Fishing, General Provisions and Seasons

PURPOSE: This rule establishes provisions for fishing on depart ment areas. (1) Fishing is permitted on department areas, except as further restricted by signs, area maps, or this chapter. Statewide permits, seasons, methods, and limits apply unless otherwise provided in this chapter. (2) Fishing is prohibited on the following department areas or individually-named lakes: (A) Allred Lake Natural Area (B) Burr Oak Woods Conservation Area (C) Busch (August A.) Memorial Conservation Area (Lake 8) (D) Gama Grass Prairie Conservation Area (E) Gay Feather Prairie Conservation Area (F) Green (Charles W.) Conservation Area (G) Little Osage Prairie (H) Mount Vernon Prairie (I) Niawathe Prairie Conservation Area (J) Pawhuska Prairie (K) Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center (L) Springfield Conservation Nature Center (M) Wah’Kon-Tah Prairie (portion south of Highway 82) (N) Wah-Sha-She Prairie (O) Waters (Henry Jackson) and C.B. Moss Memorial Wildlife Area (P) Youngdahl (Mark) Urban Conservation Area (3) On Prairie Lake and Fire Lake (Weldon Spring Conservation Area), fishing is prohibited during the appropriate zone’s Canada goose season. AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* This rule was previously filed as 3 CSR 104.115. Original rule filed April 30, 2001, effective Sept. 30, 2001. Amended: Filed Aug. 30, 2001, effective Jan. 30, 2002. Amended: Filed Sept. 14, 2005, effective Feb. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed Oct. 2, 2006, effective Feb. 28, 2007. Amended: Filed Sept. 25, 2009, effec tive March 1, 2010. Amended: Filed Sept. 12, 2011, effective March 1, 2012. Amended: Filed Sept. 19, 2012, effective March 1, 2013. Amended: Filed Aug. 28, 2018, effective March 1, 2019. Amended: Filed Aug. 26, 2019, effective Feb. 29, 2020. *Original authority: 252.040, RSMo 1945, amended 1989.