Thread: How many feel fishing regulations could use tweaking?

While I'm in agreement to take care of our natural resources, The Game and Fish does a good job in South Arkansas. They have already cut our limit at Lake Chicot to 20-, and 10-inch slot. Here in south Arkansas, we have numerous small lakes, and the Ouachita River, {Felsenthal Federal Refuge} to fish. A lot of us fish north Louisiana which have a very liberal limit because the lakes are closer. I usually go fish for good times not for limits, and like Nimrod does I give a lot of fish away to folks that cannot go anymore or just can't go fishing.

And another thing I look at down here in SArk is the age group fishing for crappie. It seems to be a older folks fishing, and deer hunting, which we have plenty of deer but seems like it's older folks than younger here in SArk. Even with FFSonar there just not many people fishing in my area. I carry my granddaughters every chance I get. Since I'm retired that still is limited.

As earlier discussions with Nimrod and other folks on this forum, AGFC needs to look at every area of the state and make regulations for the heavy used fisheries to protect our resources.
We are not in a metro area like middle parts of Arkansas is.

My two cents from South Arkansas

Originally Posted by atgill

While I'm in agreement to take care of our natural resources, The Game and Fish does a good job in South Arkansas. They have already cut our limit at Lake Chicot to 20-, and 10-inch slot. Here in south Arkansas, we have numerous small lakes, and the Ouachita River, {Felsenthal Federal Refuge} to fish. A lot of us fish north Louisiana which have a very liberal limit because the lakes are closer. I usually go fish for good times not for limits, and like Nimrod does I give a lot of fish away to folks that cannot go anymore or just can't go fishing.

And another thing I look at down here in SArk is the age group fishing for crappie. It seems to be a older folks fishing, and deer hunting, which we have plenty of deer but seems like it's older folks than younger here in SArk. Even with FFSonar there just not many people fishing in my area. I carry my granddaughters every chance I get. Since I'm retired that still is limited.

As earlier discussions with Nimrod and other folks on this forum, AGFC needs to look at every area of the state and make regulations for the heavy used fisheries to protect our resources.
We are not in a metro area like middle parts of Arkansas is.

My two cents from South Arkansas

I agree, with limit and size changes might be a better idea on the more popular lakes that see heavy use.

Smaller or remote lakes with low pressure can be over populated with little fish in a hurry so some might need to stay where we are now


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