Thread: How many feel fishing regulations could use tweaking?

Originally Posted by NIMROD

Remember if limits reduced it would apply to everyone. Just a few voluntarily releasing fish won't do much. The poll is multiple choice. Dardanelle Lake could be a fantastic fishery in a year or two. It is a good one now but could be one of the best in the state.

Depends on the waters you frequent. I’ve never caught a limit (25) on my home lake, but also don’t see a problem with someone doing so. As much as I resist government control politically, I feel the wardens do a good job of putting a fair limit number out there in most cases.

For every sucker like me lucky to get 5-10 fish there is a crappie master like Ketchn that could limit with his eyes closed. I believe we as a fishing population balance ourselves out, generally speaking.

That said, some folks are just plain dangerous around water and can hammer em day in and out. More surveys need to be done more frequently on public waters to monitor populations. Waterfowl hunting allegedly is suffering from over harvesting as well. I’m too new at it and not a good enough shot to say whether that’s true.


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Reduce the number of noodles/ jugs and yo yos
Per person .
Make noodle/ jug owner stay present at all times.
Better enforcement from GWs
Lots of good crappie, bass and catfish lost to these devices every year by irresponsible people. Not to mention the hazard of lost noodle and jug lines wrapped on your motor/ troll motor.




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Limits will not help those who keep whatever and how much they catch. Some folks fish as if they are cleaning out a farm pond before it is repaired and restocked

Laws, Limits, Rules.... Good outdoors people don't need "laws" to know how and when to harvest any natural resource. If you fish for food, take only what you need to eat. If like me, you fish for fun and the challenge, you put back everything and thank the creature for the visit. Greedy and uncaring folk will do what they do no matter what laws are. If the rule says limit 15 they will take more. Drop that to 10 and they still take more.

Looking like a solution in search of a problem.

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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I just wish Indiana had some rules, & limits to enforce !!!

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