  property-owner associations.
(4)
		  Private landowners, in closed counties, can obtain from the Commission, a
		  Private Land Nuisance Aquatic Turtle Permit. This permit allows the harvest of
		  Common Snapping Turtles
(Chelydra serpentine),
Redear Sliders
{Trachemys scripta),
and Spiny Softshells
(Apalone
		  spinifera)
for commercial purposes on private property under the
		  following conditions:
(a) Only from manmade
		  lakes and ponds
(b) Only by a
		  licensed commercial aquatic turtle harvest or dealer permittee
(c) Only with legal commercial turtle harvest
		  gear as defined above
(d) All
		  harvested turtles shall be reported on aquatic turtle harvest report forms as
		  specified in
Code 34.07
.
PENALTY: Class 2
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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
30
Rock Bass
10
Muskellunge Paddlefish
6
2
Pickerel
6
S auger
6
Saugeye
6
Shovelnose Sturgeon
No Limit
Striped Bass or Hybrid (Combination) Trout (including not
						more than:
6
2 brown trout, 2 cutthroat trout, 2 brook trout)
5
Walleye
6
White Bass
25
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) The
		  following bodies of water are restricted to half the daily limit for all
		  sportfish: Dr. Lester Sitzes III Bois d'Arc Lake, Horseshoe Bend Pool of the
		  Strawberry River in Izard County. All black bass and crappie on Lower White Oak
		  Lake must be released immediately.
(2) BLACK BASS (LARGEMOUTH, SPOTTED,
		  SMALLMOUTH):
(A)
Smallmouth
		  bass:
Ozark Zone
(Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay,
			 Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Newton,
			 Randolph, Searcy, Sharp, Stone, Van Buren, and Washington counties) -
			 smallmouth bass minimum length limit of 12 inches with a daily limit of four,
			 except Bull Shoals, Beaver, Greers Ferry, Table Rock Lakes and Lake Norfolk
			 (see Ex. 1(B) below). Greers Ferry Lake - smallmouth bass minimum length limit
			 of 12 inches, daily limit six.
Ozark Zone Blue Ribbon Streams
- Crooked Creek from
			 Arkansas Highway 101 bridge downstream to the confluence with the White River;
			 between the U.S. Highway 62-412 and U.S. Highway 62 Spur bridges at Pyatt -
			 smallmouth bass minimum length limit 18 inches, daily limit of one. Buffalo
			 River from confluence with Clabber Creek downstream to the confluence with the
			 White River - smallmouth bass minimum length limit 18 inches, daily limit of
			 one. All other water of Crooked Creek and Buffalo River - smallmouth bass
			 minimum length limit of 14 inches, daily limit of two.
Ozark Zone Catch-and-Release Area
- Crooked Creek,
			 along boundary of Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation property near Kelley's Slab
			 Access.
Ozark Zone Quality Streams
- Kings River from
			 Trigger Gap to U.S. Highway 62 bridge smallmouth bass minimum length limit of
			 18 inches, daily limit of one.
All other water of the Kings, Illinois, Spring, South Fork of the
			 Spring and
Eleven Point rivers and War Eagle Creek - smallmouth bass minimum
			 length limit of 14 inches, daily limit of two.
Ouachita/Boston Zone
(all Arkansas counties not
			 included in the Ozark Zone) - smallmouth bass minimum length limit of 10
			 inches, daily limit of four.
Ouachita/Boston Zone Quality Streams
- (Mulberry,
			 Caddo above
DeGray Lake, DeGray Lake, Cossatot River, Ouachita River upstream
			 from Lake Ouachita, Ouachita River downstream from Remmel Dam,
Saline River, including its four headwater forks in Saline, Perry
			 and
Garland counties, South Fork/Ouachita, Little Missouri above
			 Lake
Greeson) - smallmouth bass minimum length limit of 12 inches,
			 daily limit of two.
Ouachita/Boston Zone Catch-and-Release Area
- all
			 smallmouth bass caught in Lake Ouachita including the Ouachita River upstream
			 to the
River Bluff access and the South Fork of the Ouachita River
			 upstream to
Hovel Branch must be immediately returned to the
			 stream.
(B)
Largemouth
		  bass:
Grandview Lake 2, Lake Sylvia, and Lower White Oak Lake - daily
			 limit five.
Lake Millwood - daily limit six. Mallard Lake - daily limit
			 one.
Marion McCollum Lake, Lake Sylvia - Largemouth bass caught must
			 be immediately returned to the water.
(C)
Black Bass (all species
		  combined):
Beaver, Bull Shoals,
DeGray,
DeQueen,
			 Norfolk, Table Rock lakes, Lakes Jack Nolen, Ouachita, Ashbaugh - daily limit
			 six. Lake Lou Emma- daily limit five. Lake Atkins - daily limit four. War Eagle
			 Creek - daily limit two.
(3)
BREAM:
No limit on bream 4 inches or shorter.
(4)
CATFISH:
(A) No limit on catfish on Grand Lake -
		  Chicot County, between the mam levees of the Mississippi River, from the
		  confluence of the Mississippi/White Rivers upstream to the Benzal Railroad
		  Bridge, and from the confluence of the Mississippi/Arkansas Rivers upstream to
		  the Yancopin Railroad Bridge. No limit on blue and channel catfish from Little
		  River (below Millwood Dam) Red and Sulphur Rivers. No limit on channel catfish
		  on Marion McCollum Lake Greenlee- Monroe County, and on 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).
(B) Catfish daily limit five
		  on:
DeWitt City Park Lake (Arkansas County); Lake Atalanta_(Benton
			 County); Hidden Lake (Carroll County); Big Timber Lake and Gurdon Lake (Clark
			 County); Hubble Lake (Clay County); Lake Bailey (Conway County); Lake
			 Cambadelle and Lake Lou Emma (Crawford County); Marion City Park Lake
			 (Crittenden County); Village Creek State Park Lakes (Cross and St. Francis
			 Counties); Lake Bennett (Faulkner County); Lake Clearfork (Garland County);
			 Crowley Ridge State Park Lake and Reynolds Park Lake (Greene County); Newark
			 City Lake (Independence County); Lake June (Lafayette County); Ward City Park
			 Lake (Lonoke County); Hindsville Lake (Madison County); Blytheville City Park
			 Lake (Mississippi County); Donald Branch Fishing Pond (Monroe County); Lower
			 White Oak Lake (Ouachita County);_Lake Sylvia (Perry County); Shady Lake (Polk
			 County); Twin Lakes A and B, Camp Ferncliff (Pulaski County); Old Davidsonville
			 State Park Lake (Randolph County); Forrest City Park Lake (St. Francis County);
			 Truman Baker Lake (Scott County); Cave City's Lakes (Sharp County); Gunner Pool
			 and Hayden Bend Pond (Stone County); Devils Den State Park (Washington County);
			 Spring Lake, Kingfisher, Clubhouse Lakes in Petit Jean WMA (Yell County) and
			 posted USDA Forest Service ponds and lakes.
(C) In addition to daily limit, 10 channel
		  catfish under 16 inches may be taken on the Arkansas River.
(D) In addition to daily limit, 10 channel
		  catfish and 10 blue catfish any size may be taken in Lake Erling and Millwood
		  Lake.
(5)
CRAPPEE:
(A) Crappie daily limit
		  - 15 in Beaver, Table Rock, Bull Shoals, Norfork reservoirs,
Cane
		  Creek Lake (Lincoln County')
, and Guidon Lake (Clark
		  County).
(B) Crappie daily limit -
		  50 between the main levees of the Mississippi River, from the confluence of the
		  Mississippi/White Rivers upstream to the Benzal Railroad Bridge, from the
		  confluence of the Mississippi/Arkansas Rivers upstream to the Yancopin Railroad
		  Bridge and on Horseshoe Lake (Crittenden County).
(C) Crappie daily limit - 20 in
Lake Chicot and
Lake Monticello.
(6)
WALLEYE:
(A) Beaver Lake and its tributaries; Table
		  Rock Lake and its tributaries to Beaver Dam; Bull Shoals Lake, and Norfork Lake
		  - minimum length limit of 18 inches, daily limit four.
(B) Greers Feny Lake and its tributaries -
		  protected slot limit of 20-28 inches, daily limit of six (only one of which may
		  be longer than 28 inches).
(C) In
		  compliance with
Addendum N 1.02
and
Code
		  Chapter 28.00
.
(7)
WHITE BASS, STRIPED
		  BASS, HYBRID STRIPED BASS:
(A) White
		  bass:
Between the main levees of the Mississippi river, from the
			 confluence of the Mississippi and White rivers upstream to the Benzal Railroad
			 Bridge, and from the confluence of the Mississippi and Arkansas rivers upstream
			 to the Yancopin Railroad Bridge - daily limit of 50, possession limit of 100.
			 Beaver Lake and its tributaries; lakes Ashbaugh, Sequoyah and Monticello - no
			 limit.
(B) Striped bass and
		  hybrid striped bass (combined): Beaver, Bull Shoals and Norfork lakes; lakes
		  Greeson, Maumelle, and Ouachita - daily limit three. Arkansas River and
		  connecting lakes - daily limit 10. Lake Monticello -no limit.
(8)
ALLIGATOR GAR:
Alligator gar longer than 36 inches may not be harvested from
			 noon, May 1-noon, July 1, statewide. Alligator Gar Permit is required to
			 harvest alligator gar (
Code 26.28
).
(9)
TROUT (BROOK, BROWN, CUTTHROAT,
		  RAINBOW):
(A)
Brown
		  trout:
White River (Bull Shoals Tailwater) and North Fork White River
			 (Norfork Tailwater) - minimum length 24 inches, daily limit one, Spavinaw Creek
			 (Benton County) west of Arkansas Highway 59 and Spring River -minimum length 16
			 inches, daily limit two. Little Red River (Greers Ferry Tailwater) from Greers
			 Ferry Dam to Arkansas Highway 305 Bridge -protected slot limit of 16-24 inches,
			 daily limit of five (only one of which may be longer than 24 inches).
White River (Beaver Tailwater) from Beaver Dam to boundary signs
			 at Houseman Access - protected slot limit of 13-16 inches, daily limit of five
			 (only one of which may be longer than 16 inches). Little Missouri River, from
			 Narrows Dam to Arkansas Highway 27 Bridge - all brown trout must be released
			 immediately.
(B)
Cutthroat trout:
White River (Bull Shoals Lake Tailwater), North Fork White River
			 (Norfork Tailwater), Spavinaw Creek (Benton County) west of Arkansas Highway
			 59, Spring River - minimum length 16 inches, daily limit of two.
(C)
Brook trout:
White River (Bull Shoals Lake Tailwater), North Fork White River
			 (Norfolk Tailwater), Spavinaw Creek (Benton County) west of Arkansas Highway
			 59, Spring River - minimum length 14 inches, daily limit two.
(D) Rainbow trout:
Lake Atalanta (Benton County) - daily limit five.
All fish measurements must follow procedures listed in
Code Q1.Q0-C Length Limit
definition.