002.00.13 Ark. Code R. § 007 - 2013-2014 Late Migratory Bird Regulations; 2014 Fishing Regulations Proposals
Proposed 2013-2014 Late Migratory Bird Regulations Approval
ON CERTAIN WMAs
first obtaining a non-resident WMA Waterfowl Hunting Permit on the following WMAs: Bayou Meto, Bell Slough Camp Robinson WMA, Beryl Anthony Lower Ouachita, Big Lake, Dr. Lester Sitzes III Bois d'Arc, Cut-Off Creek, Sheffield Nelson Dagmar, Dave Donaldson Black River, Earl Buss Bayou DeView, Ed Gordon Point Remove, Frog Bayou, Galla Creek, Harris Brake, Henry Gray Hurricane Lake, Holland Bottoms, , Petit Jean River, Rex Hancock Black Swamp, Seven Devils, Shirey Bay Rainey Brake, St. Francis Sunken Lands, Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek Bottoms, Sulphur River, Trusten Holder, Caney Creek, Dix Creek Bays, Palarm Creek, and Pierce Creek and on Craig D. Campbell Lake Conway Reservoir (Camp Robinson WDA). This permit is in addition to hunting and/or guide license requirements as stated in Chapter 03.00. This permit must be in the person's possession while taking or attempting to take waterfowl on these WMAs.
Nov. 23-Dec. 1, Dec. 5-23 and Dec. 26, 2013-Jan. 26, 2014.
EXCEPTION:
Ducks, coots and mergansers may be taken during the Special Youth Waterfowl Hunt
(Code 11.04).
LIMIT
COOT: Daily limit 15, possession limit 45.
DUCKS: Daily limit six. No more than four mallards (no more than two of which may be females), two pintails, one mottled duck, three scaup, three wood ducks, two redheads, one black duck and two canvasback.
Possession limit no more than three daily limits.
MERGANSERS: Daily limit of five (no more than two of which may be hooded mergansers).
Possession limit no more than three daily limits.
EXCEPTION:
Bayou Meto WMA daily duck limit: Daily limit of four ducks which may include no more than three mallards (no more than two of which may be females), two pintails, one mottled duck, three scaup, three wood ducks, two redheads, one black duck and two canvasback. Bayou Meto WMA Mergansers limits: Daily limit of four (no more than two of which may be hooded mergansers).
Nov. 14, 2013-Jan. 26, 2014 statewide.
LIMIT: Daily limit two, possession limit six.
Nov. 14, 2013-Jan. 26, 2014 statewide.
EXCEPTION:
In compliance with the Addendum B1.14. LIMIT: Daily limit 50, no possession limit.
Early Canada Goose Statewide Season: Sept.1-15, 2013.
Northwest Canada Goose Zone Season: Sept. 21-30, 2013. Late Canada Goose Statewide Season: Nov. 14, 2013-Jan. 26, 2014. Shooting hours are from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset statewide.
EXCEPTION:
Holla Bend NWR is closed.
LIMIT: Daily limit two. Possession limit six.
EXCEPTION:
The daily limit is five Canada geese from Sept. 1-15, 2013, possession limit 15.
Feb. 1-15, 2014statewide.
LIMIT: No more than three migratory birds in any one day, possession limit six.
Feb. 1-2, 2014 statewide.
LIMIT: Same as statewide.
B1.14SNOW, BLUE AND ROSS' GOOSE CONSERVATION ORDER SEASON
AND LIMITS Oct. 12-Nov. 13, 2013, Jan. 27-31 and Feb. 3- April 25, 2014statewide.
LIMIT: No limit.
Fisheries 2014 Proposed Regulations
It is unlawful to fish with any device other than rod or pole in:
Benton County - Lake Atalanta and Lake Bentonville
Claric County - Big Timber Lake
Carroll County - Hidden Lake
Clark County - Gurdon 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
Greene County - Crowley Ridge State Park Lake and Reynolds Park
Lake
Fulton County - Spring River and tributaries from 100 yards below
Dam No. 1 to the mouth of Myatt Creek; Spring River 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
Lonoke County - Tommy L. Sproles Lake Pickthome and Ward City
Park Lake
Madison County - Hindsville Lake
Monroe County - Lake Greenlee and Donald Branch Fishing Pond
Montgomery County - North Fork Lake
Perry County - Lake Sylvia
Polk County - Shady Lake
Poinsett County - Upper Lake Hogue
Randolph County - Old Davidsonville State Park Lake
St. Francis County - Forrest City Park Lake
Scott County - Truman Baker Lake
Sebastian County - Carol Cross Lake
St. Francis Counties - All lakes in Village Creek State Park
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 e
The restrictions in this subsection shall apply to the following waters:
Chicot County -- Lake Village Community Fishing Pond
Clay Ctountv - 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:
The restrictions in this subsection shall apply to the following waters:
Baxter County - Amon's Lake
Benton County -- Lake Springdale, Lake Bentonville
Clark County -- Clear Lake
Crittenden County -- Tilden Rodgers 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 -- 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:
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It is unlawful to fail to comply with the restrictions in Addendum N 1.03.
EXCEPTION: Catching bait in compliance with Code Chapter 32.00. Bait tackle may not be used in catch-and-release areas and special regulation areas. PENALTY: Class 1
REQUIREMENTS
It is unlawful to purchase commercial tackle tags or to operate commercial tackle, or sell or attempt to sell wild-caught commercial aquatic wildlife without a current commercial fisherman's permit and sportfishing license. A bill of sale or receipt of transfer with a commercial fisherman's permit number must accompany all sales to fish markets, processors or retailers offish or fish parts in each transaction. Bills of sale must be retained by the purchaser for a period of 12 months and made available for inspection by the Commission. EXCEPTIONS:
PENALTY: Class 2
TYPE FISH TRAPS RESTRICTED TO CERTAIN PUBLIC WATERS
It is unlawfiil to use or possess fiddler size hoop nets or slat type fish traps in any waters of the state other than those specified below:
EXCEPTIONS:
Millwood Lake and year-round in Little River above Millwood Lake to the Oklahoma state line.
PENALTY: Class!
It is unlawful to offer for sale or sell live fish (including baitfish) without an Arkansas fish dealers license (resident or non-Resident) or an Arkansas fish farmers permit. A license is required for each separate business location. Game fish may not be taken from the wild and sold, in compliance with Code 26.20. eeee eeEXCEPTIONS:
PENALTY: Class 1
It is unlawfiil to use tackle for taking or attempting to take baitfish from waters of the state other than as specified below. Only baitfish may be retained for bait, and all other species offish must be immediately returned to the waters where taken. The tackle allowed for taking baitfish is as follows:
PENALTY: Class 1
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 III Bois d'Arc Lake, Horseshoe Bend Pool of the Strawberry River in Izard County and Lake 1 on Rick Evans Grandview Prairie WMA Vi daily limit. All black bass and crappie s on Lower White Oak Lake must be released immediately. EXCEPTIONS:
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 Norfork (see Ex. 1 (B) below).
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. Greers Ferry Lake - smallmouth bass daily limit six.
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. eee-
Grandview Lake 2 and Lake Sylvia - daily limit five.
Lake Millwood - daily limit six.
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Mallard Lake e - daily limit one.
Marion McCollum Lake? and Lake Sylvia e -
Largemouth bass caught must be immediately returned to the water.
Beaver, Bull Shoals, DeQueen, Norfork, Table Rock lakes. Lakes Jack Nolen, Ouachita, Ashbaugh - daily limit six. Leike Lou Emma - daily limit five. Lake Atkins - daily limit four.
No limit on bream 4 inches or shorter.
DeWitt City Park Lake (Arkansas County); e e d 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 Femcliff, (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.
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.
Alligator g£ir longer than 36 inches may not be harvested from noon, May 1-noon, July I, statewide. Alligator Gar Permit is required to harvest alligator gar (Code 26.28").
White River (Bull Shoals Tailwater) and North Fork White River (Norfork Tailwater) - minimum length 24 inches, daily limit one. Spavinaw Creek (Benton Coimty) 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.
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.
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 14 inches, daily limit two.
Lake Atalanta (Benton County) - daily limit five.
EXCEPTION: No restriction in Woodland Trail Pond - located at the Felsenthal NWR Headquarters on Hwv 82 (Ashley County): Locust Ridge Pond - located at Locust Ridge on Hwv 82 (Union County): Eagle Lake Pond- located north of Eagle Lake on Bradley Road 53 (Bradley County): and Shallow Lake Field Pond located west of Shallow Lake (Union County). Person(s) keeping largemouth bass less than 13 inches from these waters must exit the NWR boundaries immediately upon leaving these ponds and may not enter NWR campgrounds or fish other NWR waters with largemouth bass less than 13 inches from these four ponds in their possession.
on Lake Columbia.
EXCEPTION:
EXCEPTION.
Notes
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