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Fishing Information

"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." ~Henry David Thoreau

“Game fish are too valuable to be caught only once.” ~Lee Wulff, The father of catch and release angling.

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

• Purchase fishing license online
• Fishing Report – Updated every Wednesday
• Arkansas game fish
• Statewide sportfish daily limits
• Rules and Regulations

Please note that the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has designated the Kings River as an Ozark Zone Quality Stream. For most of the Kings River the smallmouth bass daily limit is two and each must be at least 14 inches long to keep. The section of the river from Trigger Gap to the Highway 62 Bridge is designated as a trophy section; the smallmouth bass daily limit along the trophy section is one and it must be at least 18 inches long to keep.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette / Northwest Arkansas News

• October 26, 2006, "Bright and Beautiful," by Buddy Gough
• September 28, 2006, "Bass or bust?" by Buddy Gough
• September 20, 2006, "SPEAKING OF FISHING: Three local waters in Top 10 list," by Brad Wiegmann
• June 1, 2006, "Family Affair," by Buddy Gough
• May 25, 2006, "Bright and beautiful," by Buddy Gough
• May 19, 2005, "Kings Ransom," by Buddy Gough

Arkansas Sportsman

• January, 2006, "Winter Floats For Natural State Smallmouths" by Keith Sutton (Quote:"You'll have to look long and hard to find a better winter smallmouth hotspot than the Kings River.")
• June, 2006, "In Search of a Stream," (Article from Game and Fish Magazine on how to find the best streams in Arkansas to catch smallmouth bass; it mentions Kings River and Osage Creek)
• "The Best of Arkansas' Cats", by Keith Sutton (Catfish in the Kings)
• "One-Day Floats for Arkansas Smallies: 10 to Try", by Keith Sutton

Arkansas.com
A quote from the Arkansas.com Kings River page:
"The Kings has countless rock bass and hefty channel cats, but when fishing this stream, first and foremost on the minds of most anglers are the big smallmouth bass. Take along heavy tackle. Some people expect bass from this smallish stream to be small, too, and that can cost trophy fish, which commonly reach four to six pounds. A baitcasting reel, a medium-action rod, and 10- to 12-pound line are appropriate.

Two sportfish often overlooked by Kings River anglers are the walleye and white bass. Both species are common in the portion of the river near Table Rock Lake during the spring spawning runs in March, April and early May. White bass will hit a variety of shad-imitation lures and minnows, while walleyes are usually taken on live baits such as minnows, crayfish and worms or artificial lures, particularly deep-running crank-baits and jigs.""

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