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In addition to general fishing regulations, statewide species regulations and Department fishing area rules, this section addresses special regulations that apply to public fishing waters. If a species or body of water is not listed, refer to statewide regulations.
= Conservation Passport Area
Adair Park
AdairAllowed Methods: One rod and reel per person.
American Horse
BlaineChannel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.
Allowed Methods: Up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing.
Arbuckle
MurrayCrappie: 15 combined per day, must be 10 inches or longer.
Arcadia
OklahomaStriped bass and/or striped bass hybrids: five combined per day, of which only two may be 20 inches or longer.
Walk-in fishing is allowed year-round on the Arcadia Lake shoreline within the conservation area. Fishing is not allowed on the ponds or wetland areas.
Arkansas River
Walleye, sauger and saugeye: six combined per day/16-inch minimum, including all reservoirs and unimpounded tributaries from Keystone Dam downstream to the Oklahoma state line.
Prohibited methods: snagging between April 15-May 15 in the Arkansas River from Zink Dam for 800 feet downstream.
In the tailwaters area immediately below Webbers Falls Lock and Dam; bowfishing, gigs, spears, spearguns and snagging is prohibited in the first 1,000 feet. Trotlines, throwlines, limblines, juglines and yo-yos are prohibited below Webbers Falls Lock and Dam for a distance of one mile.
Barren Fork WMA
AdairChannel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.
up to two rods and reels per person.
Black Kettle WMA
Roger MillsChannel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.
Prohibited methods: trotlines, throwlines, limblines, yo-yos, juglines.
Blue River PFHA
JohnstonSpotted bass: must be 14 inches or longer.
Channel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.
All crappie: six combined per day, no size limit.
Allowed methods: one rod and reel per person during trout season (other times up to two rods and reels per person).
Note: For more trout regulations, see Trout Regulations.
Bluestem Lake
OsageWalleye, sauger and saugeye: six combined per day/18-inch minimum.
Burtschi
GradyChannel and/or blue catfish: six combined per day.
Allowed methods: up to two rods and reels per person, bowfishing.