3 CSR 10-6.505 - Black Bass
(1) Daily Limit: Six (6) in the aggregate,
including smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, spotted bass, and all black bass
hybrids, except:
(A) The daily limit may
include no more than one (1) smallmouth bass on the Big Piney River from
Slabtown Access to the confluence of the Gasconade River, the Eleven Point
River from Thomasville Access to the Arkansas line, the Elk River, the
Gasconade River from the Highway Y bridge (Pulaski County) to the Highway D
bridge (Phelps County), the Jacks Fork River from the Highway 17 bridge to the
confluence of the Current River, the James River from the Hooten Town bridge
(The Loop Road at Route O) to the Highway 413/Highway 265 bridge at Galena,
Joachim Creek from the Highway V bridge to the Highway A bridge (Jefferson
County), Osage Fork of the Gasconade River from the Skyline Drive bridge (near
Orla in Laclede County) to its confluence with the Gasconade River, and Tenmile
Creek from the Highway B bridge (Carter County) to its confluence with Cane
Creek.
(B) The daily limit is two
(2) black bass on Montrose Lake.
(C) On the Meramec, Big, and Bourbeuse rivers
and their tributaries, the daily and possession limit for black bass is twelve
(12) in the aggregate and may include no more than six (6) largemouth bass and
smallmouth bass in the aggregate, except that the daily limit may include no
more than one (1) smallmouth bass on the Big River from the Council Bluff Lake
Dam to its confluence with the Meramec River, the Meramec River from the
Highway 8 bridge to the railroad crossing at Bird's Nest, and Mineral Fork from
the Highway F bridge (Washington County) to its confluence with the Big
River.
(2) Methods: Pole
and line, trotline, throwline, limb line, bank line, or jug line.
(3) Seasons.
(A) Streams: Black bass may be taken
throughout the year from the Mississippi River, all waters north of the south
bank of the Missouri River, the St. Francis River downstream from Wappapello
Dam, and in that portion of southeast Missouri bounded by a line from Cape
Girardeau following 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
remainder of the state from March 1 through the Friday before the fourth
Saturday in May, no black bass may be possessed on the unimpounded portion of
any stream, and all black bass must be returned to the water immediately after
being caught.
(B) Impoundments:
Throughout the year.
(4)
Length Limits.
(A) Streams: All black bass
less than twelve inches (12") in total length must be returned to the water
unharmed immediately after being caught from the unimpounded portion of any
stream, including Pools 20-26 on the Mississippi River, except as follows:
1. On the Meramec, Big, and Bourbeuse rivers
and their tributaries, there is no length limit on spotted (Kentucky) bass;
and
2. On the Big Piney River from
Slabtown Access to the confluence of the Gasconade River, the Eleven Point
River from Thomasville Access to the Arkansas line, the Elk River, the
Gasconade River from Highway Y bridge (Pulaski County) to Highway D bridge
(Phelps County), the Jacks Fork River from Highway 17 bridge to the confluence
of the Current River, the James River from Hooten Town bridge (The Loop Road at
Route O) to Highway 413/Highway 265 bridge at Galena, Joachim Creek from the
Highway V bridge to the Highway A bridge (Jefferson County), Osage Fork of the
Gasconade River from the Skyline Drive bridge (near Orla in Laclede County) to
its confluence with the Gasconade River, the Meramec River from the Highway 8
bridge to the railroad crossing at Bird's Nest, the Big River from the Council
Bluff Lake Dam to its confluence with the Meramec River, Mineral Fork from the
Highway F bridge (Washington County) to its confluence with the Big River, and
Tenmile Creek from the Highway B bridge (Carter County) to its confluence with
Cane Creek, all smallmouth bass less than fifteen inches (15") in total length
must be returned to the water unharmed immediately after being
caught.
(B) Impoundments:
No length limits, except:
1. All black bass
less than fifteen inches (15") in total length must be returned to the water
unharmed immediately after being caught from Blue Springs Lake, Long Branch
Lake, Longview Lake, Mark Twain Lake, Smithville Lake, Table Rock Lake, or
Thomas Hill Reservoir.
2. All black
bass less than thirteen inches (13") in total length must be returned to the
water unharmed immediately after being caught from Pomme de Terre
Lake.
3. All black bass less than
twelve inches (12") in total length must be returned to the water unharmed
immediately after being caught from the Clarence Cannon Reregulation Pool
(below Mark Twain Lake dam).
4. All
largemouth bass and smallmouth bass less than fifteen inches (15") and all
spotted (Kentucky) bass less than twelve inches (12") in total length must be
returned to the water unharmed immediately after being caught from Bull Shoals
Lake, Lake of the Ozarks, Norfork Lake, Stockton Lake, or Truman
Lake.
5. All black bass less than
eighteen inches (18") in total length must be returned to the water unharmed
immediately after being caught from Montrose Lake.
Notes
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