Fishing, Daily and Possession Limits

PURPOSE: This rule establishes provisions for daily and possession limits on department areas. (1) Statewide daily and possession limits shall apply for all species, except that: In lakes and ponds, daily limits are catfish in the aggregate (channel catfish, blue catfish, flathead catfish), four (4); black bass, six (6); crappie, thirty (30); and all other fish, statewide limits, but not to exceed twenty (20) in the aggregate; except as otherwise provided in this chapter. (2) The daily limit for black bass shall be two (2) on the following department areas or individually named lakes: (A) Amarugia Highlands Conservation Area (B) Atkinson Lake (Schell-Osage Conservation Area) (C) Belcher Branch Lake Conservation Area (D) Bellefontaine Conservation Area (E) Blackwell Lake (Indian Trail Conservation Area) (F) Busch (August A.) Memorial Conservation Area (G) Combs (Jerry P.) Lake (Little River Conservation Area) (H) DeLaney (Robert G.) Lake Conservation Area (I) DiSalvo (Carl) Lake (Bismarck Conservation Area) (J) Happy Holler Lake Conservation Area (K) Hartell (Ronald and Maude) Conservation Area (L) Kearn (J. N. “Turkey”) Memorial Wildlife Area (M) Lake Paho Conservation Area (N) Lone Jack Lake Conservation Area (O) Maple Leaf Lake Conservation Area (P) Port Hudson Lake Conservation Area (Q) Reed (James A.) Memorial Wildlife Area (R) Schell Lake (Schell-Osage Conservation Area) (S) Weldon Spring Conservation Area (3) The daily limit for crappie shall be fifteen (15) on the follow ing department areas: (A) Bellefontaine Conservation Area (B) Busch (August A.) Memorial Conservation Area (except Lake 33) (C) DeLaney (Robert G.) Lake Conservation Area (D) Lake Girardeau Conservation Area (E) Schell-Osage Conservation Area (F) Weldon Spring Conservation Area (4) The daily limit for white bass, striped bass, and their hybrids in the aggregate shall be four (4) on the following department areas or individually named lakes: (A) Busch (August A.) Memorial Conservation Area (B) Belcher Branch Lake Conservation Area (C) Harmony Mission Lake (Harmony Mission Conservation Area) (D) Lake Paho Conservation Area (E) Limpp Community Lake (F) Little Compton Lake (Little Compton Lake Conservation Area) (G) Nodaway County Community Lake (H) Perry County Community Lake (I) Reed (James A.) Memorial Wildlife Area (5) The daily limit for bluegill and other sunfish shall be ten (10) in the aggregate on the following department areas: (A) General Watkins Conservation Area (B) Tobacco Hills Lake (Park (Guy B.) Conservation Area) (6) On Duck Creek Conservation Area, statewide limits shall apply for other fish as designated in 3 CSR 10-6.550. (7) On Busch (August A.) Memorial Conservation Area— (A) On Lakes 7 and 21, trout must be returned to the water unharmed immediately after being caught from November 1 through January 31. Trout may not be possessed on these waters during this season. No person shall continue to fish for any species after having four (4) trout in possession from February 1 through October 31; and (B) On Lakes 3, 22, and 23, no person shall continue to fish for any species after having four (4) trout in possession. (8) The daily limit for fish other than those designated as en dangered in 3 CSR 10-4.111 or defined as game fish shall be ten (10) in the aggregate on the following department areas: (A) Bluegill Pond (Bellefontaine Conservation Area) (B) Busch (August A.) Memorial Conservation Area (C) Daniel Boone Conservation Area (D) Logan (William R.) Conservation Area (E) Port Hudson Lake Conservation Area (F) Reifsnider (Frank, Emma Elizabeth, and Edna) State Forest (G) Weldon Spring Conservation Area (H) White (William G. and Erma Parke) Memorial Wildlife Area (9) On Lake 12 (Busch (August A.) Memorial Conservation Area) the daily limit for all fish shall be two (2) in the aggregate. AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* This rule previously filed as 3 CSR 10-4.115. Original rule filed April 30, 2001, effective Sept. 30, 2001. Amended: Filed Aug. 30, 2001, effective Jan. 30, 2002. Amended: Filed May 9, 2002, effective March 1, 2003. Amended: Filed July 31, 2002, effec tive June 30, 2003. Amended: Filed Oct. 9. 2003, effective March 30, 2004. Amended: Filed Sept. 29, 2004, effective Feb. 28, 2005. Amended: Filed Sept. 14, 2005, effective Feb. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed Oct. 2, 2006, effective Feb. 28, 2007. Amended: Filed Sept. 27, 2007, effective Feb. 29, 2008. Amended: Filed Oct. 10, 2008, effec tive April 30, 2009. Amended: Filed Sept. 25, 2009, effective March 1, 2010. Amended: Filed Sept. 30, 2010, effective March 1, 2011. Amended: Filed March 7, 2011, effective July 30, 2011. Amended: Filed Sept. 19, 2012, effective March 1, 2013. Amended: Filed March 17, 2014, effective Aug. 30, 2014. Amended: Filed Dec. 8, 2014, effec tive March 1, 2015. Amended: Filed Aug. 28, 2018, effective March 1, 2019. Amended: Filed March 1, 2019, effective March 15, 2019. Amended: Filed Jan. 29, 2020, effective Feb. 29, 2020. Amended: Filed Jan. 22, 2021, effective Feb. 28, 2021. Amended: Filed Aug. 27, 2021, effective Feb. 28, 2022. Amended: Filed Feb. 10, 2023, effective Feb. 28, 2023. *Original authority: 252.040, RSMo 1945, amended 1989.