Spring River — Hardy

These links were checked against the live agency site on 2026-09-01. Rules for a water change inside a season, so the agency’s own page on the day you go is the only current answer — this desk does not hold one.

No unique fleet-directory record matched this operational water by name and state, so the desk will not borrow another water’s review date. The agency links on this page were checked on 2026-09-01; check the agency’s own page the day you go.

This reach mixes drive-to and walk-in access. Some sections are road-adjacent, others need a walk from public ground.

Launch · Launch type varies by access point. Confirm on the agency map before you tow a boat to it.

Parking · Parking is at designated access points. A pullout that looks fine is not automatically legal or safe to leave a vehicle in.

Arkansas publishes access through the AGFC where-to-fish pages and a statewide mapper.

Flow and water temperature for this water are read from USGS site 07069305, Spring River at Spring Street Bridge at Hardy, AR. It is an official public gauge, not a fishing pin: it describes the river at one point, and the reach you stand in may be doing something else.

Derived from water class (mixed) and South range — not a stocking record. Confirm species, seasons and any closures with Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.

• Rainbow trout

  52–64°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 68°F

• Brown trout

  54–67°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 68°F

• Brook trout

  46–61°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 65°F

• Smallmouth bass

  67–78°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 84°F

• Largemouth bass

  75–86°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 90°F