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Arkansas River

Attention - New rules apply to non-residents:

  • Public Area Check-In: Non-residents must check in and out when accessing certain Oklahoma public hunting and fishing areas. There is no additional cost or limit on the number of check-ins.
  • Deer Licenses: A 2 day waiting period applies to nonresident deer licenses purchased after the deer season has started. Licenses must be purchased at least 48 hours before hunting.
Arkansas River near Bixby Oklahoma, photo by Steve Mullen, RPS 2018
Steve Mullen/RPS 2018

Contacts

Fisheries Management Office: (918) 683-1031
Fisheries Management Office: (918) 299-2334
Game Warden:
(918) 440-9880 (Osage)
(580) 761-4097 (Osage)
(918) 645-6116 (Pawnee)
(918) 640-0316 (Tulsa)
(918) 857-5557 (Tulsa)
(918) 625-5796 (Wagoner)
(918) 625-5085 (Wagoner)
(918) 625-4873 (Muskogee)
(918) 431-2550 (Sequoyah)
(918) 431-2544 (Sequoyah)
(918) 431-2559 (Le Flore)
(918) 429-3910 (Le Flore)
(580) 513-0814 (Le Flore)
(918) 381-4099 (Osage)
(918) 331-5798 (Osage)
(580) 370-0700 (Noble)
(918) 625-4691 (Muskogee)
Daily/Size Limits:

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.

Methods:

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.

Bait & Tackle shops are displayed by distance, starting with the closest.

 


 

 

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