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Barren Fork Creek
In Shannon County
The use of porous-soled waders is prohibited.
County Road A-D to Sinking Creek - 3.2 miles.
Blue Ribbon Trout Area: see restrictions below.
Name
Blue Ribbon Trout Area
Harvest is limited to maintain the maximum density of adult trout, create excellent catch-and-release fishing, and provide the occasional chance to harvest a trophy. These areas on the Current and North Fork of the White rivers are stocked with brown trout, and the Eleven Point River is stocked with rainbows.
Length Limit: At least 18"
Daily Limit: 1
Authorized Lures: Artificial lures and flies
Only flies and artificial lures may be used, and soft plastic baits and natural and scented baits are prohibited when fishing for any species.
Gigging, bowfishing, and using an atlatl are prohibited, and fish taken by these methods may not be possessed on these waters or their banks.
Capps Creek
The use of porous-soled waders is prohibited.
While on any waters with length limits, all trout you possess must be kept with head, tail, and skin intact.
4 miles upstream from its junction with Shoal Creek: White Ribbon Trout area, see restrictions below.
Name
White Ribbon Trout Area
Coldwater streams capable of supporting trout populations year-round. All receive periodic stockings of rainbow trout, and some also receive brown trout. They provide great opportunities for catching and harvesting trout and the occasional chance to harvest a large trout.
Length Limit: Rainbows -- none; Browns -- at least 15"
Daily Limit: 4
Authorized Lures: All
Current River (White Ribbon)
While on any waters with length limits, all trout you possess must be kept with head, tail, and skin intact.
Mainstem and its tributaries: Walleye and sauger—18” minimum length limit
In Dent, Texas and Shannon counties: The use of porous-soled waders is prohibited.
From Cedar Grove to the Arkansas line: Nongame fish—The daily limit may include no more than 5 hogsuckers.
Downstream from Cedar Grove Bridge crossing - 7.7 miles: White Ribbon Trout Area
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White Ribbon Trout Area
Coldwater streams capable of supporting trout populations year-round. All receive periodic stockings of rainbow trout, and some also receive brown trout. They provide great opportunities for catching and harvesting trout and the occasional chance to harvest a large trout.
Length Limit: Rainbows -- none; Browns -- at least 15"
Daily Limit: 4
Authorized Lures: All
Elk River
Length limits: Smallmouth bass—minimum 15”
Daily limit: Black bass—6, may include only 1 smallmouth bass.
Hickory Creek
The use of porous-soled waders is prohibited.
While on any waters with length limits, all trout you possess must be kept with head, tail, and skin intact.
Only flies and artificial lures may be used, and soft plastic baits and natural and scented baits are prohibited when fishing for any species from Nov. 1 through Feb. 28.
From Highway 86 bridge to Shoal Creek - 2.7 miles:
White Ribbon Trout Area (All): March 1 - Oct. 31
White Ribbon Trout Area (Catch-and-Release): Nov. 1 - Feb. 28
Name
White Ribbon Trout Area
Coldwater streams capable of supporting trout populations year-round. All receive periodic stockings of rainbow trout, and some also receive brown trout. They provide great opportunities for catching and harvesting trout and the occasional chance to harvest a large trout.
Length Limit: Rainbows -- none; Browns -- at least 15"
Daily Limit: 4
Authorized Lures: All
Name
White Ribbon Trout Area (Nov 1 - Feb 25)
All receive periodic stockings of rainbow trout, and some also receive brown trout. They provide great opportunities for catching and harvesting trout and the occasional chance to harvest a large trout.
Length Limit: Catch-and-release only
Daily Limit: Catch-and-release only between November 1 and February 25
Authorized Lures: Artificial lures and flies between November 1 and February 25
Jacks Fork River
From Highway 17 to the Current River:
Length Limits:
Smallmouth bass—minimum 15”
Daily Limit:
6 black bass including only 1 smallmouth bass.
Montrose Lake
Daily Limit:
Black bass: 2
Crappie: 15
Length limit:
Black bass: minimum 18"
Osage Fork of the Gasconade River
From Skyline Drive bridge near Orla in Laclede County to the Gasconade River:
Daily limit: 6 black bass including only 1 smallmouth bass
Length limit:
Smallmouth bass—minimum 15”
St. Francis River
Above Wappapello Dam, from the lake and its tributaries including the St. Francis River and its tributaries:
Size limit: Walleye and sauger — minimum 18”
Within 225 feet below Wappapello Dam:
No fishing is allowed.
From within 700 feet below the spillway walls of Wappapello Dam:
Trotlines, throwlines, limb lines, bowfishing, gigging and atlatls are prohibited.
Within that part of the river that forms a boundary between Arkansas and Missouri
Nongame fish may be taken by bow and possessed at any hour of the day in the flowing portions.
Tenmile Creek
From Highway B in Carter County to Cane Creek
Length limits: Smallmouth bass—minimum 15”
Daily limit: 6 black bass including only 1 smallmouth bass.
Wappapello Lake
Daily Limit:
Crappie: 30 with no more than 15 fish over nine inches.
On the lake and its tributaries including the St. Francis River and its tributaries above Wappapello Dam
Length limit: Walleye and sauger: minimum 18”