Species
|
Statewide Daily
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Alligator Gar
|
1 Under 36 Inches
|
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1 Over 36 Inches Annually with Tag
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Black Bass
|
10 (including no more than 4 Smallmouth)
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Bream (over 4 inches length)
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50
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Catfish (except Bullhead)
|
10
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Crappie
|
30
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Rock Bass
|
10
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Paddlefish
|
2
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Sauger
|
6
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Saugeye
|
6
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Shovelnose Sturgeon
|
No Limit
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Striped Bass or Hybrid
|
6
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(Combination)
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Trout
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5 (including no more than 2 Brown, 2 Cutthroat, 2
Brook)
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Walleye
|
6
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White Bass
|
25
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EXCEPTIONS:
A. The following bodies of water are
restricted as follows:
1.
Horseshoe Bend
Pool (Strawberry River in Izard County) - 1/2 the daily limit for all
sportfish.
2.
Lake
Poinsett - All game fish except catfish must be released immediately,
with a catfish daily limit of 5. Effective January 1, 2022, all game fish
except bream and catfish must be released immediately, with a bream daily limit
of 25.
3.
Mercer Bayou
(Sulphur River WMA) - All game fish must be released immediately.
4.
Lake Monticello and all creeks and
ponds its lakebed - Game fish creel limit is 0; all game fish caught
must be immediately returned to the water.
5.
Lake Conway - TEMPORARY
SUSPENSION OF ALL GAME FISH DAILY LIMITS. Pursuant to Emergency Minute Order
adopted on July 20, 2023, there shall be no game fish daily limits for Lake
Conway during the draining of the lake for dam repairs. This emergency action
shall remain in effect from July 21, 2023 until January 16, 2024 only and,
thereafter, the temporary suspension shall terminate and all game fish daily
limits shall apply once more.
B.
BLACK BASS (LARGEMOUTH, SPOTTED,
SMALLMOUTH):
1.
Smallmouth
bass:
i.
Ozark Zone
(Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard,
Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Newton, Randolph, Searcy, Sharp, Stone, Van Burenand
Washington counties) - smallmouth bass minimum length limit of 12 inches with a
daily limit of 4, except Bull Shoals, Beaver, Greers Ferry, and Table Rock
lakes (see Ex. 1(B) below). Greers Ferry Lake - smallmouth bass minimum length
limit of 12 inches, daily limit 6. Norfork Lake - smallmouth bass minimum
length limit of 13 inches, daily limit 6.
ii.
Ozark Zone Blue Ribbon
Streams - Crooked Creek from Arkansas Highway 101 bridge downstream to
the confluence with the White River; between the U.S. Highways 62-412 and
U.S. Highway 62 Spur bridges at Pyatt - smallmouth bass minimum
length limit 18 inches, daily limit of 1; 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 1; all other water of
Crooked Creek and Buffalo River - smallmouth bass minimum length limit of 14
inches, daily limit of 2.
iii.
Ozark Zone Catch-and-Release
Area - Crooked Creek, along boundary of Arkansas Game and Fish
Foundation property near Kelley's Slab Access.
iv.
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 1; 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 2.
v.
Ouachita/Boston Zone (all Arkansas counties not included in the
Ozark Zone) - smallmouth bass minimum length limit of 10 inches, daily limit of
4.
vi.
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 4 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 2.
vii.
Ouachita/Boston
Zone Catch-and-Release Area - all smallmouth bass caught in Lake
Catherine must be immediately returned to the water.
2.
Largemouth bass:
i. Lake Terre Noire, Lake June, and Lake
Sylvia - daily limit 5.
ii. Lake
Millwood - daily limit 6.
iii.
Mallard Lake - daily limit 1.
iv.
Marion McCollum Lake, Lake Sylvia - Largemouth bass caught must be immediately
returned to the water.
3.
Black Bass (all species combined):
i. Beaver, Bull Shoals, DeGray, Norfork,
Table Rock lakes, Lake Jack Nolen, Ouachita, Ashbaugh - daily limit
6.
ii. Lake Lou Emma - daily limit
5.
iii. War Eagle Creek - daily
limit 2.
iv. Lakes Ouachita,
DeGray, and Greeson - in addition to the daily limit of black basses, 10
spotted bass may be taken.
C.
BREAM: No limit on bream 4
inches or shorter.
1.
Lake
Poinsett - Statewide daily creel of 50 bream.
D.
CATFISH:
1. No limit on catfish on Grand Lake - Chicot
County, 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) and between the main levees of the Mississippi River, from
the confluence of the Mississippi/White rivers upstream to the Benzal Railroad
Bridge, and from the confluence of upstream to the Benzal Railroad Bridge, and
from the confluence of the Mississippi/Arkansas rivers upstream to the Yancopin
Railroad Bridge.
2. No limit on
blue and channel catfish from Little River (below Millwood Dam) Red and Sulphur
rivers.
3. No limit on channel
catfish on Marion McCollum Lake Greenlee - Monroe County and Lake
Erling.
4. Catfish daily limit - 5
in 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); 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.
5. In addition to daily
limit, 10 channel catfish may be taken on the Arkansas River.
6. In addition to daily limit, 10 blue
catfish may be taken in Lake Erling.
E.
CRAPPIE:
1. Crappie daily limit - 15 in Beaver, Table
Rock, Bull Shoals, Norfork reservoirs, Cane Creek Lake (Lincoln County), and
Gurdon Lake (Clark County).
2.
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).
3. Crappie daily limit - 20 in Lake Chicot
and Blue Mountain Lake.
4. No
crappie daily limit on Lake Charles, Lake Frierson, and Lake Hogue.
F.
WALLEYE:
1. 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 4.
2. In compliance with Addendum N1.02 and Code
Chapter
28.00.
G.
WHITE BASS, STRIPED BASS, HYBRID
STRIPED BASS:
1.
White
bass:
i. 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.
ii. Beaver Lake and its tributaries; Bob Kidd
Lake; Greers Ferry Lake and its tributaries; Lakes Ashbaugh, Sequoyah, and
Monticello - no limit.
2.
Striped bass and hybrid striped bass (combined):
i. Beaver and Norfork Lakes; Lake Ouachita -
daily limit 3.
ii. Arkansas River
and connecting lakes - daily limit 10.
iii. Lake Monticello - no
limit.
H.
ALLIGATOR GAR:
1. Alligator gar
longer than 36 inches may not be harvested from noon May 1 - noon July 1
statewide.
2. Alligator Gar Tag is
required to harvest alligator gar over 36 inches (Code
26.28).
I.
TROUT
(BROOK, BROWN, CUTTHROAT, RAINBOW, TIGER):
1.
Brown trout:
i. White River from Bull Shoals Dam to
Arkansas Highway 58 Bridge (Bull Shoals Tailwater) and North Fork White River
(Norfork Tailwater) - minimum length 24 inches, daily limit 1; only 1 of trout
daily limit may be longer than 14 inches.
ii. Spavinaw Creek (Benton County) west of
Arkansas Highway 59 - minimum length 16 inches, daily limit 2.
iii. Spring River (from 100 yards below Dam
No.1 at Mammoth Spring State Park to the mouth of Myatt Creek.) - minimum
length 14 inches, daily limit 1; only 1 of trout daily limit may be longer than
14 inches.
iv. Little Red River
from Greers Ferry Dam to Arkansas Highway 305 Bridge (Greers Ferry Tailwater) -
daily limit of 5 (only 1 of trout daily limit may be longer than 16
inches).
v. White River from Beaver
Dam to boundary signs at Houseman Access (Beaver Tailwater) - protected slot
limit of 13-16 inches, daily limit of 5 (only 1 of trout daily limit may be
longer than 16 inches).
vi. Little
Missouri River from Narrows Dam to Arkansas Highway 27 Bridge (Narrows
Tailwater) - all brown trout must be released immediately.
2.
Cutthroat trout:
i. White River from Bull Shoals Dam to
Arkansas Highway 58 Bridge (Bull Shoals Tailwater) - minimum length 24 inches,
daily limit of 1; only 1 of trout daily limit may be longer than 14
inches.
ii. North Fork White River
(Norfork Tailwater), Spavinaw Creek (Benton County) west of Arkansas Highway 59
- minimum length 16 inches, daily limit of 2.
iii. Little Red River from Greers Ferry Dam
to Arkansas Highway 305 Bridge (Greers Ferry Tailwater) - only 1 of trout daily
limit may be longer than 16 inches.
iv. White River from Beaver Dam to boundary
signs at Houseman Access (Beaver Tailwater) - protected slot limit of 13-16
inches (only 1 of trout daily limit may be longer than 16 inches).
3.
Brook trout:
i. White River from Bull Shoals Dam to
Arkansas Highway 58 Bridge (Bull Shoals Tailwater), North Fork White River
(Norfork Tailwater) - minimum length 14 inches,daily limit of 1; only 1 of
trout daiy limit may be longer than 14 inches.
ii. Spavinaw Creek (Benton County) west of
Arkansas Highway 59 - minimum length 14 inches, daily limit 2.
iii. Little Red River from Greers Ferry Dam
to Arkansas Highway 305 Bridge (Greers Ferry Tailwater) - only 1 of trout daily
limit may be longer than 16 inches.
iv. White River from Beaver Dam to boundary
signs at Houseman Access (Beaver Tailwater) - protected slot limit of 13-16
inches (only 1 of trout daily limit may be longer than 16 inches).
4.
Rainbow trout:
i. Lake Atalanta (Benton County) - daily
limit of 5.
ii. White River from
Bull Shoals Dam to Arkansas Highway 58 Bridge (Bull Shoals Tailwater), North
Fork White River (Norfork Tailwater), Spring River - daily limit of 5 (only 1
of trout daily limit may be longer than 14 inches).
iii. Little Red River from Greers Ferry Dam
to Arkansas Highway 305 Bridge (Greers Ferry Tailwater) - daily limit of 5
(only 1 of trout daily limit may be longer than 16 inches).
iv. White River from Beaver Dam to boundary
signs at Houseman Access (Beaver Tailwater) - protected slot limit of 13-16
inches, daily limit of 5 (only 1 of trout daily limit may be longer than 16
inches).
5.
Tiger
trout:
i. White River from Bull Shoals
Dam to Arkansas Highway 58 Bridge (Bull Shoals Tailwater) and North Fork White
River (Norfork Tailwater) - minimum length 24 inches, daily limit 1; only 1 of
trout daily limit may be longer than 14 inches.
All fish measurements must follow procedures listed in
the definition of "Length Limits" in Code
01.00-C.