Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: The proposed amendment adds Lost Valley Fish
Hatchery to areas where fishing is permitted only by reservation or education
groups, reflects changes made to area lakes that provide trout fishing
opportunities on Busch (August A.) Memorial Conservation Area, and deletes
prior fishing methods and hours of restricted public use on Lost Valley Fish
Hatchery.
(1) On lakes and
ponds, fish may be taken only with pole and line and not more than three (3)
poles may be used by one (1) person at any time, except as otherwise provided
in this chapter.
(A) Fish may be taken with
bank lines, jug lines, limb lines, throwlines, and trotlines on the following
department areas or individually named lakes:
1. Montrose Conservation Area
2. Schell-Osage Conservation Area
3. Shanks (Ted) Conservation
Area
(B) Carp, buffalo,
suckers, and gar may be taken by atlatl, gig, bow, or crossbow during statewide
seasons on the following department areas or individually-named lakes:
1. Atlanta Conservation Area
2. Bismarck Conservation Area
3. Blackjack Access
4. Brown (Bob) Conservation Area
5. Columbia Bottom Conservation
Area
6. Cooley Lake Conservation
Area
7. Deer Ridge Conservation
Area
8. Deroin Bend Conservation
Area
9. Duck Creek Conservation
Area
10. Eagle Bluffs Conservation
Area
11. Femme Osage Slough (Weldon
Spring Conservation Area)
12. Fewel
(Connor O.) Conservation Area
13.
Fountain Grove Conservation Area
14.
Four Rivers Conservation Area (August A. Busch, Jr. Memorial Wetlands
at)
15. Franklin Island Conservation
Area
16. Grand Pass Conservation
Area
17. Hunnewell Lake
Conservation Area
18. King Lake
Conservation Area
19. Kings Prairie
Access
20. Lake Paho Conservation
Area
21. Lamine River Conservation
Area
22. Leach (B. K.) Memorial
Conservation Area
23. Limpp
Community Lake
24. Little Compton
Lake Conservation Area
25. Locust
Creek Conservation Area
26. Manito
Lake Conservation Area
27. Marais
Temps Clair Conservation Area
28.
Nodaway County Community Lake
29.
Nodaway Valley Conservation Area
30.
Otter Slough Conservation Area
31.
Peabody Conservation Area
32. Perry
(Ralph and Martha) Memorial Conservation Area
33. Poague (Haysler A.) Conservation
Area
34. Pony Express Lake
Conservation Area
35. Rebel's Cove
Conservation Area
36. Schell-Osage
Conservation Area
37. Sever (Henry)
Lake Conservation Area
38. Settle's
Ford Conservation Area
39. Shanks
(Ted) Conservation Area
40. Thurnau
(H. F.) Conservation Area
41.
Truman Reservoir Management Lands
42. Worth County Community Lake
43. Worthwine Island Conservation
Area
(C) Gizzard shad may
be taken from lakes and ponds by dip net or throw net.
(2) Fishing is permitted only by reservation
by educational groups, and fish must be returned to the water unharmed
immediately after being caught, except as provided by special use permit on the
following department areas or individually named lakes:
(A) Bass Pond, Catfish Pond, Hybrid Pond
(Bellefontaine Conservation Area)
(B) Belladonna Pond (Shepherd of the Hills
Fish Hatchery)
(C) Bois D'Arc
Conservation Area Aquatic Education Pond
(D) Bray Pond (Bray (Marguerite) Conservation
Area)
(E) Burr Oak Woods
Conservation Area Aquatic Education Pond
(F) Caldwell Memorial Wildlife Area
(G) Lost Valley Fish Hatchery;
(H) Mule Camp Pond (Twin Pines Conservation
Education Center);
(I) Prairie
Fork Conservation Area;
(J)
Sunfish Lake (Hartell (Ronald and Maude) Conservation Area); and
(K) Woods (Walter) Conservation Area Aquatic
Education Pond.
(3) On
Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center Pond fishing is restricted to persons
fifteen (15) years of age or younger.
(4) Fish must be returned to the water
unharmed immediately after being caught except by holders of a special use
permit on the following department areas or individually named lakes:
(A) Conservation Commission
Headquarters
(B) Clinic Pond 1,
Clinic Pond 2 (Platte Falls Conservation Area).
(5) On Reed (James A.) Memorial Wildlife
Area:
(A) Fishing is permitted only on
designated waters from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. daily from the second Sunday in
March to the first Sunday in November, and from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily
during the remainder of the year.
(B) On Honker Pond, fishing is restricted to
persons fifteen (15) years of age or younger and not more than one (1) pole and
line may be used by any one (1) person at any time.
(C) On Prairie Hollow Lake, fishing is
permitted only by reservation by educational groups, and fish must be returned
to the water unharmed immediately after being caught, except as provided by
special use permit.
(6) On
Busch (August A.) Memorial Conservation Area:
(A) Fishing is permitted only on designated
waters from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. daily.
(B) On Lakes 16, 31, and 32, only flies,
artificial lures, and soft plastic baits (unscented) may be used and fish must
be returned to the water unharmed immediately after being caught.
(C) On Lakes 7 and 21, only flies, artificial
lures, and soft plastic baits (unscented) may be used from November 1 through
January 31;
(D) On Lake 12, fishing
is restricted to persons fifteen (15) years of age or younger and not more than
one (1) pole and line may be used by any one (1) person at any time.
(E) On Lakes 1, 2, and 15, fishing is
permitted only by reservation by educational groups, and fish must be returned
to the water unharmed immediately after being caught, except as provided by
special use permit.
(F) On Lakes 3,
7, 21, 22, and 23, from November 1 through January 31, not more than one (1)
pole and line may be used by one (1) person at any time and the use of natural
or scented baits as chum is prohibited.
(7) On Binder Community Lake, fishing is permitted
only from 3:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. daily.
(8) Seining or trapping live bait, including tadpoles,
is prohibited on all lakes and ponds, except as otherwise provided in this
chapter.
(A) Seining or trapping live bait,
excluding all frogs and tadpoles, in compliance with
3 CSR
10-6.605 is permitted on designated lakes and ponds on
the following department areas:
1. Atlanta
Conservation Area;
2. Leach (B. K.)
Memorial Conservation Area;
3.
Brown (Bob) Conservation Area;
4.
Cooley Lake Conservation Area;
5.
Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area;
6.
Fountain Grove Conservation Area;
7. Grand Pass Conservation Area;
8. Long Branch Lake Management
Lands;
9. Locust Creek Conservation
Area;
10. Nodaway Valley
Conservation Area;
11. Rebel's Cove
Conservation Area; and
12. Shanks
(Ted) Conservation Area.
(9) On Mule Shoe Conservation Area, seining or
trapping live bait, including tadpoles, is prohibited on streams and the
discharge channels of impoundments.
(10) The taking of crayfish, is prohibited on the
following department areas:
(A) Caney
Mountain Conservation Area;
(B)
Cover (Dan and Maureen) Prairie Conservation Area;
(C) Martin (George and Vida) Access;
and
(D) Paris Springs
Access.
(11) Salvage
seining of other fish as designated in 3 CSR 106.550 may be permitted
seasonally for personal use with a special use permit.
(12) On Wire Road Conservation Area, other fish as
designated in 3 CSR 10-6.550 may be taken by
snagging, snaring, or grabbing from March 15 through May 15.
(13) Bait transported or held in containers
with water is prohibited on the following department areas:
(A) Blackwell Lake (Indian Trail Conservation
Area);
(B) Blind Pony Lake
Conservation Area;
(C) Hunnewell
Lake Conservation Area; and
(D)
Lost Valley Fish Hatchery.
(14) On the Ozark Regional Office Pond-
(A) Fishing is permitted only on designated
waters from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., May 1 through September 30, Monday through
Friday;
(B) Fishing is restricted
to persons fifteen (15) years of age or younger and not more than one (1) pole
and line may be used by any one (1) person at any time;
(C) Fish must be returned to the water
unharmed immediately after being caught.
*Original authority: 252.240, RSMo 1972, amended
1984.
