Gas boats OK, motor up You can launch a boat with a gas outboard. Leave it up and use your electric motor.No gas motors on board Remove the outboard or bring a boat without one.Gas boats: check first The rules don't say. Call before you tow a gas boat there.
Amon's Lake
Near Mountain Home, Baxter County
Electric motors onlyGas boats: check first
Electric trolling motors only.
Fees & permits
Arkansas fishing license; trout permit to keep trout
Other rules
Also listed as Mountain Home Community Lake. Community Fishing Program rules: rod or pole only; largemouth bass catch-and-release; catfish 3 per day.
Fish
Largemouth bass, catfish, bream, trout
Managed by
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (Community Fishing Program)
What the official rules say
Waters open to electric trolling motors only.
Lake Austell
Near Wynne, Cross County
Electric motors onlyGas boats: check first
Electric trolling motors only.
Size
55 acres
Fees & permits
Arkansas fishing license
Other rules
In Village Creek State Park. Rod-and-reel or pole fishing only; largemouth bass 10 per day (1 over 20 in.), catfish 5.
Fish
Blue catfish, bluegill, channel catfish, crappie, largemouth bass, redear sunfish
Managed by
Arkansas State Parks (Village Creek State Park) / Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
What the official rules say
Waters open to trolling motors only.
Lake Dieffenbacher
Miller County
Electric motors onlyGas boats: check first
Electric trolling motors only.
Fees & permits
Arkansas fishing license
Other rules
Community Fishing Program lake: rod or pole only; largemouth bass catch-and-release; catfish 3 per day.
Fish
Largemouth bass, catfish, bream, trout
Managed by
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (Community Fishing Program)
What the official rules say
Waters open to electric trolling motors only.
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Before you go
Rules change, and some lakes close for the season or have their own permits. We link each lake to the agency page that states its motor rule, and show the month we checked it (most recently October 2026). Confirm the current rules with the lake's manager before you head out. Your state's boat registration and safety-equipment rules still apply on electric-only lakes.
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