Established 1954
Catch a Rainbow!
870-435-6525
800-447-7538
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White River
and Buffalo River Guided Trips - Rates
& Reservation Information |
2022 Rates -
Guided Float Trips |
Prices below are per boat.
For example;
full day with 2 people in one boat is $360 ($180 each
person). |
Spin/Bait
Fishing Trips
|
White
or Norfork River |
1 person - full
day
|
$360
|
|
2 people - full
day |
$360 |
|
3 people - full
day |
$495 |
White
or Norfork River |
1 person -
half day
|
$265 |
|
2 people - half day |
$265 |
|
3 people - half day |
$399 |
Buffalo
River
|
1 person - full
day |
$410
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|
2 people - full day
|
$410
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|
3 people - full
day |
$460 |
Fly Fishing
Trips
|
White
or Norfork River |
1 person - full
day |
$420 |
|
2 people - full
day |
$440
|
White
or Norfork River |
1 person - half day |
$345 |
|
2 people - half day |
$370 |
Bufffalo
River |
1 person - full
day |
$480 |
|
2 people - full
day
|
$480
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Lunch
Full day
trips include a lunch of our homemade
sandwiches, chips, fruit and desert.
Half day trips include snacks.
An optional Shore Lunch is $40 per
person, kids under 8 eat free. Your
fishing guide does the cooking.
A shore lunch is prepared on the banks of
the river over charcoal and can include
your morning catch if you wish. Shore
lunch is bacon/tomato sandwiches, french
fries, hush puppies, black-eyed peas, and
dessert. See
meals page for more info.
Parties of five or more boats (10 people)
require that we provide camp cooks to
prepare lunch instead of having the guides
cook. While this increases the price
of a shore lunch to $36 per person, your
lunch is ready in much less time and
you're back on the river fishing rather
than waiting for your guides to set up
lunch, cook and clean-up.
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What's Included
All
single day float trips are completely
outfitted with the following: Life
jackets, Fishing Guides, Boats, Motors,
Gas, Paddles, Anchors, Swivel Chairs,
Nets, Ice Box, Ice, Soft Drinks, Drinking
Water, Cushions, Box Lunch, Return
Transportation, Fish Cleaned and Iced.
Prices include all applicable taxes, but
do not include bait, license or
trout permit.
Price does not include Arkansas fishing
license and trout permit, which costs $36
for a three-day non-resident issue.
Go to the Home Page for more information
on fishing licenses.
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Cancellation
and Deposit Policy
Deposits:
$100 per boat per day required, or provide
credit card information. We will
never actually put any charges on the
credit card you provide without talking to
you first.
Cancellations:
Charging our customers for cancellations
is possibly the worst part of our whole
business. It does not happen
often but we understand that no one is
happy.
Once we have booked a guide for your trip
they will be turning down work elsewhere
and we have to pay the guide
a cancellation fee of $125 for a Day
Trip and $200 for a Camp Trip if the
trip is cancelled after 14 days prior
to the trip. This is not
the full pay that the guide would have
been paid for the trip; it is a
cancellation fee. If we did not pay
cancellation fees to our guides we would immediately
have no guides.
We make every attempt to book the
cancelled guide/guides on our other trips
and make calls to book them with other
guide services. If this is
successful, you will will not be charged
any cancellation fee.
Weather:
The guides are ready to fish in any
weather (other than lightning).
Lightning usually requires waiting a short
time until the danger is past.
Please watch weather forecasts as best as
possible prior to your trip. We
realize this is not always successful, but
we cannot waive cancellation fees for
weather.
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Why Bait Is Not
Included.....................
We try
to keep our rates as low as possible for
everyone and still pay our guides
well. Some people bring their
own lures and use no bait at all.
If we include some set price for bait in
our rates, it would not be fair to
everyone. Therefore, the way it
has always been done at Cotter Trout
Dock is.....
1) Your guide will take out bait that he
believes is needed after talking to you
about your preferred fishing
methods; lures only, live bait, scented,
fishing for big browns only, etc.
2) During the day, when we make out your
invoice, that bait will be put on your
invoice.
3) When you come in, the guide will
return any unused bait and we take it
off your invoice. You pay only for bait
that was opened or used during the day.
You can take home any bait that was
opened but not used if you wish. Bait
usually averages $10 per person.
We are not a bait shop; we do not try to
make money by selling bait. We
keep on hand only what our guides tell
us works. We do sell bait to people who
are not on a guided trip, but that is
not our main business and in fact we are
generally priced less than Walmart even
to people who are not on our guided
trips! We take an additional 15%
off to our guided customers which means
we are selling very close to cost.
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2022 Rates - Overnight Float Camping Trips -
Per Person Per Day
Camp trips are priced "per
person per day". For example; a trip
where four people (or more) fish one day,
then camp and then fish the next day is a
two day camp trip. This trip would
be $820 per person ($410
per day in the table below).
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Spin/Bait
Camp Trips
|
White
River |
Party of 2
or 3 |
$460 per
person per day |
|
Party of 4
or more |
$410 per
person per day |
Buffalo
River |
Party of 2
or 3 |
$500 per
person per day |
|
Party of 4
or more |
$450 per
person per day |
Fly Fishing
Camp Trips
|
White
River |
Party
of 2 or 3 |
$535 per
person per day |
|
Party
of 4 or more |
$490 per
person per day |
Buffalo
River |
Party
of 2 or 3 |
$550 per
person per day |
|
Party
of 4 or more |
$500 per
person per day |
What's
Included
All Overnight White River
or Buffalo River Float Trips Are
Completely Outfitted With The Following:
Meals, Guides, Life Jackets, Cooks, Boats,
Motors, Gas, Paddles, Anchors, Swivel
Chairs, Nets, Ice, Ice Boxes, Soft Drinks,
Drinking Water, Cushions, Tents, Cots,
Sleeping Bags, Pillows, Sheets, Pillow
Cases, Lanterns, Tables, Dishes,
Silverware, Food, Return Transportation,
Fish Cleaned and Iced.
Prices include all applicable taxes, but
do not include bait, license or trout
permit. DEPOSIT: $100 per
person per day required on all overnight
float trips.
Price does not include Arkansas fishing
license and trout permit.
A three-day non-resident fishing
license and trout permit is $36.00.
An annual resident fishing
license and trout permit is $20.50. |
Young
Camper's
Special - White River Only - 35%
Off Regular Prices
For
reservations on overnight camping
trips scheduled for July and/or August,
we are making a special offer for
parties of four or more paying adult
guests. Each of the four adults may
bring a son, daughter, or guest
UNDER THE AGE OF 18 for 35%
discount! Cotter Trout Dock is doing
this because young fishermen are our
future. So come on parents and
grandparents - bring your children
or grandchildren on a White River
camp fishing trip they will never
forget!
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Fishing License Information
If you plan to fish, you
will need an Arkansas fishing license and
trout permit. One way to obtain your license
is to order it by phone or over the Web at the
Arkansas Game & Fish Commission Web site. Click here for
license ordering details.
You
can also call 223-6349 between 8:00 a.m. and
4:30 p.m. in the Little Rock area, or
1-800-364-GAME (1-800-364-4263) 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week. Please have your credit
card and an identification number ready. Your
identification number can be a driver’s
license, social security number, hunter
education number, state ID number or passport
number. Your hunting or fishing privileges
become effective immediately and your license
will arrive in the mail in a few days.
Lifetime and commercial licenses are not
available by phone or online.
Otherwise,
it
only
takes a few minutes for us to get it for you
in our office.
Reservations
&
Questions
To make reservations please
phone us. If you wish, you may inquire about
availability by email. We accept credit cards,
traveler's checks, personal checks, business
checks, and cash.
Please
advise
us
of how many will be in your party, whether you
want a single day or overnight camping
float trip, and any special arrangements you
may need. If you wish to have a specific menu
please also let us know your dietary
requirements.
Float
fishing
is a very personal, intimate and rewarding
adventure that's unlike anything you've ever
experienced. All trips are tailored exactly
to the requirements of our clients. Let us
know in advance of your needs, and we will
be happy to make the necessary arrangements.
Contact
Us
Email:ctd@southshore.com
Ron and Debbie Gamble
Owners/Operators
P.O. Box 96
Cotter, Arkansas 72626
Local: 870-435-6525
Toll
Free: 800-447-7538
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