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2010 Fishing Guidebook

Download the 2010 Fishing Guidebook PDF (This 9.6mb PDF is the full guidebook. If you wish to print a certain section, use the following links which are much smaller files than the complete guidebook.)

Pages(s)

Title of Section

Pages 1-4

AGFC Contact Information PDF (460kb)

Hotline and Toll-Free Numbers

Boating Education

Replace a Lost License

AGFC Personnel

Page 5

Table of Contents PDF (250kb)

Pages
7-13

Fishing this Year PDF (946kb)

New this Year

Statewide Lengths and Daily Limits

Free Kids' Fishing Derbies

Statewide Seasons 

Regulations Schedule

Pages
16-20

Licensing and Permits PDF (695kb) 

Which license do I need to fish for game fish in Arkansas?

How do I get the licenses I need?

Do I qualify for a resident license?

How do I replace a lost license?

65-Plus Lifetime Fishing License

65-Plus Lifetime Trout Permit 

Nonexpiring Lifetime Resident Fishing Sportsman’s Permit ($1,000) 

Disability Licenses 

Mobility Impaired Access Permit

Fishing Licenses and Costs 

License Agreements with Adjacent States

Angling on the Arkansas-Oklahoma State Line 

Pages
26-35

Regulations PDF (824kb)

Violation Points

General Regulations

Transferring fish or wildlife to another person

How to Measure a Fish

Definitions, Methods and Associated Regulations

Free Fishing Weekend 

Boating Laws

Mandatory Boating Education 

Canoes, Kayaks and Inner Tubes

Personal Flotation Devices (PFD) 

Pages
39-52

Of Interest PDF (3.88mb) 

Temperate (White) Bass

Black Bass

Sturgeon

Gar 

Catfish

Crappie 

Other Aquatic Species

Alligator Snapping Turtles • Endangered Aquatic Species • Aquatic Wildlife Pets • Release of Aquatic Wildlife • Prohibited Exotic Fish

Sorting Out Snakeheads 

Mercury Matters 

Arkansas Sport-fishing Records 

Establishing Sport-fishing Records 

Master Angler Program 

Help us Stop the Spread of Zebra Mussels 

Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) 

Streamside Landowners: Cash payment, bonuses in CRP signup opportunities! 

Pages
56-69

Regulations for Arkansas Lakes PDF (1.05mb)

Pages
70-77

Regulations for Flowing Waters PDF (763kb) 

Pages
80-86

Trout   (1.20mb)  

New this Year For Trout

Trout Regulations Summary 

Scheduled Trout Stockings for 2010 

Licenses and Permits 

Trout Stocked in Arkansas 

Pages
87-88

Index PDF (204kb)