Beaver
- Area Specific Regulations
- Largemouth and smallmouth bass must be 15 inches or longer to keep.
- Largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass combined daily limit is 6 (up to 6 may be smallmouth bass).
- Crappie shorter than 10 inches must be released immediately.
- Crappie (black and white) combined daily limit is 15.
- Striped and hybrid striped bass combined daily limit is 3 and striped bass must be at least 20 inches or longer to keep.
- Walleye daily limit for Beaver Lake and its tributaries is 4 and must be at least 18 inches long to keep.
- No limit on white bass for Beaver Lake and its tributaries including Lake Sequoyah.
- Legal to take game fish (except largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass) with spear guns during season..
- Handicapped-accessible fishing piers are available at Hickory Creek and Prairie Creek.
- Game fish may be snagged from the bank below Beaver Dam, from the Corps of Engineers “No fishing beyond this point” sign, downstream to the first Corps of Engineers boat ramp on the left descending bank from April 15-June 15 only.
- Area Type
Corps of Engineer
- Constructed
1966
- District Information
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Beaver Lake Project Office
2260 N. 2nd Street
Rogers, AR 72756
Phone: (479) 636-1210, ext 1701
Fax: (479) 636-1907/(501) 324-5472
Duty Ranger: (479) 636-1210, ext 1710
Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Duty Ranger Hours: Monday from 8:00 a.m. – noon, and 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
E-mail: ceswl-bv@usace.army.mil
- Facilities
Taking advantage of the natural and scenic beauty, the Corps of Engineers has constructed a variety of recreational facilities around the lake. Paved access roads wind through 12 developed parks. In these campgrounds, visitors can enjoy modern campsites offering electricity and fire rings with drinking water, showers, and restrooms nearby. Other facilities, such as picnic sites, swimming beaches, hiking trails, boat launching ramps, sanitary dump stations, group picnic shelters, and amphitheaters are also available in the parks. Seven Corps of Engineers parks contain year-round commercial marinas providing grocery items, fuel, boat rental and storage, fishing guides, and other supplies and services.
- Location
Beaver Lake and Dam is located in the Northwest corner of Arkansas on the White River.
- Management Plan
- Ownership
US Army Corps of Engineers - Little Rock District
- Size
The watershed basin for Beaver Lake covers 1,186 miles (759,040 acres) and there are 449 miles of shoreline at the top of the conservation pool.
- WMA