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Game Fish The fish species listed below may be pursued and taken by pole and line, trotline, throwline, limb line, bank line and jug line . Paddlefish may be taken by snagging and grabbing from March 15 to April 30 . See Page 37 for special regulations for paddlefish on the Mississippi River . Game fish are defined on Page 44 . Seasons and limits apply statewide unless the body of water has special regulations as listed on pages 16–20 and 28–40 or if the area is posted with special regulations . Species Open Season Conservation Area Regulations Available Online Before traveling to your favorite conservation area to fish, check the online regulations database at mdc.mo.gov/atlas . 8 Daily Limit Length Limit Black bass From impoundments all year 6 (largemouth, smallmouth, spotted/ Kentucky) 1 none1 From Ozark streams2 From other streams May 26, 2012– Feb . 28, 2013 12" minimum 2 all year 12" minimum Catfish Channel all year 101 none1 Blue all year 51 none1 Flathead all year 51 none1 Crappie (black and white) all year 301 none1 Muskellunge all year 1 6 36" minimum 1 Northern pike all year 16 none Paddlefish (spoonbill) 3 March 15– April 301 21 24" minimum1 Pickerel (chain and grass) all year 6 none Goggle-eye (rock bass) and warmouth all year 15 none1 Shovelnose sturgeon3,4 all year1 101 30" maximum Trout all year 41 Rainbow: none1 Walleye and sauger all year Brown: 15" minimum in streams 5 41 15" minimum1 White, yellow and striped bass and their hybrids all year 15 1 no more than 4 longer than 18" 1
Footnotes for Chart on Page 8 1 Applies on all waters, with the exception of those with more specific regulations found on pages 16–20 and 28–40 and on areas that are posted with special regulations. 2 Black bass fishing and possession is open year ’round on the Mississippi River, all waters north of the south bank of the Missouri River, the St. Francis River downstream from Wappapello Dam and on streams in that portion of southeast Missouri bounded by a line from Cape Girardeau following Missouri highways 74 and 25, U.S. highways 60, 67 and 160, and the west bank of the Little Black River to the Arkansas state line. In the rest of the state referred to as the Ozarks, black bass from streams may not be possessed from March 1–May 25. 3 Extracted paddlefish and shovelnose sturgeon eggs may not be possessed while on waters of the state or adjacent banks, and may not be transported. They also may not be bought, sold or offered for sale. 4 Shovelnose sturgeon must remain intact while on waters of the state or adjacent banks. 5 From Feb. 20 through April 14, walleye and sauger can be taken and possessed only between 1/2 hour before sunrise and 1/2 hour after sunset in the unimpounded portions of all streams, except the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. To calculate the sunrise and sunset times in your area, visit www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/ astronomical-applications or pick up a copy of the Wildlife Code of Missouri, which is available at permit vendors. 6 Daily limit is 1 muskellunge or 1 northern pike. Stop Rock Snot Didymo, or rock snot, is a single-celled alga that can take over a stream making it impossible to fish . Help keep rock snot out of Missouri . Use wader wash stations at trout areas before entering a stream . Check your waders and fishing gear for algae . Clean all gear in a 2 percent bleach solution or with dishwashing detergent, or dry any item that’s been in the water by exposing it to sunlight for 48 hours . Note: To minimize the spread of didymo, porous-soled waders (see Page 16) are prohibited in trout parks and certain trout streams as specified on pages 18–20 and 29–40 . 9 Area where black bass can only be taken from streams from May 26, 2012– Feb. 28, 2013. Also see Footnote 2. courtesy of Fish and Game New Zealand
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