Buffalo River
The rule for this water, with the receipt.
Special regulations for Buffalo River, as the state words them
Marion County · River · AR
Today's rule hereParsed
- Season
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Gear
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Bait
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Poles
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
| Species | Daily limit | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
Black Bass | 10 combined | - | Statewide |
Smallmouth bass | 2 | min. 14 inches | This water |
Bream Varies by water: limit No limit on bream shorter than 4 inches (Statewide) | 50 combined | - | Statewide |
Catfish Varies by water: limit half the daily statewide limit or half the limit of the waters being fished (pages 57-81), whichever is smaller (Bowfishing statewide) | 10 combined | - | Statewide |
Bullhead catfish | No limit | - | Statewide |
Crappie | 30 combined | - | Statewide |
Alligator Gar Varies by water: Over 36 inches (trophy alligator gar), limit 1 for current calendar year (Statewide); over 36 inches, limit one alligator gar over 36 inches per calendar year (Alligator Gar Trophy Tag) | 1 | min. Under 36 inches | Statewide |
Paddlefish | 2 | - | Statewide |
Rock Bass | 10 | - | Statewide |
Sauger | 6 | - | Statewide |
Saugeye | 6 | - | Statewide |
Shovelnose Sturgeon | No limit | min. 21 inches or longer | Statewide |
Striped Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass | 6 combined | - | Statewide |
White Bass | 25 | - | Statewide |
Trout | 5 | - | Statewide |
Walleye | 6 | - | Statewide |
aquatic turtles | 6, common snapping turtles and spiny softshell turtles combined | - | Statewide |
Bullfrogs | 18 per day (from noon to noon); possession limit 36 | - | Statewide |
game fish; catfish; paddlefish | Half the game fish daily limit may be taken by snagging, or the lesser whole number nearest one-half the limit; a full limit of catfish and paddlefish may be taken | - | Statewide |
Suckers | 20, possession limit 40 | - | Statewide |
The official text, verbatimOfficial text
Straight from AR's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.
- Smallmouth bassDaily limit 2Size 14 inches
- Smallmouth bassDaily limit 1Size 18 inches
- All fishGear Use of limblines is prohibited. Outboard motors may not be used on the Buffalo River upstream from Erbie Ford, nor larger than 10 horsepower from Erbie to the White River.
- All fishGear Baitfish and crayfish may not be used as bait unless they were caught on the Buffalo River or its tributaries. Gigging for rough fish, snagging for suckers and use of attended trotlines is permitted. Non-commercial capture of baitfish using traps or seines is permitted. Gaffing, hogging, noodling, yo-yo fishing and spearfishing are prohibited. Chumming is prohibited. Digging for bait is prohibited.Bait Baitfish and crayfish may not be used as bait unless they were caught on the Buffalo River or its tributaries.
How this answer was assembled
- StatewideStatewide river rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
- This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
- Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.
Where this stretch begins and ends
The drawn shape is the named water, matched from the official list against OpenStreetMap and accepted only because the name resolved to a single feature in this water's county.
Different sections of this water can have different rules. The exact section boundaries are not marked on the map yet; each rule above describes in plain words where it starts and ends, and that written description is the authoritative boundary. Map boundaries come water by water, never as a guess.
At the water nowContext
Streamflow: 6.24 cfs at buffalo river near boxley, ar (2026-07-29 02:30)
Forecast: National Weather Service. Flow: nearest active USGS gauge in this water's area, which may sit on a different reach. Conditions are context, not rules.
What are you fishing for here?Advice
Pick from the species named in Buffalo River's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.
Receipts
Local services near Buffalo River
Tackle shops, guides, and boat launches that serve this water will appear here - a separate lane below the rules, so a local business can reach you without ever getting between you and the regulation.
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