002.00.10 Ark. Code R. § 003 - 2010-2011 Waterfowl Regulations and Season Dates; and 2011 Fishing Regulations
Proposed 2010-2011 Late Waterfowl Codes Approval
Presented by David Goad
Late-season migratory game bird season regulations must be approved by states and reported to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by September 1, 2010. Proposals were presented to the Commission at the July meeting and final proposals for adoption will be presented for approval at this meeting.
David Goad, Chief
Wildlife Management Division
Proposed 2010-2011 Late Waterfowl Codes Approval
EXCEPTION:
PENALTY: $200.00 to $1,000.00.
Daily limit of six {6) ducks which may include no more than four mallards (no more than two {2) of which may be females), one two pintails, one (1) mottled ducks, two {2) scaup, three {3) wood ducks, two {2) redheads, one ft) black duck and one (1) canvasback.
Daily limit of five {5) mergansers, which may include no more than two {2) hooded mergansers.
EXCEPTION:
Bayou Meto WMA Bag Limits:
Daily limit of four {4) ducks which may include no more than three (3) mallards (no more than two {2) of which may be females), one (1) two pintails, one (1) mottled ducks, two {2) scaup, three {3) wood ducks, two {2) redheads one (1) black duck and one ft) canvasback.
Daily limit of four (4) mergansers, which may include no more than two {2) hooded mergansers.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
PENALTY: $200.00 to $1,000.00.
Nov. 6. 2010-Jan. 30. 2011 4009. statewide.
EXCEPTION:
PENALTY: $200.00 to $1,000.00.
Early Canada Goose Statewide Season: September 1-15, 2010. Northwest Canada Goose Zone Season: September 25-October 4, 2010. Late Canada Goose Statewide Season: PeC^4C-Nov. 20-Jan. 30. 2010.
Shooting hours are from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset statewide.
EXCEPTION:
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
It shall be unlawfiil to take or attempt to take Snow, Blue and Ross' geese Jan. 31-Feb. 4 and Feb. 7-April 25, 2011, statewide without the following:
It is unlawful for waterfowl hunters on WMAs to take or attempt to take waterfowl after noon or remain within or on water-inundated areas or natural/man-made water courses on WMAs after 1 p.m. EXCEPTIONS:
PENALTY: $100 to $1,000
EXCEPTIONS:
PENALTY: $100 to $1,000
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
2011 Fishing Regulation Consideration List
|
SPORT FISHING: |
CODE |
COST |
EXP. DATE^ |
|
Alligator Gar Fishing Permit......................... |
AGP |
FREE |
±MDec. 31 |
|
**Good for 1 year of purchase date. |
PENALTY: $250.00 to $1,000.00.
|
Daily Limit - Black Basses(including not more than four Smallmouth). |
10 |
|
Daily Limit- Rock Bass............................ |
10 |
|
Daily Limit - Catfish(exc. Bullhead).......... |
10 |
|
Daily Limit - Bream(over 4"in length)....... |
50 |
|
Daily Limit- Crappie................................ |
20 |
|
Daily Limit- Muskellunge........................ |
6 |
|
Daily Limit- Pickerel................................ |
6 |
|
Daily Limit- Sauger.................................. |
6 |
|
Daily Limit- Saugeye............................... |
6 |
|
Daily Limit - Striped Bass or Hybrid Combination......................... |
6 |
|
Daily Limit- Walleye................................ |
6 |
|
Daily Limit- White Bass........................... (Yellow Bass - No Limit) |
25 |
|
Daily Limit- Paddlefish............................. |
2 |
|
Daily Limit - Alligator Gar.......................... |
1 |
|
Daily Limit - Shovelnose Sturgeon... |
No Limit |
|
Daily Aggregate Limit ................................ |
75 |
|
Daily Limit for all sportfish on Bois d'Arc in Hempstead County & Horseshoe Bend Pool, Strawberry River in Izard County |
½ daily limit |
EXCEPTIONS:
Ozark Zone Blue Ribbon Streams (Crooked Creek and Buffalo River) - smallmouth bass minimum length limit of 14 inches with a daily limit of 2. Smallmouth bass minimum length limit on Crooked Creek 18 inches with a daily limit of 1: from 101 bridge downstream to the confluence with the White River; between the Hwy 62-412 and Hwy 62 Spur bridges at Pyatt.
Smallmouth bass minimum length limit on Buffalo River 18 inches with a daily limit of 1 from confluence with Clabber Creek downstream to the confluence with the White River. Ozark Zone Catch and Release Area - Crooked Creek, along boundary of Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation property near Kelly's Slab Access.
Ozark Zone Quality Streams (Kings, Illinois, Spring, South Fork/Spring and Eleven Point rivers and War Eagle Creek) -smallmouth bass minimum length limit of 14 inches with a daily limit of 2, except on Kings River from Trigger Gap to Hwy 62 bridge: minimum length limit of 18 inches and daily limit of 1. Ouachita/Boston Zone (all Arkansas counties not included in the Ozark Zone) - smallmouth bass minimum length limit of 10 inches with a daily limit of 4.
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 and Lake Greeson) - smallmouth bass minimum length limit of 12 inches with a daily limit of 2.
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.
Horseshoe Lake in Crittenden County.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
Lake,Table Rock Lake, and Arkansas River.
13" to 16" in length on Lake Barnett (White County), Lake Austell (Cross County), Bear Creek Lake, Bob Kidd Lake, Lake Brewer, Lake DeGray, Dierks Reservoir (Howard and Sevier counties), Lee Creek Lake, Sugar Loaf Lake and Lake Wilhelmina (Polk County).
EXCEPTION:
EXCEPTION:
NOTE: Measure all fish from the front end of the lower jaw to the tip of the tail with fish laid flat on rule, on its side, mouth closed and tail lobes pressed together.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
It shall be unlawful to possess filleted fish or fish with head or tail removed while fishing from shore, boat, or transporting fish by boat on catch-and-release areas and length/slot limit waters as described in Code 31.01, Game Fish Daily and Possession Limit Restrictions and Code 31.02, Black Bass Length Limits and Protective Slot Limits.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
It shall be unlawful to fish in the following waters except as specified herein:
Armory Pond (Columbia County), Bob Courtway Pond (Faulkner County), Dr. James E. Moore Jr. Camp Robinson Firing Range (Faulkner County), Lake Village Community Fishing Pond (Chicot County), Mattocks Park Lake (Union County), Pine Bluff Regional Park Youth Fishing Pond (Jefferson County), Landers Lake (Pulaski County), Mike and Janet Huckabee Youth Fishing Pond (Hempstead County), Salem City Lake (Fulton County), War Memorial Park Pond (Pulaski County) and Craighead Forest Park Youth Fishing Pond (Craighead County):
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
Second offense shall result in permanent revocation of Alligator Snapping Turtle Breeder/Dealer Permit.
EXCEPTION:
Open noon, Feb. 1 until noon the last day of February with 3 1/2 inch 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. PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
Notes
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
Proposed 2010-2011 Late Waterfowl Codes Approval
Presented by David Goad
Late-season migratory game bird season regulations must be approved by states and reported to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by September 1, 2010. Proposals were presented to the Commission at the July meeting and final proposals for adoption will be presented for approval at this meeting.
David Goad, Chief
Wildlife Management Division
Proposed 2010-2011 Late Waterfowl Codes Approval
EXCEPTION:
PENALTY: $200.00 to $1,000.00.
Daily limit of six {6) ducks which may include no more than four mallards (no more than two {2) of which may be females), one two pintails, one (1) mottled ducks, two {2) scaup, three {3) wood ducks, two {2) redheads, one ft) black duck and one (1) canvasback.
Daily limit of five {5) mergansers, which may include no more than two {2) hooded mergansers.
EXCEPTION:
Bayou Meto WMA Bag Limits:
Daily limit of four {4) ducks which may include no more than three (3) mallards (no more than two {2) of which may be females), one (1) two pintails, one (1) mottled ducks, two {2) scaup, three {3) wood ducks, two {2) redheads one (1) black duck and one ft) canvasback.
Daily limit of four (4) mergansers, which may include no more than two {2) hooded mergansers.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
PENALTY: $200.00 to $1,000.00.
Nov. 6. 2010-Jan. 30. 2011 4009. statewide.
EXCEPTION:
PENALTY: $200.00 to $1,000.00.
Early Canada Goose Statewide Season:
September 1-15, 2010.
Northwest Canada Goose Zone Season:
September 25-October 4, 2010.
Late Canada Goose Statewide Season:
Nov. 20-Jan. 30. 2010.
Shooting hours are from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset statewide.
EXCEPTION:
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
It shall be unlawfiil to take or attempt to take Snow, Blue and Ross' geese Jan. 31-Feb. 4 and Feb. 7-April 25, 2011, statewide without the following:
It is unlawful for waterfowl hunters on WMAs to take or attempt to take waterfowl after noon or remain within or on water-inundated areas or natural/man-made water courses on WMAs after 1 p.m. EXCEPTIONS:
PENALTY: $100 to $1,000
EXCEPTIONS:
PENALTY: $100 to $1,000
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
2011 Fishing Regulation Consideration List
| SPORT FISHING: | CODE | COST | EXP. DATE |
| Alligator Gar Fishing Permit......................... | AGP | FREE | ±MDec. 31 |
| **Good for 1 year of purchase date. |
PENALTY: $250.00 to $1,000.00.
| Daily Limit - Black Basses(including not more than four Smallmouth). | 10 |
| Daily Limit- Rock Bass............................ | 10 |
| Daily Limit - Catfish(exc. Bullhead).......... | 10 |
| Daily Limit - Bream(over 4"in length)....... | 50 |
| Daily Limit- Crappie................................ | 20 |
| Daily Limit- Muskellunge........................ | 6 |
| Daily Limit- Pickerel................................ | 6 |
| Daily Limit- Sauger.................................. | 6 |
| Daily Limit- Saugeye............................... | 6 |
| Daily Limit - Striped Bass or Hybrid Combination......................... | 6 |
| Daily Limit- Walleye................................ | 6 |
| Daily Limit- White Bass........................... (Yellow Bass - No Limit) | 25 |
| Daily Limit- Paddlefish............................. | 2 |
| Daily Limit - Alligator Gar.......................... | 1 |
| Daily Limit - Shovelnose Sturgeon... | No Limit |
| Daily Aggregate Limit ................................ | 75 |
| Daily Limit for all sportfish on Bois d'Arc in Hempstead County & Horseshoe Bend Pool, Strawberry River in Izard County | ½ daily limit |
EXCEPTIONS:
Ozark Zone Blue Ribbon Streams (Crooked Creek and Buffalo River) - smallmouth bass minimum length limit of 14 inches with a daily limit of 2. Smallmouth bass minimum length limit on Crooked Creek 18 inches with a daily limit of 1: from 101 bridge downstream to the confluence with the White River; between the Hwy 62-412 and Hwy 62 Spur bridges at Pyatt.
Smallmouth bass minimum length limit on Buffalo River 18 inches with a daily limit of 1 from confluence with Clabber Creek downstream to the confluence with the White River. Ozark Zone Catch and Release Area - Crooked Creek, along boundary of Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation property near Kelly's Slab Access.
Ozark Zone Quality Streams (Kings, Illinois, Spring, South Fork/Spring and Eleven Point rivers and War Eagle Creek) -smallmouth bass minimum length limit of 14 inches with a daily limit of 2, except on Kings River from Trigger Gap to Hwy 62 bridge: minimum length limit of 18 inches and daily limit of 1. Ouachita/Boston Zone (all Arkansas counties not included in the Ozark Zone) - smallmouth bass minimum length limit of 10 inches with a daily limit of 4.
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 and Lake Greeson) - smallmouth bass minimum length limit of 12 inches with a daily limit of 2.
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.
Horseshoe Lake in Crittenden County.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
Lake,Table Rock Lake, and Arkansas River.
13" to 16" in length on Lake Barnett (White County), Lake Austell (Cross County), Bear Creek Lake, Bob Kidd Lake, Lake Brewer, Lake DeGray, Dierks Reservoir (Howard and Sevier counties), Lee Creek Lake, Sugar Loaf Lake and Lake Wilhelmina (Polk County).
EXCEPTION:
EXCEPTION:
NOTE: Measure all fish from the front end of the lower jaw to the tip of the tail with fish laid flat on rule, on its side, mouth closed and tail lobes pressed together.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
It shall be unlawful to possess filleted fish or fish with head or tail removed while fishing from shore, boat, or transporting fish by boat on catch-and-release areas and length/slot limit waters as described in Code 31.01, Game Fish Daily and Possession Limit Restrictions and Code 31.02, Black Bass Length Limits and Protective Slot Limits.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
It shall be unlawful to fish in the following waters except as specified herein:
Armory Pond (Columbia County), Bob Courtway Pond (Faulkner County), Dr. James E. Moore Jr. Camp Robinson Firing Range (Faulkner County), Lake Village Community Fishing Pond (Chicot County), Mattocks Park Lake (Union County), Pine Bluff Regional Park Youth Fishing Pond (Jefferson County), Landers Lake (Pulaski County), Mike and Janet Huckabee Youth Fishing Pond (Hempstead County), Salem City Lake (Fulton County), War Memorial Park Pond (Pulaski County) and Craighead Forest Park Youth Fishing Pond (Craighead County):
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
Second offense shall result in permanent revocation of Alligator Snapping Turtle Breeder/Dealer Permit.
EXCEPTION:
Open noon, Feb. 1 until noon the last day of February with 3 1/2 inch 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. PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
Notes
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.