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Bill Ackerman River Ridge Access

Bill Ackerman/River Ridge Walk-in Access provides a handicapped-accessible fishing pier on the North Fork River below Norfork Dam in the Norfork Tailwater trout fishing area.

This access point is located within a designated catch-and-release zone (from downstream end of Long Hole to Bill Ackerman/River Ridge Access) where all trout must be immediately released and only artificial lures with barbless hooks are permitted.


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