Arkansas Fishing Regulations
Are you familiar with the fishing regulation in Arkansas?
It is never a bad idea to check it again before your next outing.
Arkansas Fishing License
Purchasing a fishing license you are helping to preserve the environment and also ensure that future generations can enjoy fishing as you are.
Among other things, your fishing license fees support fisheries and hatcheries management, education programs about fishing and conservation, protection of endangered species.
Here it is where you can get your fishing license.
Links to Arkansas Government Agencies
Here are a few websites of Arkansas's agencies involved in regulation and conservation.
Arkansas Fishing News
Check out what is the latest fishing buzz in Arkansas.
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Lake Nimrod getting better each year
- Not only does Nimrod have a wide variety of fish, it also boasts a large number of fishing venues. From the main lake to miles and miles of fishable river, backwater and tributaries, Nimrod is like fishing several fisheries all at one time.
- Courier News
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- 2/5/2012 9:17:12 AM
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McCollum's Column: Stars, bright and obscured, glow during induction
- The induction banquet for the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame is one time the state ... And Doretta Bright described her late husband’s passion for family, hunting and fishing and coaching all those UCA players who became known as “Raymond ...
- Log Cabin Democrat
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- 2/4/2012 5:39:28 PM
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Clean-Up Continues in Lafayette County Oil Spill
- Thirty workers from the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality are placing booms, and vacuuming the mess. The Environmental Protection Agency is also at the spill. Game and Fish is there, too, looking at any possible impact on wildlife.
- ArkansasMatters
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- 2/4/2012 2:54:50 PM
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Squirrel season still going, offers rewarding experience
- Joe Mosby is the retired news editor of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Arkansas’ best known outdoor writer. His work is distributed by the Arkansas News Bureau in Little Rock. He can be reached by email at jhmosby@cyberback.com.
- Log Cabin Democrat
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- 2/4/2012 2:40:31 PM
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Plans for caribou sow conflict in NW
- But it's not that simple. Federal endangered species law requires that critical habitat be set aside for the caribou, and environmental groups went to court to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to comply. This is one of the few places left in the ..
- KATV
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- 2/4/2012 8:28:17 AM
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Crime lab releases body of local man
- It may take a while longer before a cause of death is determined for an El Dorado man who was found dead earlier this week in the fishing pond at Mattocks Park. The body of Curtis T. Dawn, 61, has been released from the Arkansas State Crime ...
- El Dorado News-Times
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- 2/4/2012 1:18:47 AM
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Risks of heart disease with the birth control pill
- She says, "I never liked fish, but I'm liking baked fish now ... or hypertension is just one of several risk factors listed on the pill's packaging and one Arkansas Heart Hospital cardiologist Dr. Patrick Flaherty says has been around for decades.
- Today's THV
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- 2/3/2012 7:28:02 PM
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Goose in trouble
- It's close to Walgreen's. According to a wildlife officer with the Game and Fish Commission, the goose has a piece of orange construction plastic caught around its neck. But the goose is swimming and flying well, and the wildlife officers and ...
- Log Cabin Democrat
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- 2/3/2012 2:13:04 PM
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Entergy: 2 lakes to return to summer levels
- Entergy said two Arkansas lakes will begin to return to their normal ... Entergy said it's important to have the lakes back to summertime levels before fish start spawning in mid-March.
- Courier News
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- 2/3/2012 8:43:47 AM
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Grove moving on to next chapter
- After he moved to Arkansas, he transferred from the Navy Reserve to the ... He spent the outset of his retirement motorcycle touring and fly-fishing, but after a long recovery from a 2009 motorcycle wreck in Arizona, he returned to work.
- Paragould Daily Press
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- 2/3/2012 8:22:19 AM
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Super Bowl ads that generate buzz after the game
- "The people of Tibet are in trouble," Hutton said in the ad. "But they still whip up an amazing fish curry." All ads pointed viewers to www.savethemoney.org, which encouraged visitors to donate to each of the charities related to the causes in the ads.
- KATV
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- 2/3/2012 6:34:56 AM
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Entergy: 2 Ark. lakes to return to summer levels
- (AP) - Entergy says two Arkansas lakes will begin to return to their normal summertime ... Entergy says it's important to have the lakes back to summertime levels before fish start spawning in mid-March.
- Kait 8
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- 2/3/2012 5:51:59 AM
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Looking Up: Star-filled imagination
- cigars, fish and Christmas trees. You can let your imagination go wild. You can do this with eyes alone, but it may be a bit harder if you already know the official constellations. Your eyes will tend to connect the stars “the way they are supposed to be.”
- Helena Daily World
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- 2/3/2012 4:33:15 AM
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Entergy: 2 Ark. lakes to return to summer levels
- (AP) - Entergy says two Arkansas lakes will begin to return to their normal summertime ... Entergy says it's important to have the lakes back to summertime levels before fish start spawning in mid-March.
- KATV
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- 2/3/2012 2:10:05 AM
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Public weighs in on possible closure of Conway’s FSA
- The FSA is nestled in with Rural Development, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Faulkner County Conservation District, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ... be nine offices remaining throughout Arkansas if the consolidation continues as ...
- Log Cabin Democrat
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- 2/2/2012 7:22:03 PM
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McCollum's Column: Raymond Bright one of stars to get shining moment
- that’s why he was so successful everywhere he coached,” said Ken Stephens at an Arkansas Sports Club tribute to Bright last year. And that carried over to other areas, even in retirement. “Coach Bright and I went on several fishing trips ...
- Log Cabin Democrat
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- 2/2/2012 4:30:15 PM
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Dr. Michael Jones: Get moving with your arthritis
- A diet rich in omega-3s is also a necessity to help lubricate joints and decrease inflammation, so eating good sources of fish or taking a fish oil supplement daily can help as well. Weight loss has also been shown to be effective in helping with joint ...
- Helena Daily World
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- 2/2/2012 2:35:43 PM
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Jim Hillibish: Turn to sliders for your Super Bowl party
- Amid this fun, the term “slider” justly is expanding to mean any miniature sandwich in a dinner roll. There are fish ones, club ones, reuben ones, chicken salad ones... Which is the point of this story: What are you eatin’ for Super Bowl Sunday?
- Helena Daily World
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- 2/2/2012 9:27:55 AM
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Inquire Within: Ward Hotel Welcomed Visitors To Downtown Fort Smith
- The operating company was the Arkansas-Louisiana Hotel Corp. Maybe I have missed ... A reader sent me a question about some wood fishing lures. It has been kicking around my folder since November. He wants to know anything about the manufacturing plant ...
- Southwest Times Record
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- 2/2/2012 6:00:20 AM
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2011 catfish production decreases
- However, national production and sales were up slightly as prices rose and farmers in other states grew more fish on fewer acres. Still, acreage continued to decline in the major catfish-producing states. Arkansas is the third-largest catfish ...
- El Dorado News-Times
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- 2/2/2012 1:42:38 AM
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Search On for Man Who Fell Off Cliff
- This happened near Highway 27 North near the Fishing Village at the river bridge ... A short time later additional deputies arrived along with officers of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to assist in the search and rescue efforts.
- ArkansasMatters
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- 2/1/2012 7:37:34 PM
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Angler catches Arkansas-record at Frierson
- I'm glad I did [stop at the ranger's office], or I would have had a record fish in my freezer." Owen's catch was weighed at the main branch of the post office in Jonesboro under the observation of Arkansas ... a year-round fishing opportunity.
- Paragould Daily Press
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- 2/1/2012 10:04:54 AM
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Russellville swim teams place fifth, eighth in Siloam Springs
- SILOAM SPRINGS — The Russellville and Pottsville swim teams competed in a swim meet here last Thursday against 11 boys and 14 girls teams from across the state. “All three teams swam well and we got a few state qualifying times which was ...
- Courier News
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- 2/1/2012 9:43:25 AM
Arkansas Guides/Outfitters
Want to learn a new fishing technique or need some help for you next outing? Check out one of the guide/outfitter services listed below.
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Arkansas Fishing Clubs
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Look up the following list of fishing clubs in Arkansas.
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