The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission unanimously voted at its monthly meeting Thursday at AGFC headquarters to adopt new trout limits on four of Arkansas’s most popular tailwater fisheries, along with updated harvest rules for Lake Monticello. All changes take effect February 1 and will remain in place until further notice.
On the White River from Bull Shoals Dam to the Norfork Access, and on the North Fork River from Norfork Dam to the Norfork Access, anglers may keep two rainbow trout under 14 inches. All other trout species in those waters must be released immediately.
On the White River from the Norfork Access downstream to the Arkansas Highway 58 bridge, the daily limit will be two trout of any species, with only one fish allowed over 14 inches.
On the Beaver and Greers Ferry tailwaters, anglers may keep two trout of any species, but any trout longer than 14 inches must be released…