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Logan Creek is a public river in Grant County and Saline County, Arkansas, managed by State of Arkansas (public / navigable water). You can fish it on an Arkansas licence; bank access is at road crossings, parks, AGFC access sites, the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests and the Buffalo National River, and riparian owners control the bank on non-navigable reaches. A trout permit is required to fish for or keep trout on the tailwaters and the Spring River. Public access confirmed via public-trust river.
A warmwater Arkansas river or large creek — largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass, white bass, bream and longear sunfish, bowfin and gar, and channel and flathead catfish. Wade, paddle or fish from the bank at AGFC access sites and bridges.
It runs roughly 5 miles through the Ouachita Mountains region. Anglers here mostly fish for largemouth bass, spotted bass, smallmouth bass, white bass; bluegill, longear sunfish, channel catfish, flathead catfish are also on record. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Wet Lost Creek and Tollman Branch.
Species from PiscaMaps water-type profiles, AGFC trout designations and hand research.
Night fishing: No statewide night-fishing closure in Arkansas. Some AGFC community lakes and state-park lakes gate at dark or post hours; the trout tailwaters and a few special-regulation streams are daylight-only in their catch-and-release zones. Trotlines, limblines, jugs, yo-yos and slat traps are legal on most warmwater lakes and rivers for licensed anglers with the gear tagged (not on trout water).
Boats: Most Arkansas rivers are waded or floated by canoe, kayak, raft and jon boat; the Mississippi, the Arkansas River pools, the lower White and the lower Ouachita take full-size boats. The trout tailwaters are drift-boat and wade water — watch the dam generation schedule.
Bank & bivvy camping: You may fish and float any navigable Arkansas river on a fishing licence. Bank access is at AGFC access sites, state parks, the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests, the Buffalo National River and bridge crossings; riparian owners control the bank on non-navigable reaches. A trout permit is required to fish for or keep trout on the tailwaters and the Spring River.
Tackle: Statewide black-bass daily limit is 6 (with a 12-inch minimum on largemouth on most water), but the highland lakes, the Buffalo, Crooked Creek and the Kings carry their own slot or minimum for smallmouth and spotted bass. Crappie 30 on most lakes (with a 10-inch minimum on many); walleye, white bass and striped bass limits vary; catfish limits are generous. Trout limits and tackle rules depend on the tailwater zone (general, catch-and-release, artificial-only, trophy). Check the current AGFC regulations for this water.
Anyone 16-64 needs an Arkansas Game & Fish Commission fishing licence — the resident annual Fisheries Conservation licence is about $11, the resident 'Resident Sportsman's' packages more, and the non-resident annual is about $50 (non-resident 3-day and 7-day trip licences are sold). A trout permit (about $10) is required to fish for or possess trout anywhere in the state, including the White, North Fork, Little Red and Little Missouri tailwaters and the winter-stocked lakes. Arkansas residents 65 and older buy a low-cost Resident 65-Plus lifetime licence; residents born before 1 Jan 1933 and disabled residents fish free. Buy from AGFC at agfc.com. An Arkansas fishing licence covers navigable rivers. The Mississippi River is fished on an Arkansas, Mississippi or Tennessee licence in the border reaches. A trout permit is required on the White, North Fork, Little Red and Little Missouri tailwaters and the Spring River.
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