ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH COMMISSION LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
AMENDMENT TO CODE BOOK REGULATION 55.04
55.04 MINNOW AND SHAD TACKLE RESTRICTIONS.
Unlawful to use seines, nets, traps, dips or lifts for taking minnows or (shad
for fish bait) from the public waters of this State without said tackle
conforming to the following specifications and restrictions: Seines, traps,
dips or lifts must be of 1/4 inch wire or mesh; EXCEPT SHAD TRAWL NETS WHICH
MAY BE UP TO ONE (1) INCH SQUARE BAR MESH. Trap throats must be covered with
one inch square mesh; maximum size of any square trap, dip or lift shall be six
feet by six feet by three feet deep; maximum size of any circular trap shall be
three feet by three feet; maximum size of any plastic or glass trap shall be
less than one gallon; maximum size of any seine shall be twenty feet by four
feet; maximum size of any throw net, casting net, or shad trawl net shall not
exceed six feet in diameter; traps must be run at least once a day; no seine,
dip, lift, throw nets, or shad trawl net shall be used at night (EXCEPT hand
operated dip nets, lifts, or nets UP TO ONE (1) INCH SQUARE BAR MESH may be
used to take legal bait for personal use only while in the act of sport fishing
at night with artificial light); all fish except carp (minnow family), gar,
grindle, shad or green sunfish (four inches and under in length) must be
carefully and immediately returned to the waters where taken.
PENALTY: $25.00 to $250.00
ORDER AMENDMENT TO CODE BOOK REGULATION
140.00
140.00 WATERS CLOSED
TO COMMERCIAL FISHING. No commercial fishing is permitted in the following
counties or parts of counties: Baxter; Benton; Boone; Carroll; Clark, west of
Highway 67 from Arkadelphia south to county line and west of Highway 7 from
Arkadelphia north to county line; Cleburne; Conway, north of Interstate 40,
except Cadron Creek and the part of the North Cadron Creek in Conway County,
and Point Remove Creek up the East Fork to Highway 95 and the Kissire Bridge on
the West Fork; Crawford, north of Interstate 40; Faulkner, north of Interstate
40 and Highway 64 except that part of the North Cadron Creek in Faulkner County
below Highway 285, and the Cadron Creek in Faulkner County; Franklin, north of
the Missouri Pacific Railroad and east of Highway 23, and that part north of
Interstate 40 and west of Highway 23; Fulton, west of Highway 63; Garland, west
of Highway 7; Hempstead, north of Highway 24; Hot Spring, west of Highway 7;
Howard, north of Highway 24; Independence, west of Highway 167; Izard; Johnson,
north of the southern route of the Missouri Pacific Railroad; Logan, south of
Highway 10, and those parts of Dardanelle Lake known as Shoal Creek Bay and
Cane Creek Bay as marked by signs, and that part of Delaware Bay south of
Highway 22; Madison; Marion; Montgomery; Nevada, north of Highway 24 and west
of Highway 67; Newton; Perry, west of Highway 7; Pike; Polk; Pope, north of
Interstate 40 and east of Highway 7, and north of the Missouri Pacific Railroad
and west of Highway 7; Scott; Searcy; Sebastian, south of Highway 10; Sevier,
north of Highway 24; Sharp, west of Highway 167 and Highway 62; Stone; Van
Buren; Washington; White, north of Highway 64 and west of Highway 167; Yell,
west of Highway 7 and south of Highway 10, and those parts of the Dardanelle
Lake known as Dardanelle Bay marked by signs and Delaware Bay south of Highway
22. In addition no commercial fishing is permitted in any of the following
waters: All waters upstream from 100 yards below Remmel Dam on the Ouachita
River (this includes Lakes Catherine and Hamilton); Lake Erling; all lakes
owned and/or operated by the State Parks, Recreation and Travel Commission, the
U. S. Forest Service, and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (excluding
Grand Lake and all of Lake Chicot); Lakes Kate Adams, Big Jefferson and Minne
Anderson; Horseshoe Lake in Crittenden County and Lake Wallace in Drew and
Chicot Counties.
The preceding named waters shall remain closed to all commercial
fishing until changed by Order of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. IF ANY
of these waters are temporarily opened to commercial fishing they shall return
to a closed condition at the end of the specified open period.
ORDER
It shall be unlawful to take or attempt to take in any manner,
any fish from any waters of the State of Arkansas closed by the Arkansas Game
and Fish Commission and designated by signs. PENALTY: $25.00 -
$250.00
