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Lawson • Jonesboro, AR 72404 Toll Free: 800-482-9262 Toll Free: 877-972-5438 #TIP (#847) for AT&T users (charges apply) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week East Central Office 1201 N. Highway 49 • Brinkley, AR 72021 Toll Free: 877-734-4581 Text a Tip (TIP411) Text AGFC and your tip to TIP411 (847411) Southeast Office 771 Jordan Drive • Monticello, AR 71655 Texts are completely anonymous Toll Free: 877-367-3559 South Central Office Family and Community 500 Ben Lane • Camden, AR 71701 Fishing Program Hotline Toll Free: 877-836-4612 Toll Free: 866-540-3474 Southwest Office 7004 Highway 67 East • Perrytown, AR 71801 Boating Education Classes Toll Free: 877-777-5580 Toll Free: 877-493-6424 (office hours only) Hot Springs Office 350 Fish Hatchery Road • Hot Springs, AR 71913 Wildlife Hotline Toll Free: 877-525-8606 Toll Free: 800-440-1477 Fort Smith Office 8401 Massard Road • Fort Smith, AR 72916 Buy a License Toll Free: 877-478-1043 Toll Free: 800-364-4263 (office hours only) Northwest Office www.agfc.com 24 hours a day, 455 Dam Site Road • Eureka Springs, AR 72631 7 days a week Toll Free: 866-253-2506 North Central Office 1125 Highway 56 • Calico Rock, AR 72519 Toll Free: 877-297-4331 West Central Office 1266 Lock and Dam Road • Russellville, AR 72802 Toll Free: 877-967-7577 TheAGFC AGFC Guidebooks Trout Fishing onlyGuidebook cover onlythe basics.covers the basics. 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The official The officialAGFC code AGFC of regulations code of regulations is available is available at www.agfc.com.at www.agfc.com/enforcement/Pages/ Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Trout Fishing Guidebook 2019 1 Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Commissioners Administration Categories match section colors AGFC Contact Information ................. 1-2 Ford Overton Pat Fitts Chris Colclasure District Map ........................................... 5 Chairman, Little Rock Director Deputy Director Caroline Cone Chris Racey Licensing and Permits......................... 6-7 Ken Reeves Chief of Staff and Deputy Director Buying a License or Trout Permit ............... 6 Vice Chairman, Harrison Deputy Director Fishing Licenses ................................................ 7 Trout Permits ...................................................... 7 Andrew Parker Regulations ........................................8-11 Little Rock Communications Human Resources Trout Regulations ............................................. 8 Keith Stephens, Chief Karen Henson, Interim Chief 2019 Trout Fishing Boating Laws ..................................................... 9 Guidebook Staff Mandatory Boating Education ..................10 Joe Morgan Education Information Technology Private Property..............................................10 Little Rock Tabbi Kinion, Chief Dustin Holden, Personal Flotation Devices ......................... 11 c=85 m=19Kristen y=0 k=0 Hodgec=57 m=80s: Designer y=100 k=45 c=20 m=0 y=40 k=6 Enforcement Chief Technology Officer Of Interest ........................................12-18 Bobby Martin Col. Greg Rae, Chief Legal Cody Wyatt: Editor Arkansas Trout .................................................12 Rogers c=15 m=29 y=33 k=0 c=100 m=0 y=91 k=42 c=30 m=0 y=5 k=0 Jim Goodhart, Scheduled Trout Stockings for 2019 .......14 Environmental Coordination Jim Harris: Editor Chief Counsel Baitfishing Techniques .................................16 Stan Jones Jennifer Sheehan, Chief How to Make a Hook Barbless ................... 17 Walnut Ridge Fiscal Operations Guidebook Task Force: Catch-and-Release Pointers ....................... 17 Kevin Mullen, Chief Public vs. Private Water ................................ 17 Jami Fisher, Chief Enforcement: Col. Greg Rae, Maj. Brad Young, JD Neeley Financial Officer Research, Evaluation and Zach Snow Didymo in Arkansas Tailwaters .................18 Camden Compliance Cuttroat Record Broken ...............................19 Fisheries Fiscal: Susan Porter Ben Batten, Chief Cory Gray, Chief Trout Fishing Areas ........................26-40 Dr. Steven J. Beaupre Legal: Jim Goodhart Beaver Tailwater .............................................26 GIS Wildlife (ex-officio) Blanchard Springs ..........................................26 Tracy Moy, Chief Brad Carner, Chief University of Arkansas Fisheries: Ben Batten Spring River ......................................................28 Big Spring ..........................................................29 Communications: Keith Stephens, Randy Zellers, Bull Shoals Lake Tailwater ...........................29 Arkansans with Disabilities Jeanne Zaffarano Dry Run Creek..................................................33 The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is committed to providing equal access to programs and Operations: Kevin Mullen Norfork Lake Tailwater .................................33 facilities. If you would like to suggest how we can better provide more reasonable accommodations Collins Creek ....................................................35 for disabled persons at any AGFC-owned property or facility, please write to: Cover photo by: Greers Ferry Lake Tailwater ........................35 Compliance Officer – Human Resources Lake Greeson (Narrows) Tailwater ...........38 Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Ouachita River Tailwaters ............................40 2 Natural Resources Drive • Little Rock, AR 72205. Certain areas have restricted tackle and Disclaimer special regulations. Please check your The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission receives federal financial destination closely on pages 26-40. This publication is an interpretive summary of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s fishing regulations and assistance from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Under Title VI of the 1964 contains those rules which affect most anglers. It is not a legal document. Copies of the official Arkansas Game Civil Rights Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the and Fish Commission Code of Regulations are available at www.agfc.com, by calling 501-223-6351 or writing to Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the U.S. Department the Communications Division of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission at 2 Natural Resources Drive, Little of the Interior prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national Rock, AR 72205. The regulations in this publication are those passed by the Commission as of December 2018. The origin, age, sex or disability. If you believe that you have been discriminated Commission reserves the right to close seasons, and all regulations, dates and limits in this guidebook are subject against in any program, activity or facility, or if you need more information, to change. If any variation occurs at a Commission meeting after this guidebook goes to press, it will be widely please write to: Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Attn: Compliance Officer, 2 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock, AR 72205 or The Civil Rights publicized. Always check www.agfc.com or call our hotline for the up-to-date information. Coordinator for Public Access, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Any and all advertisements in this publication are strictly paid advertisements and are in no way to be construed as Drive, Mail Stop: WSFR-4020 Arlington, VA 22203. This guidebook is also available an official endorsement by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission of the products and/or services advertised. online at www.agfc.com 2 Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Trout Fishing Guidebook 2019 Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Trout Fishing Guidebook 2019 3 Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Hatcheries, Facilities and Districts Clay Benton Carroll Fulton Marion Ba ter Boone Randolph Jon Stein Greene Vacant, Asst. Jeremy Risley Sharp Brett Timmons Paul Port, Asst., Cody Wyatt, Bio. Clay Benton Carroll Rogers Fulton Vacant, Asst. Marion Ba ter Mountain Home Izard 877-631-6005Boone Randolph Lawrence Jonesboro Jon Stein Newton 877-425-7577 Greene Mississippi Washington MadisoJeremyn Risley Searcy 877-972-5438 ShStonearp Independence Kevin Hopkins, Asst. Paul Port, Asst., Cody Wyatt, Biologist Brett Timmons Craighead Rogers Franklin Johnson Cleburne Allison Asher, Asst. Crawford Mountain Home anIz arBurend Tom Bly Jackson Poinsett