Cotter Trout Dock Guided Trout Fishing News
Received: January 14, 2009
"All,
I received exciting news this morning from Congressman Marion Berry. The Record of Decision was signed by Assistant Secretary of the Army, John Paul Woodley, Jr., this morning giving the long awaited Minimum Flow Project on the White River in Arkansas, the Corps final stamp of approval. It is a great day in Arkansas and many thanks will need to be extended to the appropriate people but I wanted to expeditiously share this good news with each of you. I appreciate the efforts that each of you have put forth to bring us to this day.
Water isn’t flowing yet but hopefully it won’t be long!
Many thanks and best regards,
Forrest L. Wood"
Note:
Forrest is a former head of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commissioner and the founder of Ranger Boats in Flippin, Arkansas.
Brown Trout Keep Limit Changes For 2009
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Fishing Regulation Changes for 2009
Approved by Commission August 21, 2008
Effective Jan 1, 2009: Places a 24-inch minimum length limit 1fish/day creel limit for brown trout on the Bull Shoals and Norfork Tailwaters.
Current regulation: two brown trout, 16 inches or longer may be taken.
This regulation would involve an increase from the 16-inch minimum length limit regulation currently in place on these waters and a reduction in the daily creel limit from 2 fish/day to 1 fish/day. This change would focus management strategies on brown trout as a trophy component of these fisheries.
Growth and survival of brown trout appear to be good in these waters and larger (>20 inch) brown trout are not uncommon. Creel survey and population sample data, however, suggests that this change could provide additional protection to larger brown trout thereby improving the size structure of the population
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