Daily Fishing Permit ()
$7.00
Anyone
For fish, frogs, mussels, clams, turtles, crayfish and live bait. May be purchased by residents and nonresidents for multiple days.
| Season | Area | Season Dates | Fishing Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bass: White, yellow, striped and hybrid | Open All Year | ||
| Black Bass: Largemouth, smallmouth, spotted/Kentucky | Impoundments | Open All Year | |
| Black Bass: Largemouth, smallmouth, spotted/Kentucky | From other streams | Open All Year | |
| Black Bass: Largemouth, smallmouth, spotted/Kentucky | From Ozark streams | 05/28/2011 - 02/29/2012 | |
| Catfish: Blue | Open All Year | ||
| Catfish: Channel | Open All Year | ||
| Catfish: Flathead | Open All Year | ||
| Crappie: Black and white | Open All Year | ||
| Goggle-eye (Rock Bass) | Open All Year | ||
| Muskellunge | Open All Year | ||
| Mussels and Clams | Open All Year | ||
| Non-Game Fish: Bow | Temporary overflow of a river or ditch | Open All Year | sunrise to sunset |
| Non-Game Fish: Bow | Portions of Missouri, Mississippi and St. Francis rivers | Open All Year | 24 hours |
| Non-Game Fish: Bow | Streams, except portions of Missouri, Mississippi, St. Francis rivers | Open All Year | sunrise to midnight |
| Non-Game Fish: Bow | Impounded Waters |
04/01/2011 - 01/31/2012 02/01/2012 - 03/31/2012 |
April-Feb: 24 hours; Feb-March: sunrise to midnight |
| Non-Game Fish: Crossbow | Impounded waters and temporary overflow of a river or ditch | Open All Year | sunrise to sunset |
| Non-Game Fish: Gig, atlatl | Temporary overflow of a river or ditch | Open All Year | sunrise to sunset |
| Non-Game Fish: Gig, atlatl | Impounded Waters | 02/01/2012 - 09/14/2012 | sunrise to sunset |
| Non-Game Fish: Pole and line, trotline, throwline, limb line, bank line, jug line | Streams and impounded waters | Open All Year | 24 hours |
| Non-Game Fish: Snagging, grabbing | Temporary overflow of a river or ditch | Open All Year | sunrise to sunset |
| Non-Game Fish: Underwater spear | Impounded waters and temporary overflow of a river or ditch | Open All Year | sunrise to sunset |
| Northern Pike | Open All Year | ||
| Paddlefish | 03/15/2012 - 04/30/2012 | ||
| Paddlefish | Mississippi River | 03/15/2012 - 05/15/2012 | |
| Pickerel: Chain and Grass | Open All Year | ||
| Sturgeon - Shovelnose | Open All Year | ||
| Trout | Trout Areas | Open All Year | |
| Trout | Trout Parks | 03/01/2012 - 10/31/2012 | |
| Trout: No Creel | Trout Parks | 11/11/2011 - 02/13/2012 | |
| Turtle: Common Snapping Turtles | Open All Year | ||
| Walleye and Sauger | Open All Year |
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