Several states are making significant updates to their hunting and fishing regulations as we enter 2026. Arizona Game and Fish Department is proposing changes to striped bass and catfish limits at two major lakes. According to their November announcement, Nevada Department of Wildlife will remove the twenty fish daily bag limit on striped bass over twenty inches at both Lake Mead and Lake Mohave, effective January first. Arizona is proposing to match Nevada's regulations by changing their daily bag limit to unlimited striped bass and twenty five catfish at both lakes. The department's research indicates that removing the twenty fish limit on striped bass will have no negative impact on population size or growth, since striped bass growth depends more on food availability than harvest rates. Surveys also show most anglers rarely harvest the previous twenty fish limit. For catfish, Arizona's current limit of ten at these lakes differs from Nevada's twenty five daily bag limit, creating confusion among anglers. The proposed change will standardize regulations across both states, simplifying enforcement. Data from both states show no evidence that either species will be negatively affected. The Arizona Game and Fish Commission will present these proposed regulation changes at its public meeting on January sixteenth, twenty twenty six, in Phoenix.

In Arkansas, the state is celebrating its fifth annual Umarex Big Squirrel Challenge, scheduled for January ninth and tenth. This family friendly hunting competition invites hunters to harvest their three largest squirrels during a twenty four hour hunting period from noon on Friday through noon on Saturday. According to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, hunters can harvest up to twelve squirrels per day during the event, but only the three heaviest squirrels from each team will be weighed and scored. The competition features thirteen weigh in locations across Arkansas, including sites in Springdale, Pine Bluff, Jonesboro, Fort Smith, and other communities. There is no registration fee required, and every hunter who weighs in squirrels is entered for door prizes at each location. Winners in various categories, including fox squirrels only, gray squirrels only, and mixed bags, will receive medals at their local weigh in stations. Top teams in the state will win high powered Umarex air rifles.

Additionally, Arkansas anglers interested in pursuing trophy alligator gar have until December thirty first to apply for the twenty twenty six Alligator Gar Trophy Tag program. According to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, the drawing occurred on January second. Recipients will be selected from among two hundred available tags. The tags are necessary to keep alligator gar longer than thirty six inches, though catch and release fishing is permitted without a tag. All harvested alligator gar must be reported within twelve hours of harvest and temporarily tagged using a provided possession tag.

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